Adams/Nelson/Sewell/Hirst Family Cemetery

J. Harry Shannon (a.k.a. The Rambler) writes of a visit to the cemetery in the Feb. 17, 1914 edition of the Washington Star. He records "There are many graves in this little plot marked by rude stones picked up from the fields, or probably brought from Big Pimmit Run. There are a few conventional tombstones." The cemetery lot has been subject to considerable vandalism and controversy over the years. The Remaining gravestones have all been laid down and set flush with the ground and the area appears to be used as an extension of the yard for 1443 Layman St. The cemetery is clean and the grass neatly trimmed. Flower beds have been installed in the north and east corners of the lot. NOTE: This cemetery is listed on the Fairfax County Master Inventory of Historic Sites.