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.
Ray Chapman, Killed by Pitched Ball August 17, 1920. On August 16, 1920, in the late afternoon at the Polo Grounds, Ray Chapman stepped into the batterâs box for what would be the very last time. The 29 year old Cleveland Indiansâ shortstop, known as âChappieâ, squared around to bunt off the Yankeeâs Carl Mays.