Devil Anse Hatfield's last stop - Cemetery - family graves and causes of death

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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!

I really enjoy your channel, and love that you took the time to look up the death certificates and pass on to us what people passed away from.

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.

Coal mines have taken so many lives,including my 2grandfathers. Thanx for walking and sharing so much history.

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.

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.

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.

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.

You have a new subscriber here! I absolutely love the pop-ups explaining the deaths!

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.

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.

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!

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.