Pike Co., KY Cemeteries Library of Jim W. Tackitt 1830 Johnson Dr. • Concord, CA 94520 • <jtackett@jps.net> Below are some of the cemeteries that have had headstone surveys [or partial listings] as located in various publications. This is by NO MEANS a complete listing of all the cemeteries in Pike Co. Sorry, I do not have time to do "lookups," but this list will help you on your way. However, if you can read a .rtf file, I'll be glad to send you a fully formatted file [same information, just looks better.]. If writing to me off the list, please include your full name and regular USPS address [and brief lineage data if seeking genealogy information] as I do not normally respond to email messages/queries that come to me as "anonymous." I recently returned from an 11 day stay in Pike Co. and one day I visited 13 cemeteries in the Myra, Beefhide, Jonancy area, most not on this list - plus several others in the Long Fork area . . . . and came back with 13 rolls of film. [July 1998]. In the past 20 years I guess I've visited well over 100 cemeteries in Pike & Floyd Co., and photographed most of the "old" stones I could find, as well as those I thought might have a connection to my own surname. [Have also visited numerous cemeteries in Johnson, Carter & Magoffin Counties, but that's another story.] CAUTION: The names of many of the older cemeteries may change every few years. The cemetery names are frequently noted by the name of the person currently living "at the bottom of the hill." As example, the large "Amil Little Cemetery" on Long Fork was previously known as the "Neil Little Cem." and before that it was designated as the "Wm. Buck Tackitt Cem." ______________ "Grapevine, Legend of the: Tribute to a Family and a Birthplace," by Danny E. Bevins 1994, No Address. Contains sections on the families of: Bevins, Robinson, Reynolds, Smiley, Justice, Harris, & Anderson. Also gives information on "History of Grapevine School," Post Office History, some Cemetery Inventories: • Anderson Cemetery, Phyllis; • Reynolds Cemetery, Phyllis; • Bevins Cemetery, Phyllis; • Alex Reynolds Cemetery; • Blackburn Cemetery; • "Graves on Eugene Abshire Branch of Upper Grapevine;" • Webb Cemetery, • Ward Cemetery, • Lower Murphy Cemetery, • Keene Cemetery, • Taylor/Justice Cemetery; • Dick's Fork Cemetery; • Miller Family Cemetery; • Old Murphy Cemetery; [unless given, no location is noted for the various cemeteries.] Includes a Bibliography. ALSO contains numerous photos & copies of documents. 193 pp, 8.5x11, soft cover, end stapled, NO INDEX. "This Land . . . Pike County, Kentucky," by Marie R. Justice; Gateway Press. Baltimore, MD : 1994 Contains sections: Before the County Had a Name; The Development of the County; Early Pike Co. Families; Pike County People; How We Lived; The End of an Era; Cemeteries [selected. Includes brief history and SOME entries from • Dils Cemetery, Pikeville; • The Ferguson Cemetery, Northgate; • Pikeville City Cemetery, • Cline Cemetery, Pikeville, • Knob Fork Cemetery, on Knob Fork of Burning Fork of Coon Creek; • Sowards Cemetery, at Myra [Beefhide]; • Cecil-Bowles Cemetery, Pikeville, across from the Bowles Addition. 158 pp, 5.5x8.5, soft wrap-around cover, perfect bound. INDEX. 4. Pike Co. Historical Papers, No. 4 1980 Contains material on: The Sowards Family; Cemetery Inventory: May [located on Lower Johns Creek across from the College Farm & Keathley [located at Riocham Station on Willie Riddle farm on Shelby Creek]; A list of 54 cemeteries that have been inventoried, with the majority being on Indian Creek; Descendants of Jesse Jones of Feds Creek; Thomas McCoy's descendants; James & Sarah Tackett Hudson Family; The Millers of Feds Creek; Marriages listed in Floyd Co., KY Bond Book I, 1808-1822 5. Pike Co. Historical Papers, No. 5 1983 Contains material on: 1810 Floyd Co., KY Census; 1840 Pike Co., KY Census; The Roll of Co. E, 39th Mtd. Inf. Vols, Union, Civil War; an 1868 Pike Co. Voting Report; the 1850 Pike Co. Mortality Schedule; Cemetery listings from: Dils, Lesley, Hamilton, Phillips and Robinett; brief [mostly undocumented[ genealogies on the families of: Clevinger-Ramey, Elswick, Osborns, Roberts, Smith and Taylor; numerous photos "McCown Cemetery Records," an unpublished typescript by John Walter Picklesimer, 2881 Middlesex Way, Lexington, KY 40503. This cemetery is located on "the hill at Branham Heights [Pike Co., KY]." The compiler notes that this is primarily a Family Cemetery that has not been well-maintained and "some of the stones were completely covered with vines which indicates that ... [some of the stones] may have been missed." This is an excellent work which also contains a plot plan of all stones located. [1990] "Pike Co. [KY] Cemeteries," [with genealogical annotations] an unpublished typescript by John Walter Picklesimer, 2881 Middlesex Way, Lexington, KY 40503. 9 Aug 1988; This EXCELLENT work contains an inventory, with a plot map of each; 53 pp., 8.5x11, 3-hole punched, contains FULLNAME INDEX. • The Rob Damron Cemetery, on Caney Creek, just above the mouth of mouth of Caney Creek right next to the Bethlehem Church; • The Calhoun Cemetery, located at Robinson Creek; • The Branham Cemetery, located on Shelby Creek, just below the mouth of Caney Creek; • The Chestnut Orchard Cemetery, located on Long Fork, near the split to Etty, close to the Shelby Valley Volunteer Fire Dept. This is the cemetery of Abel & Rebecca Caudill Tackitt [names incorrectly transcribed as Tackett by the compiler - but certainly a minor error.]; • The Marrs Cemetery, located on North US Hiway 23. "Pike Co. [KY] Cemetery Records." These Pike cemeteries are contained in various vols. of records published by Joe R. Skeens, 212 Sally Stephens Branch, Prestonsburg, KY 41653. As Mr. Skeens provides only a surname index [Vol. 5 has NO index], research in these vols. is time consuming as a "line by line" reading is required to find anyone. One is cautioned, too, that corrections & additions to previous vols. show up in later vols. of these cemetery records by Joe Skeens. Vol. V - Apple Orchard Cem., p72 Bevins Cem., p58 Big Branch Cem., p59 Blackburn (Burley) Cem., p61 Blackburn (Roscoe) Cem., p71 Blankenship (Alex) Cem., p60 Blankenship (John W.) Cem., p57 Bowles Cem., p52 Cecil Cem., p52 James (Clarence) Cem., p58 Collinsworth Cem., p57 Edmonds Cem., p50 Edmonds Cem., p51 Edmonds Cem. (2), p51 Gilliam Cem., p50 Jackson Cem., p52 James (D.W. Babe) Cem., p61 Kendrick (George) Cem., p70 Lowe Cem., p66 Lowe (Adron) Cem., p70 Lowe (Alson) Cem., p70 Lowe (Fountaine) Cem., p65 Maynard (Bud) Cem., p69 McCoy (Roscoe) Cem., p69 McCoy (Talbert) Cem., p63 Pinson Cem., p49 Ratliff Cem., p54 Ratliff (Jim) Cem., p63 Scott Cem., p67 Smokey Valley Cem., p62 Steele Cem., p53 Syck Cem., p53 Taylor (Allen) Cem., p68 Taylor (Cecil) Cem., p66 Taylor (Henry) Cem., p63 Taylor (James Moses) Cem., p69 Taylor (Joe) Cem., p68 Taylor (Sidney) Cem., p67 Taylor (Wallace) Cem., p59 Weddington Cem., p53 Vol. VI - Adkins Cem., p57 [Cemetery formerly owned by Spurlock Adkins, located on Penny Rd., Rt. 1469, abt. 1 1/2 miles from Rt. 23. On the point of a hill, left side of the road, just beyond a brick house. Go beyond a TB satellite and bear to the right. The cemetery is badly overgrown with briars and vines, making the stones hard to find - 1986] Booker Cem., p63 [Located on Booker Fork of Caney Creek.] Branham Cem., p56 - small cemetery [At Lick Fork, Caney] Caldwell Cem., p60 [In Boldman, KY - no further located given] Chestnut Grove Cem., p65 [Incorrectly named. Should be the Chestnut Orchard Cem. [aka Abel Tackitt Cem.] See source with greater degree of accuracy above under Cemetery Records by John Picklesimer. Both, however, incorrectly transcribe the name for Abel Tackitt as Abel Tackett] Clark Cem., p61 [At Coal Run - no further located given] Gilliam Cem., p60-61 [At Coal Run - no further located given] Greer Cem., p49-52 [Beefhide - Philips Branch.] Greer (Andy) Cem., p49 [Between Mouth of Beefhide Cr. and Burk's Branch on Main Shelby Creek] Harmon Cem., p57 [Small cemetery on hill at Virgie. It lies behind a larger, fenced-in cemetery, above the Benedict home, and directly across Rt. 23 from a large IGA supermarket. It is badly overgrown with small brush and saplings - 1986] Joe's Creek Cem., p62-73 [On Right Fk. of Joe's Creek, at Little Church of Christ] Johnson (Pleasant) Cem., p58 [Part way up a high hill on Speight Rd., which turns right off upper Long Fork Rd. A mining road has been scraped out and the cemetery is located off to the left side - 1986.] Lowe Cem., p67 [Across rd. from Lynch Cem.] Lowe (Mont) Cem., p67 [In Mont Lowe Br. of Brushy Ck., off Rt. 194] Lynch Cem., p66-67 [on Sycamore Ck. off Rt. 194] Marrs - Newsom -Branham - Damron Cem., [aka Rissie Branham Cem.] p54-56 [Located between Esco and Douglas - easy to get to just off freeway.] McCoy Cem., p69 [On Rt. 194, above Jackson Br.] McCoy (John) Cem., p68-69 [On Gibson Br., on Brushy Ck. off Rt. 194] Mullins Cem., p53-54 [On Newsom Br. of Caney Creek] Newsom Cem., p42-45 [At Penny] Newsom Cem., p46-49 [On Little Robinson Cr.] Newsom Cem, p57 [located on a steep mountain, nearly to the top, just as you start up Penny Rd., Rt. 1469. There is a road where four wheel vehicles can travel, but it is a long, hard climb. The cemetery is enclosed by a fence and kept in good repair - 1986] Newsom (Darvin) Cem., p46 [On Little Robinson Cr.] Newsome Cem., p45 [On Newsome Branch] Newsom/Roberts Cem. (Old), p52 [Head of Caney, Newsom Branch] Pinson Cem., p64 Only James A. [1852-1916] & Sophie Cecil Pinson [1875-1920] are bur. here. [On Bent Br., Meta, Rt. 119] Roberts Cem., p49 [Lizzie Fk., off Caney Ck., off Shelby] Scott (Martin) Cem., p67 [Drift Br., Rt. 194] Stacy Cem., p65 [On Bent Branch, Meta, Rt. 119] Steele Cem., p60 [At Boldman, KY- no further located given] Tackett Cem., p56 [At Little Robinson - no further location given] Tackett Cem. [Jasper], p59 [On Long Fork Creek; on hill behind old Jasper "Jay" Tackitt homesite; Locked cemetery gate. Photos of all headstones taken by Jim W. Tackitt] Vol. VII - Blackburn Cem., p68 [On Wolf Branch of Bush Creek off Rt. 194] Blackburn Cem., p69 [In Missouri Branch at McCombs P.O., Rt. 194] Blackburn & Lowe Cem., p73 [On Left Hand Fork of Joes Creek] Blackburn (Floyd) Cem., p80 [On Rt. 194 - no further location given] Blackburn (Wade) Cem., p83 [On Rt. 194 - no further location given] Blair (Myrtle) Cem., p80 [On Rt. 194 - no further location given] Buckley Cem., p77-78 [No location given] Burchett Cem., p71-72 [Near McCombs P.O. on Rt. 194] Clark Cem., p84 [On hill across from Clevenger Store at mouth of Miller Creek] Collinsworth Cem., p85 [On Brushy Creek off Johns Creek abt. 2 miles from mouth of Bushy at Big Branch, Left Point.] Combs Cem., p77 [On North Mayo Trail, Rt. 23, near Pikeville National Bank.] Dils/Lower Chloe Cem., p86-95 [Off Rt. US 119, mouth of Chloe Hwy 1460] Elkins & Collins Cem., p82 [John Layne Hollow, US 23 Bypass] Ellis Cem., p73 [On Joes Creek] Gibson Cem., p78 [On Lower Johns Creek Valley - only two graves] Howard Cem., p74 [Lower Johns Creek, Rt. 194] Jackson Cem., p82 [On Rt. 194 - No other location given] Justice Cem., p69 [In Missouri Branch at McCombs P.O., Rt. 194] Keene & Jones Cem., p74-75 [On North Mayo Trail, Rt. 23, near WLSI Radio Station.] Layne Cem., p81 [on 23 Bypass Rd., called Stringtown ??] Leedy Cem., p71 [One mile above mouth of Sycamore Creek on Rt. 194, off Johns Creek on Gene Leslie Farm.] Lesley Cem., p85 [One mile above mouth of Sycamore at John Creek up hollow to forks on Middle Point.] Leslie Cem., p85 [Behind the Therman Leslie Home at mouth of Millers Creek] Lowe Cem., p79 [At Sycamore Creek, off Rt. 194] McCoy's Cem., p83 [On Rt. 194 - No other location given] McCoy (Tom), p82 [On Rt. 194 - No other location given] Mill Shaw Point Cem., p67 [Across from McCombs, KY Post Office] Miller Cem., p84 [At mouth of Millers Creek Fork of Therman Leslie Home. Morrison Cem., p68 [In Kent narrow Branch of Brushy Creek] Pinson Cem, p79 [Just below Church House, on Rt. 194 at Mouth of Joes Creek] Pinson Cem., p69 [Mouth of Joe's Creek, off Rt. 194, Johns Creek, behind Church of Christ.] Roop Cem., p86 [3/4 mile up Johns Creek, Rt. 194, across Johns Creek on Point.] Runyon Cem., p71 [One mile above Sycamore Creek, Rt. 194] Runyon Cem., p80-81 [On Rt. 194, Drift Br. of John Creek] Scott Cem., p70 [Near Old Johns Creek High School on Rt. 194] Scott Cem., p72 [On Right Hand Fork of Joes Creek] Scott Cem., p79-80 [High on the Point behind Scott Mine, Rt. 194] Stevens & Burgess Cem., p76-77 [On Hurricane Creek, Ousley, KY] Taylor Cem., p72 [On Lower Johns Creek, Rt. 194] Thompson Cem., p68 [near McCombs Post Office, Rt. 194] Walker (Marion) Cem., p67 [1/2 mile above Sycamore Creek, Rt. 194, Walker Branch] Vol. VIII - Burchett Cem., p73 [Located 1/3 mile from Floyd Co. line; head of Buffalo Creek off Rt. 1428, Cow Creek.] Potter, Damron & McCowan Cem., p76-83 [JWT Note: More commonly known as The Potter Cem. - We have numerous photos of older headstones in this cemetery.] - [abt. 5 miles S of Pikeville on New Rt. 23 at Little Creek - just on the other side, to the left, of the new bridge on the cut thru, and up to the top of the hill .] Elkins or Matilda Yates Cem., p74 [On Cowpen Ck., Mossy Bottom on Rt. U.S. 23] Haley Cem. [Ratliff, Kinney & Haley], p83 James Cem., p74 [location not given] Kinney, Kinney & Haley Cem. , p83-94 [1/2 mile on Rt. 2552 off Rt. 122, Shelbiana] Lowe Cem., p74-76 [Head of Big Branch of Bushy Creek off Rt.. 194, Johns Creek.] Lower Johns Creek Cem., p76 [Lower Johns Creek - more descriptive location not given]] Reynolds Cem., p94 [Mouth of Stone Coal Creek where old Church of Christ stood.] Sowards (Jeff) Cem., p95 [S. Mayo Trail Rt. 23 near Shelby Bridge] Sowards (Tony Cem.), p95 [S. Mayo Trail, Rt. 23-460 & 80] Taylor Cem., p96 [Brushy Creek off Johns Creek] Vol. IX - Akers Cem., p70 Akers (Jack) Cem., p71 Brewer & Sword Cem., p71 Compton Cem., p73 Compton (Tom) Cem., p74 Cox & Polley Cem., p74 Dye Cem., p75 Huffman - Sword - Robinson Cem., p78 Meade Private Cem., p75 Mikes Branch Cem., p76 Ray Cem., p77 Ray (Sherman) Cem., p78 Sword (Jerry) Cem., p82 Sword (Luke) Cem., p82 Sword (Tom) Cem., p85 Thomas (Jack) Cem., p85 Williams Cem., p85 Williamson Cem., p86 Vol. XI - Bevins Cem., p73 [Upper Johns Creek, mouth of Bevins Branch] Blackburn Cem., p73 [Upper Johns Creek, just below Bevins Cem.] Carroll Cem., p73 [Coon Fork of Island Creek] Elkhorn City Cem., p74-92 Lawson Cem., 92-93 [located mouth of Lawson Branch Upper John's Cr.] C.E. Tackett Cem., p93-94 [Located head of Indian Creek at Wales, KY] Commonly referred to as The Curt Tackett Cemetery.