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 Books Used in Research: https://www.amazon.com/Hatfield-McCoy... https://www.amazon.com/Feud-Hatfields... https://www.amazon.com/The-Hatfields-... 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 →Subscribe for new videos every other Thursday! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBY4... Social: Facebook - VisitPikeville -   / visitpikeville   Instagram - visit_pikeville Twitter - @visitpikeville Direct inquiries to [email protected] Partners: Pikeville City Tourism - https://www.visitpikeville.com/ Big Sandy Heritage Center Museum - https://bigsandyheritage.com/ University of Pikeville Allara Library - https://www.upike.edu/library-services/ PikeTV - https://www.piketv.com/ Other Channels: Pikeville City Tourism -    / tourpike.  . PikeTV -    / piketv99