Record of Deaths and Burials Among the Freedmen in Alexandria, Virginia

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Record of Deaths and Burials Among the Freedmen in
Alexandria, Virginia ("The Gladwin Record")

Laundry day at "Volusia," a farm off Duke Street near Holmes Run, 1860s. More than half of
the burials in Freedmen’s Cemetery were of children. Special thanks to Raymond Frederick,
Jr. for use of the photograph.

The following list is taken from the book Alexandria, Virginia Death Records, 1863-1868 (The
Gladwin Record) and 1869-1896 by Wesley E. Pippenger and published by Willow Bend Books
of Westminster, Maryland. It is reproduced here with their very generous permission.
Discovered by Wes Pippenger at the Library of Virginia, this document is generally referred to
as the Gladwin Record. Begun in March 1863 by Eliphalet Owen, a minister and clerk/assistant
to Superintendent of Contrabands Rev. Albert Gladwin, the record continued to be maintained by
the Freedmen’s Bureau until January 1869.
Entries include name; date of the report of death or burial (which roughly correspond to the death
date); age; next of kin or person making the report; residence or place of death, or both
(presumably, the locations were usually one and the same); and additional comments about
burial or cause of death. Ideally, each entry would include all such data, but often some
information was not supplied.
Mr. Pippenger has reorganized the chronological list into alphabetical order. The published
information has here been further edited. Mr. Pippenger faithfully transcribed personal names
and place names verbatim. Here, however, originally misspelled street names have been
corrected, and most abbreviations have been spelled out to assist those who may not be familiar
with Alexandria. Several names and associated data have been added, based upon the
information contained in an 1865 memorandum book probably kept by Owen and now contained
in the National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 105, Records of the Bureau
of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, Entry 3878. Minor edits of the entries relating to
soldiers’ deaths at L’Ouverture Hospital have been informed by The Roll of Honor. Names of
Soldiers, Victims of the Rebellion, Buried in the National Cemetery at Alexandria, Virginia
(Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1866) and by Edward A. Miller, Jr.’s article
"Volunteers for Freedom: Black Civil War Soldiers in Alexandria National Cemetery, Part II" in
Historic Alexandria Quarterly, Winter 1998.
The list commences in March 1863, nearly halfway through the Civil War. As a consequence, it
does not include the deaths of all the “Contrabands” in Alexandria. At least 1,200 African
Americans had perished in the immediate vicinity of Alexandria between the beginning of the
war and the establishment of Freedmen’s Cemetery. Therefore, while it is not complete, the list
contains entries for many individuals who died before the cemetery opened. Most of these were
interred at Penny Hill, Alexandria’s public cemetery.
The first burials in Freedmen’s Cemetery occurred March 7, 1864. The entries below in bold are
for individuals who were not, or almost certainly not, buried in Freedmen’s Cemetery, as many
died before the cemetery opened, others were recorded as buried elsewhere, which is the case for
the handful of white refugees recorded. The entries in italics are soldiers who were first buried
in Freedmen’s Cemetery and re-interred in Alexandria National Cemetery. There are a couple of
entries for soldiers that are marked by asterisks (*). These indicate soldiers who were buried in
Freedmen’s Cemetery for which there is no known record of re-interment in Alexandria National
Cemetery. They may yet lie in Freedmen’s Cemetery because of a bureaucratic error, or perhaps
they are among the unknowns in the National Cemetery. Letters, words or numbers which are
underlined indicate spellings which Mr. Pippenger considered questionable or representing
possible mistakes, omissions, etc.
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possible surname variants.

ABBOTT, Laura, 27 SEP 1864, 10y, Princess St. bet. Pitt & Royal
ADAMS, George, 5 JUL 1865 (bur. Jul. 6), 18y, L’Ouverture Hospital
ADAMS, Jane, 10 APR 1865, 10y, L’Ouverture Hospital
ADAMS, Mary Ellen, 21 JUL 1864, 1y6m
ADAMS, Richard, 22 JUL 1865, 3y, north side Duke St. four or five doors west of stone bridge
ADAMS, Smith (pvt. Co. A 27th USCT), 26 MAY 1864, 30y, L’Ouverture Hospital
ADDISON, Martha, 17 MAY 1864, 5m, Newtown
ADDISON, Mina, 1 FEB 1864, 14y, on Washington St. nearly opposite "M.E. Church
(col’d)"
AGEE, Abraham Lincoln, infant, summer 1863
AGEE, Anna, 10 JUL 1864, 14d, North House
ALEXANDER, Charlie, 2 JAN 1865, 7y, Washington Square
ALEXANDER, Eliza, 30 MAY 1865, 22y, L’Ouverture Hospital
ALEXANDER, Lucinda, bur. 23 JAN 1867, 10y, L’Ouverture Hospital
ALFREDS, Willie, 29 JUN 1865, 7y, Washington Square
ALLEN, Daphne, bur. 22 MAR 1868, 100y, Columbus St., no coffin furnished
ALLEN, Horace, 27 JUN 1865, 60y, cor. Columbia & Gibbon Sts.
ALLEN, Sarah, 30 MAY 1865, 26y, L’Ouverture Hospital
ALLSOP, Joseph (pvt. Co. A 30th USCT), 4 NOV 1864 (bur. Nov. 5), 30y, L’Ouverture Hospital
AMBUSH, Katy, 29 SEP 1864, 4y, cor. Pitt & Gibbon Sts.
AMOS, William, 17 JUN 1863, 18y, hospital cor. Washington & Wolfe Sts., funeral by Rev.
E. Owen
ANDERSON, Isaac, 27 AUG 1864, 20y, Quarter Master Hospital
ANDERSON, Jackson (pvt. Co. D 27th USCT), 16 AUG 1864, 42y, L’Ouverture Hospital
ANDERSON, Richard (pvt. Co. G 23rd USCT), 11 AUG 1864, 27y, L’Ouverture Hospital
ANN, Minnie, 29 NOV 1865, 34y
ANNIS, Infant, bur. 12 JUL 1866, 6 weeks, mother Fannie Annis, Cameron cor. West
ANNISON, Jemmy [Jimmy?], 13 AUG 1865, 1y3m, Johnson Farm
ANSEL, Joseph, 2 AUG 1865, 16y, L’Ouverture Hospital
ARMISTEAD, Cecelia, bur. 5 FEB 1866, 112y, Mrs. C. Lamon, Duke St. bet. Columbus &
Alfred, charges canceled
ARMSTEAD, Hannah, bur. 5 FEB 1867, old, L’Ouverture Hospital
ARMSTRONG, James (pvt. Co. C 28th Indiana Colored Infantry), 17 SEP 1864 (bur. Sep. 18),
35y, L’Ouverture Hospital
ARMSTRONG, Lucy, 17 MAR 1864, 4y, Pitt St.
ARMSTRONG, Peter, bur. 11 NOV 1866, 60y, Prince St. near railroad
ARNOLD, John, bur. 21 JAN 1867, 55y, daughter Millie Arnold, Vinegar Hill, Franklin St.
ARRINGTON, Infant, bur. 21 APR 1868, stillborn, mother Emma Arrington, Columbus St.
ARRINGTON, Nancy, 27 APR 1866 (bur. April 27), 11y, Sickles Barracks
ARRINGTON, Nancy, bur. 9 AUG 1868, 2y, mother Clara Cranklin, Petersburg near jail
ARTIST, Moses (pvt. Co. D 27th USCT), 25 MAY 1864, 40y, L’Ouverture Hospital
ASH, Harriet, 26 NOV 1864, 2y, Prince St. Barracks
ASHBY, Lucy, bur. 28 FEB 1866, 2m, Alexander Ashby, south of Hunting Creek 1 mile,
charges canceled
ASHBY, Maria, 19 DEC 1865, Henry St.
ASHBY, Mary, 26 JUN 1865, 1y6m, south Hunting Creek
ASHBY, Thomas, bur. 16 JUN 1867, 70y, unknown, L’Ouverture Hospital
ASHLEY, Mary, 19 DEC 1865
ATKINS, Infant, bur. 21 APR 1866, 1 week, mother Lizzie Atkins, Alfred St.
AUSTIN, Alfred, bur. 3 SEP 1866, 35y, L’Ouverture Hospital
AUSTIN, Daniel, 19 SEP 1864, 1y5m, Newtown

BAGBY, Edith, 4 JAN 1865, 19y, near gas house
BAGBY, Mary, 29 DEC 1864, 1d, near gas house
BAILEY, Hiram, 28 DEC 1865
BAILEY, Hiram, 31 DEC 1865 (bur. Jan. 5, 1866), 24y, L’Ouverture Hospital, no charge, buried
by Gov’t.
BAILEY, Millie, bur. 12 JAN 1869, 80y, mother Amy Bailey, coal wharf
BAILEY, Patrick, 7 SEP 1865, 1y6m, Grantville
BAILEY, Sally, bur. 15 JAN 1867, infant, Patsy Bailey, Henry St. bet. King & Cameron
BAILEY, Walker, 17 DEC 1864, 2y, cor. King & Henry Sts.
BAILY, Hiram, 28 DEC 1865, 24y, L’Ouverture Hospital
BAIRD, Jefferson, 10 JUN 1865, 14y, L’Ouverture Hospital
BAKER, Henry, bur. 17 JUL 1866, 1y, mother Lucy Baker, Petersburg near Princess St.
BAKER, Henry Lewis, bur. 17 JUL 1866, 1y, Lucy Baker, Pitt St., Petersburg
BAKER, Mitchell, 14 APR 1866 (bur. Apr. 16), 21y, L’Ouverture Hospital
BALL, Ann, 19 SEP 1864, 1d, Grantville
BALL, Martha, bur. 25 JUL 1866, 15m, mother Julia Ann Ball, St. Asaph St. near cotton factory
BALLARD, Jefferson (pvt. Co. I 36th USCT), 12 SEP 1864, 16y, L’Ouverture Hospital
BALTIMORE, Infant, bur. 5 JUL 1868, stillborn, mother Betsy Baltimore, near Alexandria,
Loudon & Hampshire R.R. Depot
BALTIMORE, Maria (twin), 2 DEC 1864, 1d, Grantville
BALTIMORE, Martha (twin), 2 DEC 1864, 1d, Grantville
BALTIMORE, Moses, 27 DEC 1865, 3y, NW cor. Princess & Royal Sts.
BALTIMORE, Thomas, 14 JUN 1865, 60y, L’Ouverture Hospital
BANDIN, Lucy, bur. 18 AUG 1866, 8y, Charlotte Bandin, Wilkes St. near railroad
BANKER, Edward, 13 AUG 1864, 4y, Grantville
BANKHEAD, Infant, bur. 16 FEB 1866, 3m, father Dunmore Bankhead, Vinegar Hill, charges
canceled
BANKS, Amy, bur. 28 APR 1866, 3m, mother Emily Banks, Petersburg near old [jus.?] dept.
BANKS, Charles Henry, 29 JUL 1864, 4y, cor. Fairfax & Prince
BANKS, Cintha, 2 SEP 1865, Grantville on Princess St. east of Water
BANKS, Cynthia, 2 SEP 1865, 6y, cor. Royal & Gibbon Sts.
BANKS, Infant, bur. 15 FEB 1866, 5d, father Edward Banks, Princess north side bet. Pitt &
Royal Sts., charges canceled
BANKS, James, 26 SEP 1865, 51y
BANKS, John, 5 SEP 1865, 40y, cor. Fairfax & Franklin Sts.
BANKS, Mary Eliza, 4 JUL 1864, 1y3m, Grantville
BANKS, two infants, bur. 8 FEB 1868, stillborn, mother Carrie Ann Banks, Washington St. near
Freedmen’s Cemetery
BANNON, Scott, 23 JUN 1863
BAPTIST, John, 1 MAR 1865, 40y, Quartermaster Hospital
BARBER, James, 21 NOV 1865, 3m
BARBER, Sally, 4 APR 1864, 2y, No. 8 Prince St. Barracks
BARBOUR, George, bur. 28 JUL 1866, 5y, father George Barbour, Fairfax St. near Alexandria,
Loudon & Hampshire depot
BARBOUR, Robert, bur. 25 JUL 1866, 2y, father George Barbour, Fairfax St. near Alexandria,
Loudon & Hampshire depot
BARNBY, Maria, bur. 17 AUG 1867, 22y, unknown, L’Ouverture Hospital
BARNES, Ann, 17 AUG 1864, 9y, Grantville
BARNES, Charlotte, 1 NOV 1864, 14y, L’Ouverture Hospital
BARNES, Emma, 27 APR 1865, 5y, Grantville
BARNUM, Charles, 2 JUL 1865, 19y, L’Ouverture Hospital
BARNUM, Corah, 18 JUN 1863
BATES, Infant, bur. 6 JUN 1866, stillborn, mother Mary Frances Bates, Payne St. bet. Cameron
& King
BATTEN, Child, bur. 16 APR 1866, 3y, mother Betsy Batten, cor. Oronoco & Asaph Sts.
BATTEN, Luella, bur. 22 JAN 1866, 12y, Betsey Batten, Oronoco St. near St. Asaph, no charge,
destitute
BAYLER, Angelina, 2 JUL 1864, 28y, Water St.
BEARDSLEY, William, 28 JUL 1864, 30y, Commissary Hospital
BEATE, Lucy, 27 JUL 1864, 6y10m, No. 14 Prince St. Barracks
BECKHAM, William, bur. 28 JAN 1867, 26m, John Beckam, cor. Wolfe & Union Sts.
BECKLEY, Charley, 20 JUL 1863, 6m, Prince St. Barracks
BELL, Lizzie, 8 OCT 1864, 2y, cor. Duke & Union Sts.
BELL, Powel, bur. 18 SEP 1867, 1y, mother Sally Bell
*BENTON, James W. (soldier Co. F 19th USCT), 10 AUG 1864, 20y, L’Ouverture Hospital
BERRY, Billy, 6 MAR 1864, 72y, funeral by Peter Washington, Hayti
BERRY, Cassah, bur. 24 NOV 1867, 18y, mother Dinah Berry, Payne St. near L’Ouverture
Hospital
BERRY, Frederick, bur. 28 MAY 1866, 70y, L’Ouverture Hospital
BERRY, James, 16 JUN 1863, 10y
BERRY, Jefferson, bur. 15 DEC 1866, 21y, L’Ouverture Hospital
BERRY, John (pvt. Co. E 29th USCT), 25 NOV 1864, 29y, L’Ouverture Hospital
BERRY, John, 16 AUG 1864, 10m, 325 Duke St.
BERRY, Limus, bur. 27 SEP 1866, 70y, daughter Lucinda Berry, head of King St.
BERRY, Thomas, Jr., 5 FEB 1864, 3y, Newtown, near cattle yard
BERRYMAN, Horace, bur. 12 FEB 1866, 7y, Julia Ann Berryman, NW cor. Water & Oronoco
Sts., charges canceled
BESON, Simon, 2 FEB 1864, 26y, cor. Cameron & King Sts.
BETHRICK, Granison, 26 SEP 1864, 45y, burnt slave pen
BEVERLY, Elizabeth, bur. 25 FEB 1866, 28y, Griffin Beverly, 19 Henry St. bet. King &
Cameron, charges canceled
BEVERLY, William B. [or W.?], 12 DEC 1865, 1m, Princess St. near Quartermaster office
BIBB, Richard Owen (pvt. Co. H 5th Mass. Cavalry), 20 JUN 1864, 27y, L’Ouverture Hospital
BIRD, Samuel, 30 OCT 1864, 28y, Scott’s wood yard
BLACKBURN, Infant, bur. 8 DEC 1867, stillborn, mother Mary Blackburn, Washington St.
near Gibbon
BLACKWELL, Ann Eliza, 20 JUL 1864, 1d, cor. St. Asaph & Princess Sts.
BLACKWELL, Anna, 14 AUG 1864, 7y, Grantville
BLACKWELL, Chloe, 28 JUN 1864, 3y, Mill House
BLACKWELL, Henry, 14 AUG 1864, 1y6m, Grantville
BLACKWELL, Israel, 8 DEC 1864, 6y, Vinegar Hill
BLACKWELL, Martha, 15 JUL 1864, 1y4m, Mill House
BLACKWELL, Rebecca, 20 AUG 1864, 9y, Washington Square
BLAKE, Samuel, bur. 17 MAY 1866, 21y, L’Ouverture Hospital
BLAND, Child, 7 NOV 1865, 4d, mother Mary Bland.
BLANN, Mary, 10 AUG 1864, 13y, Newtown
BODLEN, Alfred, 13 APR 1864, 21y, Commissary Hospital
BOGERSON, Richard, 8 JUN 1865, 1y3m, cor. Washington & Gibbon Sts.
BOGGAN, Peter, bur. 29 SEP 1866, 23y, L’Ouverture Hospital
BOINBRAY, Thornton, 10 APR 1864, 21y, Queen, bet. Pitt & Royal
BOLDEN, Cornelius, bur. 11 MAY 1866, 19y, L’Ouverture Hospital
BOMBRAY, Ann, 12 JUN 1864, 60y, Grantville
BOMBRAY, Daniel, 28 FEB 1865, 25y, Grantville
BOMBRAY, Ed., 20 AUG 1864, 3y, cor. St. Asaph & Pendleton Sts.
BOMBRAY, Jane, 28 AUG 1864, 3m, Grantville
BOMBRAY, Ned, 6 SEP 1864, 7y, Grantville
BOMBRAY, Strother, 10 OCT 1864, 6y, Grantville
BOOIL, Joseph, 10 SEP 1864, 23y, L’Ouverture Hospital
BOOTH, Edward, 10 DEC 1864, 2y, cor. Pitt & Gibbon Sts.
BOOTH, Infant, 14 MAY 1866 (bur. May 14), 9m, mother Kitty Booth, Water St. near gas
house
BOOZE, Mary Eliza, bur. 6 FEB 1868, 2m3d, mother Ellen Booze, King St. near Cox’s Hotel,
there was no coffin furnished by [Freedmen’s Bureau?]
BOSTICK, Joseph (pvt. Co. C 19th USCT), 13 OCT 1864, 56y, L’Ouverture Hospital
BOTTS, Celia, 17 DEC 1864, 96y, cor. Prince & Fayette Sts.
BOTTS, Laura, bur. 6 AUG 1868, 14y, mother Jane Botts, Pendleton St. bet. St. Asaph & Pitt
BOULDER, Solomon, bur. 22 OCT 1866, 75y, L’Ouverture Hospital
BOWERS, Edwin, bur. 20 JAN 1867, 21y, L’Ouverture Hospital
BOWMAN, Samuel, 5 MAR 1865, 45y, Quartermaster Hospital
BOYD, Infant, bur. 4 DEC 1867, stillborn, mother Dulcina Boyd, Newtown
BOYER, John, 4 MAR 1865, 44y, Quartermaster Hospital
BOYLE, Spencer (pvt. Co. E 29th USCT), 25 NOV 1864, 29y, L’Ouverture Hospital
BOYSAW, Jane, 1 JUN 1865, 3m, No. 16 Prince St. Barracks
BOYSAW, Jane, 25 APR 1865, 26y, No. 16 Prince St. Barracks
BRACE, Samuel (pvt. Co. C 19th USCT), 22 DEC 1864, 28y, Grace Church Branch
L’Ouverture Hospital
BRACEY, Wythe (pvt. Co. B 29th Ill. Colored Infantry), 30 NOV 1864, 25y, L’Ouverture
Hospital
BRADFORD, William, bur. 20 JUN 1866, 35y, L’Ouverture Hospital
BRADLEY, John, bur. 30 JUL 1866, 10m, father John Bradley, Union St. near railroad
BRADLEY, Salina, 9 APR 1864, 3y, Grantville
BRADLEY, William, 2 SEP 1864, 21y, West & Prince Sts.
BRADY, Oscar (pvt. Co. G 27th USCT), 16 AUG 1864, 18y, L’Ouverture Hospital
BRANSON, Joseph, bur. 13 SEP 1867, 17y, L’Ouverture Hospital
BRAXTON, Dick, 31 AUG 1864, L’Ouverture Hospital
BRENT, Henry, 20 DEC 1863, 20y, dropped dead while unloading hides, just as he threw
out the last
BRENT, Leonard, 26 FEB 1866 (bur. Mar. 1), 9y, L’Ouverture Hospital, charges canceled
BRENT, Susan, bur. 1 MAY 1867, 26y, unknown, Petersburg, near Mr. Marshall’s church
BRENT, Thomas, bur. 3 AUG 1868, 3m, mother Ailsie Gibson, Washington St. near Freedmen’s
Cemetery
BREVETS, Infant, bur. 22 FEB 1868, mother Frances Brevets, Union St. bet. Wilkes & Gibbon
BRIDGET, Susan, bur. 19 OCT 1866, 3½ m, Cornelia Bridget, on Dr. Bigelow’s land near the
mill
BRIGADIER, John, 3 SEP 1865, 1y3m, No. 7 Prince St. Barracks
BRIGADIN, Child, bur. 31 JUL 1868, mother Virginia Brigadin, slave pen
BRIGADY, Margaret, 30 JUL 1864, 1y, cor. Henry & King Sts.
BRIGGS, Henrietta, 4 JUN 1864, 5y, drowned in the river, Long House
BRIGHT, Infant, 28 APR 1866 (bur. Apr. 28), 7d, father John Bright, West End near Sickles
Barracks
BRINSMADE, Orlando (pvt. Co. C 30th USCT), 12 JUL 1864, 29y, L’Ouverture Hospital
BRISTLETON, Robert (pvt. Co. A 43rd USCT), 23 AUG 1864, L’Ouverture Hospital
BROADUS, Infant, bur. 16 MAY 1866, 2d, father Richard Broadus, across Hunting Creek
BROADUS, William Henry, bur. 13 JUL 1868, 9m, mother Caroline Broadus, Alfred St. near
Hunting Creek
BRODEN, Horace, 2 JUL 1864, 25y, Commissary Hospital
BROOKS, Anne, bur. 19 AUG 1867, 20y, mother Anne Brooks, Leesburg Pike
BROOKS, Benjamin, 12 SEP 1863, 18y, slave pen
BROOKS, Edward, 27 JUL 1864, 7d, Grantville
BROOKS, Edward NOV 1865, 23y
BROOKS, Evan, bur. 22 MAY 1867, 55y, unknown, L’Ouverture Hospital
BROOKS, Flora, 15 MAR 1865, cor. Princess & Pitt Sts.
BROOKS, Harriet H., 26 FEB 1866 (bur. Mar. 1), 14y, L’Ouverture Hospital, charges canceled
BROOKS, Helen, 6 JUL 1865, 2y, Washington Square
BROOKS, Infant, 6 JAN 1865, 1d, father Dade Brooks, near factory prison
BROOKS, James, 24 AUG 1865, 25y, Payne St. bet. Cameron & Queen
BROOKS, John A., 22 MAR 1864, 45y, Quartermaster Hospital
BROOKS, Joseph, bur. 20 SEP 1866, 70y, L’Ouverture Hospital
BROOKS, Mary, 13 JAN 1865, 3y, Washington Square on Franklin St.
BROOKS, Mary, 3 MAY 1863, 65y
BROOKS, Mary Elisabeth, 16 JAN 1865, 8d, Newtown
BROOKS, Phebe V., 21 AUG 1865, 7m, Washington Square, died at L’Ouverture Hospital
BROOKS, Robert, 22 MAY 1865, 4y, near Virginia House
BROOKS, Rose, 25 NOV 1864, 2y2m, Washington Square
BROOKS, Susan, 24 AUG 1865, 70y, Grantville
BROOKS, William, 6 MAY 1865, 55y, Grantville
BROWN, Alice, 2 MAR 1865, 2y8m, 10 South West St.
BROWN, Andrew (pvt. Co. K 39th USCT), 16 AUG 1864, 26y, L’Ouverture Hospital
BROWN, Andrew, bur. 14 DEC 1868, 57y, wife Elizabeth Brown, slave pen
BROWN, Ann, 13 AUG 1863, 1y1m, slave pen
BROWN, Ann Eliza, bur. 15 AUG 1866, 7m, mother Sarah Brown, Fairfax near canal