Wayne County MI Archives Photo Place.....IMG_1570 August 10, 2011
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Tina Brown http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00030.html#0007313 August 11, 2011, 12:25 am

Source:             Oakwood Cemetery Flat Rock
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This cemetery has no sign and unless you know what to look for would be very 
difficult to find.  The cemetery sits back about 1/10 of a mile from the road 
and cannot be seen from it. There is a second gate of cyclone fencing, but you 
can drive in and though the cemetery. 

The two-track shown in the picture lies between two houses on the north side of 
Will Carleton Rd. about 1 mile west of Telegraph Rd.  The front of the property 
just west of the two-track has a line of large boulders, of which I took a 
photo. If you come in from I-275 (the west) the entrance is just past the line 
of boulders. Across the road there is a small hill with a large, gray, old-
fashioned farmhouse just east of the cemetery entrance.  If you come in from 
the east and get to the Country Meadows Mobile Home Park, you have gone too far.

Additional Comments:
This cemetery has many weathered stones.  The earliest birth date I have 
noticed was in the 1700s.  It is about a mile from the location of the first 
house in the local area to be built by a white man.  It would not surprise me 
if this place was one of the earliest public burying grounds in Flat Rock.

Although the grass needs cutting and some tree-trimming needs to be done, the 
setting is quite beautiful and the cemetery was still active in 2003.  It 
appears to have plenty of space for additional burials.  The military 
headstones each had an American flag during my visit today.

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