Hatfields and McCoys: A Conversation With Descendant Boyd Phillips 

My mother almost married a McCoy I asked if he was from the hattfield McCoy group that were dire enemies and he said yes he was. I can believe it he had the most horrible temper until he found out he was dying of cancer then he found Gods grace and made amends to my mom .

“The boys were just walking along and Ellison started on them” lol. Completely different account from a Hatfield descendant video I just watched . Priceless

Great video. I’ve spent a great deal of time researching this subject after connecting my branch of the hatfield family tree. Someday soon anyone old enough to have direct ties to this part of our history will be gone and having stories like this gentleman’s will be priceless.

My maternal grandmother was Emma Hatfield married to Frank Phillips

Reading comments are essential and by reading these, the feud never ends.

Thank you for sharing this with us

Im interested in meeting this gentleman learning about these Phillips

Wonderful!

Thank you so much for all you do

Great inside story of this famous family feud

Thank you I Shure have enjoyed, I have Philips in my tree Mc Coy to the Mercer History

This is so interesting to me because I have family in the Scott family and I grew up in Tennessee with a Wolford

Very true

Johnse Hatfield was not Devil Anse Hatfield's youngest son.. He was actually the oldest of 12 siblings....

These dang McCoy’s always tell the story to their benefit lol.

This is a very very interestory story

I just happened to watch the Kevin Costner series 'Hatfields and McCoys' last night. This was a great companion video to the series. Its great that Mr. Phillips was able to fill in blanks in that series.

I am a McCoy. I am a descendant of Randal McCoy. My father was very interested in learning all about this feud. And I was always interested in what he told me.

The hatfield and mccoy need to make moonshine and sell it

My sons grandmother was a Hatfeild. So my son is related to the Hatfeilds.

In life there's hope and pain but revenge, revenge will never bring redemption Just put your trust in Jesus Christ He Is Salvation See John 5:24 believe me keep my Words Believe In Him That Sent Me You Will Not come under the Judgment you will pass from death to life Eternal See John 6:40 Honour The Son as You Honour the Father (That is God's Will) you have a free will to choose remember That !! Hebrews 13:5 Never Will I Leave You Never Will I Forsake You !! Trust Jesus Christ Know That He Is Always Faithful and True Everlasting To Everlasting Godbless You

Fun fact Frank Phillips and Nancy McCoy are my Great Great Great Grandparents

Yes Roseanne MCcoy s daughter name was Sarah Elizabeth, i have seen a few pic"s of Roseanne, She was very Beautiful, Yes some said she died of grief, because of the way her father looked at her she said she cold see the hate in his eyes for, But i guess the loss of her daughter did not help also, i think her ex ended up marrying her cousin But was still unfateful

The feud started by the McCoys, thinking since the Union won they could take away the Hatsfields land

My grandfather and his sister taught school somewhere in the Tug Valley in WV. They were Herman S Sweet and Brunelle Sweet. Does anyone know where it was? It was about 1925?

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Lol love this

The truth has been lost. It’s funny to hear people tell their version though lol

What's the book at the end

I have heard so many story's of the Hatfield and McCoy's and I have never heard that Anderson got the nick name drvils back bone I have heard by other hatefild family that he got it as a teen out hunting and he got it from killing a bear and after fighting and killing the bear that his dad and other close family agreeing that the nick name he ended up with was because his dad said by God he fought like the devil and kilt that bear and that is how devil got attached to anise which is what the family had called him by since a youngen and that is how he got the nick name devil Anse which is short for Anderson back in those days now this is the first and only time that he got the name devil from during the war so I don't believe it as at least 40 times I've heard it as how I described it from there Hatfield family so he must have heard it wrong

That’s exactly what I learned. It was over the end of civil war

Johnse Hatfield was the oldest of Devil Anse Hatfield's sons, Mr Phillips. Basic historical knowledge and fact.

Is the a picture of Jim vance

i Have The Name Hatfield Jonathan Robert, Hatfield That's Always been my Given Name and Iam Christian Born Again of The Holy Ghost Convicted of the Holy Ghost and set Free In Jesus Christ Hallelujah

Just for the record having eaten squirrels and gone squirrel hunting which is a ton of fun, but imho they are not all that great to eat, oh for sure you won’t go hungry and plenty filling, but it’s not like eating filet mignon lol by any stretch of the imagination

Well I'm kin to the McCoy family also. I've always been told that when Harmen was killed that it was his daughter's footprints in the snow . The other guy is the one who found him died. I think all of us that live in the Appalachian area have different stories about the feud. My grandma had pictures, newspapers, bullets and much more about the feud. I've seen almost every movie about this feud and video I can find and everyone has a different story. I don't even think the papers got it right back then. One reporter made his was to talk to Devil Anse. Nobody ever ask Randall his side. And it didn't start over a pig. I can't stand that lie. Yes we are Hillbillies and proud of it but we are smart people. Heck how many of y'all out there can put food on your table without a store? Myself I think ole Randall got the worst of it. Children dead wife never the same house burned. He ask for justice and never got it. They hung cotton top. No other Hatfield for the murders. After all he went through in life the man burns to death. I still walk the trail from time to time just thinking about why that feud had to happen anyway. I hope they have finally found peace.

That is not a photo of Harmon McCoy.

My Mothers side was McCoys. They liv e in southern Illinois

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So the Hatfields murdered three McCoy. But the three McCoys didn’t murder Elias ? 😮

Btw almost all of us out here pre-1980 can jus about make the "familial tie" & has nonsense "memorabilia" ❤️ 👋Hey y'all

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Probably related

I noticed everyone whats to be related or say they know someone famous so make up stories to convince others and even themselves.

I still say the Hattfields were to blame for the fuel and done most if the bad deeds

This man is wrong about a few things.....Johnse...wasn't the Hatfields youngest son, he was the oldest ....and Ellison Hatfield was stabbed AND shot .

Funny how the descendants of both families haven’t a clue as to what really happened 😂

I know this guy is trying his best but he doesn't know as much as he thinks. He's getting names wrong and a lot of stuff. I know he means well. Like i said everyone has a different story.

Doesn't appear any of them worked. Farmer or Loger. To much time and whiskey.

Thats not correct

This dude isn't even close to being accurate

My grandmother on my dad side was Georgia Hatfield. She married my grandfather Matthew Williams. They got married in the late 1920 move to Colorado to get into cattle ranching. They got some of there cattle stolen and got out of the cattle business. The bought a old bar and motel . It had old poker tables old spending wheels. This is in the late 1920's. The had alcohol gambling and rooms. In 1935 the new York mob came in and broke all of the gambling table's and the new York mob told them to leave town it was Colorado Springs they left and went to texas.