Leadingham (Peter & Sarah Hamilton) Cemetery, Carter Co., KY

1998 by Paul Leadingham Leadingham@aol.com 
Submitted by PAUL LEADINGHAM OF 201 EAST 8TH STREET FREDERICK, MD. 21701.
PHONE  301-663-4409  301-663-4409 . I WILL HELP WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE FAMILIES
MEMBERS BURIED IN THE LEADINGHAM CEMETERY.

Directions: Directions from Grayson, Carter CO., KY.  Take route 7 south out of Grayson for 
7 miles to just before the Grayson Lake Dam.  Turn left on State Route 1496, and go about 
4-1/2 miles and turn right on State Route 1122 (known as Little Fork Creek Road.. Go about a 
mile and a half on route 1122 and just past the white Baptist church look for a farm gate 
going up the hill to the right. (the last time I was there last summer, the gate and 
cemetery was marked by a wood sign- "Leadingham Cemetery" on a wood post.) Turn right up the 
hill through the farm gate. Two hundred yards up the hill you will see the Levi Pennington 
cemetery on the left. Keep right at the Levi Pennington cemetery and go on up the hill for 
another quarter of a mile  or so to the top of the hill to the Leadingham Cemetery (there is 
no sign at the cemetery.). The gravel road is on private property and maintained by the 
county. Make sure the gate at the bottom of the hill is closed at all times.
Condition/Comments: There are about 60 or so graves in the middle of the cemetery marked by 
field stones at the head and foot, but no markings.  I believe two of these graves are of 
Peter and Sarah "Sally" Leadingham, who settled Leadingham Branch, which is the branch 
before you go up the hill to the cemetery.  The flat ridge on top of the hill past the 
cemetery is called "Sturgill" after the original Sturgill homeplace and farm on the flat 
ridge next to the cemetery.