Hatfield-McCoy Feud. Dutch Hatfield of Newtown, W. Va., never knew his grandfather, Ellison Hatfield. Ellison was murdered a hundred years ago this month a few miles from Dutch's home. That killed and a subsequent triple execution began the most infamous family feud in the history of America.
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Many have heard of the famous Hatfield-McCoy feud, but there's a part of the story that's not often told. Shortly after the Civil War and up until about the turn of the century, the mountains along the West Virginia-Kentucky border were home to the most famous feuding family of all times-- the Hatfields and McCoys.
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Until one day in the fall of 1878, Randolph McCoy, who lived on the Kentucky side of the Tug Fork River, accused Floyd Hatfield, a cousin of Devil Anse, of stealing some of his hogs. The case went to trial and a jury of six Hatfields and six McCoys found Floyd Hatfield innocent.
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At a local election day gathering in 1880, Johnse Hatfield, the 18-year-old son of Devil Anse, encountered Roseanna McCoy, Randolph’s daughter. According to accounts, Johnse and Roseanna hit it off, disappearing together for hours.
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The ill feeling between the Hatfields and the McCoys probably pre-dated Ellison's shooting by seven or eight years. It may have started in 1874 when Floyd Hatfield, Ellison's cousin, and Randolph Rand'l McCoy, father of the three accused in Ellison's death, fought over who owned a semi-wild razorback hog.
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The Hatfields lived in Logan (now Mingo) County, West Virginia, and the McCoys were across the Tug Fork River in Pike County, Kentucky. http://www.blueridgecountry.com/hatmac/hatmac.html.
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Artifacts have been unearthed where the home of patriarch Randall McCoy once stood, in the rural lands of Hardy, Kentucky on the 125th anniversary of the massacre. On New Year's Day, 1888, the Hatfield family torched McCoy's home, killing two of his children and seriously injuring his wife.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2255367/Hatfields-McCoys-Homestead-burned-ground-New-Years-Day-massacre-found.html
Staton testified in Floyd Hatfield’s favor, and the McCoys were infuriated when Floyd was cleared of the charges against him. Two years later, Staton was violently killed in a fracas with Sam and Paris McCoy, nephews of Randolph. Sam stood trial for the murder but was acquitted for self-defense reasons.
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Out for revenge: The feud between the Hatfield clan (pictured) and the McCoys raged from the end of the Civil War in 1865 for more than two decades. On New Year's Day, 1888, the Hatfield family torched McCoy's home, killing two of his children and seriously injuring his wife. The McCoys quickly retaliated with the battle of Grapevine Creek in which several Hatfields were captured or killed.
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where did the hatfields and mccoys live
The Hatfields lived in Logan which is now Mingo County, West Virginia, and the McCoys were across the Tug Fork River in Pike County, Kentucky.   The Hatfields lived in Logan now known as Mingo County, West Virginia, and the McCoys were across the Tug Fork River in Pike County, Kentucky. The Hatfields lived in Logan County, West Virginia, and the McCoys were across the Tug Fork River in Pike County, Kentucky.  