Hatfields Research Paper

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This feud took place between 1881-1891 in Tug Fork of the Big Sandy River and West Virginia Kentucky. This feud ended up having seven Hatfields imprisoned for life and one Hatfield who was executed. Dozens of Hatfields and supporters were killed or wounded also Dozens of McCoys and supporters were killed or wounded. The first violence in the feud was when Asa Harmon McCoy was murdered by a group called the Logan Wildcats of Confederate Home Guards.
Other things that added to the feud were the Hatfield got in a dispute over land with Perry Cline McCoy’s cousin, but Asa McCoy won the land. Also one visit Randolph McCoy had to Floyd Hatfield he spotted a hog that he had said that it had the McCoy marking on his ear, Hatfields denied it. Floyd

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