Historic Franklin Cemetery is located in the

 center of Franklin Village, Michigan on the

 highest part of the Village. It was

established in 1827, just three years after

the founding of the Village, by the Village’s

founding families. It is the third oldest

active cemetery in the State of Michigan,

and is designated as an ”Historic Country

 Cemetery” on the National Register of

Historic places. The Franklin Cemetery is

owned by a private, tax-exempt nonprofit

 organization known as the Franklin

Cemetery Association (the “Association”).

The Association, incorporated in Michigan

 in 1939, is comprised of many members

who typically own burial rights in the

Cemetery. The Association is governed by

a Board of Directors, elected by the

general membership. When a family

purchases burial rights through the

purchase of a grave site, the family

becomes part of the cemetery community.

 

The Association maintains a professionally-

managed Trust fund, which provides the

 resources for perpetual care of the

Cemetery grounds and to pay a Cemetery

administrator.