The Commyns Family-St. Michael's Cemetery

The Commyns family resided in Pensacola as early as the late 18th century. Thomas Commyns, the patriarch of the family, worked baking bread for the Spanish militia at Mobile.

Thomas married Maria Lafond in 1816, and they had eight children. ...

The Family Cemetery

“Near Cold Harbor stands the house where my father was born, and not far from the house there is a graveyard, surrounded by a brick wall…there sleep the generations of my forefathers. In that enclosure is buried Mr. James Hooper.

Dr. ...

The Boisseau Family Cemetery

Tudor Hall Plantation

Many nineteenth-century Virginians buried deceased family members near their homes rather than in distant church yards. While we do not know when this cemetery was established, the only grave marker on this property belonged to Martha Eliza T. ...

The Madison Family Cemetery

Discovering Madison

"The advice nearest to my heart and deepest in my convictions is that the Union of the States be cherished an perpetuated."

-James Madison, Advice to My Country, 1834

The Madison Family Cemetery is the understated resting place for two of ...

The Lee Family Cemetery

This is the burial site of Henry Lee (d. 1787) and his wife Lucy Grymes (d. 1792). They were married in 1753, and their home, Leesylvania, stood on the ridge to the east. Henry Lee was County Lieutenant and Presiding ...

The Lee and Fairfax Family Cemetery

The Lee and Fairfax Family Cemetery is located on this ridge top overlooking the Occoquan Bay. The Lees established the cemetery with the death of Henry Lee II on August 15, 1787. His wife Lucy Lee, the only other member ...

The Jackson Family Cemetery

Andrew Jackson's strong sense of family extended beyond those he embraced during his lifetime.

Reaching into the future to touch generations yet to come, he deeded a small portion of the garden in trust to serve as a family cemetery. Stones ...