: a small religious house dependent on a monastery or convent. : a one-room dwelling occupied by a solitary person (as a hermit) : a single room (as in a convent or prison) usually for one person.
Making the world better, one answer at a time. The Hatefield-McCoy feud began with the murder of Asa Harmon McCoy on January 7, 1865. Jim Vance, the uncle of Devil Anse Hatfield, despised Harmon because he had joined the Union Army during the American Civil War.
In an effort to end the commotion once and for all, a group of the Hatfields and their supporters hatched a plan to attack Randolph McCoy and his family. Led by Devil Anseâs son Cap and ally Jim Vance, a group of Hatfield men ambushed the McCoysâ home on New Yearâs Day in 1888.