Pike County KyArchives Obituaries.....McCoy, Randall April 1914
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Big Sandy News Apr 3,1914
MCCOY, Randall

Uncle Randall McCoy, one of the oldest citizens of Pike County, and a 
participant and leader in the Hatfield-McCoy feud which brought a reign of 
terror to Eastern Kentucky 30 years ago, died at the home of his grandson, 
Melvin McCoy, on Herald's Branch, last Saturday morning from the effects of 
injuries he received by falling backward into an open fire place last autumn. 
Funeral and interment were held Sunday afternoon at the Dills Cemetery across 
the river. At his death Mr. McCoy was 89, and he was a conspicuous figure in the 
most noted feud in the history of Kentucky. On New Year's night, 27 years ago 
the Hatfields made an attack on his home, and in a bloody battle one of his 
daughters and 2 sons were killed. His home was also burned to the ground. But he 
pursued his enemies with relentless courage, and after depleting their rank he 
drove the remainder of them either from the state or into hiding. At the close 
of the bloody war he removed with his family to Pikeville and lived her until 
the time of his death. Big Sandy News, Apr 3, 1914

 

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