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18 Photos of the Feud Between the Hatfields and McCoys

Jacob Miller July 1, 2017 5 min
Hatfield–McCoy feud - The Hatfields and the McCoys
The Hatfield clan in 1897. Wikimedia
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The McCoy’s at Cottontop’s hanging. Pinterest
Selkirk McCoy at age 61, 1892. Pinterest
The hanging of Cottontop Mounts. Pinterest
Anse and Levicy at cemetery. appalachianlady.files.wordpress
Patriarch and leader Walter ‘Devil Anse’ Anderson Hatfield (second right) takes part in a holdup in the Appalachians in the late 1800s. dailymail
Johnse Hatfield, son of Devil Anse Hatfield; he got Roseanna McCoy pregnant broke her heart and married her cousin Nancy McCoy. Pinterest
Funeral of Devil Anse in Jan 1921. Pinterest
Devil Anse Hatfield’s tomb. Pinterest

 

Sources For Further Reading:

Biography – Devil Anse Hatfield

Biography – Randall McCoy

Time Magazine – The Causes of the Hatfield and McCoy Feud Ran Deeper Than You May Think

The Cilo – Paw Paw Tree Incident

Blue Ridge Country – Hatfields & McCoys: Roseanna, Don’t You Cry

Mvorganizing – Who All Died In The Hatfield And Mccoy Feud?

Kentucky Monthly – Blood for Blood: Part One

Kentucky Monthly – Blood for Blood: Part Two

Kentucky Monthly – Part Three: Blood for Blood

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