Hatfield and mccoy movie

Hatfield and mccoy feud

Supreme Court Devil Anse is known to have fathered 11 children, while Randolph McCoy has fathered These were thriving families that carved a living out of the harsh wilds of the Appalachian Mountains, in living conditions that many of us can hardly grasp today. Each family had numerous relatives and supporters in the counties in which they lived.

There is no agreement on the origins of the feud. Newspapers turned it into a Romeo and Juliet story. Regardless of which murder was officially the first, this backwoods vendetta grew hotter as tensions continued to flare. Hatfields and McCoys carried out repeated attacks and murders against one another after these events.

Devil anse'' hatfield family tree

In retaliation, a posse of McCoys, along with neighbors, led by Pike county deputy sheriff, crossed into West Virginia and illegally, some would say killed Vance and at least three others, engaged in a war with a West Virginia posse, and eventually caught nine Hatfields for trial in Kentucky. Federal courts ruled in favor of Pike County in a case of kidnapping and lawlessness in Plyant Mahon v.

Abner Justice, jailer of Pike County, Ky. In addition to front-page news coverage and reporters inflating their stories to create some sensationalized yellow journalism, newspapers all over the country depicted the feud as one of the most severe examples of lawlessness and violence. So the above is perhaps the most publicized version of the events that one may find in the media, but is it true?

What parts of the story are inflated or made up? What parts are genuinely true? It is not for me to say, as I am not a historian.