EXHIBIT 31.1


                           CERTIFICATION

I, J. Gerald Bazewicz, President and Chief Executive Officer,
certify, that:

     1.   I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10K for the
period ended December 31, 2004, of First Keystone Corporation.

   2.   Based on my knowledge, the quarterly report does not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of
the circumstances under which such statements were made, not
misleading with respect to the period covered by this annual
report.

   3   Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and
other financial information included in this quarterly report,
fairly present in all material respects the financial condition,
results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and
for, the periods presented in this annual report.

   4.   The registrant's other certifying officer and I are
responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls
and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and
      15d-15(e)) for the registrant and we have:

        a)   designed such disclosure controls and procedures,
   or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be
   designed under our supervision, to ensure that material
   information relating to the registrant, including its
   consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others
   within those entities, particularly during the period in
   which this annual report is being prepared;

        b)   intentionally omitted;

        c)   evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's
   disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this
   annual report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the
   disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the
   period covered by this annual report based upon such
   evaluation; and

        d)   disclosed in this report any change in the
   registrant's internal control over financial reporting that
   occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter
   that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
   materially affect, the registrant's internal control over
   financial reporting; and

   5.   The registrant's other certifying officer and I have
disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation, to the registrant's
auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of
directors (or persons performing the equivalent function):

        a)   all significant deficiencies in the design or
   operation of the internal controls which could adversely
   affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize
   and report financial data and have identified for the
   registrant's auditors any material weaknesses in internal
   controls; and

        b)   any fraud, whether or not material, that involves
   management or other employees who have a significant role in
   the registrant's internal controls.




                        /s/ J. Gerald Bazewicz
                        J. Gerald Bazewicz
                        President and Chief Executive Officer



Date:  March 8, 2005


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