1. Randolph McCoy was the fourth of thirteen children born to Daniel McCoy and Margaret Taylor McCoy and lived mostly on the Kentucky side of Tug Fork, a tributary of the Big Sandy River.
17 Facts About Randolph McCoy
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Randolph McCoy married his first cousin, Sarah "Sally" McCoy, daughter of Samuel McCoy and Elizabeth Davis, on December 9,1849, in Pike County, Kentucky.
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George H McCoy married Martha "Patsy" A Kirk about 1805.
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Randolph McCoy was discharged from the Union Army on December 24,1864, after suffering a broken leg, and returned home.
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The ruling further inflamed the feud, as Randolph McCoy viewed the outcome as unfair.
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Later, brothers Sam and Paris Randolph McCoy were accused, tried, and acquitted of the death of Staton when the judge ruled Staton's death an act of self-defense by the Randolph McCoy brothers.
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Randall's daughter Roseanna Randolph McCoy romanced "Johnse" Hatfield and later became pregnant with Johnse's child.
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The peak of the feuding occurred when three of Randolph McCoy's sons killed Ellison Hatfield, brother of Devil Anse, on election day in 1882.
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Randolph McCoy's house was burned to the ground and numerous family members were slain by the Hatfields, including two of Randolph McCoy's children.
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Randolph McCoy survived the beating but was disabled for the rest of her life.
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Randolph McCoy moved his family to Pikeville, Kentucky, where he lived out the remainder of his life in bitterness and grieving.
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Randolph McCoy operated a ferry in Pikeville for some time, and the home he lived in still stands at the intersection of Main Street and Scott Avenue.
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Randolph McCoy died at the age of 88 after he was severely burned from a cooking fire.
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Randolph McCoy is buried in the Dils Cemetery in Pikeville, next to his wife who died in the 1890s.
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In 1888, Wall Hatfield and eight others were arrested by a posse led by Frank Phillips and brought to Kentucky to stand trial for the murder of Alifair Randolph McCoy, who was killed during the New Year's Massacre.
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Randolph McCoy was one of the men captured along with Mahon.
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On June 14,2003, the Randolph McCoy cousins partnered with Reo Hatfield of Waynesboro, Virginia, to author an official truce between the families.