This list contains information about Lynchburg’s municipal, public, and private (non-family) graveyards. They are listed in chronological order, based on the earliest known burial or datable grave marker. The three largest cemeteries, usually most relevant to genealogists, are listed in green. Sources are available upon request.
Please contact the Cemetery Center if you have any corrections or additions to this list, or any comments or suggestions: occ@gravegarden.org
| Burial Ground | Location & Contact Information | Burial Dates Range | Historical Racial Association* | Notes |
| Old Anglican Churchyard | Two-acre block, bounded by what is now Court, Clay, Tenth, and Eleventh Streets, in downtown Lynchburg | ca.1760-ca.1806 | unknown | Established by a small Anglican Church in Campbell County, near Lynch’s Ferry across the James River (now Lynchburg). One account from the 1880’s describes human bones being unearthed when the foundation of a new home was dug on Court Street, on the site of the old graveyard. |
| South River Meeting House Graveyard (Quaker Churchyard) | Fort Avenue, near intersection of Igloe Drive
Contact the Quaker Memorial Presbyterian Church for more information: |
1790’s-1880’s | white | Originally affiliated with the Quaker Church (Society of Friends). Most burials were between the 1790s and 1850s.
City founder John Lynch was interred here in 1820. |
| Old City Cemetery (or Old Methodist Cemetery) | 401 Taylor Street Lynchburg, VA 24501 (434) 847-1465 occ@gravegarden.org Click Here for Official Website |
1806-present | black and white |
NO CONNECTION TO METHODIST CHURCH. Most burials between 1806 and 1925. |
| Presbyterian Cemetery | Grace Street, at intersection of Maple Street
Contact the Cemetery office for information about burials: |
1824-present | white | Established by Presbyterian Church, but no official religious affiliation today. |
| St. Stephen’s Episcopal Churchyard | St. Stephens Episcopal Church Perrowville Road Forest, VA 24551 (434) 525-5511 |
1840’s(?)-present | white | |
| Shiloh Methodist Churchyard | Corner of Route 221 & Graves Mill Road
Shiloh United Methodist Church |
1840’s(?)-present | white | |
| Tyreeanna Churchyard | Tyreeanna Road Lynchburg, VA (near border with Campbell County, “Jacksontown”) |
ca.1845-present | white | Tyreeanna United Methodist Church Approx. 200 gravemarkers, but many more unmarked. No records exist. Common surnames: Falwell, Smith, Wood, Viar, Powell, Brooks, and Dunford. |
| Spring Hill Cemetery | 3000 Fort Avenue Lynchburg, VA 24501 (434) 846-0801 Click Here for Official Website |
1855-present | white | Lynchburg’s first “rural cemetery”, modeled after Mount Auburn Cemetery in Boston, Mass., and Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia. Designed by famous landscape architect, John Notman, who designed Hollywood Cemetery (Richmond), Laurel Hill Cemetery (Philadelphia), and Spring Grove Cemetery (Cincinnati). No church affiliation. |
| St. Francis Xavier Catholic Cemetery | Bedford Avenue
For burial records, contact Holy Cross Catholic Church |
1875-present | white | First and only Catholic cemetery in Lynchburg. |
| Rivermont Cemetery | Private (unmarked) drive off Norfolk Avenue, beside Randolph College athletic fields | 1880’s-present | black | Associated with Rivermont Baptist Church (Daniel’s Hill/Rivermont neighborhoods) |
| Trinity Episcopal Churchyard | Corner Coffee Road & Walnut Hollow Road
Trinity Episcopal Church |
1880’s-present | white | About 250 gravemarkers. Common surnames: Rucker, Oglesby, Meriwether, and Steptoe. |
| White Rock Cemetery | Blair & Luck Streets White Rock Hill (Enter from Harvey Street) |
1882-present | black | Founded by Jackson Street Methodist Church, although later burials were from various churches. First independent African-American cemetery in Lynchburg. First burial was William Kent on 12 March 1882. Very few burials after 1975. |
| Quaker Memorial Presbyterian Churchyard | 5810 Fort Avenue Lynchburg, VA 24502 (434) 239-2548 Click Here for Church Website |
1892-present | white | Most people buried here are Presbyterian church members, but it is not a requirement. |
| Mount Zion Baptist Churchyard | 5912 Igloe Drive Lynchburg, VA 24502 (434) 237-0858 |
1894-present | black | Approximately 125 gravemarkers. The graveyard may have opened as early as 1867, when the church was founded. |
| Chambersville Cemetery | Chambersville Street Reusens Wingfield Baptist Church |
ca.1900-present | black | The graveyard may have opened as early as 1887, when the church was organized. The oldest identifiable burial was in 1917.
Contact the church or Ted Delaney (ted@gravegarden.org) for records. |
| Clarkstown Cemetery | Near the intersection of Wiggington Road and Davis Cup Road | 1900’s-present | black |
No church affiliation. Adjacent to Lynchburg Baptist Cemetery. Also known as “Otter View Cemetery,” c.1930 |
| Holcomb Rock Baptist Churchyard | Holcomb Rock Baptist Church Boonesboro Road Lynchburg, VA 24503 (434) 384-7400 |
1903-present | black | |
| Lynchburg Baptist Cemetery | Near intersection of Wiggington Road and Davis Cup Road | 1925-present | black | Organized by a coalition of local Baptist churches: Diamond Hill, Eighth Street, White Rock, Mount Carmel, Rivermont, Fifth Street, Dearington, Peaceful Baptist, & South Lynchburg. Adjacent to Clarkstown Cemetery. |
| Lynchburg Union Cemetery | Smyth Street Dearington |
1925-1960’s | black | No church affiliation. Very small and short-lived cemetery. |
| Fort Hill Memorial Park | 5196 Fort Avenue Lynchburg, VA 24502 (434) 239-6951 |
1926-present | white | Lynchburg’s first “memorial park”-style cemetery. No church affiliation. |
| Forest Hill Burial Park | Lakeside Drive, near Wyndale Drive | 1937-present | black | No church affiliation. |
* Please note: these racial distinctions may not necessarily apply for cemeteries still in use today. They are only meant as a guide to help genealogists focus their historical research.
