Elizabeth Hatfield b. 1833
John (son) b. 1871
Thomas (son) b. 1874
Phoebe Fletcher (daughter) b. 1867
Thomas (grand son) b. 1897
Elizabeth is the widow of Thomas Henderson Hatfield (1825-1893), son of Joseph and Martha Hatfield. Thomas Henderson died in 1893. Elizabeth is the daughter of Jacob "Rich Jake" Cline, one of the largest landholders in the Tug Valley in the 1860s when he died (between 1842 and 1860 Rich Jake bought over 1200 acres of land on Peter Creek). Jacob Cline was the son of Peter Cline, for whom Peter Creek was named. Elizabeth's younger brother was Perry A. Cline, who petitioned the governor of Kentucky to issue indictments for Devil Anse and the other Hatfields in the 1880s. Her older sister Martha was the wife of Asa Harmon McCoy, who was killed in 1865 by Jim Vance while he hid in the woods.
Elizabeth's daughter Phoebe lives with her, along with Phoebe's young son Thomas. Phoebe is listed as divorced from her husband, Will Fletcher.
In a court case in 1916, the heirs of Phoebe's son Buddy (not born in 1900) will be sued by the heirs of Jordan Dotson over the mineral rights on some land once owned by Thomas Henderson Hatfield. In the court case, the area where Thomas Henderson and Elizabeth live is referred to as Peel Poplar Branch of Left Fork. I'm not sure where that is.
Will of Jacob "Rich Jake" Cline - leaving Elizabeth Hatfield land on Peter Creek.
General Info on Cline family in Tug Valley
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
1. Thompson/Mary Hatfield
Thompson Hatfield b. 1844
Mary (McCoy) b. 1848
Minnie (dau) b. 1877
Tolbert (son) b. 1877
Ella (dau) b. 1882
Thompson and Mary had 7 children, 6 of whom were still living in 1900, 3 at home. Both Thompson and Mary could read and write.
Thompson was the son of Ephraim Hatfield and Phoebe Esther Vance, who lived on the river at Lover's Lane. Phoebe was the daughter of Elizabeth Vance and the sister of Jim Vance of feud legend. She was also the sister of Nancy Vance, the mother of Devil Anse Hatfield.
Thompson also seems to have joined the 39th Kentucky infantry, Union army, along with other Hatfields from Blackberry. See Rosters, Company H. He is listed as having deserted in 1865.
Mary McCoy, I think, was the daughter of Asa McCoy and Eleanor "Nellie" Burress of Logan County. Asa McCoy was the brother of Sally McCoy, wife of Randall McCoy. Mary's brother, Selkirk McCoy, worked for Devil Anse on his timbering operations and was the "traitor" McCoy who voted for Floyd Hatfield and against Randall in the case of the pigs.
According to a story in the NYT, Thompson and his son Ephraim were killed in a shootout with Henry Watts and detective John Rutherford on Blackberry Creek in 1902, when Watts and Rutherford attempted to subdue and arrest Ephraim, who was wanted on charges of some sort in South Carolina.
Other children of Thompson and Mary not at home in 1900:
James B. (son) b. 1868
Ephraim (son) b. 1872
Asa (son) b. 1875
Mary (McCoy) b. 1848
Minnie (dau) b. 1877
Tolbert (son) b. 1877
Ella (dau) b. 1882
Thompson and Mary had 7 children, 6 of whom were still living in 1900, 3 at home. Both Thompson and Mary could read and write.
Thompson was the son of Ephraim Hatfield and Phoebe Esther Vance, who lived on the river at Lover's Lane. Phoebe was the daughter of Elizabeth Vance and the sister of Jim Vance of feud legend. She was also the sister of Nancy Vance, the mother of Devil Anse Hatfield.
Thompson also seems to have joined the 39th Kentucky infantry, Union army, along with other Hatfields from Blackberry. See Rosters, Company H. He is listed as having deserted in 1865.
Mary McCoy, I think, was the daughter of Asa McCoy and Eleanor "Nellie" Burress of Logan County. Asa McCoy was the brother of Sally McCoy, wife of Randall McCoy. Mary's brother, Selkirk McCoy, worked for Devil Anse on his timbering operations and was the "traitor" McCoy who voted for Floyd Hatfield and against Randall in the case of the pigs.
According to a story in the NYT, Thompson and his son Ephraim were killed in a shootout with Henry Watts and detective John Rutherford on Blackberry Creek in 1902, when Watts and Rutherford attempted to subdue and arrest Ephraim, who was wanted on charges of some sort in South Carolina.
Other children of Thompson and Mary not at home in 1900:
James B. (son) b. 1868
Ephraim (son) b. 1872
Asa (son) b. 1875
Blackberry Creek 1900 Census - Page 1 of 11
The census enumerator was a Joseph Collinsworth, a teacher from Minnesota who, at the time of the census, was living on John's Creek. He probably crossed the mountain from the John's Creek side and started the census, on June 1, 1900, at the head of Left Fork. The census thus begins in the head of Left Fork and comes down toward the main road.
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