Who would ever know that 95 years later, this would be the future permanent location for most of the 2-lane section of U.S. 23 through Pike County?

Unopened deck of playing cards.

May Court Term 1824 James Honaker preceded a return of the survey of laying off the Public Square according a formal order of the Court made here to fore appointing him to lay off and survey one acre of land Donate to use and benefit the County of Pike by Elijah

The unique distinction of being the first white man to set foot on a part of America which is now known as Kentucky, had been claimed by many. It is a fact there have been almost as many so-call “discoverers” of Kentucky as there have been almost Kentuckian Historians. One

Thomas Walker Bio Thomas Walker, born January 25, 1715, was the third child and second son of Thomas Walker and Susan Peachy of King and Queen County Virginia. While Thomas Walker Jr. was still a young lad he lost his father and went to live with his sister, Mary Peachy,

Introduction Fred T. May Biography At the request of officers of Pike County Historical Society, LLC, Fred T. May will provide a series of articles from his research on early Pike County records of general interest to the organization.  In 1983, Fred began research on his May ancestors in Eastern Kentucky.