Was rumoured to have been a part of the James-Younger gang in his younger years. Recruited by Perry Cline to gather a posse and capture the Hatfields after three of the McCoy sons killed Ellison Hatfield five years earlier, and Devil Anse retaliated by killing the three of them. Several skirmishes occured during this time, which led to the burning of the McCoy farm, and the deaths of two more of the McCoy children. After the capture of nine of the Hatfield's, Nancy McCoy, who was married to Devil Anse Hatfield's oldest son, Johnse, left her husband who was behind bars and married Frank Phillips.
Was rumoured to have been a part of the James-Younger gang in his younger years. Recruited by Perry Cline to gather a posse and capture the Hatfields after three of the McCoy sons killed Ellison Hatfield five years earlier, and Devil Anse retaliated by killing the three of them. Several skirmishes occured during this time, which led to the burning of the McCoy farm, and the deaths of two more of the McCoy children. After the capture of nine of the Hatfield's, Nancy McCoy, who was married to Devil Anse Hatfield's oldest son, Johnse, left her husband who was behind bars and married Frank Phillips.
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