Liberty First County Seat. Kentucky legislature established Pike County Dec. 19, 1821. First county seat was located near here on the Peyton Justice farm and named Liberty. No courthouse was built here due to opposition to site. On Dec. 24, 1823, new county seat selected at Peach Orchard Bottom, Pikeville, on property of Elijah Adkins, where it is today. Presented by Pike County Fiscal Court