In 1882, Anderson “Devil Anse” Hatfield's brother was murdered by three sons of Randolph McCoy. Within a matter of days, Devil Anse and his ad hoc militia executed the three McCoys.
No one knows exactly how the feud began. It could have been related to the Civil War, because of a razorback hog, or due to a doomed romance between two young lovers. It may have been all three or ...
In 1878, Randall accused a relative of Anderson “Devil Anse” Hatfield of stealing one of the McCoys’ hogs. Randall took the more affluent Hatfields to court in Kentucky but lost.
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