I live in Pike County Kentucky, it is thought about every spring during Hillbilly Days. A 3 day festival where fun is had about past events. Both Hatfields & McCoy's join in to relive past events. It's all for fun & raises money for Shriners helping crippled children. Been canceled last 2 years due to Covid, but hoping for next year. A nice event for families.
I'm a medical student at KYCOM (the medical school in upike) right now and Hillbilly days is starting tomorrow! This will be my first one and I'm really excited! I live in Downton Pikeville behind the movie theatre and they already have the carnival set up. I wanted to know what all the hype is about for the Hatfield and McCoys. I'm glad that I came across some Pikeville residents in the comments. I hope to see y'all soon!
It says in this documentary that a Hatfield relative was the judge at the pig trial. He was a relative, but his name was Anderson Hatfield, my great, great uncle. The judge was my 2nd great grandfather Ransom Hatfield's brother.
My family are from West Virginia. My grandmother was born in 1899. I used to love listening to her tell things she remembered about the Hatfields and McCoys.
Hi. my name is Lincoln. i am a descendent of the McCoy family from my father’s side, i would just like to say that this was incredibly helpful as to learning more about my family’s history. This had all the information i was curious about! I appreciate your work onthis platform and keep making great content!
Just want to say HELLO! I was born in Williamson,WV and our family lived in Pikeville,KY! My dad Ellery was a doctor at that Williamson.WV hospital where my sister Nancy Ann! was also born. Salute! Yahoo!
As a descendant of the Hatfield's I can only hope and pray that both of our families will be remembered more for ending the God Awful Fued between our two families then starting it.
I am a descendant of Devil Anse and am surprisingly grateful you brought up the health info here. I had suspected it already, but this reaffirmed some things. Many members of my family still deal with this health problem
There is alot of information about how the feud started. There was a pig and a wedding involved. I think its more important to know that Bo Mcoy started the official reconciliation. They have a yearly gathering.
It’s amazing how many versions of the story are out there in this one. Most of those that we tell come from people who heard them from their family, but… that doesn’t make them true either.
I am a Hatfield on Dads side and McCoy on Moms side, and still live along the Big Sandy. It is pretty calm and peaceful, but still there are times when there is a little fussing at times, because yes, most of us have a little bit of a temper if provoked
I'm a McCoy my Papaw was from Pikeville Kentucky, my great great grandfather was involved in the feud and his name and my great-grandfathers name is written in the McCoy family genealogy. We did hold family reunions with the Hatfield's, I use to go to them with my grandparents however there is a few details that were missed in this summary.
I remember when I was in a treatment center in Alabama. I met a real McCoy and he was confirmed to be a real McCoy by the treatment center. His name is Shawn McCoy. He was about 13 at the time in about 2008/9. The center actually paid for both families and come and speak their history and they agreed that their genetics did play a huge part, and was agreed that the illness they had played the biggest part. When we were able to meet both sides of the family it was very interesting. They dont own the land they use to have, in fact they sold it off in the early 1900s, but have a massive amount of their ancestors possessions. They even have some of their old guns, but have donated most of them to museums. They talked about also what caused the freud and it wasn't just a pig and a wedding. I was happy to meet both families.
I'm from same area any there wasn't no damn sickness caused it! What causes the feud way land rights for logging! The McCoy family was very poor and claimed they owned land that Hatfield's where logging. The Hatfield's where fairly wealthy for the area and time. They paid to legally own the land. That is the cause of the feud
I worked with a woman for a short while whose last name was McCoy. She said she married into the famous family, and that they were all "a little crazy". Since she and her husband were divorced, and she was "a little crazy" herself, I wasn't sure what to make of her story.
I’m a McCoy but didn’t know it until I got invited to a Hatfield/McCoy reunion. My relative was Catherine McCoy from the Tug River Valley in the late 1800s, early 1900s. My family is from WV and I don’t doubt that there’s a gene that causes pi*sed off behavior.
Awesome video! I noticed that you have a Howdy Doody doll on your shelf. My parents lived in Greenwich village in the 50s and were friends with the original creator of Howdy, Frank Paris. ❤️❤️❤️❤️
My 3rd grade teacher was a Hatfield of the same Hatfield's in the feud. Got asked I'm class once and she said she was directly related and didn't want to speak on it anymore. She was a mean Southern lady teaching elementary school in Southern California so she scared us kids big time.
I definitely believe you, but wouldn’t it be funny if she just agreed that she was a hatfield just to scare y’all, or to get you guys to think she was cool 😂😂
@@noahbudenaers5347 She was also a severe burn victim. I noticed after a while that her hair looked exactly the same every day. No change. Her face was puffy and had lines running all over like a spider web. One day she stood in front of the class and told us that she was in a lab accident. She was lighting a Bunson Burner and there was a gas leak. She was engulfed in flames. Her entire head, shoulders, hands forearms and chest were severely burned. She had beady eyes, no eyebrows or eyelashes. She looked like the alien named Groot. Like tree bark. After that she was even scarier. I was so glad to pass 3rd grade and get away from her. Every kid who had her was scared of her and the kids about to be in her class were nervous wrecks all summer. Very notorious.
I never get tired of watching the Hatfields and McCoys miniseries, fascinating and exciting history! Very good video, very well done. I like the Howdy Doody doll on your shelf as well! 😆
I didn’t know about the modern day families and their actions, it’s nice to see they stopped their clowning around on tv and have tried to make something positive out of something so destructive.
My dearest friend was named Kathleen McCoy from KY. She used to tell me about her family and the horrible temper her daddy McCoy had. She was a bit embarrassed about her history. She had a temper which I rarely saw, she was so sweet! I miss her terribly. She died 18 years ago today. Sigh.
I was about 11 years old when I cleaned devil Anse Hatfield tombstone with Robert Lee Hatfield a relative of them and I lived beside of them and took care of his garden and grass back in the day and had a history class later in school and told my classmates what I had done and couldn't believe it and it was something I had never forgotten about!!???
Robert L. Hatfield is my grandfather. The Lord called him home in May of 2011. This video popped up in my suggestions and this comment has tears welting up. I am 8 months pregnant with his great grandson, August, and this entire pregnancy I have had signs from him. I know he’s watching over our little boy. Reading your comment made my day. 🤍 He was one of the greatest men I have ever known. Everyone knew him as Bob or Bobby, but he was my Poppy. ❤
I am surprised you never mentioned any of the numerous children's cartoons based off this famous, bloody feud. Pretty much every single major animation studio had at least a few shorts dedicated to either the Hatfields and McCoys directly, or one of their main characters wandering into the feud by accident. Its amazing that a history so full of murder and tragedy was seen as 'yeah, this'll make a great cartoon for kids!'.
the most recent example is from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic... although it makes more sense to portray the feud in that show, as the point of the episode was to depict how easily simple arguments can escalate, as none of the descendants of the families knew exactly why they were fighting... the feud was just a frame of reference for a moral, instead of just an easy joke, so I think it gets a pass in that regard I mean, family feuds (and the Romeo & Juliet plots that sometimes accompany them) are a great way to show kids how easy it is to start a fight, and how dumb it is to keep the fight going, and also to show that the adults can and will be wrong at times... also to show how the younger generation's goal should be to solve things as peacefully as possible, or to find a different solution, not to blindly follow their parents' mistakes
The "feud" might have been used to depreciate or slander Appalachian people in general. Perhaps in the furtherance of exploiting the Appalachian people in such acts as taking their property away from them as in forging title documents. Post Civil War era.
This is very eye opening I had heard of this but never knew the details I am very happy the feud has truly ended And they finally get together Seems like a family issue that got way out of hand
I am part of the McCoy family. We all have something called the rage disease a.k.a. von Hippel Lindau. We have lost many many of our family members to it. We all have it in our genetics and it looks like my youngest daughter might have it also. It causes heart disease etc. the rage we feel is not normal and we can become very irrational. I believe this had ALOT too do with this
I went to wvu and took a class on wv history so naturally we studied this topic. I think the feud settled down but I had people from both sides in my class and those families still don't like each other.
Back in 97 I worked for a Baker from Clay County his family was ran out of Clay into Jackson County back in the 60s I believer . At that time he was a child . By the way I was born and raised in Clay County .
@king fuqurmahmen cool i live in Berea now came down here in 1997 . Was raised just outside of Oneida up on Bull Skin rd next to the Leslie and Clay line .
Yes it is real im a McCoy and grew up with the storys told by my grandpa and just wondering was the Sgt McCoys first name Colton btw? If so he's my brother
I just watched a documentary on the subject and wow it blew my mind it was one for the books I thought I knew about it and I'm 65yrs young it goes to show you your never to old to learn 😅😮
@@toniatchison3678 my great great grandmother was Lucy Jane McCoy. I'd enjoy hearing any information about the family that you know of. I wasn't close to my great grandma because she was so mean. However, my grandmother had told me that the feud started over a hog. I didn't hear about a wedding being involved. Its nice speaking with you. Take care.
@@shellyskiles9520 my great grandpa was Tremble McCoy,he was a very kind man. My great grandma (his wife) was Stella McCoy. He cheated on her with the nurses that came to help her deliver the babies, so all in all her has I'd say around 20 or 30 kids. My grandma was Willa-May McCoy. Soon to be changed to Willa-may Grey.
My Great Grandmother was a full blooded McCoy from Paw Paw Kentucky. My Mother & her Mother were born there also in a Log Cabin on a Mountain. My Mother's family had 11 kids with all but one being born in that cabin thru a Midwife. My Great Grandmother married a full blooded Cherokee so I have that in me also. Love my Hillbilly's.
You don't mention the Hatfield cemetery that features a marble statue of Devil Anse in Logan County, West Virginia. Also, you don't mention the Hatfield McCoy trail system managed by West Virginia in the southern parts of the state.
Have the Hatfields on my mom's side of the family. My grandparents mention their feud with the McCoy's but I was little and didn't pay much attention. Now I'm interested in learning about them.
My great grandmother knew the reason but it has been greatly destroyed down the line from generation to the other. it was a mixer of a lot of thing that started the Freud in the first place.
This shows that older family members have a strong influence on the children in the family. Families pass the same ideas, Political beliefs, Religious beliefs, likes, dislikes, and prejudices. To other family members, and friends. Children are easily influenced by the people they respect the most.
Ance Hatfield is my first cousin, 5x removed. The Hatfield are from Logan, West Virginia. My mother was born in Logan in 1944. My grandfather, Eddie Burns, Jr., moved to Detroit in the late 1950s, to get away from the poverty, incest, moonshine, violence and ignorance of that era.
I am a direct descendant of the McCoy family...I live in Oklahoma. My great grandmother was Mary McCoy! I could not be more proud of my family tree or history despite what rumors folks like to think they know about the infamous tales!
yea, I get kidded about my name.My father was born and raised in Gilbert, West by God Virginia. I've always been proud to be a Hatfield, and always will be.
How did the feud start? When Asa McCoy was murdered by the Hatfields on January 7th. 1865, having served in the Union army. It's that simple! The Hatfield's started it.
@@garlandking1382 they were both Confederate family’s but Asa was the only one who didn’t. Even the McCoys didn’t really like him much because of that so I doubt it’s the reason the feud started
The 3day mini series was wonderful with gla great cast! So glad my father made me watch it, it was great, I went and bought it in DVD. My Father's best friend is a McCoy! I favored the Hattfields in the mini series!
I live in Hatfield and McCoy territory and I could tell you some things about that feud that only very few know and I know this bc I’m apart of the Hatfield blood line
I've actually got Hatfield blood running in my veins. True. My Grandmother always said that to us and she never lied to us. We just thought she was mistaken. Then that 'trace your family roots' site came on the computer after my Grandmother died. My sister looked it up and it's true. I am related to the famous Hatfields.
as a McCoy relative myself, i again (on behalf of my family’s past generations) greatly apologize for what we did in the late 19th century to your family 😅🙏
My Grand Father from Hot Springs NC near Max Patch had a land dispute with a neighbor for years over a Natural Spring that was just below my Grands house. Both properties had over 100 acres and the land dispute kicked off after appx 50 years by the new neighbors the new owners felt it was apart of their property so my Grand Dad fenced it in and that settled the matter...I guess?
here's the story the hatfield-mccoy feud told to me by my grandfather my grandfather said that the feud started over a hog and the trial for the hog did not take place in a log cabin it took place next to a creek in west virginia there is a sign that says the hog trial site Randall McCoy did not know good trees to cut he only knew of certain trees that did not make a lot of money you got jealous because devil anse hatfield knew what trees to cut to make money on and then perry ilein was the one who tried to get the property out of devil anse has hands but it failed perry klein was the one that hired frank fhelps and all those bounty hunters to come after the hatfields it was perry ilein who got a lot of people locked up perry klein you say was on your side in the cop the free consultation with him ever in the courtroom he would be on the side of the prosecution perry klein was the one that made the whole few toward the end a big bloodbath then it went from kimberly jones in rosanna there's only three said things about the feud was jonesy rosanna her baby randall mcCoy hr had nothing to do with what happened to ellison hatfield something else to point out jim vance is not related to devil anse devil answers mama only had two sisters no brothers so that means him vance is not the uncle to devil anse hatfield nor is he uncle to devil anse hatfield brothers and sisters it is also unclear who killed asa hartman mcCoy not too many people really know what happened to him cuz there was really no witnesses to tell who or what happened to him
here's the thing the person that did the trial was wall hatfield and randall mcCoy is named randall mcCoy not randolph just want to clear that up cuz there's been a lot of misconceptions here lately about the feud and i'm saddened to say the few to starting back up again because of the mcCoys and that's very sad to have a feud to start back up again it's like devil said do you walk over and kick a mean dog while he's asleep no you don't you hope he goes back to sleep you don't keep messing with him the mcCoys or messing with the hatfields and it needs to stop before the feud between the two families started back up again
I'm a Mccoy relative from Maryland on my mom's dad's side. My pop pop told my mom, she called him a liar... ... turned out they really were from Maryland. Little known Mccoy family history, they were from Maryland before Kentucky.
Fun fact: I’m actually (I’m not sh*tting you) related to the Hatfield’s on my fathers fathers side of the family unfortunately I don’t know how far up the family tree I am to the Hatfield’s because I never got to talk with my paternal grandfather about it or even got to know him personally because he died before I entered kindergarten so pretty young like age 6 ish, so I had very few memories with my grandpa. That’s why I never knew I was a Hatfield till I was older in like middle high school I had to learn it from my dad. I wish I got to knew my paternal grandpa better.
If you look real close during this video and see the newspaper article pop up; you’ll see a headline about Jack the Ripper on one side and Devil Ance on the other. That was pretty amazing to me.
You should do a video on the baker , white feud.. in summerset kty.. it was alot more involved and bloodier than the Hatfield and Mccoy argument..and lasted from 1843 to 1907 .. with death and hatred and revenge , that ends in a huge family against family shoot out in town killing many ..
The State of WV has a play called "Hatfields and the McCoys" they've been putting on for over 50 years now. Quite good. Grandview State park I think. They do it all summer long along with Honey in the Rock about the birth of the State.
Grand Father Charles D. McCoy . Charlie D . McCoy Jr. Howard D. McCoy and Bennie mc McCoy. My Daddy Howard D. McCoy Told about this I remember story to this day 💕🙏
My mothers side of my family has a direct relation to some of the hatfield clan being from west virginia this feud has always sparked my interest! My mother says some of the facts arent quite acurate but what facts are !!
What do you think about the Hatfield-McCoy feud?
Have a friend who's a descendant of the Hatfield. It was over a McCoy sister.
I think it was senseless
These two families had it all wrong. Long live the Dancing Outlaw uncle Jessie!
Doubly embarrassing.
@@likebot. should have never happened. Why both patriarchs were never hanged on murder charges, I don’t know
I live in Pike County Kentucky, it is thought about every spring during Hillbilly Days. A 3 day festival where fun is had about past events. Both Hatfields & McCoy's join in to relive past events. It's all for fun & raises money for Shriners helping crippled children. Been canceled last 2 years due to Covid, but hoping for next year. A nice event for families.
I also live in Pike Co. KY. My grandmother was a McCoy. I miss Hillbilly Days.
I’m from Logan West Virginia and related to the Hatfields but not directly related
I'm a medical student at KYCOM (the medical school in upike) right now and Hillbilly days is starting tomorrow! This will be my first one and I'm really excited! I live in Downton Pikeville behind the movie theatre and they already have the carnival set up.
I wanted to know what all the hype is about for the Hatfield and McCoys. I'm glad that I came across some Pikeville residents in the comments. I hope to see y'all soon!
I’m from Pike County and Devil Anse is my 3rd great papaw
I wonder if you're Dad is Walf
It says in this documentary that a Hatfield relative was the judge at the pig trial. He was a relative, but his name was Anderson Hatfield, my great, great uncle. The judge was my 2nd great grandfather Ransom Hatfield's brother.
My family are from West Virginia. My grandmother was born in 1899. I used to love listening to her tell things she remembered about the Hatfields and McCoys.
that’s cool! My family is actually from the McCoy family. My great grand mothers mother is a McCoy!
Nice, which side was her favourite?
Hi. my name is Lincoln. i am a descendent of the McCoy family from my father’s side, i would just like to say that this was incredibly helpful as to learning more about my family’s history. This had all the information i was curious about! I appreciate your work onthis platform and keep making great content!
are you joking, sir? I am from the McCoy family from my dad as well. My great grand mothers mom was a McCoy..
We have the ancestry test to prove it.*
RIP bill Paxton. Great actor. Great mini series of Hatfield and McCoys.
It really was excellent. I saw the miniseries, then I just had to get the wonderful book it was based on. Well researched
Rest in peace Bill Paxton amen September 1st 2021 amen thank you Father in heaven
Bill Paxton died!?!
@@captainamerica6525 yes
@@bennybost7073 he died February 25, 2017 😒
Just want to say HELLO! I was born in Williamson,WV and our family lived in Pikeville,KY! My dad Ellery was a doctor at that Williamson.WV hospital where my sister Nancy Ann! was also born. Salute! Yahoo!
As a descendant of the Hatfield's I can only hope and pray that both of our families will be remembered more for ending the God Awful Fued between our two families then starting it.
I am a descendant of Devil Anse and am surprisingly grateful you brought up the health info here. I had suspected it already, but this reaffirmed some things. Many members of my family still deal with this health problem
There is alot of information about how the feud started. There was a pig and a wedding involved. I think its more important to know that Bo Mcoy started the official reconciliation. They have a yearly gathering.
My grandma told me that a Hatfield shot a McCoys hog and killed it and this started the feud.
It’s amazing how many versions of the story are out there in this one. Most of those that we tell come from people who heard them from their family, but… that doesn’t make them true either.
I am a Hatfield on Dads side and McCoy on Moms side, and still live along the Big Sandy. It is pretty calm and peaceful, but still there are times when there is a little fussing at times, because yes, most of us have a little bit of a temper if provoked
that’s cool! i am a mccoy from my dads side.
Hear of anyone named Tobe? If so, that was my grandmother's dad.
I'm a McCoy my Papaw was from Pikeville Kentucky, my great great grandfather was involved in the feud and his name and my great-grandfathers name is written in the McCoy family genealogy. We did hold family reunions with the Hatfield's, I use to go to them with my grandparents however there is a few details that were missed in this summary.
So what is your GGgrandfather’s and Greg Grandfather’s names?
Please share missed details! thank you :)
Stop lying 😂
@@TannerGoated I'm related to McCoys. My grandmother was a McCoy.
I love listening to documentaries about my family. It really helps me learn more about the missing part of my family.
I remember when I was in a treatment center in Alabama. I met a real McCoy and he was confirmed to be a real McCoy by the treatment center. His name is Shawn McCoy. He was about 13 at the time in about 2008/9. The center actually paid for both families and come and speak their history and they agreed that their genetics did play a huge part, and was agreed that the illness they had played the biggest part. When we were able to meet both sides of the family it was very interesting. They dont own the land they use to have, in fact they sold it off in the early 1900s, but have a massive amount of their ancestors possessions. They even have some of their old guns, but have donated most of them to museums. They talked about also what caused the freud and it wasn't just a pig and a wedding. I was happy to meet both families.
That is so 😎 cool!!
Awesome
Fantastic!👍✨
I'm from same area any there wasn't no damn sickness caused it! What causes the feud way land rights for logging! The McCoy family was very poor and claimed they owned land that Hatfield's where logging.
The Hatfield's where fairly wealthy for the area and time. They paid to legally own the land. That is the cause of the feud
Curious to what illness and genetics caused this feud? That way if I ever get in trouble I can blame it on some tomfoolery illness?
Even from Australia this is a famous story. Thank you for giving us an insight
I worked with a woman for a short while whose last name was McCoy. She said she married into the famous family, and that they were all "a little crazy". Since she and her husband were divorced, and she was "a little crazy" herself, I wasn't sure what to make of her story.
Thank you for this pointless comment!
Maybe she was a Hatfield.
Everyone with the last name McCoy claims that their the real McCoys. Hint; they’re not.
That’s cool. I am actually a blood relative to the mcCoys. My great grand mothers mom was a McCoy.
I had a patient who had relatives on both sides
Interesting 🙂
That’s pretty cool
I've known a few Mcoy descendants throughout my life and I now live in Pikeville where there's quite a few.
@@BenedictSkunk - hi 👋 ! I’m actually surprised they haven’t made a new movie 🎥 🍿 about the feud
I’m a McCoy but didn’t know it until I got invited to a Hatfield/McCoy reunion. My relative was Catherine McCoy from the Tug River Valley in the late 1800s, early 1900s. My family is from WV and I don’t doubt that there’s a gene that causes pi*sed off behavior.
Awesome video! I noticed that you have a Howdy Doody doll on your shelf. My parents lived in Greenwich village in the 50s and were friends with the original creator of Howdy, Frank Paris. ❤️❤️❤️❤️
My 3rd grade teacher was a Hatfield of the same Hatfield's in the feud. Got asked I'm class once and she said she was directly related and didn't want to speak on it anymore. She was a mean Southern lady teaching elementary school in Southern California so she scared us kids big time.
I definitely believe you, but wouldn’t it be funny if she just agreed that she was a hatfield just to scare y’all, or to get you guys to think she was cool 😂😂
@@noahbudenaers5347 I suppose so, but no. She was mean and bitter.
@@roosterj2599 sounds like the shoe fits then! Lol
@@noahbudenaers5347 She was also a severe burn victim. I noticed after a while that her hair looked exactly the same every day. No change. Her face was puffy and had lines running all over like a spider web. One day she stood in front of the class and told us that she was in a lab accident. She was lighting a Bunson Burner and there was a gas leak. She was engulfed in flames. Her entire head, shoulders, hands forearms and chest were severely burned. She had beady eyes, no eyebrows or eyelashes. She looked like the alien named Groot. Like tree bark. After that she was even scarier. I was so glad to pass 3rd grade and get away from her. Every kid who had her was scared of her and the kids about to be in her class were nervous wrecks all summer. Very notorious.
@@jimhatfield7580 Ms.hatfield
I never get tired of watching the Hatfields and McCoys miniseries, fascinating and exciting history! Very good video, very well done. I like the Howdy Doody doll on your shelf as well! 😆
I didn’t know about the modern day families and their actions, it’s nice to see they stopped their clowning around on tv and have tried to make something positive out of something so destructive.
The judge in the hog trial was Anderson Hatfield, brother of Ransom Hatfield, my 2nd great grandfather
I am a Hatfield descendant. I love learning more about my family when I can.
that’s cool! I’m a McCoy descendant
I'm a Hatfield descendant too!
My dearest friend was named Kathleen McCoy from KY. She used to tell me about her family and the horrible temper her daddy McCoy had. She was a bit embarrassed about her history. She had a temper which I rarely saw, she was so sweet! I miss her terribly. She died 18 years ago today. Sigh.
Absolutely nothing to be ashamed of though lmfao
Aw I’m sorry she passed wished she lived longer 💐
@@elimanning6520i would be very proud of it
I was about 11 years old when I cleaned devil Anse Hatfield tombstone with Robert Lee Hatfield a relative of them and I lived beside of them and took care of his garden and grass back in the day and had a history class later in school and told my classmates what I had done and couldn't believe it and it was something I had never forgotten about!!???
Robert L. Hatfield is my grandfather. The Lord called him home in May of 2011. This video popped up in my suggestions and this comment has tears welting up. I am 8 months pregnant with his great grandson, August, and this entire pregnancy I have had signs from him. I know he’s watching over our little boy. Reading your comment made my day. 🤍 He was one of the greatest men I have ever known. Everyone knew him as Bob or Bobby, but he was my Poppy. ❤
My grandmas maiden name is Hatfield, always nice to hear about family history!
I am surprised you never mentioned any of the numerous children's cartoons based off this famous, bloody feud. Pretty much every single major animation studio had at least a few shorts dedicated to either the Hatfields and McCoys directly, or one of their main characters wandering into the feud by accident. Its amazing that a history so full of murder and tragedy was seen as 'yeah, this'll make a great cartoon for kids!'.
the most recent example is from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic... although it makes more sense to portray the feud in that show, as the point of the episode was to depict how easily simple arguments can escalate, as none of the descendants of the families knew exactly why they were fighting... the feud was just a frame of reference for a moral, instead of just an easy joke, so I think it gets a pass in that regard
I mean, family feuds (and the Romeo & Juliet plots that sometimes accompany them) are a great way to show kids how easy it is to start a fight, and how dumb it is to keep the fight going, and also to show that the adults can and will be wrong at times... also to show how the younger generation's goal should be to solve things as peacefully as possible, or to find a different solution, not to blindly follow their parents' mistakes
The "feud" might have been used to depreciate or slander Appalachian people in general. Perhaps in the furtherance of exploiting the Appalachian people in such acts as taking their property away from them as in forging title documents. Post Civil War era.
This is very eye opening I had heard of this but never knew the details I am very happy the feud has truly ended And they finally get together Seems like a family issue that got way out of hand
I am a descendent of the McCoys. I remember my grandfather Tobe telling me some stories. RIP Tobe 1910-1994.
I am part of the McCoy family. We all have something called the rage disease a.k.a. von Hippel Lindau. We have lost many many of our family members to it. We all have it in our genetics and it looks like my youngest daughter might have it also. It causes heart disease etc. the rage we feel is not normal and we can become very irrational. I believe this had ALOT too do with this
Generational curse passed on that needs to be broken . Usually stems from occult practices .
Saw that yesterday it's tumors or something never new that about the McCoys
I went to wvu and took a class on wv history so naturally we studied this topic. I think the feud settled down but I had people from both sides in my class and those families still don't like each other.
You're lying
There wasn't really anything about the feud in this video I hadn't already heard. This isn't the "untold" truth, but the REtold truth.
Cool! Thanks for putting the time and effort!
You do not learn this in the movies. Great video. Much love from Wheeling West Virginia.
You should do a video on the Baker-Howard fued in Kentucky bit was even bloodier than the Hatfield-McCoy fued.
Back in 97 I worked for a Baker from Clay County his family was ran out of Clay into Jackson County back in the 60s I believer . At that time he was a child . By the way I was born and raised in Clay County .
@king fuqurmahmen cool i live in Berea now came down here in 1997 . Was raised just outside of Oneida up on Bull Skin rd next to the Leslie and Clay line .
@king fuqurmahmen By the way in Clay County in the Baker and White fued there was more people killed than in the Hatfield and Mccoy fued .
I grew up in Mingo county West Virginia my great grandmother was a McCoy that whole feud was blown out of proportion
My grandmother, of my mom's side, was Agnes McCoy. We live way out here in Idaho so are not much involved.
This was really interesting. I learned a lot more than I ever knew about this famous feud. 👍🇺🇲
The miniseries with Kevin Costner was really well done.
True story? Pvt. Hatfield, 1st day in Basic training meets his DI... Sgt McCOY! I served with Hatfield and he told this story!
Can't make stuff like this up
My brother is in the air force we are Hatfields🤔
Yes it is real im a McCoy and grew up with the storys told by my grandpa and just wondering was the Sgt McCoys first name Colton btw? If so he's my brother
I just watched a documentary on the subject and wow it blew my mind it was one for the books I thought I knew about it and I'm 65yrs young it goes to show you your never to old to learn 😅😮
My grandmother told me the story as was told by her mother. I'm a descendant of this feuding McCoy family.
Hey, nice to meet you, cousin! I'm a McCoy too!
@@toniatchison3678 my great great grandmother was Lucy Jane McCoy. I'd enjoy hearing any information about the family that you know of. I wasn't close to my great grandma because she was so mean. However, my grandmother had told me that the feud started over a hog. I didn't hear about a wedding being involved. Its nice speaking with you. Take care.
Same here!
@@shellyskiles9520 my great grandpa was Tremble McCoy,he was a very kind man. My great grandma (his wife) was Stella McCoy. He cheated on her with the nurses that came to help her deliver the babies, so all in all her has I'd say around 20 or 30 kids. My grandma was Willa-May McCoy. Soon to be changed to Willa-may Grey.
me too, my great grandmother was a Mccoy from eastern Kentucky
My Great Grandmother was a full blooded McCoy from Paw Paw Kentucky. My Mother & her Mother were born there also in a Log Cabin on a Mountain. My Mother's family had 11 kids with all but one being born in that cabin thru a Midwife. My Great Grandmother married a full blooded Cherokee so I have that in me also. Love my Hillbilly's.
God bless every last man of them.
Well I’m a descendant of the hatfields on my fathers fathers side of the family tree
I also have Cherokee blood in me from my fathers side as for my mothers side I’m Irish
To be a "full blooded" McCoy, wouldn't both parents need to be... McCoys?
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@@jamuraisack5503 only if you're into incest.
You don't mention the Hatfield cemetery that features a marble statue of Devil Anse in Logan County, West Virginia. Also, you don't mention the Hatfield McCoy trail system managed by West Virginia in the southern parts of the state.
Oh Yes, I'm very familiar with those things. I live in Logan County.
@@hunterpro9925 same bro, from Chapmanville
Have the Hatfields on my mom's side of the family. My grandparents mention their feud with the McCoy's but I was little and didn't pay much attention. Now I'm interested in learning about them.
My great grandmother knew the reason but it has been greatly destroyed down the line from generation to the other. it was a mixer of a lot of thing that started the Freud in the first place.
This shows that older family members have a strong influence on the children in the family. Families pass the same ideas, Political beliefs, Religious beliefs, likes, dislikes, and prejudices. To other family members, and friends. Children are easily influenced by the people they respect the most.
I think that the real reason that the fued started was because of hetfeild's killing the brother of the McCoys.
Ance Hatfield is my first cousin, 5x removed. The Hatfield are from Logan, West Virginia. My mother was born in Logan in 1944. My grandfather, Eddie Burns, Jr., moved to Detroit in the late 1950s, to get away from the poverty, incest, moonshine, violence and ignorance of that era.
I am a direct descendant of the McCoy family...I live in Oklahoma. My great grandmother was Mary McCoy! I could not be more proud of my family tree or history despite what rumors folks like to think they know about the infamous tales!
I'm a ninth gen. McCoy! Just moved back to the area.
I'm a descendant of Hatfields! On my great grandma side! I live floyd County which is by pikeville ky. They do tours here an have museum.
yea, I get kidded about my name.My father was born and raised in Gilbert, West by God Virginia. I've always been proud to be a Hatfield, and always will be.
This was a political battle for economic power. It continues today between democrats and republicans.
Pretty much
The series with Paxton and Costner is amazing
How did the feud start?
When Asa McCoy was murdered by the Hatfields on January 7th. 1865, having served in the Union army.
It's that simple!
The Hatfield's started it.
Looks to me like McCoy started it fighting fer them yanks
@@garlandking1382 they were both Confederate family’s but Asa was the only one who didn’t. Even the McCoys didn’t really like him much because of that so I doubt it’s the reason the feud started
I'm related to the Hatfields. Thankfully the feudin' gene didn't have a strong impact on me.
I'm related to the mccoys
Got vhl?
The 3day mini series was wonderful with gla great cast!
So glad my father made me watch it, it was great, I went and bought it in DVD. My Father's best friend is a McCoy! I favored the Hattfields in the mini series!
I live in Hatfield and McCoy territory and I could tell you some things about that feud that only very few know and I know this bc I’m apart of the Hatfield blood line
Well do tell....
I've actually got Hatfield blood running in my veins. True. My Grandmother always said that to us and she never lied to us. We just thought she was mistaken. Then that 'trace your family roots' site came on the computer after my Grandmother died. My sister looked it up and it's true. I am related to the famous Hatfields.
ayyy how ya doin distant cousin
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See ya' at the next reunion cuz. You bring the hot dogs and I'll bring the charcoal.
@@chiefsteps-in-poo8447 bet
as a McCoy relative myself, i again (on behalf of my family’s past generations) greatly apologize for what we did in the late 19th century to your family 😅🙏
@@Oylan000 yes my friend. love to ya ! love to all !!!
My Grand Father from Hot Springs NC near Max Patch had a land dispute with a neighbor for years over a Natural Spring that was just below my Grands house. Both properties had over 100 acres and the land dispute kicked off after appx 50 years by the new neighbors the new owners felt it was apart of their property so my Grand Dad fenced it in and that settled
the matter...I guess?
I work with one of the great grandson and I tell you there short tempered he recommended me to watch this.
There was a book shown that had a drawing by a Mr/Mrs. Graves, of the village pet and a story. Can you tell me what that was?
Any one know the movie playing in the background ? Title ? Date of release ? Please and Thank You !
here's the story the hatfield-mccoy feud told to me by my grandfather my grandfather said that the feud started over a hog and the trial for the hog did not take place in a log cabin it took place next to a creek in west virginia there is a sign that says the hog trial site Randall McCoy did not know good trees to cut he only knew of certain trees that did not make a lot of money you got jealous because devil anse hatfield knew what trees to cut to make money on and then perry ilein was the one who tried to get the property out of devil anse has hands but it failed perry klein was the one that hired frank fhelps and all those bounty hunters to come after the hatfields it was perry ilein who got a lot of people locked up perry klein you say was on your side in the cop the free consultation with him ever in the courtroom he would be on the side of the prosecution perry klein was the one that made the whole few toward the end a big bloodbath then it went from kimberly jones in rosanna there's only three said things about the feud was jonesy rosanna her baby randall mcCoy hr had nothing to do with what happened to ellison hatfield something else to point out jim vance is not related to devil anse devil answers mama only had two sisters no brothers so that means him vance is not the uncle to devil anse hatfield nor is he uncle to devil anse hatfield brothers and sisters it is also unclear who killed asa hartman mcCoy not too many people really know what happened to him cuz there was really no witnesses to tell who or what happened to him
here's the thing the person that did the trial was wall hatfield and randall mcCoy is named randall mcCoy not randolph just want to clear that up cuz there's been a lot of misconceptions here lately about the feud and i'm saddened to say the few to starting back up again because of the mcCoys and that's very sad to have a feud to start back up again it's like devil said do you walk over and kick a mean dog while he's asleep no you don't you hope he goes back to sleep you don't keep messing with him the mcCoys or messing with the hatfields and it needs to stop before the feud between the two families started back up again
My Great Grandfather watched Cotton Top Hatfield hang in Pikeville Kentucky when he was a young boy
My daughter is engaged to an original Hatfield. I'm very proud of this!
Its actually pretty crazy how accurate that mini series got the fued. Everything was in it.
My paternal grandparents are from eastern Kentucky (born early 1900). They knew the Hatfield and McCoys. So cool.
I have a photo of the Hatfield and McCoy building in Pigeon Forge, TN. I took the picture on a family trip to Gatlinburg.
Yeah I'm fairly certain moonshine played a role in the fued too...
The Hatfields are my ancestors. It's a good conversation starter.
I'm a Mccoy relative from Maryland on my mom's dad's side.
My pop pop told my mom, she called him a liar...
... turned out they really were from Maryland. Little known Mccoy family history, they were from Maryland before Kentucky.
I’m waiting for the Disney version.
Hell no! Disney better never touch my family's history!
Fun fact: I’m actually (I’m not sh*tting you) related to the Hatfield’s on my fathers fathers side of the family unfortunately I don’t know how far up the family tree I am to the Hatfield’s because I never got to talk with my paternal grandfather about it or even got to know him personally because he died before I entered kindergarten so pretty young like age 6 ish, so I had very few memories with my grandpa. That’s why I never knew I was a Hatfield till I was older in like middle high school I had to learn it from my dad. I wish I got to knew my paternal grandpa better.
If you look real close during this video and see the newspaper article pop up; you’ll see a headline about Jack the Ripper on one side and Devil Ance on the other. That was pretty amazing to me.
I live in Pikeville Ky, and the it’s well known as you would expect. There are tons of resources available to get the straight story.
My grand mother grew up in WV not far from there. We always sided with the Hatfield's lol 😂 Can't be taken up with no foreigners
Suprisingly, im related to these guys! My great uncle was bill elias stepp. Interesting stuff.
I’m related to the mccoys on my mothers side
Interesting stuff
I am on my dad's side.
@@CharacterMatterz yeah my great grandpa is last name is McCoy
What is the back ground music?
I think liquor had ALOT to do with the violence in that feud. I can’t believe you didn’t mention that!
I’m related to the Hatfields in WV. Specifically Sophia. Great history.
Heard of the feud but didn't understand how it all started now I do.
Great video Mike UK 🇬🇧
Are you sure?
You should do a video on the baker , white feud.. in summerset kty.. it was alot more involved and bloodier than the Hatfield and Mccoy argument..and lasted from 1843 to 1907 .. with death and hatred and revenge , that ends in a huge family against family shoot out in town killing many ..
The State of WV has a play called "Hatfields and the McCoys" they've been putting on for over 50 years now. Quite good. Grandview State park I think. They do it all summer long along with Honey in the Rock about the birth of the State.
My husband is 2nd generation from the Hatfield side of the feud. His grandmother was Polly Hatfield
The Hatfields were freakin a holes! Good god, I can’t blame the McCoys
@Jason Adams na the movie showed the McCoy's as good people.
Yeah I grew up hating the Hatfields
@@tannermccoy8674 you know what hate brings you ? Sorrow . Look no further than Randall for that
If nothing else, they had some super cool names. I’ve always loved Devil Anse and Rio is trendy too.
First time on this channel and I thought the video was really good which is worth a sub but I can definitely do without the background music.
I’m from Ontario, Canada, and this makes our little infamous Donnelly family seem like child’s play.
Who are the Donnelley's?
The Donnelly massacre was something completely different. And it most definitely was not "child's play"
Add moonshine into the whole mix as well 👌😆😆
Grand Father Charles D. McCoy . Charlie D . McCoy Jr. Howard D. McCoy and Bennie mc McCoy. My Daddy Howard D. McCoy Told about this I remember story to this day 💕🙏
Good job thanks for the videos
Put them in a fantasy world and make them Middle ages Lords and you have the Brackens and Blackwoods.
Good vid but wrong title. Should of left out the “untold truth” bit
My mothers side of my family has a direct relation to some of the hatfield clan being from west virginia this feud has always sparked my interest! My mother says some of the facts arent quite acurate but what facts are !!
Wonder which ones she thinks aren't accurate and why
Fun fact! I’m related to the Hatfields, according to my grandma
Soooooooo!you basically just repeated what I already watched from the actual show?wow,amazing
My wife is a McCoy and her and her sister are super smart but a tad high strung!
I'm related to the McCoys somehow I am from Lee county Virginia
My ancestors are McCoy's, though I don't know much about it. Supposedly my ancestor moved north into Illinois to get away from the feud.