John hatfield of hatfield and mccoys pictures

The Hatfield-McCoy feud involved two rural families from West Virginia and Kentucky along the Tug Fork of the Big Sandy River from 1865-1891. The Hatfields, led by William Anderson ‘Devil Anse’ Hatfield lived on the West Virginia side of the river.

The McCoys, led by Randolph McCoy, were from Kentucky.

The origins of the feud are rooted in southern resentment of the Union after the Civil War. Both families fought for the Confederacy except for Asa Harmon McCoy, who fought for the Union.

On January 7, 1865, Asa Harmon McCoy was killed by a group of Confederate guerillas in his home.

Photographs of the real people in the Hatfield and the McCoy families, whose famously violent 19th century feud has shaped perceptions of Appalachian life.

Photographs of the real people in the Hatfield and the McCoy families, whose famously violent 19th century feud has shaped perceptions of Appalachian life.

John Wallace Hatfield was related to the famous Devil Anse Hatfield.

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Here is an exceptional image of Johnson "Johnse" Hatfield, shown at a point in his later years.

The Hatfield–McCoy Feud involved two American families of the West Virginia–Kentucky area along the Tug Fork of the Big Sandy River from to

The McCoy family believed Jim Vance, Anse Hatfield’s uncle, was responsible.

Thirteen years later, in 1878, there was a dispute about the ownership of a pig. One of the Hatfield cousins had a pig that Randolph McCoy believed to be his.

In court, the case was ruled in favor of the Hatfields when Bill Staton, a relative of both fa