In the 1940s the township of Franklin purchased and maintained 100 cemetery plots. The purpose was to create a Potter's Field. By 1975 the township only used 6 of the burial plots: they decided to sell the others.[1]
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cedar Grove Cemetery
January 01, 1970
cedar, grove, cemetery, franklin, somerset, county, jersey, cedar, grove, cemetery, middlebush, franklin, township, somerset, county, jersey, cedar, grove, cemeterydetailslocationmiddlebush, jerseycountryunited, statescoordinates40, 5018878, 5338734, 5018878, . Cedar Grove Cemetery is in Middlebush Franklin Township Somerset County New Jersey Cedar Grove CemeteryDetailsLocationMiddlebush New JerseyCountryUnited StatesCoordinates40 30 07 N 74 32 02 W 40 5018878 N 74 5338734 W 40 5018878 74 5338734TypePublicFind a GraveCedar Grove Cemetery Contents 1 History 2 Burials 3 References 4 External linksHistory editIn the 1940s the township of Franklin purchased and maintained 100 cemetery plots The purpose was to create a Potter s Field By 1975 the township only used 6 of the burial plots they decided to sell the others 1 Burials editColonel Routh Goshen Welsh Family said to have donated the land for this cemetery The family lived on Welshs Lane in East Millstone NJ citation needed References edit Township Seeking to unload Cemetery Plots Franklin News Record 18 December 1975 Retrieved 10 October 2021 External links editCedar Grove Cemetery at Find a Grave nbsp U S Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System Cedar Grove Cemetery Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cedar Grove Cemetery Franklin Somerset County New Jersey amp oldid 1137369071, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
