The Hatfield and McCoy feud, an extended conflict between two neighboring families in the Tug Valley, took place in the 1800’s. One of the families, the Hatfields, generally lived in Logan County West Virginia. The Hatfields leader was Anderson Hatfield, or also known as “Devil Anse”. The conflicting family, the McCoys, were located across the Tug Fork in Pike County Kentucky. The leader of this family was Randolph McCoy, or “Randall/ Ran’I”. Both of these families were spread all over the region and were widely intermarried with other families and with eachother. Several family names were represented in the struggle, and it has been proven that both families were involved on both sides. The earliest known violence between the two families
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Both were from Pike County, and the resulting trial that took place at Anderson Hatfields house, who was a baptist minister and justice of the peace. Floyd Hatfield was overcome when Bill Staton, though McCoy’s nephew, testified in favor of Hatfield, and Randolphs cousin Selkirk McCoy provided the major vote for release. Staton was harassed following the trial, then killed by brothers Same and Paris McCoy, who were also nephews of Randolph. Tensions increased at the spring elections in 1880, which took place at Blackberry Creek in Pike County. Anderson Hatfields son, Johnse Hatfield, visiting from Logan County, snuck away from the election grounds with Rose Anna, Randolphs daughter. Johnse and Rose Anna had an on and off relationship which may have produced a forbidden child, this angered both families for years to …show more content…
Calvin and Alifair, Randolph McCoys grown children, were killed. As for the children’s mother, Sarah, she was severely beaten to death. This outrage brought matters to a head, putting the Hatfields on the defensive for most of the conflict, hunted in their own West Virginia neighborhoods. Vance was soon killed by a group of people from Kentucky led by McCoy partisan Frank Phillips. The two sides fought at Grapevine Creek, near present Matewan, on January 19th. Eventually four Hatfield sons and others were indicted for the cabin raid, and their cousin, Ellison Mounts, was hung in Pikeville, February 19, 1890. This ended the family
Both were from Pike County, and the resulting trial that took place at Anderson Hatfields house, who was a baptist minister and justice of the peace. Floyd Hatfield was overcome when Bill Staton, though McCoy’s nephew, testified in favor of Hatfield, and Randolphs cousin Selkirk McCoy provided the major vote for release. Staton was harassed following the trial, then killed by brothers Same and Paris McCoy, who were also nephews of Randolph. Tensions increased at the spring elections in 1880, which took place at Blackberry Creek in Pike County. Anderson Hatfields son, Johnse Hatfield, visiting from Logan County, snuck away from the election grounds with Rose Anna, Randolphs daughter. Johnse and Rose Anna had an on and off relationship which may have produced a forbidden child, this angered both families for years to …show more content…
Calvin and Alifair, Randolph McCoys grown children, were killed. As for the children’s mother, Sarah, she was severely beaten to death. This outrage brought matters to a head, putting the Hatfields on the defensive for most of the conflict, hunted in their own West Virginia neighborhoods. Vance was soon killed by a group of people from Kentucky led by McCoy partisan Frank Phillips. The two sides fought at Grapevine Creek, near present Matewan, on January 19th. Eventually four Hatfield sons and others were indicted for the cabin raid, and their cousin, Ellison Mounts, was hung in Pikeville, February 19, 1890. This ended the family