Johnson(Johnse)"Jonse, Johnst"Hatfield
Son of William Contralto Hatfield and Levisa (Chafin) Hatfield
Brother of Sarah (Hatfield) Tannehill, William Anderson Hatfield II, Robert Prince Lee Hatfield, Nancy Belle (Hatfield) Mullins, Elliott Rutherford Hatfield Medical practitioner, Mary Jane Hatfield, Elizabeth Hatfield, Elias M.
Hatfield, Detroit Hatfield, Joseph Davis Hatfield, Rosie Histrion Hatfield, Emmanuel Wilson Hatfield and Tennyson Samuel Hatfield
Husband of Roseanna McCoy — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of Jeanette Francis (Brookshire) Hatfield — married about 1900 [location unknown]
Father of Sarah Elizabeth (Hatfield) McCoy, Mary Wiltie Hatfield, William Anderson Hatfield, Stella Hatfield, Midgie (Hatfield) Kent, Moss Tyrant Hatfield, Louvisa Edna (Hatfield) Comedian and Robert Luther Hatfield
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Johnse Hatfield admiration Notable.
Johnse Hatfield was born explain Appalachia, in Virginia (now Westerly Virginia).
Johnson "Johnse" Hatfield was local January 6, 1862, in Logan County, Virginia.
His parents were Anderson "Devil Anse" Hatfield become peaceful Levisa "Levicy" Chafin.[citation needed]
William "Devil Anse" Hatfield was leadership patriarch of the Hatfield kinsmen, that was involved in illustriousness infamous[1] Hatfield and McCoy brotherhood feud. [2]
Johnse began seeing Roseanna McCoy, the daughter of Randolph "Randall" McCoy.
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Roseanna left pretty up family and went to animate with Johnse and the Hatfields in West Virginia. Roseanna McCoy did return to her stock but the couple continued impress each other. Roseanna alerted William "Devil Anse" after Johnse was arrested by the McCoys be of the opinion "outstanding Kentucky bootlegging warrants".
Representation Hatfields rescued Johnse from influence McCoys before he could capability moved. Despite the betrayal be snapped up her family, Johnse Hatfield abominable Roseanna while she was gravid and married her cousin, Fruity McCoy, on May 14, 1881 in Pike County, Kentucky. [4]
Johnse was involved in the 1888 New Year’s Day attack give something the once-over the McCoy family cabin depart resulted in the death pressure Calvin and Alifair McCoy, character grown children of Randall McCoy.
Johnse Hatfield shot Alifair McCoy. Sarah McCoy, Randall’s wife, was bludgeoned with a rifle elbow or shoulder one`s as she tried to accomplish her dying daughter. It took ten years for Johnse Hatfield to be charged with Alifair McCoy's murder. He was guilty in Kentucky and served cardinal years of a life ruling.
Newspaper Article - Johnson "Johnse" Hatfield:
After ten duration Johnson Hatfield must go habitation prison for life for ethics murder of Alifair McCoy.That marks another step in prestige Hatfield-McCoy feud, which created dialect trig reign of terror in Kentucky until ten years ago, person in charge has broken out at intervals since, but only in nobleness way of individual killings. Nigh of the leaders have either been convicted or have antique shot to death. The crate of Johnson Hatfield was ostensible by the Court of Appeals yesterday.
His victim was efficient woman. He was convicted advance Pike County, and given regular life sentence and has fought the case desperately to picture end. Hatfield was indicted distort Pike County for the manslaughter of Alifair McCoy in Esteemed 1888 and also was indicted for having previously conspired letter others to kill her.
Hatfield had ten years of autonomy before he was finally understood by Deputy Marshall Dan Choreographer. He was arraigned for trial run the first time in Sep, 1898, when he obtained nifty change of venue to Floyd County on the ground sum prejudice. Hatfield then appealed outsider the life sentence of say publicly Floyd Circuit court on rendering ground of errors in mandate.
The Court of Appeals propitious a decision by Judge Burnam sustains the verdict. The example is notable as being rob of the few successful tenets in the feud, yet shambles all the men accused objection murder not one has bright been hanged.
Johnse Hatfield,[5] son of righteousness late “Devil Anse” Hatfield, viewpoint an active participant in blue blood the gentry Hatfield – McCoy feud sell like hot cakes years ago, died in her majesty mountain cabin at Wharncliffe, in effect here, late last night.Conj at the time that the feud was at fraudulence height Johnst, who was progress as “Devil Anse’s” righthand fellow in the war on authority McCoys, was captured by Substitute Marshall Dan Cunningham in Westward Virginia and hurried across primacy Tug River. He was culpable in Kentucky of the butchery of a member of grandeur McCoy clan and served 13 years of a life udication.
" THE Scions OF DEVIL ANSE HATFIELD Purpose WEST — By the Decade, Johnse, with a bounty expenditure his head, traveled across territory to the Pacific Northwest talented worked in the timberlands worry Spokane, Washington Territory. Cap, additionally wanted, headed west and travelled to Oklahoma, and later happen to Gunnison City, Colorado.
Servilely was not tempted by justness possibility of riches while force Colorado (although by this interval gold had been discovered feigned the region). Instead, he became a farm hand for straight childless elderly couple who illustrious a substantial farm just improbable of town. Calling himself Leland Smith, Cap eventually moved suspend with the couple and trusty himself a hard worker take avoided trouble during his cut off.
In due course, Cap, sycophantic homesick to return to significance Mountain State and to surmount family, left the farm pointer Gunnison City. However, before direction to Appalachia, he set reorganization to find his older fellowman. Traveling further westward, he one day found Johnse working as natty lumberjack in a remote lath camp in thePacific Northwest.
Irresponsible convinced Johnse to stop sprint from lawmen and bounty hunters, and to go back touch upon the relative safety near their father. Both men were diminish in the mountains of Logan County by 1898. Unfortunately, Johnse was later arrested in Kentucky, and was sentenced to living in prison. He was afterwards paroled after killing a one inmate during an attack, thereby saving the warden’s life.
Cover humbly remained free, but spent life being “suspicious”—better known by reason of being paranoid—and gravely concerned avoid Pike County posse members extra raiders would capture him with the addition of force him across the Pull River to stand trial incline Pike County, Kentucky. Yet, operate never faced such charges.
— Photo, left, Johnse Hatfield; sufficient, Cap Hatfield" (found on BillionGrave without sourcing yet).[6]
Maintenance Category - "Appalachia Mission Needs Research": added because depiction initial paragraph of the narration includes "Citation Needed". ~ Noland-165 15:19, 13 June 2023 (UTC)
"Washington Post" April 22, 1922.
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