Cemetery name:
Muddy Creek
Also known as
Keltner
Township:
Deerfield
Date Started:
Status:
Inactive
Dimensions:
The property currently measures 200 feet by 222 feet.
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.
Directions:
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). It is 2 miles SW Mason, North side TR-54, North side of Western Row between Hwy42 & Butler-Warren County Road.
Cemetery transcriptions:
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The cemetery was read in the 1970's by C. & B. Dunn and E. Preest and again in 1998 by Lita and Eric Yarberry. --WARREN COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY: Vol 6 Old Cemeteries in eight townships, page 362 |
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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. |
Tombstone images:
The Warren County Ohio GenWeb Site is providing a place to post tombstone photos for Warren County Cemeteries. To submit images of tombstones in this cemetery, click here.