Hatfield & McCoy fued

  • spring of 1880

    spring of 1880
    Hatfield and Roseanna meet at Hatfields kentucky ground and when they see each other they almost instantly fall in love.
  • Roseanna has a miscarriage

    Roseanna has a miscarriage
    Roseanna is pregnant and has contracted measles. She miscarried her child
  • Johnse Remarries

    Johnse Remarries
    johnse Remarried Roseanna's 16 year-old cousin, Nancy McCoy, only months later
  • McCoy Fued

    McCoy Fued
    The McCoy Fued starts during the 1812 election
  • Ellison Dies

    Ellison Dies
    Tolbert, Pharmer and Bud stab Devil Anse's brother, Ellison, 26 times and finishhim with a shot in the back. Three days later, they paid with their own lives
  • Wanted

    Wanted
    Kentucky's governer appointed special officer, Frank Phillips, in 1887 to arrest the murderers of the mcCoy brothers. He offered outlandish reward and money. An army of bounty hunters on the West Virginia ridges searched for them
  • Hatfield Raid/Animosity against the Hatfield's

    Hatfield Raid/Animosity against the Hatfield's
    Hatfield's raided the McCoy family home on New Years Day, 1888, killings daughter and son, Calvin, and burning the cabin to the ground. This caused public opinion to shift against the Hatfield's. Meanwhile Phillips lacked properly excuted extradition papers
  • Unlawful arrest

    Unlawful arrest
    West Virginia' governor sued his nieghboring state for unlawful arrest of 9 prisoners and the men were returned to Kentucky
  • Roseanna and Randolph McCoy die

    Roseanna and Randolph McCoy die
    Roseanna, trending her mother's wounds from New Years. She grew more and more depressed and died soon after. She was less than 30 years old
  • Devil Anse dies

    Devil Anse dies
    Devil anse dies