Britton Cemetery Smith, Harlan County, Kentucky Contributed by Thelma Hamlin [dudenlou@yahoo.com]. Total records = 124. Compiled by Wilma Wilson June 11 and 14, 1998, revised by Lee Roy and Thelma Hamlin March 29, 2000. Britton Cemetery is located 12 miles west of Cawood on Hwy. 987. Turn left across river on the Kelly/Smith Cemetery road.Take road up behind homes to Cemetery on hill. This is a well kept Cemetery enclosed by a chain link fence. It is mowed and kept clean in the summer. There are lots of graves that are only marked by field stones or hand made stones and can no longer be read.