Surveyors visited this cemetery in June 2009 and again in January 2010. Many more field stones were located during the January visit. Several markers need cleaning and some are threatened by trees. The area where African Americans are buried needs brush and fallen trees removed before a complete survey could be completed. Recent funeral memorials found at some of the burials indicate that the deceased are still being remembered.
On May 15, 1791 the Frying Pan Meeting House was established. Many of the members were baptized at the nearby Frying Pan Spring. By 1840, there were 29 black and 33 white members. Many of the black members were slaves. Although they worshipped together, the congregation was segregated in life and in death. The blacks worshipped from the balcony of the meeting house and were buried in a separate location in the cemetery, adjacent to the meeting house. In 1984 the trustees of the Meeting House deeded the property including the cemetery over to the Fairfax County Park Authority.
FCCPA is partnering with the Park Authority to survey and help clean up the cemetery, which is located in Frying Pan Farm Park.
Photos of Frying Pan Meeting House Cemetery
County Survey Record
