Arnold Grove Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery
Page last updated 24 January 2021.
Arnold Grove Cemetery, Kacie's Photography 2018
37216 Charles Town Pike, Hillsboro, Loudoun County, Virginia 20132
The Methodist Episcopal community acquired land in 1830 from Michael and Christina Arnold. In 1835, a stone church and schoolhouse were built, with the Reverend William D. Wicks as the first pastor. Reverend Wicks named the church Arnold Grove Methodist Church. In the mid-1920s, the original church was damaged by fire but was soon rebuilt. At the end of the Civil War, Hillsboro’s African American community established their own congregation, Ashbury Methodist. They were permitted to worship at Arnold’s Grove Methodist church, and were later allowed to bury their dead in the far side of the Arnold Grove Cemetery. In 1968, the Arnold Grove Methodist Church merged with the Hillsboro Methodist Church to become the Hillsboro United Methodist Church.
In May 2013, the Arnold Grove Cemetery held a ceremony to honor 22 veterans from three wars--the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, and the Civil War. This living history event included participants of heritage societies and re-enactors for all three wars and salutes from infantry, artillery, and cavalry. Also included in the May 2013 event were scouts representing Troop 572 of Potomac Falls who helped repair and restore parts of the Arnold Grove Cemetery.
In April 2018, 73 unmarked graves at the Arnold Grove East Cemetery were located; the remains of Freed African Americans and Slaves, Mulattos, Native Americans and Europeans. A commemorative sign was placed at the area, with a memorial wall under construction around them. In addition, each resting place will have a commemorative stone measuring six inches by six inches by nine inches, with a cross.
Family buried at the Arnold Grove Cemetery include:
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In May 2013, the Arnold Grove Cemetery held a ceremony to honor 22 veterans from three wars--the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, and the Civil War. This living history event included participants of heritage societies and re-enactors for all three wars and salutes from infantry, artillery, and cavalry. Also included in the May 2013 event were scouts representing Troop 572 of Potomac Falls who helped repair and restore parts of the Arnold Grove Cemetery.
In April 2018, 73 unmarked graves at the Arnold Grove East Cemetery were located; the remains of Freed African Americans and Slaves, Mulattos, Native Americans and Europeans. A commemorative sign was placed at the area, with a memorial wall under construction around them. In addition, each resting place will have a commemorative stone measuring six inches by six inches by nine inches, with a cross.
Family buried at the Arnold Grove Cemetery include:
- BEANS, Charles William
- BEANS, Henrietta Hauer (m. KEYES)
- BEANS, Henry H.
- BEANS, Isaiah
- BEANS, Jeanette Ruth
- BEANS, Sophronia (m. MORRIS)
- BEANS, William A.
- BEANS, William Henry
- HAMMERLY, Charles L.
- HAMMERLY, Ella Virginia
- HAMMERLY, John William
- HAMMERLY, Mary Virginia (m. BEANS)
- HAMMERLY, William
- TAVENNER, Estelle (m. HOUGH)
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- Description from: Thomas Balch Library Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/ThomasBalchLibrary/photos/arnold-grove-church-cemetery-hillsborothe-first-church-in-the-hillsboro-area-was/679575818753549/). Arnold Grove Cemetery Boy Scout Project website (https://arnoldgrove.weebly.com/). United Methodist Church Virginia Conference (https://vaumc.org/an-update-on-honoring-those-at-hillsboro-umcs-arnold-grove-east-cemetery/).
- Family Information Compiled From: FindAGrave website, FamilySearch website, and family records.