Pike County Cemeteries - Keith Cemetery

Location: Hartford Twp - 51N R 3W Section 8
Directions: Hwy 161 south to Pike 416 on right side of road.
Notes: This is an old catholic cemetery In 1843 and 1844 James R. Keith was a merchant in Middletown. He decided to come to New Hartford to continue his business. He bought land near the site of the home of Mrs. Marvin Nalley where he built a home and store building. While he was in business here, two children drowned while they, with their family, were crossing the Indian Creek just south of New Hartford. The father asked Mr. Keith where he might bury the children as they were traveling through and far from home. Mr. Keith gave him permission to bury them behind his house. In the late 1800's John Keith inherited this farm from his father, James R. Keith, and deeded an acre or so of his land to be known as the Keith Cemetery. This was where the two drowned children had been buried. In 1965 a perpetual care fund was begun to take care of it.