Burial Ground for Enslaved People at Monticello
This burial ground, which holds over 40 graves and was likely used beginning in the eighteenth century.
Jefferson Family Burial Places
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The burial places of Thomas Jefferson, his parents, and his siblings are listed below:
- Peter Jefferson (February 29, 1707/08 - August 17, 1757): Shadwell
- Jane Randolph Jefferson (February 9, 1720-March 31, 1776): Monticello Graveyard
- Jane Jefferson (June 27, 1740 - October 1, 1765): Shadwell
- Mary Jefferson Bolling (October 1, 1741 - 1804): Unknown
- Thomas Jefferson (April 2/13, 1743 - July 4, 1826): Monticello graveyard
- Elizabeth Jefferson (November 4, 1744 - February/March 1774): Shadwell
- Martha Jefferson Carr (May 29, 1746 - September 3, 1811): Monticello graveyard
- Peter Field Jefferson (October 16, 1748 - November 29, 1748): Shadwell
- Unnamed Son (March 9, 1750 - March 9, 1750): Shadwell
- Lucy Jefferson Lewis (October 10, 1752 - ?): Kentucky
- Anne Scott Jefferson Marks (October 1, 1755 - July 8, 1828): Unknown
- Randolph Jefferson (October 1, 1755 - September 15, 1815): Snowden (?)
Further Sources
- Malone. Jefferson. See Volume 1, Appendix C, pages 430-31.
- Monticello Association. Persons Buried at the Monticello Graveyard, 1773-1997 (retrieved from a September 27, 2008 capture by The Way Back Machine).
The Monticello Graveyard
The Monticello Graveyard is owned by the Monticello Association, a group of lineal descendants of Thomas Jefferson and his wife, Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson.