ItsAmity Sharing Information for Amity Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania and the surrounding areas including the counties of Berks, Chester, and Montgomery, PA.
A section of the floodwall along the Tug Fork in Matawan, West Virginia, constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, depicts the HatfieldâMcCoy feud. 1865: Former Union soldier Asa Harman McCoy killed January 7, 1865, probably by the Logan Wildcats led by Jim Vance. 1878: Bill Staton (nephew of Randolph McCoy â not shown on family tree) was killed in 1878 as revenge for testifying on behalf of Floyd Hatfield in his trial for stealing a McCoy hog.
While Randall was a P.O.W., his brother Asa Harmon McCoy was hunted down by Devil Anse's Wildcat cowards and murdered. This murder would start the bad blood between Randall and Devil Anse. Although Asa Harmon McCoy was a Union soldier, he was still loved and respected by family. During the time of his murder, he was home on furlough for breaking his leg. The Wildcats were not so much after him as they were his possessions.