That stone for the baby John Bogle Browning Jr. was my 3rd cousin 2x removed. It was Devil Anse's great grandson. His momma was Ocie Caldwell Browning the daughter of Devil Anse's daughter Elizabeth. Thank you for doing what you do! My dad has been there to that cemetary and told me about it but I doubt I'll ever get to see it in person but your efforts make me feel like I've been there.
My grandmother told this story several times in her later years. Her family moved from Tennessee to West Virginia for a coal mining job for her father, probably around 1916-1918. As a young child she was playing at the home of a school friend, and they went into the house for a drink of water. The girl’s grandfather came into the kitchen and he totally scared my grandmother, but she said after all he ended up being a kind old man to her. Come to find out later, the man was Devil Ance Hatfield. By 1920, her family had moved to Perry County, Kentucky for a mining job.
I live Comanche Texas. Home of the Hardin clan. John Wesley Hardin, Hardin family home still stand on a hill close to town. Back when John Wesley was here, it was in the Country. Hardins dad was a preacher, Joe Hardin was post master Joe's cousins lived here as well. When John Wesley killed the deputy from Brown County, a mob formed and Joe Hardin and the 2 cousins were lynched. The bottom portion of that tree is at the museum here. I've heard many stories about John Wesley helping people out, especially the old people.
I have only just found your channel. I'm from New Zealand and can relate to your many deaths in the coal mines. My dad's brothers, in the South Island of New Zealand. Your cemeteries are so beautiful. But it's so sad to see so many young deaths.I like small glimpses into your family's lives. Thank you.
My wife’s family come from both sides of the Hatfield /McCoy families and it is really common in those hills to be buried without a marker as many are too poor to buy one.
@@jasonexploring Not everyone was poor, Devil Anse had a timber business among other things. Some were into coal, moonshine and timber, all can pay well.
My dad was from West Virginia. My grandfather was a coal miner and eventually a mine owner. Dad turned 80 acres of weeds into a humming dairy operation , using is training from an agricultural high school around World War 2 Dad served in Japan during the Korean War. Grandpa controlled the farm, though he knew very little of farming. Eventually abuse of my dad's labor, training, and knowledge of modern methods, resulted in my dad moving to Boston, There he trained in radio and television electronics, the high tech of the time. I was just kid in the sixties down there for a week or two each summer. Since Grandpa started work at twelve driving horses for a limestone mine, he was hammered into the type of person covered by your channel You are refreshing my connection with my roots in and under those hills Grandpa did both strip mining and deep mining. Many of the farms around my my dad's farm had been strip mined then the land restored properly Deep mining is the much older type of coal mining, using very low tunnels. This in the mining in the song " Sixteen Tons" Keep up the great work.
I just half to extend to you my deepest appreciation for what you're doing. I live near Parkersburg, WV. I have always wanted to go to the Hatfield Cemetery and just have never made it. Now I doubt very seriously my health would allow it. So I am enjoying my trip to the Hatfield Cemetery sitting at home in my nightgown on my I mac computer because of you two's efforts... So thankful for your videos.
The Click's are married into my family. I've also got one side of my family is related to the Hatfield's & the other side of my family is related to the McCoy's. Which has made for some interesting family history for me. They lived in the Cabin Creek area of West Virginia. I miss being down that way. I've got 2nd, 3rd, & 4th generation grand parents, aunts, uncles, & a slew of cousins all throughout the Southern part of West Virginia. Thank you for bringing the past to us.
Hi All! My great grandmother's, great grandmother and Devil Anse's mother were sisters (as I was told). My great grandmother's name was Susan Stapleton. Her husband's name was Robert Stapleton. I am loving this video! Thank you for going out in the rain to make this video. I hope you were able to get a hot cup of coffee to warm up!
It's sad to see how neglected that grave yard had become by cemetery care takers just didn't care about the upkeep of family members of those still living. So heartbreaking. Graves forgotten
Another great video. Growing up my mom always took me to clean the family graves and I always enjoyed reading all the different headstones and asking my mom if she knew anyone’s story. To this day I enjoy taking care of the graves wherever I go. Feels like I’m paying my respects. I can’t wait to visit your neck of the woods.
My father's sister married into the Hatfield family and my uncle is related to Devil Anse. My grandfather (my dad's father) rode horses with Devil Anse as a young boy. I really never knew much about the feud except that it was over a couple of hogs and the fighting was nasty with a lose of life. Thank you for the history lesson. I wasn't around my grandparents much as we lived in Ohio and he was pretty old when I was a very young girl, so I never got the chance to ask him about Devil. I just knew that he was a mean ole feller and that's why they called him Devil Anse. My grandfather was born in 1897 and lived with my grandmother on Ben Creek (Mingo Co.)W.V. and my dad was born in Warnecliff.
I always read the Randall McCoy was a bible thumper and extremely judgmental and mean. Devil Anse Hatfill was a tough no none sense men. Tough on his kids . Loved his wife and treated her very well . He was extremely intelligent. So many contradicting stories
@@Bella1neverknows670 yea it all started with one of them wearing a confederate jacket after the civil war, two from the other family had said for him to take it off and piss on it and he refused to so they killed him right there, anyways ik this bc my dad grew up in logan county, WV and his great grandma (i think it was) married into the hatfield family
As a Tennessean living in Maine...I sure enjoyed listening to y'all narrating this video. Northern people are so far different from southerners and it's wonderful listening to such kindhearted individuals. Thank you for making this video and making us feel as if we were all walking along with y'all.
Very interesting! Your video prompted me to look up the history of the Hatfield / McCoy feud. It seems I have heard of this feud all my life but never knew the particulars. Apparently the feud began during the Civil War. It was very interesting to learn of the two families officially burying the hatchet, as-it-were, with a joint family reunion in 2000 which brought together 5000 family descendants. Thanks so much for braving the elements and the terrain to bring us this fascinating video.
@@daveoelke857 Yup! This is from the article : _Great-great-great-grandsons Bo McCoy and Ron McCoy of feud patriarch Randolph McCoy organized a joint family reunion of the Hatfield and McCoy families in 2000 that garnered national attention. More than 5,000 people attended_ .
Love you are able to go off in the woods to show us the other Graves, I didn't get to see any but the ones around Devil Anses! Your wife is so good at her detective work!
Family Graveyards are rewarding to visit. In addition to showing the history of a family they show the devotion and love they had to each other. My favorite Graves are the ones that have a picture of the deceased. When I visit my past relatives from the 1800's I find there are several with photos that could be me... in my earlier years, it was shocking to look into those pictures however as I have aged I find it comforting that I am a part of a family, past, present and future. As for the sounds, I am a firm believer that the deceased are just as curious about us, as we are about them. They mean no harm, they add to the experience and they make me fill welcome to be in their space and have the experience to spend time with them.
My grandfather was related to either the Hatfield's or McCoys. I can not remember now but I do remember him talking about this feud. I'm from Ky. and I love hearing the history of the past. Thx for all you do, I love your videos.
Wallace Hatfield was my 5xGreat Grandfather..so I suppose that makes this Uncle Devil.. Thank you for sharing the beautiful scenery.. I haven't been since I was a child and I'm 51 now. God's blessings on you and yours.
I give y’all props for this kind of video because these loved ones of families grave plots would never most likely be seen. It is a way of honoring them. I hope the ones that are still readable are in Find A Grave.
I have McCoy on my side of the family, (Anderson)and my husband (Johnson) has Hatfield. I am fascinated by there story, because they are our relatives. Thanks for sharing this with all of us. ❤
I have been to this graveyard a few times. I never realized it was so big. I just discovered your videos today I enjoy watching them. Thanks to both of you for posting them.
Here in the UK 🇬🇧 there's a town called Hatfield it's in Hertfordshire. I lived in next town to it. in 1497 queen Elizabeth 1 lived in Hatfield house. I was wondering if these Hatfields originally had connections in the area of the UK 🇬🇧
Just went there early Sept 2022. Going up that driveway if you go off to the left. We found a whole bunch of homemade graves. Including some more Hatfields. They were just placed all over that mountain. We were surprised we did not see any bones exposed. Oh if you get a chance stop by Coal Miners Jerky in Gilbert. Amazing owner delicious jerky. He is a war veteran and a great guy.
I thank you both for doing such a wonderful job the respect you have towards the souls that have gone on please keep them coming God bless you both stay safe.
I love history. Always wondered about this feud. Beautiful walk through the Hatfield Burial Ground. I am from Connecticut, Yankee all my life. Love this channel.
I've been visiting graves of my ancestors and documenting for our family. We are related to the Hatfields on my father's mother's side. Thanks for doing this it's extremely interesting.
I love all of your video’s! Can’t wait till a new one comes out. The Hatfield’s have always fascinated me so I love hearing about it. Thank you for doing this and doing it well. Both of you have a way of telling your stories that makes them so interesting. Again…thank you!
John Caldwell (who is Devil Anse's son in law via Elizabeth Hatfield) is buried to the left rear of Devil Anse Hatfield's marker next to where a fence used to be. Elizabeth "Betty" is buried at Forest Lawn in Pecks Mill. Sheppard Hatfield (Devil Anse's grandson via Cap & Nancy Smith Glenn Hatfield and was the first to be buried there). Love your videos! Stay safe and keep warm!
I just saw your video at this cemetery. Thanks for doing such a thorough job of exploring and researching this Hatfield history. It was more than I and my wife could do back in August 2017 when we were there. And yes, that certainly is a steep hike up that hill. Miss Kathy tripped and skinned her hand. She said that the Hatfields are still spilling blood! 😂 I am a blood Hatfield and this is important and emotional for me, and I am prideful. Now that we live in South Carolina, it's not so far that we can't come up and visit again soon. Thank you.
Thanks for doing this on the Hatfields and McCoys.I have always been facinated by the stories as my mom is from Putnam County, WV and my hubby is from Eastern Ky. I am disabled and cannot see most of these sights (walking is very difficult). Just saying thank you
Love this channel and I love history so this was a GREAT video! Being Italian(Sicilian) I am used to families going at it!!!! Patricia Gambino Harrington
I grew up in Albany, Oregon with the most direct descendants of Devil Anse Hatfield. They were like a second family to me. I got along better with them than I did with my own family. They founded Albany Helping Hands mission. BIlly Joyce Hatfield made the best oven-roasted chicken that I have ever tasted. For many years, I had Sunday dinner with her and her family. Her husband was Pastor Lester Bailey, but that was not his real name. He passed away about 5 years ago. They came to Albany, Oregon incognito, but Billy Joyce spilled the beans to me. Billy Joyce Hatfield's son was one of my best friends.
@@thehillbillyfiles You're welcome. It is more than neat. It is astounding. It took me many years to truly believe that they are the continuing story of Devil Anse's direct descendants. They have several businesses here in the Willamette Valley where they employ the 'down and out' as Pastor Lester Bailey referred to them. I've watched a lot of videos about the Hatfields, and nobody has connected the dots to Albany. I could write a small book about them, but what I really want is for people to know what I know about them.
Love to see where my ancestors final resting places are. The history is so interesting and I am glad they are not forgotten. Thank you for sharing. Vanessa Hatfield-Hinds
Hello to you my ex husband also is a Hatfield we have 2 daughters together and I will tell you the legend lives on through him and them just like there grandpa they are also very stubborn hard headed and will not back down from a challenge you have a blessed day
Thanks for your channel!!I have learned a lot from you! Love your voices!Love traveling through places with both of you!!You do. one marvelous job! I can't enough about you and your channel!God Bless!
I just found your channel. Finally something interesting on TH-cam. 😆 Thanks for sharing your visit to this really cool place and a special thanks for that wisdom regarding the GEOboxes. 😆 🐝 🐝 🐝
It be good if the county could maintain this burial ground being that its historic. Would love to visit this place one day. Thanks for the video and all the info...
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I like old cemeteries and I very much enjoyed your tour and all the effort you all put into it. That hill climbing is something I couldn't do !! The Hatfield cemetery was super interesting!
I have no family connection to the Hatfield family but have always felt a strong connection since I was a child. I would love to someday visit some of the places they lived and are now buried. Thank you for post these videos and RIP to all of those lost.
The sturdy people who live and die in this area and got these people up and buried in the mountains we are talking about great physical mental and spiritual strength ♥️
Growing up in the 60s in Tennessee my mom and I would often take 3 day trips to the mountains in the fall and it was so beautiful seeing all the trees in fall colors.Often went to Ruby falls in Chattanooga tn and Dog patch amusement park in Arkansas.
Awesome. I live in Weirton WV. My Mom is from Richmond County. I'd love to visit this cemetery. It's what legends are made of. I would love to see the McCoys family cemetary as well. Such a legendary fued. May they all Rest in Eternal Peace.
Thank you for the interesting story in the Appalachian Mountains ❤️ 👍😊🙏 Is there a place like this for the other family known as the "Macoys" ? ( - Mark Silva in Tampa Florida )
We live up in the Appalachian mountains of Kentucky in Perry county thank you for sharing this video God bless those who are laying to rest last but not least the family..,.we also have family up here in the mountains resting side by side.....
@@thehillbillyfiles thank you very much for getting back with me you shared a lot of history to those who have wondered for many of years where the hatfields were buried so sad to hear that cotton was buried in a unmarked grave. I've always wanted it to go see the hatfields descendants families of course I know it's probably impossible by my understanding they live a pretty private life and they want to be left alone but it's people like you that makes it possible for me and many others to learn the history of the hatfields and McCoys and even seeing it live on TV thank you so much for getting back with me❤️
@@williambrown6721 We plan on bringing some descendants we know into our videos in the future, we work with several on both sides. Leo is also a descendant. Thank you so much for supporting us!
My wife and I visited the cemetery around October 19. Because the foliage was thinning out, we saw a lot of the other graves behind the main cemetery that you would never know existed. We had a great time and can't wait to come back. I think my wife even saw Leo doing one of his tours (his signature skeleton on the ATV gave him away). I was sure to tell her about the rattlesnake den near the swing on Buffalo mountain, which I wouldn't have known about except for Leo. He is a great story teller.
I'm curious if the cemetery is now owned by a historical association, the state or still by the Hatfield family? I love walking old cemeteries. Living in Wyoming and Colorado, it's been the old west history. It's all interesting to me. Thanks for walking that hill!!
Thank you for visiting this cemetery. It is really sad how erosion got to some of the graves but I am glad that these people have not been forgotten. I just subscribed from South Africa 🇿🇦♥️.
Greetings you two! Another amazing video. The Hatfields were a nice looking family if they bothered to smile & not look so tense all the time. I guess that is the world they made for themselves. Hope both of you are doing well.
My husband’s grandmother was married to John Hatfield and they lived in Wyoming county. She was quite old when I first met her. She told us stories about Devil Anse visiting them and how he was always armed and very nervous. Then she would chuckle…I guess she thought it was funny. My father in law never wanted to talk about the feud. He said they were crazy. If you go back further in that cemetery there are headstones in Greek. I was a bit surprised to see them there but southern West Virginia was a melting pot. Many people came over from different countries to work in the coal mines. It’s an interesting place.
My great grandmother on my fathers side, father's name was John Hatfield. Hers was Sarah Elizabeth. They called her Liza..She married William C Slavey and had 9 children.
@@Mustang5458 one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence (Abraham Clark) married a Sarah Hetfield. They're buried in Elizabeth, NJ. Wondering about any connection there esp. with interchangable surname spellings
The History of the Hatfield, Mccoy feud is really something. When traveled across the Ozarks in 1964, I met old people who remembered those folks in the years just before WW 1.
I live close to lake of Ozark.. I live in a forest town you all welcome here! I am related to Hatfield and McCoys both too. Free camping around here right on Little Piney. And two hours from Branson Mo.Three hours from Ericka Spring,Ar. A awesome place to visit.
This is so interesting. Since I found out how the hillbilly’s got that name I have been looking up history. So love from your new subscriber. Aileen ❤️🏴
Just joined. My grandmother was a Hatfield. I invite you to join Baker Family Memories. Lots of photos and great information. Also included are other families such as Adkins, Baker and many others. I also invite you to visit Watson Cemetary. This is where my mom was buried along side her mom and family.
Tk u so much for sharing, i always wanted to visit this place, was very surprised to see all the graves, i always figured the Hatfields were buried in their own family plot
Thank you so much my ex husband lives in Montgomery WV I wish I knew it was so close I have always been fascinated by the Hatfield and McCoy's great job I enjoy your channel
Love your channel, I have ancestral ties to Western Virginia, The Four Goff Brothers of western Virginia, if you ever run across some information or graves on them, I’d love to see that also.. thanks for giving us these tours as I’ll probably never make it there. It’s really beautiful.
That stone for the baby John Bogle Browning Jr. was my 3rd cousin 2x removed. It was Devil Anse's great grandson. His momma was Ocie Caldwell Browning the daughter of Devil Anse's daughter Elizabeth. Thank you for doing what you do! My dad has been there to that cemetary and told me about it but I doubt I'll ever get to see it in person but your efforts make me feel like I've been there.
My grandmother told this story several times in her later years. Her family moved from Tennessee to West Virginia for a coal mining job for her father, probably around 1916-1918. As a young child she was playing at the home of a school friend, and they went into the house for a drink of water. The girl’s grandfather came into the kitchen and he totally scared my grandmother, but she said after all he ended up being a kind old man to her. Come to find out later, the man was Devil Ance Hatfield. By 1920, her family had moved to Perry County, Kentucky for a mining job.
That’s awesome!!! It would have been really cool to know Devil Anse as a friend!! Rumor has it that he was actually nice!!😎🙏🇺🇸
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Thank you for sharing I could sit for hours listening to the old time stories, it gives a picture of how they lived ect .
I live Comanche Texas. Home of the Hardin clan. John Wesley Hardin, Hardin family home still stand on a hill close to town. Back when John Wesley was here, it was in the Country. Hardins dad was a preacher, Joe Hardin was post master Joe's cousins lived here as well. When John Wesley killed the deputy from Brown County, a mob formed and Joe Hardin and the 2 cousins were lynched. The bottom portion of that tree is at the museum here. I've heard many stories about John Wesley helping people out, especially the old people.
My 1st husband's mother was a Hatfield decended fron Devil Anse.
I have only just found your channel. I'm from New Zealand and can relate to your many deaths in the coal mines. My dad's brothers, in the South Island of New Zealand. Your cemeteries are so beautiful. But it's so sad to see so many young deaths.I like small glimpses into your family's lives. Thank you.
My wife’s family come from both sides of the Hatfield /McCoy families and it is really common in those hills to be buried without a marker as many are too poor to buy one.
Leo is also a Hatfield and McCoy. But yes we know some are too poor. We also have a family cemetery in KY that is missing headstones on some.
But hiw did they afford thise aliabrate ones?
@@ssherrierable there was a child born of a Hatfield and a McCoy.
@@jasonexploring Not everyone was poor, Devil Anse had a timber business among other things. Some were into coal, moonshine and timber, all can pay well.
His children commissioned his statue in 1926 it was sculpted in Italy out of Carrera marble and was $3500.
My dad was from West Virginia. My grandfather was a coal miner and eventually a mine owner. Dad turned 80 acres of weeds into a humming dairy operation , using is training from an agricultural high school around World War 2 Dad served in Japan during the Korean War. Grandpa controlled the farm, though he knew very little of farming. Eventually abuse of my dad's labor, training, and knowledge of modern methods, resulted in my dad moving to Boston, There he trained in radio and television electronics, the high tech of the time. I was just kid in the sixties down there for a week or two each summer. Since Grandpa started work at twelve driving horses for a limestone mine, he was hammered into the type of person covered by your channel You are refreshing my connection with my roots in and under those hills Grandpa did both strip mining and deep mining. Many of the farms around my my dad's farm had been strip mined then the land restored properly Deep mining is the much older type of coal mining, using very low tunnels. This in the mining in the song " Sixteen Tons" Keep up the great work.
I just half to extend to you my deepest appreciation for what you're doing. I live near Parkersburg, WV. I have always wanted to go to the Hatfield Cemetery and just have never made it. Now I doubt very seriously my health would allow it. So I am enjoying my trip to the Hatfield Cemetery sitting at home in my nightgown on my I mac computer because of you two's efforts... So thankful for your videos.
That means the world to us, you have no idea! Thank you for letting us know, you are exactly why we do these videos
I was in Matawan when the dam broke and
I am so happy you got to see this. I hope you stay healthy and happy. Bless. Aileen. ❤️🏴
Sister, if I'm at home, I'm in my pajamas
@@linaleblanc8288 love it! that's what home is all about isn't it? being comfy and secure.
The Click's are married into my family. I've also got one side of my family is related to the Hatfield's & the other side of my family is related to the McCoy's. Which has made for some interesting family history for me. They lived in the Cabin Creek area of West Virginia. I miss being down that way. I've got 2nd, 3rd, & 4th generation grand parents, aunts, uncles, & a slew of cousins all throughout the Southern part of West Virginia. Thank you for bringing the past to us.
Very neat thank you ☺️
My Mother Married a Click.
Hi All! My great grandmother's, great grandmother and Devil Anse's mother were sisters (as I was told). My great grandmother's name was Susan Stapleton. Her husband's name was Robert Stapleton. I am loving this video! Thank you for going out in the rain to make this video. I hope you were able to get a hot cup of coffee to warm up!
Thank you!
Do you should do ancestry and tells the story of your family and I was some stories it I can tell
Coal mines have taken so many lives,including my 2grandfathers. Thanx for walking and sharing so much history.
Thank you so much ❤️
It's sad to see how neglected that grave yard had become by cemetery care takers just didn't care about the upkeep of family members of those still living. So heartbreaking. Graves forgotten
No it's sad that he KILLED so many people!!
Doesn't it fall upon the family or volunteers (with permission of course) to keep up a family alot? It isn't a graveyard or a local cemetery
You have a new subscriber here! I absolutely love the pop-ups explaining the deaths!
Thanks so much! Im glad you enjoyed them, I plan to do more =)
Yes my self also
Another great video. Growing up my mom always took me to clean the family graves and I always enjoyed reading all the different headstones and asking my mom if she knew anyone’s story. To this day I enjoy taking care of the graves wherever I go. Feels like I’m paying my respects. I can’t wait to visit your neck of the woods.
Mom and I did the graves every year. Because if you didn't they would look like this, and it's for respect.
My father's sister married into the Hatfield family and my uncle is related to Devil Anse. My grandfather (my dad's father) rode horses with Devil Anse as a young boy. I really never knew much about the feud except that it was over a couple of hogs and the fighting was nasty with a lose of life. Thank you for the history lesson. I wasn't around my grandparents much as we lived in Ohio and he was pretty old when I was a very young girl, so I never got the chance to ask him about Devil. I just knew that he was a mean ole feller and that's why they called him Devil Anse. My grandfather was born in 1897 and lived with my grandmother on Ben Creek (Mingo Co.)W.V. and my dad was born in Warnecliff.
Very interesting and thanks for the information! yes Ben creek, very close
I always read the Randall McCoy was a bible thumper and extremely judgmental and mean. Devil
Anse Hatfill was a tough no none sense men. Tough on his kids . Loved his wife and treated her very well . He was extremely intelligent.
So many contradicting stories
@@Bella1neverknows670 yea it all started with one of them wearing a confederate jacket after the civil war, two from the other family had said for him to take it off and piss on it and he refused to so they killed him right there, anyways ik this bc my dad grew up in logan county, WV and his great grandma (i think it was) married into the hatfield family
As a Tennessean living in Maine...I sure enjoyed listening to y'all narrating this video. Northern people are so far different from southerners and it's wonderful listening to such kindhearted individuals. Thank you for making this video and making us feel as if we were all walking along with y'all.
My dad is from Maine, I understand and ty for the compliment! We appreciate it
Thank you much for a wonderful history lesson. I hope one day I could see this. The Hatfield and McCoy May they Rest In Peace.
Very interesting! Your video prompted me to look up the history of the Hatfield / McCoy feud. It seems I have heard of this feud all my life but never knew the particulars. Apparently the feud began during the Civil War. It was very interesting to learn of the two families officially burying the hatchet, as-it-were, with a joint family reunion in 2000 which brought together 5000 family descendants. Thanks so much for braving the elements and the terrain to bring us this fascinating video.
Thank you so much! yes there is so many layers to it, it becomes quite fascinating with endless stories. The more we look, the more we seem to find.
Wow, 5,000 descendants?
@@daveoelke857 Yup! This is from the article : _Great-great-great-grandsons Bo McCoy and Ron McCoy of feud patriarch Randolph McCoy organized a joint family reunion of the Hatfield and McCoy families in 2000 that garnered national attention. More than 5,000 people attended_ .
Love you are able to go off in the woods to show us the other Graves, I didn't get to see any but the ones around Devil Anses! Your wife is so good at her detective work!
Aww thank you! We are sure enjoying doing it
Family Graveyards are rewarding to visit. In addition to showing the history of a family they show the devotion and love they had to each other.
My favorite Graves are the ones that have a picture of the deceased. When I visit my past relatives from the 1800's I find there are several with photos that could be me... in my earlier years, it was shocking to look into those pictures however as I have aged I find it comforting that I am a part of a family, past, present and future.
As for the sounds, I am a firm believer that the deceased are just as curious about us, as we are about them. They mean no harm, they add to the experience and they make me fill welcome to be in their space and have the experience to spend time with them.
I'm going to a very large cemetery next week, they have many photos on the graves.. I love older graves.. 🤗 from Wisconsin
Thank you so much for taking time to due this. The pop ups explaining the deaths are so appreciated.
Thank you!
I agree! Thank you for that extra effort. It really adds dimension to their stories. Thank you!!
Thanks for the video. I’m a distant relative to Devil Anse. I was there during the M2K reunion festival in 2000. It was an amazing trip.
My grandfather was related to either the Hatfield's or McCoys. I can not remember now but I do remember him talking about this feud. I'm from Ky. and I love hearing the history of the past. Thx for all you do, I love your videos.
Thank you 😊
Who would name their son " devil"?
@@IEchuckie Its a nickname. His name is William
Wallace Hatfield was my 5xGreat Grandfather..so I suppose that makes this Uncle Devil.. Thank you for sharing the beautiful scenery.. I haven't been since I was a child and I'm 51 now. God's blessings on you and yours.
Thank you 💟
I give y’all props for this kind of video because these loved ones of families grave plots would never most likely be seen. It is a way of honoring them. I hope the ones that are still readable are in Find A Grave.
I love that you give the history and show the dates on the headstones. Thank you
I have McCoy on my side of the family, (Anderson)and my husband (Johnson) has Hatfield. I am fascinated by there story, because they are our relatives. Thanks for sharing this with all of us. ❤
Hello cousin. (Hatfields)
@@biggtrux Hello
You do a fabulous job, and you pronounce the names correctly. Your videos make me feel like I'm listening to family. Keep them coming, please.😊
We went there in 2018 and spent 7 days riding the Hatfield-McCoy UTV trails. Beautiful area and this cemetery was fantastic!
Thank you for this video. This is the best walk around tour of a cemetary I have ever seen. Lots of info. On each person. Wow!
What a compliment! Thank you ❣️
I have been to this graveyard a few times. I never realized it was so big. I just discovered your videos today I enjoy watching them. Thanks to both of you for posting them.
I grew up living next to a family with the last name Hatfield and I was always fascinated by hearing them talk about their family history.
Here in the UK 🇬🇧 there's a town called Hatfield it's in Hertfordshire. I lived in next town to it. in 1497 queen Elizabeth 1 lived in Hatfield house. I was wondering if these Hatfields originally had connections in the area of the UK 🇬🇧
@@cazzawazza9553 It could be a possibility. I've lost touch with the family throughout the years, otherwise I would ask them.
This is very interesting. Love to hear the history of your state and your home. Thank you for your hard work.
Just went there early Sept 2022. Going up that driveway if you go off to the left. We found a whole bunch of homemade graves. Including some more Hatfields. They were just placed all over that mountain. We were surprised we did not see any bones exposed. Oh if you get a chance stop by Coal Miners Jerky in Gilbert. Amazing owner delicious jerky. He is a war veteran and a great guy.
Thanks for the tips! We will check out the jerky place 😁
I thank you both for doing such a wonderful job the respect you have towards the souls that have gone on please keep them coming God bless you both stay safe.
Thank you for the kind words! Its very appreciated =)
I love history. Always wondered about this feud. Beautiful walk through the Hatfield Burial Ground. I am from Connecticut, Yankee all my life. Love this channel.
Glad you enjoy it
From the quiet corner?
You know I wished I could physically see it. That's something I'll never be able to do so thank you so much for the beauitful work you did.
Thank you so much!
It's one of those you can look and admire but no touching. You can remain in control to a point but all that beauty the self control is out the door.
This was a Beautiful video, I love the way you insert what details you find! Thank you guys for everything 🫶🏻🙌🏼🫶🏻
I've been visiting graves of my ancestors and documenting for our family. We are related to the Hatfields on my father's mother's side. Thanks for doing this it's extremely interesting.
Thank you ❤️
You need to meet Arron Hatfield. He lives in Clay County Illinois. His family was from W.V.
I love all of your video’s! Can’t wait till a new one comes out. The Hatfield’s have always fascinated me so I love hearing about it. Thank you for doing this and doing it well. Both of you have a way of telling your stories that makes them so interesting. Again…thank you!
Thank you for all the hard work so that we can enjoy this from the comfort of home. From Senoia, GA.
Thank you so much!
John Caldwell (who is Devil Anse's son in law via Elizabeth Hatfield) is buried to the left rear of Devil Anse Hatfield's marker next to where a fence used to be. Elizabeth "Betty" is buried at Forest Lawn in Pecks Mill. Sheppard Hatfield (Devil Anse's grandson via Cap & Nancy Smith Glenn Hatfield and was the first to be buried there). Love your videos! Stay safe and keep warm!
I just saw your video at this cemetery. Thanks for doing such a thorough job of exploring and researching this Hatfield history. It was more than I and my wife could do back in August 2017 when we were there. And yes, that certainly is a steep hike up that hill. Miss Kathy tripped and skinned her hand. She said that the Hatfields are still spilling blood! 😂 I am a blood Hatfield and this is important and emotional for me, and I am prideful. Now that we live in South Carolina, it's not so far that we can't come up and visit again soon. Thank you.
Your welcome! We are doing a updated version soon, this was one of our first videos
Love your guys content, I love the Hatfield and McCoy history, thank you guys so much. God bless.
Thanks for doing this on the Hatfields and McCoys.I have always been facinated by the stories as my mom is from Putnam County, WV and my hubby is from Eastern Ky. I am disabled and cannot see most of these sights (walking is very difficult). Just saying thank you
Your very welcome 😁
Love this channel and I love history so this was a GREAT video! Being Italian(Sicilian) I am used to families going at it!!!! Patricia Gambino Harrington
Thank you! And yes I bet you are lol 😂
@@thehillbillyfiles 😆 YEP
I really enjoy these videos. Back in the day life is so fascinating. Thank yall for this.
Thank You,for making this! From Canada…
I grew up in Albany, Oregon with the most direct descendants of Devil Anse Hatfield. They were like a second family to me. I got along better with them than I did with my own family. They founded Albany Helping Hands mission. BIlly Joyce Hatfield made the best oven-roasted chicken that I have ever tasted. For many years, I had Sunday dinner with her and her family. Her husband was Pastor Lester Bailey, but that was not his real name. He passed away about 5 years ago. They came to Albany, Oregon incognito, but Billy Joyce spilled the beans to me. Billy Joyce Hatfield's son was one of my best friends.
Very neat, thanks for sharing that 😊
@@thehillbillyfiles You're welcome. It is more than neat. It is astounding. It took me many years to truly believe that they are the continuing story of Devil Anse's direct descendants. They have several businesses here in the Willamette Valley where they employ the 'down and out' as Pastor Lester Bailey referred to them. I've watched a lot of videos about the Hatfields, and nobody has connected the dots to Albany. I could write a small book about them, but what I really want is for people to know what I know about them.
Thank you for this video. William Hatfield “ Devil Anse” was my Great, great grandfather. It’s nice to have seen this.
It is so very beautiful...like a Disney animated movie! How fortunate we are to have you two.
Great video…………. A lot of history on the side of that mountain…………..🌟👀😎👍✌️🇨🇦
Thank you 💖
Have you done a video on the history and issue between the 2 families!??? If not that would be a good one………👀😎👍
@@jerrythecoo3295 We will get to it for sure! Its a good idea =)
Glad to help out……….🙂👋👍✌️🌟
#Lookforwardtoit
Love to see where my ancestors final resting places are. The history is so interesting and I am glad they are not forgotten. Thank you for sharing.
Vanessa Hatfield-Hinds
Hello to you my ex husband also is a Hatfield we have 2 daughters together and I will tell you the legend lives on through him and them just like there grandpa they are also very stubborn hard headed and will not back down from a challenge you have a blessed day
Devil Anse one hell of a man I would have imagined love to have met him and listened to his storys
I'll look forward to it. I'm subscribed now that I found you.
Thanks for your channel!!I have learned a lot from you! Love your voices!Love traveling through places with both of you!!You do. one marvelous job! I can't enough about you and your channel!God Bless!
And I appreciate what y'all doing keep going I'm learning
I just found your channel. Finally something interesting on TH-cam. 😆
Thanks for sharing your visit to this really cool place and a special thanks for that wisdom regarding the GEOboxes. 😆 🐝 🐝 🐝
It be good if the county could maintain this burial ground being that its historic. Would love to visit this place one day. Thanks for the video and all the info...
Thank you for sharing this beautiful graveyard.
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Aww thank you! And tell Harry hello 🤗
I really enjoy your videos I’ve binged watched every video now. Can’t wait to y’all. Make some more thank you y’all are doing a great job.
Thanks!
I like old cemeteries and I very much enjoyed your tour and all the effort you all put into it.
That hill climbing is something I couldn't do !!
The Hatfield cemetery was super interesting!
Thanks for watching!
I have no family connection to the Hatfield family but have always felt a strong connection since I was a child. I would love to someday visit some of the places they lived and are now buried. Thank you for post these videos and RIP to all of those lost.
The sturdy people who live and die in this area and got these people up and buried in the mountains we are talking about great physical mental and spiritual strength ♥️
Absolutely
Hayfields vs / and Mccoys with Kevin Costner was awesome. I learned a lot
Growing up in the 60s in Tennessee my mom and I would often take 3 day trips to the mountains in the fall and it was so beautiful seeing all the trees in fall colors.Often went to Ruby falls in Chattanooga tn and Dog patch amusement park in Arkansas.
I must say you did an awesome amazing job with this. very well done love the video
Wow thank you! We plan to do more 🙂
One of the prettiest cemeteries I've seen - very natural. Thanks for the research as well on cause of death. So interesting.
Thank you so much
Awesome. I live in Weirton WV. My Mom is from Richmond County. I'd love to visit this cemetery. It's what legends are made of. I would love to see the McCoys family cemetary as well. Such a legendary fued. May they all Rest in Eternal Peace.
Me too ! In weirton, unfortunately lol
My husband has relatives that live in Weirton also.
Thank you for the interesting story in the Appalachian Mountains ❤️ 👍😊🙏
Is there a place like this for the other family known as the "Macoys" ?
( - Mark Silva in Tampa Florida )
Gosh I just mentioned this in an earlier email. This video was absolutely great! Loved it!!!
I just joined ur channel. This was a very interesting video. So detailed n well researched. Thank you for sharing it with us.
Thanks so much!
I am grateful to come by a West Virginia video with heart and actual WV history and not stereotypes
We live up in the Appalachian mountains of Kentucky in Perry county thank you for sharing this video God bless those who are laying to rest last but not least the family..,.we also have family up here in the mountains resting side by side.....
Thank you 😊
@@thehillbillyfiles thank you very much for getting back with me you shared a lot of history to those who have wondered for many of years where the hatfields were buried so sad to hear that cotton was buried in a unmarked grave. I've always wanted it to go see the hatfields descendants families of course I know it's probably impossible by my understanding they live a pretty private life and they want to be left alone but it's people like you that makes it possible for me and many others to learn the history of the hatfields and McCoys and even seeing it live on TV thank you so much for getting back with me❤️
@@williambrown6721 We plan on bringing some descendants we know into our videos in the future, we work with several on both sides. Leo is also a descendant. Thank you so much for supporting us!
My wife and I visited the cemetery around October 19. Because the foliage was thinning out, we saw a lot of the other graves behind the main cemetery that you would never know existed. We had a great time and can't wait to come back. I think my wife even saw Leo doing one of his tours (his signature skeleton on the ATV gave him away). I was sure to tell her about the rattlesnake den near the swing on Buffalo mountain, which I wouldn't have known about except for Leo. He is a great story teller.
Yes Mr boney the skeleton is in Aruba till next October, but Leo will still be around 😄 thanks for commenting
Heather you do such an awesome job digging into the history, thank you for all you and Leo do.
I'm curious if the cemetery is now owned by a historical association, the state or still by the Hatfield family? I love walking old cemeteries. Living in Wyoming and Colorado, it's been the old west history. It's all interesting to me. Thanks for walking that hill!!
Its on the national historic register , but Im not sure who actually owns it. I will find out.
Sir I learn alot watching you I'm from west tennessee and this is living history
No Yucca plants in Minnesota. Great video. I love history. Super interesting.
Thank you ❤️
The work you guys do is amazing ❤❤
Great video and very interesting. I especially like how you note the cause of death. Keep up the great videos!
Thank you ❣️
Thank you for visiting this cemetery. It is really sad how erosion got to some of the graves but I am glad that these people have not been forgotten.
I just subscribed from South Africa 🇿🇦♥️.
Thank you
thank you for uploading.loved it.
Very touched by this visit...thank you ❤
Peaceful and beautiful place!
Greetings you two! Another amazing video. The Hatfields were a nice looking family if they bothered to smile & not look so tense all the time. I guess that is the world they made for themselves. Hope both of you are doing well.
My husband’s grandmother was married to John Hatfield and they lived in Wyoming county. She was quite old when I first met her. She told us stories about Devil Anse visiting them and how he was always armed and very nervous. Then she would chuckle…I guess she thought it was funny. My father in law never wanted to talk about the feud. He said they were crazy. If you go back further in that cemetery there are headstones in Greek. I was a bit surprised to see them there but southern West Virginia was a melting pot. Many people came over from different countries to work in the coal mines. It’s an interesting place.
Great story thank you 🙏
My great grandmother on my fathers side, father's name was John Hatfield. Hers was Sarah Elizabeth. They called her Liza..She married William C Slavey and had 9 children.
My Grandmother, her Parents and Grandparents were Italian immigrants to SE KY.
@@Mustang5458 one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence (Abraham Clark) married a Sarah Hetfield. They're buried in Elizabeth, NJ. Wondering about any connection there esp. with interchangable surname spellings
@@elizabethhaines4416 No. My great grandmother was born in Tennessee. Died and buried in KY.
The History of the Hatfield, Mccoy feud is really something. When traveled across the Ozarks in 1964, I met old people who remembered those folks in the years just before WW 1.
Always wanted to visit the Ozarks
I live close to lake of Ozark.. I live in a forest town you all welcome here! I am related to Hatfield and McCoys both too. Free camping around here right on Little Piney. And two hours from Branson Mo.Three hours from Ericka Spring,Ar. A awesome place to visit.
Just found your site. Ty for this. Always lived going threw old cemetery. I'm originally from middle of NY state.
We love it too! thank you for watching =) We plan to do more
Thank you. There's a lot of history there. Now a McCoy video.
I do appreciate it very much. Thank you
This is so interesting. Since I found out how the hillbilly’s got that name I have been looking up history. So love from your new subscriber. Aileen ❤️🏴
Thank you Aileen!
Certainly enjoyed this one, thanks
I can’t imagine how difficult it must’ve been to haul the bodies in coffins up to the cemetery here.
Thank you for sharing this on the last trip to W.V we stopped . I have bad knees and could not go up to see this now i know more about it Thank you
This is so so sad. So many people just forgotten.
Brings back memories! Thanks.
Just joined. My grandmother was a Hatfield. I invite you to join Baker Family Memories. Lots of photos and great information. Also included are other families such as Adkins, Baker and many others. I also invite you to visit Watson Cemetary. This is where my mom was buried along side her mom and family.
I to like going to old cemetery looking at dates and why they died. Love the history.
Thank you great job
Thank you 💗
I love how you research caise of death. Makes it so interesting
I appreciate that! Takes a lot of time
Cause & Not Caise...
@@ravenmckinnon5526 some if us struggle with our eyesight please be kind
Tk u so much for sharing, i always wanted to visit this place, was very surprised to see all the graves, i always figured the Hatfields were buried in their own family plot
Thank you so much my ex husband lives in Montgomery WV I wish I knew it was so close I have always been fascinated by the Hatfield and McCoy's great job I enjoy your channel
Thank you 💕
Love your channel, I have ancestral ties to Western Virginia, The Four Goff Brothers of western Virginia, if you ever run across some information or graves on them, I’d love to see that also.. thanks for giving us these tours as I’ll probably never make it there. It’s really beautiful.