THE ENSLAVED PEOPLE OF ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA: MAPS
Historic maps
The maps below provide the location of Arlington’s enslavers in 1760 and in 1860. The locations (marked by dots) appear in MEA’s spreadsheet but are not interactive. Scroll below the maps to find a key to each.
Locations
| Location Id | Location | Latitude | Longitude | Enslaver |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1614 N Highland Street | 38.89187 | -77.09527 | Cruit, Robert |
| 2 | 1700 block of N George Mason Drive | 38.89035 | -77.12939 | Hall, Bazil |
| 3 | 205 N Galveston Street | 38.86987 | -77.12435 | Mix, Charles E. |
| 4 | 2133 N Taft St. | 38.89946 | -77.0829 | Owsley, Thomas |
| 5 | 2230 North Powhatan Street | 38.89045 | -77.15006 | Febrey, Henry |
| 6 | 23rd Street S near Arlington Ridge Road | 38.85334 | -77.06877 | Addison, A.E. |
| 7 | 3219 7th St S | 38.86593 | -77.09271 | Jenks, Elizabeth |
| 8 | 5600 35th St. N | 38.90682 | -77.15002 | Mercer, John |
| 9 | 6401 Wilson Boulevard | 38.87349 | -77.14647 | Febrey, John |
| 10 | 805 S. Walter Reed Drive | 38.86528 | -77.08731 | Corbett, Sewell |
| 11 | 959 S Glebe Road | 38.86185 | -77.09196 | Hunter, Louisa |
| 12 | Abingdon Plantation and Brookdale Estate. Brookdale makes up portions of Ashton Heights, Lyon Park and Arlington Heights, its southern boundary | 38.876303 | -77.095125 | Hunter, Alexander, 1843-1914 |
| 13 | Abingdon, National Airport on a knoll between the airport’s parking Garage A and Garage B/C. | 38.8514 | -77.0444 | Alexander, Gerard, 1714-1761 |
| 14 | Arlington Boulevard and Manchester Street | 38.86631 | -77.13416 | Hurst, John |
| 15 | Arlington Boulevard and S George Mason Drive | 38.86875 | -77.10667 | Harden, William |
| 16 | Arlington National Cemetery and Arlington House, the Robert E Lee Memorial | 38.88116 | -77.07261 | Custis, George Washington Parke |
| 17 | Around 1815 N Roosevelt Street by Route 66 | 38.88583 | -77.15402 | Mix, Charles E. |
| 18 | Around Powhatan Springs Park, 6020 Wilson Boulevard | 38.87333 | -77.13898 | Febrey, Moses |
| 19 | Ball’s Crossroads | 38.87989 | -77.11295 | Birch, James |
| 20 | Birchland, Glebe Road and Williamsburg Boulevard | 38.91596 | -77.13641 | Birch, William, 1783-1870 |
| 21 | Birchwood, Wakefield Street and 26th Street N | 38.9061 | -77.12264 | Birch, Caleb |
| 22 | By the Netherlands Carrilon in Rosslyn | 38.88827 | -77.06939 | Birch, John |
| 24 | Cul-de-Sac of N Kentucky Street, off N 20th Street | 38.89132 | -77.14085 | Minor, Smith |
| 25 | Dawson-Bailey House; 2133 N Taft Street | 38.89903 | -77.08285 | Dawson, Thomas B. |
| 26 | Fort CF Smith Park, 2411 24th Street N | 38.90096 | -77.08835 | Jewell, H.C. |
| 27 | Glebe House, 4527 N. 17th Street | 38.89188 | -77.11772 | Griffith, David, Jr. |
| 28 | Glebe Road and Langston Boulevard | 38.8975 | -77.1236 | Wunder, H.S. |
| 29 | Glebe Road and Wilson Boulevard | 38.87998 | -77.11392 | Birch, William R., 1816-1916 |
| 30 | Glebe Road just south of Langston Boulevard | 38.8975 | -77.1236 | Parker, Nancy |
| 31 | Glebe Road near Little Falls Drive | 38.91322 | -77.13525 | Boylestone, William |
| 32 | Holmes Island | 38.86719 | -77.04647 | Alexander, George Dent |
| 33 | Holmes Island, north end of Crystal City up to the Fourteenth Street Bridge | 38.871111 | -77.040833 | Dodge, Allen |
| 34 | Interchange of Route 66 and Fairfax Drive/Washington Boulevard | 38.88325 | -77.1177 | Bowen, Jonathan W. |
| 35 | Intersection of Wilson and Lebanon Streets, then moved to Patrick Henry and Washington Boulevard (Swanson MS) | 38.88329 | -77.13897 | Febrey, Nicholas |
| 36 | Johnson’s Hill, by Queen Street and Washington Boulevard | 38.865631 | -77.073908 | Johnston, John R. |
| 38 | Langston Boulevard and N. Queen Street in Rosslyn | 38.897585 | -77.078528 | Collom, Henry |
| 39 | Langston Boulevard and Powhattan Street | 38.892753 | -77.150122 | Birch, Samuel |
| 40 | Lorcom Lane and Langston Boulevard | 38.899571 | -77.116081 | Wheeler, Drummond |
| 41 | Mary Carlin House, 5512 N Carlin Springs Road | 38.86896 | -77.12665 | Carlin, Wesley |
| 42 | Marymount University, 2807 Glebe Road | 38.90494 | -77.12649 | Hall, Mary Ann |
| 43 | Minor Hill, Little Falls Road near Powhattan Street | 38.90298 | -77.13656 | Minor, Philip H. |
| 45 | Near William Minor’s Farm | 38.903861 | -77.129 | Wallace, Richard W. |
| 46 | N 17th Street. between Quincy and Glebe Roads | 38.8905 | -77.11293 | Jennings, Daniel, Jr. |
| 47 | N Quincy Street and Washington Boulevard | 38.88605 | -77.10817 | Triplett, Frances, Sr. |
| 48 | N. Quincy and 17th Streets | 38.89138 | -77.10797 | Sisson, Jonathan A. |
| 49 | N. Woodstock St. and Glebe Rd. | 38.89372 | -77.12028 | Earp, Matthew |
| 51 | Ball-Sellers House, 5620 S 3rd Street | 38.8637 | -77.12495 | Carlin, Elizabeth |
| 55 | Near Glebe and Military Roads | 38.92557 | -77.11897 | Frye, Thomas B. |
| 56 | Near Glebe Road and Pershing Drive | 38.8739 | -77.10517 | Clark, James T. |
| 57 | Near Harrison Street and Yorktown Boulevard | 38.9039 | -77.14437 | Thompson, Thomas |
| 58 | Near Walter Reed Drive and Columbia Pike | 38.86255 | -77.08705 | Lacy, William B. |
| 60 | North end of Minor’s Hill, By Yorktown Boulevard and Little Falls Road | 38.90396 | -77.14238 | Minor, Catharine |
| 62 | On block between Harrison and Greenbriar, 8th and 9th. | 38.87902 | -77.12683 | Southern, Richard |
| 64 | Prospect Hill, 1230 S Arlington Ridge Road | 38.86377 | -77.06603 | Roach, James |
| 65 | Queen and 23rd Streets S, near Gunston Middle School | 38.85304 | -77.07314 | Fraser, Anthony |
| 67 | Scott St. and Columbia Pike – both sides of the Pike | 38.86509 | -77.07715 | Williams, Bazil |
| 68 | South Filmore Street and Arlington Boulevard | 38.87341 | -77.08937 | Hunter, John |
| 69 | South of Big Walnut Park, the prominence south of Hall’s Hill | 38.89015 | -77.13123 | Sommers, J.A. |
| 70 | Southern part of National Airport | 38.84126 | -77.03673 | Chapman, Constantia |
| 71 | Sycamore and Powhattan Streets | 38.90075 | -77.15732 | Pearson, Thomas, Jr. |
| 73 | Washington Boulevard and N. Kirkwood, home on south side of street | 38.88601 | -77.10011 | Ball, John, Ensign |
| 76 | Westmoreland and 30th Street N | 38.89566 | -77.1676 | Darne, Belinda |
| 78 | Yorktown Boulevard and Old Dominion Road | 38.89945 | -77.12406 | Robertson, James |