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The Hatfield–McCoy Feud involved two American families of the West Virginia–Kentucky area along the Tug Fork of the Big Sandy River from 1863 to 1891. The Hatfields of West Virginia were led by William Anderson "Devil Anse" Hatfield, while the McCoys of Kentucky were under the leadership of Randolph "Ole Ran'l" McCoy.
Two McCoys were members of Philipps' posse, Bud McCoy and one of Randolph's own sons James "Jim" McCoy. [1] On January 19, 1888, both sides met around the area of the Grapevine Creek on the West Virginia side of the Tug Fork River and began exchanging shots at each other. One group from McCoy's side managed to lure the Hatfields into one area ...
The river flows through an especially remote mountainous region in its upper course. The river valley between Pike County, Kentucky and Mingo County, West Virginia was the scene of the infamous Hatfield–McCoy feud in the late 19th century. Toponymist George R. Stewart writes about the origin of the name "Tug Fork".
Altina Waller, author of a definitive 1988 book on the most famous feud in Appalachian Kentucky, called Feud: Hatfields, McCoys, and Social Change in Appalachia, 1860-1900, pointed in a 2012 essay ...
Physician in Kanawha County, West Virginia Mary Hatfield Hensley Simpkins Howes 1873–1963 Daughter Her husband, Frank Howes, was a fiddler from Catlettsburg, Kentucky Elizabeth Hatfield Caldwell Betty 1876–1962 Daughter Elias M. Hatfield 1878–1911 Son Murdered in Fayette County, West Virginia Detroit W. Hatfield Troy 1881–1911 Son
"Mate Creek Post Office" was established on February 18, 1875. Early postmasters included Joseph Murphy (February 18, 1875) and Elias Hatfield (January 13, 1882). [10] The latter was a brother to William Anderson "Devil Anse" Hatfield, father to future West Virginia governor Henry Drury Hatfield, and participant in the Hatfield-McCoy Feud.
Randolph "Randall" or "Ole Ran'l" McCoy (October 30, 1825 – March 28, 1914) was the patriarch of the McCoy clan involved in the infamous American Hatfield–McCoy feud.He was the fourth of thirteen children born to Daniel McCoy and Margaret Taylor McCoy and lived mostly on the Kentucky side of Tug Fork, a tributary of the Big Sandy River.
The Hatfield family is a prominent business and political family in the U.S. state of West Virginia. The Hatfield family was involved in the Hatfield–McCoy feud . Pages in category "Hatfield family"