South — Cemetery filing

Cemeteries with a file in Virginia

Virginia files 5 burial grounds said to keep their dead — monuments and dates on one side of the record, figures among the markers on the other. Some of these grounds are meticulously documented; others survive mostly in the reports about them. Both kinds are filed the same way here: what is known, and what is said.

5 dossiers0 counties covered60% open to visitorsHollywood Cemetery — deepest file

Also filed under cemetery:Ohio19 Connecticut8 Louisiana6 Georgia6 Illinois4 Missouri4 Indiana4 Mississippi4

Other Virginia filings:Historic sites28 Mansions16 Battlefields15 Sites14 Houses11 Museums6 Churches6 Historic houses5 Caves4 Naturals4

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Hollywood Cemetery

Richmond, Virginia

Cemetery associated with published local folklore.

3 claims · 2 legends→

Blandford Cemetery

Petersburg, Virginia

Thirty thousand Confederates—the Memorial Day that started here.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Thornrose Cemetery

Staunton, Virginia

Staunton landmark with a published haunting reputation.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Old City Cemetery, Roanoke

Roanoke, Virginia

Cemetery with a Lady in White story recorded in1994.

Alexandria Freedmen’s Cemetery

Alexandria, Virginia

The freedmen’s cemetery—where the contraband dead were buried and forgotten.

Full Virginia record → state index· Every cemetery on file → type index