The Hatfield & McCoy Feud - Election Day and Pawpaw Trees

Today we’re talking about another one of the Hatfield and McCoy feuds most famous events. On Election Day in 1882, an argument between a Hatfield and a McCoy escalated into violence. Ellison Hatfield, the brother of Devil Anse, was mortally wounded at the hands of three sons of Randall McCoy. A few days later Ellison was dead and the McCoy brothers paid a heavy price in a grove of pawpaw trees near the banks of the Tug Fork. Here we try to tell you about the context of the times and the many twists and turns that you don’t normally see in modern depictions of the feud.
Credits:
Edited by Zachary Meek, Pike TV
Narrated by Jeremy Justice, Pike TV
Written by Brad Slone, City of Pikeville, and Reed Potter
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Photograph Credits:
Neil Warren
Library of Congress
explorekyhistory.ky.gov
Charles Barger
courthousehistory.com
West Virginia State Library
University of Pikeville - Allara Library
Altina L. Waller - Feud: Hatfields, McCoys, and Social Change in Appalachia, 1860-1900
Otis K. Rice - The Hatfields & the McCoys
Wikicommons from Kentucky Historical Society
West Virginia and Regional History Collection, West Virginia University Libraries
Big Sandy Heritage Center Museum
WV State Archives (WVSA)
Wvencyclopedia.org
Kentucky Archaeological Survey Report No. 272
Dr. Coleman C. Hatfield Collection
Williamson Daily News
www.civilwaralbum.com
The Ogden Standard, December 31, 1910
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