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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.
May 22, 2024 · Hatfields and McCoys, two American Appalachian mountaineer families who, with their kinfolk and neighbours, engaged in a legendary feud that attracted nationwide attention in the 1880s and ’90s and prompted judicial and police actions, one of which drew an appeal up to the U.S. Supreme Court (1888).
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Sep 10, 2019 · September 10, 2019 12:00 PM EDT. M ore than a century after they made history in Kentucky and West Virginia, the Hatfields and McCoys have become easy shorthand for the very idea of a family...
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In the melee, one of the McCoy brothers stabbed Ellison Hatfield multiple times and then shot him in the back. The McCoys then fled but were soon apprehended by the authorities. However, the Hatfields intercepted the constables and took the McCoy brothers by force before they reached Pikeville.
Floyd Hatfields’s trial took place in McCoy territory but was presided over by a cousin of Devil Anse. It hinged on the testimony of star witness Bill Staton, a McCoy relative married to a Hatfield. Staton testified in Floyd Hatfield’s favor, and the McCoys were infuriated when Floyd was cleared of the charges against him.
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Hatfields & McCoys: With Kevin Costner, Bill Paxton, Matt Barr, Tom Berenger. Dramatization of the bitter blood feud between the two families on the West Virginia/Kentucky border in the years after the Civil War.
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Apr 2, 2014 · Updated: Aug 13, 2020. (1839-1921) Who Was Devil Anse Hatfield? Devil Anse Hatfield grew up in what is now Logan County, West Virginia. He took a leading role in his family's feud with the...
