In June 1880, Staton was killed by two McCoy brothers, Sam and Paris, who were alter acquitted on the grounds of self defense. The individual presiding was Anderson “Preacher Anse” Hatfield. The matter was taken to the local Justice of Peace, and the McCoys lost because of the testimony of Bill Staton, a relative of both families. The pig was only in the fight because one family believed that since the pig was on their land, that meant it was theirs: the other side objected. But the truth, the dispute was over property lines and the ownership of land. Harmon had been discharged from the army early because of a broken leg: several nights after he returned home, he was murdered in a nearby cave.ħ More… The 1st recorded instance of violence in the feud occurred after 1873 dispute about the ownership of a hog: Floyd Hatfield had it and Randolph McCoy said it was his. “Most people believe that the Hatfield-McCoy feud began with the death of Asa Harmon McCoy (Randall McCoy’s brother) on January 7, year unknown.” The uncle of Devil Anse, Jim Vance, and his “Wildcats” despised Hans Hall McCoy because he joined the Union army. Depending upon your skill level you can choose a simple block (stick with squares or triangles that make up squares, like Churn Dash) or can go nuts with the appliques and make your own cemetery, complete with wrought-iron gates.”ĥ Just a little history The Hatfield and the McCoy feud involved two families of the West Virginia-Kentucky backcountry along the Tug Fork River, off Big Sandy River The McCoys lived on the Kentucky side of the Tug Fork (a tributary of the Big Sandy River) fighting for the Union, McCoys were led by Randolph “Ole Ran’l” McCoy The Hatfields lived on the West Virginia side fighting for the Confederacy, Hatfields were led by William Anderson “Devil Anse” Hatfield ”Devil Anse” Hatfield’s timbering operation was a source of wealth for his family, but he employed many non-Hatfields, and even hired Albert McCoy, Lorenzo Dow McCoy, and Selkirk McCoy both families were part of the first wave of pioneers to settle the Tug Valley both were involved in the manufacture and sale of moonshine both were involved in guerrilla activity during the American Civil WarĦ How it Started According to historian, Michel Sellers, it began when a Hatfield wanted to marry a McCoy, but the clans disagreed and strife resulted. It’s nicely morbid, but can claim real historical roots if anyone complains. Anyway, if you like to quilt (or would like to learn–it’s truly less daunting than you think), this would be a fun project.
Yeah, that’d be a hoot, wouldn’t it? Going to visit Aunt Agatha and seeing the little coffin with your name on it, just waiting…. When a relative died, the coffin bearing his/her name was removed and sewed permanently in the center or graveyard area, along with the date of death. Now for the fun part: Appliques in the shape of toe-pincher coffins, each embroidered with the name of a family member, were loosely basted on the quilt’s border. These quilts were sometimes also embroidered with vines, flowers, and other funerary symbols. They were usually done in somber shades of grey or brown and consisted of a plain center (the graveyard) surrounded by either pieced blocks (star, nine-patch, etc.) or by appliques such as a picket fence. As with most other types of patchwork quilt, they appear to have originally been an American invention. “Coffin Quilts date from the days when people were rubbing up against death all the time, so it was treated a little more matter-of-factly than it is today. As the killings, abductions, and heartbreak escalate bitterly and senselessly, Fanny, the sole voice of reason, realizes that she is powerless to stop the fighting and must learn to rise above the petty natures of her family and neighbors and to find her own way out of the hatred.” Quoted from the back of the book. In 1822, when Fanny’s sister Roseanne runs off with young Johnse Hatfield, the hatred between the two clans explodes. From that day forward, the Hatfields and McCoys have operated not within the law but within mountain codes of their own making. By: Kennedy Boyce, Darlena Poling, and Brittany KeeslingĢ The Coffin Quilt “Fanny McCoy has lived with fear and anger ever since that day in 1878 when a dispute with the Hatfields over the ownership of a few pigs set her family on a path of hatred and revenge.
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