Cemetery Name

Muddy Creek

Township

Status

First Known Burial

General Condition

Tombstone Condition

OGS Cemetery #

Location:

Coordinates:

STR/ VMD

Property Account:

Parcel ID:

Map:

• USGS GNIS National Mapping Information for Muddy Creek Cemetery (Feature ID 1042214)
• TopoZone map at coordinates 39° 20' 15"N, 84° 20' 53"W
• Warren County Auditor for the Property Account #1137344 [Parcel ID 15053530180] - 0.9 acres
• Aerial Map from Windows.Live Local
• Beers History of Warren County, Ohio, page 642 says,
  "In 1803, the Union yard was opened for the interment of the dead. This is in the Bowyer community, about a mile north of the present Union Church. About the same time the Muddy Creek Graveyard was started."
• "From Palmyra To Kirkwood - The Early Progress Of Mason" by Dallas Bogan says,
  "The early Baptists of the township found solace worshiping in each other's home. In 1804, they were recognized and admitted into the Miami Baptist Association. There is the possibility that William Mason's brother, the Rev. John Mason, was accountable for the congregation. Sometime later, a church not yet built, allowed the members to hold their services in a log schoolhouse along Muddy Creek near the Butler County line. A church was built later just west of this location along with the establishment of a cemetery. The first names recorded at the church were: John Seward, T.T. Brown and Robert Witham. "

Cemetery History

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.  The property currently measures 200 ft x 222 ft.   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.

Cemetery Transcriptions

• D.A.R. Turtlecreek Chapter & Warren County Historical Society (available at the Historical Society Library)
  • none
• Warren County Genealogical Society
  • Warren County Cemetery Records Volume 6 page 352 which listed 35 burials [also see on-line Name Index]
  • Chuck Griffen visited the cemetery for the Warren County Genealogical Society on 1 July 2006 and photographed all extant tombstones. Chuck found 25 of the 35 stones listed in Volume 6 plus another 13 not previously listed. The results of his efforts will be incorporated in a future update of .Warren County Cemetery Records Volume 6. 
• USGenWeb Archives
  • This database was submitted to the USGenWeb Archives by Sherry Jenkins on 9 November 1999. The submission was based on data received from Lita and Eric Yarberry who compiled the information in conjunction with the 1998 cemetery restoration that was done by Carl Muennich, Secton and Eric Yarberry for his Eagle Scout Project. This listing identifies 18 additional burials not found by the Warren County Genealogical Society efforts described above. Seven of these were based on data other than a tombstone reading; six were based on stones that were found during the 1998 restoration but not replaced in the cemetery. The other five were footstones present in 1998 but not found during the 2006 visit.

Gravestone Images

Gravestone photos for the Warren County, Ohio Virtual Cemetery Project are being posted to the Warren County OHGenWeb Project
To view images ===> Muddy Creek
To submit images ==> email to Arne H. Trelvik at atrelvik@gmail.com [please send high resolution digital images if available]