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My great grandfather, Larkin McCoy, was very active in the Hatfield/McCoy Feud and told his children he was the one who shot Jim Vance (Devil Anse Hatfield's uncle), the man who killed his dad, Asa Harmon McCoy because he had fought with the Union Army during the Civil War.
While Vance lay mortally wounded, Frank Phillips, Sheriff of Pike County, shot him in the head and used his brain to polish his boots. Larkin McCoy had 11 children (including my grandpa, Jacob) with his first wife, Mary Elizabeth Coleman McCoy, and no children from his two subsequent marriages.
Hi KathyLu, I grew up on Peter Creek in the home of Frank Mccoy, also grandson to Asa Harmon Mccoy. My father purchased the home from Joe Mccoy, Frank's son, in the mid 70s. I was wondering if you or some of your family know if the home was first owned by Frank or was it passed down from Larkin or another family member? While I was googling last night I found a picture of my childhood home in a 1944 LIFE magazine article...I almost fell out of my chair! I am so pleased to see a picture of my beloved home from 1944. I would like to learn more if you have any info.
I think Asa is buried in the Dotson Cemetary? It is located a short distance up the creek in Boardtree. It's amazing to me that all this history took place in the same creek I played in an the same ground I played on. Im proud of my mountain heritage. I moved away when I was 18 to attend college. 24 years later I still live in Ky, about 2.5 hours from Phelps. My brother now owns my childhood homec