Chris Church's burial grounds are where Benjamin Franklin is buried.

Christ Church burial ground is most notable as the final resting place of Benjamin Franklin, a man who captured the spirit of the age and his city. Here lie the graves of some of America's greatest patriots, including five of the signers of the Declaration of Independence; Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), Francis Hopkinson (1737-1791), Dr. Benjamin Rush (1746-1813), George Ross (1736-1779), and Joseph Hewes (1736-1779).

The burial ground has been in continuous use since 1719, when the vestry of Christ Church purchased the site because there was no room in the church yard for internments, and because the land near the church was too marshy.

Other notables interred at this site are: Commodore William Bainbridge (1774-1833) a hero of the war of 1812;Thomas Willing (1731-1821) the first President of the First Bank of The United States; John Dunlap (d. 1812) printer of the first broadside of the Declaration of Independence; Captain William Budden (d. 1766) who brought the Liberty Bell and Christ Church bells to America; Philip Syng (1703-1789) Silversmith who fashioned the inkstand used by the signers of the Declaration of Independence; and Michael Hillegas (1729-1804) the first treasurer of the United States.