1860’s Mount Carmel Methodist Church (located on Ox Road & Lee Chapel Rd) destroyed by fire
1871 Original lot of 1 acre surveyed for Lee Chapel - donated by Leonard O. Cook
1871 Lee Chapel Methodist Church dedicated
1871 Survey of Lee Chapel refers to what is now Lee Chapel Road as Mill Road
1887 Lee Chapel acquired additional one-half acre donated by John Mahon and his wife, Jennie
1903 Lee Chapel Epworth League chapter 5832 was organized and functioned until nearly 1920
1909 Sydenstricker Methodist Church founded by Rev. Sydenstricker
1910 Vestibule, bell tower and concrete walk added to Lee Chapel
1915 Lee Chapel acquired one additional acre for consideration of $5.00 from Clarence H. Kruse and his wife, Johanna. April 1915
1915 Survey of Lee Chapel refers to what is now Lee Chapel Road as Burke Station Road
1916 Lee Chapel Epworth League shows membership of 84
1923 Lee Chapel closed due to dwindling membership and impassable roads
1929 Burke Methodist Church founded
1939 August 6th Lee Chapel re-opened
1940 A well was dug and connected with a hand pump
1949 Lee Chapel electric lights installed
1951 Lee Chapel closed (October) due to proposed Burke International Airport (16 of the 22 member families were impacted by the threat of losing their homes through eminent domain and by 1952 most had moved away.
1952 The first entry in the Steward’s book, dated August 6, 1939 was $25.46. The last entry (1951)shows a balance of $10.62
1955 Circa mid 1950’s Lee Chapel razed through a controlled burn following incidents of vandalism
1986 Plans revealed to route the Fairfax County Parkway through Lee Chapel Cemetery
1988 Lee Chapel Cemetery saved from being taken for the Fairfax County Parkway project
2017 Website developed on Lee Chapel
2018 Easter Sunrise services returned to Lee Chapel Cemetery by Burke United Methodist Church