A potter's field, paupers' grave or common grave is a term for a place for the burial of unknown or indigent people. The US expression potter's field derives from the Bible, referring to a field used for the extraction of potter's clay; such land, useless for agriculture, could be used as a burial site. The State of Michigan pays up $145 to the cemetery for the burial of those with no money or relatives to pay for the internment so these graves won't be in the nicest part of the cemetary and headstones, if any, are usually very plain. Elsewhere in this cemetery you can find mausoleums and graves of some of the wealthier Ludington families as well as sites from the Lumber Heritage Trail giving some history of these families. Look for the white posts with a QR code and a phone number on it.