This is long but I know of no other way to convey my research, thoughts, and questions. Jeff said, > If you read these, it talks about 2 properties comprising the original > homestead. > 1 on Keim (Boyer) rd. southwest of Lobachsville > and the second at Oysterdale and Lobachsville roads at the village of > Pikeville. According to the article, The Pikeville property was the one > that George Keim inherited in 1762 The property near Pikeville is the original Johannes Keim property later owned by George Keim. This property is on the border of Oley, Rockland, and East District. The Keim property on Boyer Road is the Jacob Keim property owned by Jacob, the son of Johannes Keim b. abt. 1675. This property was originally part of the Johannes Hoch property (Jacob's wife's father) not part of the original Keim property. In the book, "The Oley Valley Heritage The Colonial Years: 1700-1775" by Philip E. Pendleton, 1994. The author has mapped the land ownership in 1725, 1750, and 1775 in Exeter, Oley, and the Amity Zones. In 1775 George Keim owned all the land that was owned previously in 1725 and 1750 by Johannes Keim. In 1750 the Johannes Hoch property is a large parcel on the border of the Oley Zone and Rockland Township. It appears Johannes Hoch increased his property holdings after 1750 and then died. In 1775 the Jacob Keim property is a parcel bordered on the east and west by the estate of Johannes Hoch. Abraham Hoch has the major portion of the original Johannes Hoch property from 1750 adjoining the easternmost parcel of the estate of Johannes Hoch. All these parcels lie near or on the boundary between Oley and Rockland Townships. It seems to me that part of one of these parcels may have become the Gheer Farm. Note below where it states that the Gheer Farm is on the Oley line. However, in 1750 a very large parcel of land on the border of the Exeter and Oley Zones was the estate of Johannes Schneider, father of Barbara Schneider, the wife of Nicholas Keim (another son of Johannes Keim b. abt. 1675). The Keim-Schneider family burial plot is located on this parcel of land. (I went there in 2000 and found no grave of Johannes Keim. Nicholas Keim and his wife Barbara are buried there.) In 1775 this parcel was divided between Peter and Johann Jacob Schneider. This too could later have become the Gheer Farm and would be on the Oley line. In 1750 Nicholas Keim also owned a parcel of land in the Exeter Zone very near Hughes' Tavern. He didn't own it in 1725 and no longer owned any land in Oley, Amity, or Exeter Zones in 1775. I don't know if this is the Nicholas, son of Johannes Keim. In 1775 most of this parcel was then owned by Edward Hughes. Jeff continued, > The article mentions 2 Keim burial plots on the Keim Rd. property. The two burial sites are near the present Jacob Keim property and were at one time part of the Jacob Keim property which was earlier owned by Johannes Hoch. One site is where Jacob and his wife Magdalena are buried. Theirs are the only gravestones in this plot. The second site is mostly Jacob's son, John, and his progeny. The grave of Johannes Keim b. abt. 1675 is not located in either site as far as I know. But, I have not seen a list of all headstones located in the larger family plot and didn't get inside the walls to view all the headstones close up when I was there. Jeff sent this, I have tried to add translations to what he sent although I am not great at this. "Notes of a drive through Oley township with Jonas DeTurck, of Neversink, Fall of 1894. Following deciphered on old sandstone tombstones in family burial plot on Gheer Farm, Oley Line: Zum Audenken - von Johannes Keim u Frau Susanna, Sterbt d. Decem., obiden yahre sein alter 70 mos. u 4 Tag. Zum Audenken von Johan Keim u Fr. Susann, folgende Kinder ruhe, also Kinder von Johan Keim und Catherina geb 20 Feb., geb de 5 Augst. In Memory of Johannes Keim and his wife Susanna, Died in December at the age of 70 years and 4 days. In Memory of Johan Keim his wife, Susann, to follow children peace, also Children Johan Keim and Catherina born the 20th of February, born the 5th of August. 1771 1771 Sterbt c. 21 December, Died on December 21 obigen yahre seine alter 10 m. 10 months and 1 day old u 1 Tag. 1781 1781 Sterbt d. 9 Jan. 1784, Died on the 9th of January, 1784, ihr alter 2 yahr at the age of 2 years 5 mo. u 6 Tag. 5 months and 6 days "Zum Audenken Von Maria Elizabeth (this may be the 2d wife of Johannes Keim the founder, see his will)" [last name variations cut] "Ist gestorben 2 june, 1772, ihre alter 59 yahre ----- ein. This would make her born 1713, which date would correspond. He married her in 1731 when she was 18 years of age." In Memory of Maria Elizabeth died the 2nd of June, 1772, died at age 59. Please follow this and see if it makes sense: 1. It looks to me as if Johan Keim and Catherine are the children of Johan Keim and his wife Susann. 2. Johan Keim, the son, was born the 20th of February, 1771 and died the 21st of December, of either 1771 at age 10 months, 1 day or in 1781 at the age of 10 yrs, 10 months, 1 day. 3. Catherina, their daughter, was born the 5th of August, 1781 and died the 9th of January, 1784 at the age of 2yr., 5 mon., 6 days (looks like four days to me). 4. The Jacob Keim b.1724 (son of Johannes Keim b. abt. 1675) had a son named Johannes "John" Jacob Keim b. 1756. "John" married Susan Weidner and they lived on the Boyer Rd. Keim property. Are these the Johan and Susanna on this headstone? "John" would have been only 15 and Susan only 14 when Johan b. 1771 was born but this is possible although seems improbable. Susan is said to have been born in 1757 and died in 1825. I don't know how accurate these dates are and where they came from. They make her 68 at the time of her death, not 70. 5. John and Susanna had one surviving son that I know of, Jacob Keim born in 1787. He was the next owner of the Jacob Keim property on Boyer Rd. Is he the brother of Johan and Catherina? I guess my next questions are: Where was this headstone? Is it located in the burial site on Boyer Rd.? If so then these could very likely be the son, daughter-in-law, and grandchildren of Jacob Keim b. 1724. But it says "on the Gheer farm on the Oley line." Was the property across the road from the present Jacob Keim property somehow owned by a Gheer by 1894 before the death of the last Keim to own the house on Boyer Rd.? Elizabeth Keim died in 1911 and the property was sold in 1912 to M. H. Boyer. Or was the Gheer property the old Schneider land? Or the Johannes Keim/George Keim land? Or the Nicholas Keim land where no one has looked for a Johannes Keim burial spot as far as I know. All these parcels are on various boundaries between Oley and other zones except the Nicholas Keim land. Is there someome who can check the three known Keim family burial sites carefully and also check out further about the Nicholas Keim property in Exeter Township? More questions than answers. Susan