David Leitch

Who was David Leitch?

David Leitch was the founder of Leitch's Station, Kentucky, United States.

Leitch was born in Glasgow Scotland. At an early age he and his older brother James immigrated to Virginia. He served in the American Revolutionary War, where he attained the rank of major.

In 1789 Leitch traveled to Fort Pitt hoping to find people interested in settling the Kentucky region. He bought a raft and supplies and eventually 20 hearty souls agreed to accompany him. When the party arrived at Losantiville, they found many hostile natives in the area, so they traveled up the Licking River for about six miles. There they dismantled the raft and built a blockhouse with a high picket fence and established Leitch's Station. In December 1790, Leitch traveled to Bryan’s Station near Lexington, and met and married Keturah Moss. Leitch was sent as a delegate to Kentucky’s first Constitutional Convention, at Danville, Kentucky in 1784.

On his deathbed, Leitch called in his lawyer and dictated his last will and testament, in which he left all of his holdings to his wife, Keturah.

Keturah and David did not have any children. David was buried in the yard of the Leitch home.