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Roseanna McCoy and Johnse Hatfield Meet
Johnse Hatfield and Roseanna McCoy met at a community event and fell in love. They wanted to get married but their families forbid it. Roseanne moved in with the Hatfileds and became pregnant. -
JAN 7, 1865 Asa McCoy is Killed
Asa McCoy was a Union soldier who got injured in battle during the Civil War. He left the war and returned home to Kentucky. While home in Kentucky, he was murdered. No one was ever charged with his murder but it was led to believe that Confederate soldier Devil Anse Hatfield was the culprit. -
Asa McCoy is Killed
Asa McCoy was a Union soldier who got injured in battle during the Civil War. He left the war and returned home to Kentucky. While home in Kentucky, he was murdered. No one was ever charged with his murder but it was led to believe that Confederate soldier Devil Anse Hatfield was the culprit. -
MAY 9, 1865
The civil war ends. -
The Civil War Ends
The civil war ends -
Randle McCoy accuses Floyd Hatfield of Stealing his Hog
Randle McCoy accused Floyd Hatfield on stealing his hog. The court acquited Floyd Hatfield. This ruling brought major tension between the two families. -
Randle McCoy accuses Floyd Hatfield of Stealing his Hog
Randle McCoy accused Floyd Hatfield on stealing his hog. The court acquited Floyd Hatfield. This ruling brought major tension between the two families. -
Devil Anse Hatfield Wins Land Disput
Devil Anse Hatfield won a land dispute from Randall McCoy's cousin Perry Cline. The McCoy's believed the court decision to be unjust. -
Devil Anse Hatfield Wins Land Disput
Devil Anse Hatfield won a land dispute from Randall McCoy's cousin Perry Cline. The McCoy's believed the court decision to be unjust. -
Roseanna McCoy and Johnse Hatfield Meet
Johnse Hatfield and Roseanna McCoy met at a community event and fell in love. They wanted to get married but their families forbid it. Roseanne moved in with the Hatfileds and became pregnant. -
Roseanna and Johnse's Baby Dies
Roseanna left the Hatfield's and was sent to stay with her aunt Betty. The baby died and Johnse married Roseanna's cousin Nancy Mccoy. -
Roseanna and Johnse's Baby Dies
Roseanna left the Hatfield's and was sent to stay with her aunt Betty. The baby died and Johnse married Roseanna's cousin Nancy Mccoy. -
Ellison Hatfield gets murdered by McCoy Boys
At an election day celebration in Kentucky, Ellison Hatfield (Devil Anse's brother) got into a fight with some of the McCoy boys. One of the McCoy boys stabbed Ellison multiple times and shot him. The Hatfield's took and in prisoned the McCoy boys in West Virginia. Devil Anse said that the Mccoy boys would live, only if Ellison survived. Unfortunately for the Mccoy boys, Ellison died and the Hatfields took them back to Kentucky where they tied them to trees and shot and killed them. -
Ellison Hatfield gets murdered by McCoy Boys
At an election day celebration in Kentucky, Ellison Hatfield (Devil Anse's brother) got into a fight with some of the McCoy boys. One of the McCoy boys stabbed Ellison multiple times and shot him. The Hatfield's took and in prisoned the McCoy boys in West Virginia. Devil Anse said that the Mccoy boys would live, only if Ellison survived. Unfortunately for the Mccoy boys, Ellison died and the Hatfields took them back to Kentucky where they tied them to trees and shot and killed them. -
The McCoys seek Justice
n 1887 the McCoys try to have the Kentucky governor extradite the Hatfield's for the murder of Randle McCoy's sons. -
The McCoys seek Justice
In 1887 the McCoys try to have the Kentucky governor extradite the Hatfield's for the murder of Randle McCoy's sons. -
Hatfield's Burn the McCoy Home
The Hatfields raid and burn down Randle McCoy's family home in Kentucky. Two of the McCoy children are killed and Randle's wife is brutlaly injured. -
Hatfield's Burn the McCoy Home
The Hatfields raid and burn down Randle McCoy's family home in Kentucky. Two of the McCoy children are killed and Randle's wife is brutlaly injured. -
The U.S. Supreme Court Decision
Some of the Hatfields were captured and taken to Pike County Kentucky and tried for the murders of Randle McCoy's children. The captured Hatfields were hanged or sentenced to life in prison. -
The U.S. Supreme Court Decision
Some of the Hatfields were captured and taken to Pike County Kentucky and tried for the murders of Randle McCoy's children. The captured Hatfields were hanged or sentenced to life in prison. -
The Feud Ends
Devil Anse Hatfield decided not to seek retalition for the courts convictions and death of his family. His decision not to seek revenge finally ended the famous feud.
