EXHIBIT 31.1



                            CERTIFICATION


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

     1.   I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10 Q for the
period ended March 31, 2005, 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 quarterly 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 quarterly 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-14 and 15d-14) 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
    quarterly report is being prepared;

       b)   designed such internal control over financial
    reporting, or caused such internal control over financial
    reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide
    reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial
    reporting and the preparation of financial statements for
    external purposes in accordance with generally accepted
    accounting principles;

       c)   evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's
    disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this
    quarterly report our conclusions about the effectiveness of
    the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the
    period covered by this quarterly 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


May 3, 2005


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