The Hatfield-McCoy Feud Timeline - Timetoast

• Jan 7, 1865

  Asa McCoy is Killed

  Asa McCoy was a Union soldier who got injured in battle during the Civil War. He left the war and returned home to Kentucky. While home in Kentucky, he was murdered. No one was ever charged with his murder but it was led to believe that Confederate soldier Devil Anse Hatfield was the culprit.
• May 9, 1865

  Civil War

  The Civil War ends.
• May 1, 1878

  Randle McCoy accuses Floyd Hatfield of Stealing his Hog

  Randle McCoy accused Floyd Hatfield on stealing his hog. The court acquited Floyd Hatfield. This ruling brought major tension between the two families.
• Oct 1, 1878

  Devil Anse Hatfield Wins Land Disput

  Devil Anse Hatfield won a land dispute from Randall McCoy's cousin Perry Cline. The McCoy's believed the court decision to be unjust.
• May 1, 1880

  Roseanna McCoy and Johnse Hatfield Meet

  Johnse Hatfield and Roseanna McCoy met at a community event and fell in love. They wanted to get married but their families forbid it. Roseanne moved in with the Hatfileds and became pregnant.
• Feb 7, 1881

  Roseanna and Johnse's Baby Dies

  Roseanna left the Hatfield's and was sent to stay with her aunt Betty. The baby died and Johnse married Roseanna's cousin Nancy Mccoy.
• Aug 9, 1882

  Ellison Hatfield gets murdered by McCoy Boys

  At an election day celebration in Kentucky, Ellison Hatfield (Devil Anse's brother) got into a fight with some of the McCoy boys. One of the McCoy boys stabbed Ellison multiple times and shot him. The Hatfield's took and in prisoned the McCoy boys in West Virginia. Devil Anse said that the Mccoy boys would live, only if Ellison survived. Unfortunately for the Mccoy boys, Ellison died and the Hatfields took them back to Kentucky where they tied them to trees and shot and killed them.
• May 1, 1887

  The McCoys seek Justice

  In 1887 the McCoys try to have the Kentucky governor extradite the Hatfield's for the murder of Randle McCoy's sons.
• Jan 1, 1888

  Hatfield's Burn the McCoy Home

  The Hatfields raid and burn down Randle McCoy's family home in Kentucky. Two of the McCoy children are killed and Randle's wife is brutlaly injured.
• Sep 1, 1888

  The U.S. Supreme Court Decision

  Some of the Hatfields were captured and taken to Pike County Kentucky and tried for the murders of Randle McCoy's children. The captured Hatfields were hanged or sentenced to life in prison.
• May 1, 1891

  The Feud Ends

  Devil Anse Hatfield decided not to seek retalition for the courts convictions and death of his family. His decision not to seek revenge finally ended the famous feud.

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