13 Hatfields But by the time all was said and done, at least 13 Hatfields and McCoys had diedall over a pig, it seems. Still, some historians believe that the hog was just a scapegoat. The real source of the ire, they say, was the Hatfields’ Confederate leanings. (The McCoys considered themselves Unionists.)

The Hatfields and McCoys inspired a famous game show. (It was the rumored theft of a valuable pig by a Hatfield ancestor that had served as a catalyst for the eruption of hostilities more than 100 years earlier.) The Hatfields won the contest.

Sally inherited land from her father a few years after they married. They settled on this 300-acre spread in Pike County, Kentucky, where they had 16 children together.

Johnse Hatfield, who would be married four times in his life, met Nancy McCoy (the daughter of Asa Harmon McCoy, who had been killed by the Hatfields) and they were married on May 14, 1881.

Ron McCoy and Reo Hatfield are both descendants of the famous feuding Hatfields and McCoys. They will be among descendants visiting Pikeville next week for Hatfield and McCoy Heritage Days.

(Reverse) Sally McCoy contracted measles and pneumonia, and died a few months after her birth. The death of Roseanna McCoy’s only child, Sally, was a contributing factor in the grief and sorrow that led to the untimely death of Roseanna. Sally was laid to rest in the cemetery at top of hill.

Ephraim Hatfield Nancy Vance Devil Anse Hatfield / Parents William Anderson Hatfield was born in Logan, Virginia (now Logan, West Virginia), the son of Ephraim Hatfield, of English descent, and Nancy Vance, of Ulster Scots descent. He ran a successful logging operation, and was considered wealthy for his times.

In 1868, Perry married Martha Adkins and she moved into the Cline Homestead. They would have eight (8) children to live to maturity: John S. (b.

Anse’s timbering operation was a source of wealth for his family, while the McCoys were more of a lower-middle-class family. Ole Ran’l owned a 300-acre (120 ha) farm. Both families had also been involved in the manufacturing and selling of illegal moonshine, a popular commodity at the time.

Nancy fell in love with Frank Phillips before each of them was divorced from their current spouses. They lived together for two years before they were married. Nancy married Franklin Phillips on September 5, 1895 in Pike County, Kentucky.

Despite her clear defiance of her own family, Johnse did not resume his relationship with the pregnant Roseanna, and chose instead to marry her cousin, Nancy McCoy. Having lost everything she held dear, it is said that Roseanna died of a broken heart.

And while there remains no hostility between the families, the feud history itself is still something that is hotly contested. Below are 5 things Hatfields and McCoys (along with those who study their history) still feud over.

Tug River Valley Animosities grew in 1872 when Devil Anse Hatfield won 5,000 acres of land in court that had previously belonged to Randall McCoy’s cousin.

On February 18, 1890, Ellison Cotton Top Mounts was hanged in Pikeville, Kentucky, for his role in the Hatfield-McCoy Feud. … It’s believed that Mounts was involved in the worst atrocity of the feud, which occurred on New Year’s Day 1888.

Wall petitioned his brothers to assist in his emancipation from jail but none came for fear of being captured and brought to trial. He died in prison of unknown causes and was buried in the prison cemetery.

The patriarch of the Hatfield Clan,Devil Anse Hatfield’s younger brother Ellison wound up mortally stabbed and shot by the McCoy boys. Devil Anse and his sons, brothers and other family members intercepted the transport of the arrested McCoy boys and executed them on August 9th, the day Ellison died of his injuries.

Harriet Hatfield Illegitimate son of Ellison Hatfield and Harriet Hatfield, 1st cousins.

Johnse Hatfield In 1880, as the feud was raging, Roseanna McCoy fell in love with Johnse Hatfield. The pair ignored the consequences of falling in love with one another.

Ephraim Big Eaf Hatfield was born on April 11, 1812 in Mingo County, Virginia, United States, the son of Valentine Hatfield and Martha Weddington. He was the brother of Aly Hatfield, Joseph B. Hatfield and Thomas W Hatfield. Ephraim married Nancy Bettie Vance on April 28, 1828 in Pike County, Kentucky.

Phillips is shot through the thigh, but it is thought that he was shot by Wright or that he shot himself. Both of them shot Artrip as long as they could see him move. Artrip was very drunk, and it is thought that they got him drunk for the purpose, and killed him on the State line in order to baffle the law.

Randolph Randall McCoy was one of the two main protagonist villains of the television miniseries Hatfields & McCoys.