The Hatfields and the McCoys (22 page)

Hatfield, Joseph (Justice of the Peace)

Hatfield, Levicy

Hatfield, Mary

Hatfield, Matthew

Hatfield, Montaville

Hatfield, Nancy B.

Hatfield, Nat (fictitious name)

Hatfield, Patterson

Hatfield, Richard

Hatfield, Robert E. Lee; in New Year's Night attack on McCoys; indictment of

Hatfield, Rosada

Hatfield, Sarah Staton

Hatfield, Sidney (“Two-Gun Sid”)

Hatfield, Smith

Hatfield, Tennyson (“Tennis”)

Hatfield, Thomas

Hatfield, Tolbert

Hatfield, Troy.
See
Hatfield, Detroit

Hatfield, Valentine (“Wall”), Hatfield, Valentine (“Wall,” brother of “Devil Anse”); acquits Sam McCoy; in capture of McCoy brothers; indicted for murder; captured; described; interviewed; at Louisville trial; trial of; appeals verdict; jailed

Hatfield, William Anderson (“Devil Anse”); sketch of; property of; religious views; in Civil War; blamed for Harmon McCoy death; and acquittal of Sam McCoy; Pike County charges against; in 1880 Blackberry Creek election; rescues Johnse Hatfield; captures McCoy brothers; indicted for McCoy murders; seeks to calm tensions; extradition sought; plans New Year's Night attack on McCoys; alleged bribery of Mounts; described; fort on Island Creek; reported departure from W. Va.; efforts to capture; trial for moonshining; interviewed; alleged influence of Keadle on; seeks to have charges expunged; last years; death and funeral

Hatfield, William Anderson, Jr. (“Cap”); in 1880 Blackberry Creek election; rescues Johnse Hatfield; on child of Rose Anna McCoy; in capture of McCoy brothers; indicted for McCoy brothers, murder; as feud leader; beats Mary Daniels; kills Jeff McCoy; warrant for; plans New Year's Night attack on McCoys; and death of Alifair McCoy; alleged bribery of Mounts; reported departure from W. Va.; efforts to capture; seeks to end feud; rumors of death of; kills Rutherfords and Chambers; becomes a lawyer; becomes sheriff

Hatfield Bend (of Tug Fork)

Hatfield Branch (of Blackberry Creek)

Hatfield family: described; in Civil War; in Logan County politics; later history

Hatfield-McCoy feud: origins; compared with other feuds; politicization of; passim; hampers industrial progress in Tug Valley; end of; myths regarding

Hatfield Partisans: defy arrest; reward for; resist extradition; described; interviewed; possibility of escape from jail; in Louisville trials; tried in Pikeville

Hatfield Tunnel (on Norfolk and Western Railroad)

Hazard, Ky.

Hill, Sam E.

Home Guards.
See also
Confederates; Logan Wildcats

Howell, Charles S.

Humphrey, Cook

Huntington, W. Va.

Huntington Advertiser

Huntington Times

Hurley, Josiah

Island Creek, W. Va.

Jackson, Howell E.

Jackson, John J.

Jackson, William L.

Jett-Little feud

Johns Creek, Ky.

Jones, Virgil C.

Justice family

Keadle, NJ. (“Doc”)

Kelley, Charles

Kelley, Steve

Kentucky Court of Appeals

Kentucky General Assembly

Kentucky militia

Kimball, Frederick J.

Kinner, S.G.

Knott, J. Proctor

Knott County, Ky.

Lambert, Philip

Lawrence County, Ky.

Lawson, Melville

Lesley, James H.

Leslie County, Ky.

Letcher County, Ky.

Levisa Fork (of Big Sandy River)

Lexington, Ky.

Lilly, Henry Clay

Lincoln County, W. Va.

Little, Bob

Little family

Logan, D. Boone

Logan, W. Va.

Logan Banner
(W. Va.)

Logan County, W. Va.

Logan County Circuit Court

Logan County Regulators

Logan Wildcats

Louisa, Ky.

Louisville, Ky.

Louisville Courier-Journal

MacCorlde, William A.

McCoy, Adelaide; in New Year's Night attacks

McCoy, Albert

McCoy, Alifair, McCoy, Allen, McCoy, Andrew

McCoy, Asa

McCoy, Asa Harmon

McCoy, Asa Harmon, Jr. (“Bud”); seeks revenge; in battle of Grapevine Creek; indicted

McCoy, Asa Peter

McCoy, Betty Blankenship

McCoy, Calvin; fight with Staton; in New Year's Night attack; killed

McCoy, Daniel (father of Randolph)

McCoy, Daniel

McCoy, Elizabeth

McCoy, Fanny

McCoy, Floyd

McCoy, Jacob

McCoy, James H. (“Jim”); in seizure of Johnse Hatfield; brothers killed; at Grapevine Creek; indicted; at Hatfield trial; refuses to expunge Hatfield indictments; last years

McCoy, Jeff; kills Fred Wolford; troubles with Cap Hatfield; killed

McCoy, John

McCoy, Josephine

McCoy, Julia Ann

McCoy, Larkin

McCoy, L.D.

McCoy, Lilburn

McCoy, L.S.

McCoy, Martha Cline

McCoy, Mary

McCoy, Mary Butcher

McCoy, Melvin: reputed child of Rose Anna McCoy

McCoy, Nancy; marriage to Johnse Hatfield; acts as informer; marries Frank Phillips

McCoy, Paris

McCoy, Pharmer; in killing of Ellison Hatfield; arrest of; held by Hatfields; killed

McCoy, Pleasant

McCoy, Randolph; sketch of; residence of; religious views; in Civil War; in hog theft case; in seizure of Johnse Hatfield; refuses to forgive Rose Anna; sons captured; vengefulness of; passim; plans of Hatfields to kill; in New Year's Night attack; demands prosecution of Hatfields; interviewed; testimony in Hatfield trial; last years

McCoy, Randolph, Jr. (“Bud”); in killing of Ellison Hatfield; seized by Hatfields; killed

McCoy, Rose Anna; described; romance with Johnse Hatfield; warns Johnse of danger; child of; cares for mother; death

McCoy, Sam (nephew of Randolph)

McCoy, Samuel (son of Randolph)

McCoy, Sarah (“Sally”); family of; pleads for sons; in New Year's Night attacks; interviewed; testimony in Hatfield trial; last years

McCoy, Sarah Elizabeth: reputed child of Rose Anna McCoy

McCoy, Selkirk; deserts army; in Floyd Hatfield trial; indicted for murder; jailed; captured

McCoy, Tolbert (son of Randolph); at 1880 election; in seizure of Johnse Hatfield; in killing of Ellison Hatfield; seized by Hatfields; killed

McCoy, Tolbert

McCoy, Trinvilla

McCoy, Truda

McCoy, Uriah

McCoy, William

McCoy family; traits; in Civil War; political influence; New Year's Night attack on; later history, McCoy partisans

McDonald, J.V.

McDowell County, W. Va.

McNeely, Reverend Green

Mahan, W.L.

Mahon, Dock; in capture of McCoys; indicted; captured; sentenced to imprisonment; jailed

Mahon, Plyant; in capture of McCoys; indicted; captured; sentenced; jailed

Mahon, Sam; indicted; captured

Marcum, John B.

Marrs, Dan

Martin, John

Mate Creek

Matewan, W. Va.

Mate wan Massacre

Maynard, Harmon

Maynard, W.H.

Messer, Alex; in capture of; McCoys; indicted; captured; accusations against; sentenced

Middle Island Creek, W. Va.

Mingo County, W. Va.

Minyard, William L.

Mitchell, Elias

Mitchell, Tom.
See
Chambers, Thomas

Mohawk, W. Va.

Moore, Clarence

Morehead, Ky.

Mounts, Elijah

Mounts, Ellison; threatens McCoys; described; in New Year's Night attack; kills Alifair McCoy; reputed bribery of; captured; pleads guilty to murder; interviewed; hanged

Mount Sterling, Ky.

Murphy, Joe

Murphy, John

Musick, Anne

Napier, William J.

New Year's Night

New York Sun

New York Times

New York World

Norfolk and Western Railway

Oceana, W. Va.

Paint Creek (W. Va.)

Parsons, C.M.

Perry County, Ky.

Pete (slave of Harmon McCoy)

Peter Branch (of Blackberry Creek)

Peter Creek

Phillips, Frank; agent of Buckner; described; obtains warrants for Hatfields; seizes Hatfields; in battle of Grapevine Creek; kills Bill Dempsey; marries Nancy McCoy; praised; attempted arrest of; defended by Buckner; indicted; testifies at Hatfield trial; at hanging of Ellison Mounts; alleged killing of; reward withdrawn

Pike County, Ky.; Civil War in; charges against Hatfields in; lawlessness in; political influence of McCoys in; waning support for feudists in

Pikeville, Ky.; armed visits of Hatfields to; McCoys move to; Hatfield prisoners in; Hatfield trial in

Pinson, G.W.

Pittsburgh Times

Ply ant Mahon
v.
Abner Justice

Pond Creek (Ky.)

Poundmill Run (Ky.)

Powell, Charles S. Prestonsburg, Ky.

Puckett, Jack

Puckett, Jacob

Racine, W. Va.

Randall, William

Regulator movement in Big Sandy Valley

Rice, John M.

Richardson, Ky.

Roanoke, Va.

Rowan County, Ky.

Rutherford, Elliott

Rutherford, Jim

Rutherford, John

Rutherford, Mary

Saint Clair, J.W.

Saint Mary's Oracle
(W. Va.)

Sauers, Jim

schools

Scott, Henderson

Scott, John

Scott family

Sehon, Columbus (“Lum”), Sheppard, John A.

Simpkins, Harriet

Simpkins, Joseph

Simpkins, M.J.

Simpkins, Samuel

Sizemore, Adam

Smith, Joseph

Smith, William O. (“Rebel Bill”)

Sprouse, George

Stafford, Mary

Stafford, Mont

Stafford, Tom

Stafford family

Stanley, Joseph

Staton, John

Staton, Sarah Ann

Staton, Squire

Staton, William (“Bill”)

Staton family

Steele, Dow

Stewart, A.H.

Stirrat, W. Va.

Stratton, David: in battle of Grapevine Creek; indicted; captured; testifies against Devil Anse Hatfield; death

Stratton, Mrs. David

Stringtown, Ky.

Strong, William

Sulphur Creek (W. Va.)

Thompson, J.R.

Thorne, William Pryor

Tolliver, Craig

Tolliver, Floyd

Tolliver-Martin-Logan feud

Tug Fork

Tug Valley

United States Circuit Court

United States District Court

United States Supreme Court

Vance, Henry

Vance, James (“Jim”): in killing of Harmon McCoy; rescues Johnse Hatfield; seeks revenge; in New Year's Night attack on McCoys; killed

Vance, James (son of “Jim”)

Vance, Mary

Vance, Nancy

Vance, Zebulon

Varney, Andrew; indicted; extradition sought; captured; trial at Louisville

Varney, Lark

Virginian Railway

Wagner, Tobias, Walker, Henry S.

Wallace, Tom

Warm Hollow, Ky.

Wayne County, W: Va.

Wayne County News

Weddington, Deputy Sheriff

Weddington, Martha

Weddington, W.H.

Weddington family

Wheeling, W. Va.

Wheeling Intelligencer

White, H.S.

Whitt, Dan; in capture of McCoys; indicted; warrant for; in Sarah McCoy testimony; turns state's evidence

Whitt, Jeff

Whitt, John

Williamson, Wallace J.

Williamson, W. Va.

Williamson New Era

Wilson, Emanuel Willis; refuses extradition of Hatfields; suspicions of Perry Cline; reacts to Frank Phillips letter; Logan County requests troops of; supports Hatfields; sends investigator to Logan County; alerts militia for action; initiates habeas corpus proceedings; requisitions Bill Dempsey killers; Judge Barr's decision; opposes trial of Hatfields in Pike County; offers rewards for Jim Vance killers; denounces sensational newspapers

Winchester, Ky.

Wolford, Daniel J.

Wyoming County, W. Va.

Yates, John

York, Jim

Yost, C.T.

Yoste, Charley

Young, Z. Taylor