AKA:  Kryder Cemetery

Number of Burials (approximate): 3

Dates of Activity: 1874

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 2.7 miles.  A gate on your left is marked "Morris Run Trail."  Park here.  Across Keating Mountain Road from the gate, on the right hand side of the road, walk about 350 yards back along the tree line through the woods, along the edge of a field.  The three graves are located along this tree line in the woods.

GPS = N41 14.875 W77 56.202

Landowner / Caretaker:

Kryder Cemetery

Star Route - East Keating Township

Westport, PA 17778

Condition/Needs: 

Good; could use some clearing of dead branches and loose brush.

History:

William Perry owned and cleared a farm on Keating Mountain, later to be known as the Philip Moyer farm.  He and two others were laid to rest on the farm.