Appalachias Deadliest Mountain Men 

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This story true? If so, who was your family related to?

Gloom, Despair, Agony

Bless you and thank you for your service

My Dad was born and raised in Hazard. It was the same story for him. His father died and he had to decide... mines or military. Went into the Army in 1938. Sent his mother $50 every month.

Thanks Willow! Hope all is well in your neck of the woods

Jealousy is the original sin

Not really. Economics and power were the real culprits.

Jealousy and lies can only start a feud between small minded people 💯

Thank you so much!

A good Christian burial 😂

Down an old mine shaft.

​@@ernestwilliams268yes Sir that's how my pappy told it 😉

I heard this same story in Wilkes County North Carolina.

I'd say people in every state has heard and said that back in the day 🤣🤣🤣

Wow! What brought you to Australia?

At least your safe in Australia!

@@krzysztofwozny3002 Yep, I live in rural Queensland, my neighbors and I share each others phone numbers even though they are far enough away I can just barely see their homes through the trees. Most of the vehicles on the property never get their keys removed and seldom to we lock the doors at night. At night the sky is a black blanket with a million holes in it, we can lay on the top of a water tank at night and count how many shooting stars pass by. Our dogs have many acres to run across, the people at the post office and the grocery store know our names. It is a very nice place to live. I am here by choice not by chance, I choose to live here. I can live anywhere, I choose to live here. As it turns out the government wants to build a railroad through my property, so I have to buy a different property and relocate I have no problem with this because my payout is just under 5m. I could move back to the USA but I choose not to, I love this place and there are more and better opportunities living right here. My son is a Class One Honors level graduate from University Queensland a prestigious school on the world rankings and is an Electrical Engineer currently employed working on the nations electrical grid and is earning at the end of his first year of employment just over $125k a year... and more to come. My wife who has never been to the USA is scared of living in the USA... and I understand her concerns. Life is damn good here. Once you get out and travel around to see how others live I realized that America has a lot of good things but wow some of the downside is awful. Want to talk about health care? No you don't.

some good people is Aus Ken > my best from South Aus

Good people in Kentucky.

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Yep

That's why he makes them up.

Welcome my friend, glad to have you here

So glad to have you here Jeff, many more stories to come!

Amen

In the cities they were called the Mob.

exactly

I’m from Breathitt county right next to Perry county. There was a feud there Turner v Fugate that lasted decades. It still simmers today.

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@TheAppalachianStoryteller my shop is in Rutledge and I absolutely love it

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I agree with you 💯 A television series, with his wonderful voice for narration would be award winning. This ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Channel should be broadcast on PBS.

Honestly, that would be a dream come true for me

Yes you could call it, The Trumps and the Biden’s!

@@kevdimo6459 Absolutely, you spoke the truth.

That’s what war is, both side kill people and destroy stuff until one side can no longer raise a defense.

I could have made a 2 hour movie on all the details of this story. It is speculated 70 men died in the feud along with several judges, lawmen, and politicians. The state militia and governor were involved. The Eversole leadership changed hands several times as leaders were assassinated. Hazard became a town under seige. There were so many bodies littering the sides of the roads that were just skeletal remains with weeds growing thru them. There is lots to this war. Unfortunately, it takes me nearly 40 hours to produce a story like this- with zero budget and I work a full time job aside from this channel. Now- If I could do this full time and make a living from it, you better believe I would have put it all out there on this story.

@@TheAppalachianStoryteller that's incredible. Sounds like I need to join the channel, instead of just subscribing.

@@TheAppalachianStoryteller I can't wait for this story to be told i a Netflix series... :-)

Thanks Scott!

Thanks Scott! Have a good’n brother

@scottblack3381. Totally agree! Love these mountain stories from the past.

That’s an accurate picture of the mountains that you just painted

I so love the ending...u never really get away from anything u do!! Great story JD....

Justice is always waiting @@stephanielloyd5792

Yea, found one of these towns down at the end of a very very long road in West Virginia. Stopped at the only store in that town which was a large storage building with a gas pump out front. Those where the strangest group of people I ever saw. They would not speak at all to me, even when I spoke to them, they just starred at me until I left. That was some spooky shit.

Sounds like a sundown town?

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@@TheAppalachianStoryteller You're the best story teller. My husband and I listen to you on a loud speaker so we get this whole effect of the story. It's like watching a cowboy movie in your mind. You can literally imagine your story as if it's real. We appreciate all the time and effort that you put into your videos. Thank you so much. It gives my husband and I something to do together. So it's a win win! ♥️

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Preciate you Brother, hope all is well in your neck of the woods

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family descendant?

⁠@@TheAppalachianStorytellerYes sir. My great grandfather x3 took part in this feud.

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Stay tuned for part three with bad Toms brothers story

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Heck yeah brother! Thanks for much!

Dang it Thelma! haha! Thanks for the congrats Emily, I really appreciate it my friend!

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a bit of almost lost history brought back to life

Well said Gary!

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@@TheAppalachianStoryteller You are very welcome J.D.!!

"Keep them fighting each other, while we slip out the back with their cash???"

Truer than ever.

“A low down snake in the grass”. He has such a way with words

Except in this era of history the dems & republicans had switched ideologies. A “no good for nothing democrat” was actually a Republican in this context. You played yourself.

​@@Bensalami69I was about to say the same.

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Do you know Boss Hogg?

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Interesting!

I'm from nc and have hiked along the a.t. there's also lots of very very old structures out there they are extremely isolated as well. I can only imagine how hard they had it.

I've read several sagas. It definitely has a similar feel to this.

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These boys didn’t play

@@TheAppalachianStoryteller they sure were not !!! :-)

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I’ll tell Donnie you said so

@@TheAppalachianStoryteller I’m sorry I didn’t mean to call you Donnie !!! I’m old and get mixed up with my names ! I do so much love your stories ! And again my apologies

@@garylam6233 Brother, I didn't mind at all. Donnie and I are subscribed to each others channels and are friends on here. If I had a dollar for every time someone has called me Donnie, I could buy a 8 piece box of chicken.

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@@TheAppalachianStoryteller thank you my friend ♥

Morning, hope all is well in your neck of the woods

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Thank you !

Wow

Wow. I'm from Swain Co. My 2xGrGpa. Babe Burnette killed Revenuer Hol Rose in fall of 1920. Its in "Our Southern Highlanders" by Horace Kephart.

Swain county is just next door to Jackson County, so we probably have the same relatives. I remember an Ida Moss from Cullowhee. she owned a small store and owned a home close to Glenville. she might be related to you Remember we had an old saying in the mountains it went like this (if you have the same name, you have to be related for the good lord didn't think enough of you to make two sets). LOL just a little mountain humor.@@paulmoss7940

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@@TheAppalachianStoryteller You earned it.

Sadly, I can’t answer that, but he certainly made French pay the ultimate price

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@@TheAppalachianStoryteller I was talking to my brother earlier about your storytelling, he lives in Elizabethton TN. He told me there is a Story telling Festival in Jonesborro every year. Do you participate?

I don’t think I have ever read it out better than that. Bravo

Handling it on your own is one thing, but these feuds often spill into the public square

Indeed, I hope folks that live there see this story

Pretty cool

glad to have you here my friend

Preciate that, I do my best to transport the listeners back in time to feel like they are right in the thick of the action and know all the characters

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@TheAppalachianStoryteller I appreciate most of your work it's informative and well researched and you tell a good story, I hope you continue to grow as a channel.

Be sure to watch part two of this story "Appalachias deadliest Outlaw"

Duke & Bo took over and ran Boss Hogg wild.

Morning Robbie!

I had no idea there was a dead man in a casket, thanks for sharing that!

@@TheAppalachianStoryteller at the first of the vid there's a group of men Infront of a body standing up with a rifle across his chest...maybe the rifle is apparent in the old pic, but in the old pics it is...

@@TheAppalachianStoryteller THANX for a good vid...

It’s a wild story- but true

@@TheAppalachianStoryteller there’s so much true history that’s no longer taught. Thanks again. Can’t wait for the next one

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That was the best part of the story to me, what a “peace” meeting 😂

He definitely was "marked for death" for the rest of his life

Thanks so much Jeff

Glad to have you here

I have a story in the works on him for next month- stay tuned

My family is from Clay Co. Ky. My ancestor was John Gilbert said to be the first white man in Clay. Would love to hear about the Cattle War and the salt feud. Also related to the Bakers, Smith, Hall and Hoskins Love hearing these stories!

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Yes indeed

Alright, mission accomplished

@@TheAppalachianStoryteller Absolutely.

Thank you!

I read that in a couple places, and it may very well be true, I also read the ending that I used. I thought it fit this version of the story better , so I went with it. Either way he was shot by Eversoles son and died from that gunshot

Probably was better "justice" if he did suffer for a couple of years before he died. Another great story...either way...thank you.@@TheAppalachianStoryteller

​@@TheAppalachianStorytellerCould be why it was only disturbing the peace and a fine, and not murder or some such.

@@mikefarmer4748 could be, no doubt about it. However, French was murdered, whether in that moment or he lingered and died later. That bullet killed him.

still a rough, rough place

It was money well spent!

Thank you Debbie!

Thanks!