WARREN COUNTY OHIO - Keltner Cemetery AKA Muddy Creek Cemetery *********************************************************************** OHGENWEB NOTICE: All distribution rights to this electronic data are reserved by the submitter. Reproduction or re-presentation of copyrighted material will require the permission of the copyright owner. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. *********************************************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Sherry Jenkins jenkins.threadbare.farm@worldnet.att.net November 11, 1999 *********************************************************************** KELTNER CEMETERY (A K A MUDDY CREEK CEMETERY) This cemetery is located on Western Row Road very close to Butler-Warren County Road (which is the dividing line between Butler and Warren counties). The property currently measures 200 feet by 222 feet. It was established in 1803, and took its original name from the Muddy Creek which ran along side it. The Muddy Creek Baptist Church began first holding services in private homes, then moved to the school house near the Muddy Creek Cemetery. The church was admitted into the Miami Baptist Association in 1804 then by 1854, it had been dropped from the minutes of the Association. More recently the cemetery has been known as the Keltner Cemetery because it was on the Marion Keltner farm. The 1891 land plat of Deerfield Township shows the cemetery on the property of J.M. Vorhis (110.26 acres) in Section 5. In 1998, Mr. Carl Meunnich, sexton of the Deerfield Township cemeteries, and Eric Yarberry, an Eagle Scout, began the restoration of the cemetery after years of neglect. Eric decided it would make an ideal project for his Eagle Scout requirement. It was rededicated May 08, 1998. Although much restoration work was done, and many of the tombstones cleaned and re-fitted, not all grave sites are readily visible. The cemetery was read in the 1970's by C. & B. Dunn and E. Preest. The listing below is a compilation of that list, information kindly supplied by Lita and Eric Yarberry, and a current reading of the cemetery. The information is listed in the following manner: surname, given name, relationship, person(s) related to, birth date, death date, age, current status of tombstone. AYRES, Infant, daughter, Alias & Ursula A.,---,9/25/1842, 24 days, stone present C.F. (no other date available), stone present CARTER, Cassius, son, Joseph & Ellen,---, 2/19/1849, 4 yrs, 2 mos, stone present CARTER, Joseph, ---, ---, ---, 9/18/1833, 73 yrs, stone present COMPTON, John C., son, Richard J. & Mary, ---, 2/6/1845, 26 yrs, 7 mos, 9 days, stone present COMPTON, Margaret, daughter, Jacob L. & Elizabeth,---, 11/13/1841, 2 yrs, 3 mos, 30 days, stone present (age now underground) COMPTON, Mary, consort, Richard J. Compton, N.J., 10/14/1850, 67 yrs, 0 mos, 2 days, stone present (age now underground) CORRINGTON, Freeman, ---, ---, 3/19/1792, 8/5/1850, 58 yrs, 4 mos, 17 days, stone present CREASSEY, Margaret Ann, daughter, Joseph & Mary A., ---, 9/22/1853, 11 yrs, 1 mon, 8 days, partial stone present FELTNER, Emma, wife, H.R. Feltner, ---, 12/3/1865, 25 yrs, stone present FERRIS, Peter, ---, ---, ---, 8/20/??, on the 1970's list but not currently evident G.J. (no other data available), no stone GASTON, Joseph, ---, ---, ---, 5/4/1854, 63 yrs, 1 mon, 2 days, stone reassembled at park site within the cemetery H. , M.J., ( no other data available), very small stone present H., W., ( no other data available), stone present HULS, Eliza, daughter, Wm. & Katherine, ---, 4/4/1822. 8 mos, stone present HULS, Emiline, daughter, Wm. & Katherine, ---, 7/12/1824, 7 yrs, 10 mos, 6 days, stone present HULS, Katherine, consort, William Jr., ---, 9/23/1821, 39 yrs, 0 mon, 15 days, stone present HULS, Malvina, daughter, Joseph & Amanda M., ---, 10/2/1856, 1 day, on the 1970's list but not currently evident HULS, Martha Jane, daughter, Joseph H. & Amanda M., ---, 10/12/1845, 3 yrs, ?? mos, ?? days, stone found but not replaced HULS, William Jr., ---, ---, ---, 4/4/1831, 47 yrs, 7 mos, 25 days, stone present I., C.R., ---, ---, ---, 8/??/??, ---, stone found but not placed L., H. or U., (no other data), stone present LAYMON, Anna, wife, Rev. D., 1/26/1810, 3/23/1853/ 43 years, stone not present LONG, John L., ---, ---, ---, 11/26/1860, ?4 yrs, 8 mos, 00 days, stone not placed LONG, Mary Ann, wife, John L., ---, 9/13/1848, 58 yrs, 10 mos, 18 days, stone not placed MANNING, Daniel, ---, ---, ---, 4/13/1819/, 73 yrs, 00 mos, 7 days, stone present but unreadable MANNING, Mary, ---, ---, ---, ---, 60 yrs, stone not present MANNING, Mary, consort, Daniel, ---, broken across dates, 60 yrs, stone not present MEIGHEN, Elizabeth, wife, John, ---, 9/30/1835 (date from '70's list since no longer readable), 25 yrs, stone present MINOR, Abia, ---, ---, ---, 12/28/1834, 67 yrs, 10 mos, 29 days, stone present MINOR, Alison Eli, ---, ---, ---, 8/23/1833, 27 yrs, 4 mos, 14 days, stone present MINOR, Ann, consort, Abia, ---, 9/6/1819, 69 yrs, 4 mos, 21 days, stone found but not replaced MINOR, Mary Ann, daughter, Abia & Margaret, ---, 9/16/1834, 22 yrs, 1 mon, 8 days, stone present ROBERTS, Malinda Orriminah, daughter, R.J. & Mary Compton, ---, 3/18/1849, 26 yrs, 1 mon, 00 days ROBERTS, Malinda Orriminah, wife Joseph M., ---, 3/18/1849, 26 yrs, 1 mon, 00 days (Note: entries for Malinda Roberts combined on one large stone) S., E., ( no other data), stone present S., J.H., (no other data), stone present SENTNEY, ?...y, ---, ---, ---, 18?9, stone not present SHERWOOD, Stephen, son, P.V. & C. Sherwood, ---, 2/23/1828, 1 yr. 14 days, stone present STEPHENSON, Mary Jane, wife, Abraham, ---, 9/22/1862, 30 yrs, 10 mos, 7 days, stone present STOUT, Austin, son, Horatio P. & Emily, ---, 9/30/1839, 1 yr, 0 mos, 14 days, stone present STOUT, Daniel, ---, ---, ---, 7/06/1833, ---, stone found but not placed STOUT, Emily, wife, Horatio P., ---, ---, ---, stone found but not placed STOUT, Horatio P., ---, ---, ---, 11/25/1852, 42 yrs, 4 mos, 21 days, stone gone STOUT, Joseph, son, Daniel & Nancy, ---, 9/10/1825, 25 years, stone present STOUT, Nancy, wife, Daniel, ---, 12/08/1852, 84 years, stone present STOUT, Phillip, ---, ---, ---, 8/01/1868, 80 years, stone present SWEARINGEN, Caroline, wife, Wm., 9/14/1839, 4/30/1863, 23 yrs, 7 mos, 16 days, stone not present SWEARINGEN, Caroline, daughter, ??Nixon, 9/14/1839, 4/30/1863, 23 yrs, 7 mos, 16 days, stone not present SWEARENGEN, Mary Catherine, wife, Wm., 9/14/1839, 4/30/1863, 23 yrs, 7 mos, 16 days, stone gone THOMPSON, Alexander M., ---, ---, ---, 6/8/1854, 31 yrs, 6 mos, 17 days, stone reassembled at park site in cemetery THOMPSON, John, ---, ---, ---, 7/29/1847, 53 years, stone present THOMPSON, Joseph, ---, ---, ---, 1/8/1840, 57 years, stone present THOMPSON, Matilda, consort, James, ---, 1/14/1855, 31 yrs, 8 mos, 21 days, stone present THOMPSON, Sarah M., wife, Wm., ---, 3/23/1865, 48 years, stone present THOMPSON, Wm., ---, ---, ---, 5/7/1848, 80 years, stone present TULLIS, Joel, son, John & Temperance, ---, 8/29/1865, ---, stone found but not placed WIKOFF, Lorenski, B., son, Wm. C. & Sidney, ---, 8/??/1811, 17 mos, 24 days, stone present WRIGHT, A.M., (other data not available), stone present WRIGHT, M., (no other data available), stone gone ZIND, Simon, ---, ---, ---, 12/24/1861, 41 yrs, 2 mos, 3 days, stone present ? , Infant, ---, ---, ---, ---, 3 yrs, 4 mos, 6 days, stone not present ?, ---, ---, ---, ---, ---, 60y..? His age..., stone not placed ?, ---, ---, ---, ---, 185?, ---, stone not present ?, ---, ---, ---, ---, ---, 39 yrs, 3 mos, ??days, stone not present Sherry Jenkins 10/99