The Gravestone Stories
E-Book Library
The research on this site is free, and always will be. These Alexandria history e-books gather it into curated, book-length editions — designed pages, featured stories, and complete registries you can read offline, print, search, or give. Each arrives instantly as a PDF after checkout.
Revolutionary War Patriots Buried in Alexandria
The most comprehensive accounting of Revolutionary War burials in Alexandria ever assembled: 162 documented patriots across 13 historic burial grounds, from Washington’s physician and pallbearers to his personal gunsmith and two Boston Tea Party participants — with featured stories, the 22 soldiers who died at Alexandria in 1777, and the complete cemetery-by-cemetery registry.
The Old Presbyterian Meeting House Burial Ground
The complete story of Alexandria’s 18th-century Presbyterian churchyard — the founding generation’s resting place, from the oldest grave (1761) to the last interment (1876). The history of the ground, the lost northern strip, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier of the American Revolution, and profiles of twenty-nine notable interments including John Carlyle, Dr. James Craik, and gunsmith John Yost, with the surviving gravestone inscriptions transcribed throughout.
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The Research Behind These Alexandria History E-Books — Free on This Site
- Alexandria Revolutionary War PatriotsThe living registry — updated as research continues
- Notable Interments in the Meeting House Burial GroundThe churchyard research, in full
- Free Walking Tour Guides & BrochuresPrintable trifolds for every tour
Read the Stories.
Then Walk the Ground.
Every page in these books grew out of the research behind our expert-led walking tours. The books travel with you — the tours put you at the gravesides.