Located 200 yards west
of the swimming pool at Martin Luther King Jr. Park,
815 Fordson Rd., Alexandria, Va.
This cemetery was originally
the burial ground of the WILLIAM PEAKE Family. Peake
settled on Little Hunting Creek prior to 1732 and the
family resided here until bankruptcy caused Dr. HUMPHREY
PEAKE to lose the farm in 1829. The property was divided
and sold, mainly to freed slaves of the Peake, Mason,
and Washington families. The last Peake burial was in
1805, but the black residents of the area continued
to use the cemetery into the 20th century. The cemetery
contains nine gravestones and an undetermined number
of unmarked graves. Several large trees dominate the
area and a metal fence of recent construction surrounds
the cemetery. The cemetery is clean and well maintained.
Source: Pryor, Elizabeth, "Peake
Family Cemetery", Fairfax County Master Inventory
of Historic Sites, c. 1969.
(1)
In
Memory of
Elizabeth Clemments,
who was born Jan. 22 d.
1799. died Nov. 30th. 1825.
(2)
To the Memory of
Mijs KITTY ADAMS
who departed this
Life on the 14 Day of
July 1797 Aged 20 Years
5 Months And 14 Days.
(3)
MARY PEAKE
Died on the 11 Day of
November 1805 in the 67
Year of her Age
(4)
HUMPHREY PEAKE
Senior
Died on the 11th day of
january 1785 in the 54th
Year of his Age
(5)
Sacred To the Memory
of
WILLIAM. PEAKE
who Died. in 1793
Aged. 31 Years.
(6)
IN MEMORY OF
WM. DANDRIDGE SMITH
Born Aug. 24, 1840.
Died May 22, 1906.
(7)
IN MEMORY OF
ANNIE M. SMITH
WIFE OF
WM. DANDRIDGE SMITH
Born May 6, 1834.
Died Sept. 2, 1907.
(8)
IN MEMORY OF
EMILY L.
WIFE OF
J. W. ALEXANDER
Born June 28, 1858.
Died Nov. 12, 1884.
Also
Her infant daughter.
f.s. "E. L. A."
(9)
Elizabeth L.
Wife of
Wm. Anderson
died Sep. 24, 1845,
aged 30 years.
(Note: Earlier surveys have listed
this name as "Edith". The stone is very worn.)
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