AKA: 

Number of Burials (approximate):  25

Dates of Activity:  1861 - 1992

Documentation/Publication: 

CCGS, The Cemeteries of Colebrook, East Keating, Grugan, Leidy, Noyes, and West Keating Townships (2008)

Directions/GPS: 

From the intersection of Jay and Water Streets in Lock Haven (the Lock Haven Courthouse), travel west on Water Street for 1 mile.  Turn right onto PA Route 120 (Susquehanna Avenue) and travel 38.9 miles, to Keating.  Turn left onto Keating Road and go over the bridge.  Continue on this road.  At 0.7 mile, the road splits three ways.  Continue on Keating Mountain Road (gravel) which is toward your left but not the leftmost road.  From this point, travel 6.5 miles.  The cemetery is on the left side of the road, in a clearing. 

GPS = N41 13.799 W77 59.723

Landowner / Caretaker:

Rohn Cemetery-Nelsonville Cemetery

Pottersdale, PA 16871

Condition/Needs: 

Excellent

History:

Seth Iredell Nelson(1811-1905) was an early resident and prominent pioneer hunter in the Keating Mountain region.  A settlement sprang up around his home, known as Nelsonville.  A small community cemetery appears to have been established in Nelsonville.  The earliest dated gravestone records an 1861 burial; most interments appear to have been relatives of the Nelson family, or neighbors.  One recent burial, dated 1992, is that of a man who lived nearby.  There is almost no settlement at Nelsonville today.