McCoy, Josephine Vena b. Abt Dec 1848 Pike County, Kentucky, USA d. 1929 Fanny, Charles, Maryland, USA: WETZEL Extended Family & More

McCoy, Josephine Vena

Abt 1848 - 1929 (80 years)

Name	McCoy, Josephine Vena
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Birth	Abt Dec 1848	Pike County, Kentucky, USA [1, 2, 3]
Gender	Female
FSID	G694-DGX
Name	Josephine McCoy [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
Name	Josie
Death	1929	Fanny, Charles, Maryland, USA [1, 2]
	20230608GHLn- Josephine McCoy Photo added by Vaggelis Katsimigas Josephine McCoy BIRTH 1848 Pike County, Kentucky, USA DEATH 1929 (aged 80-81) Maryland, USA BURIAL McCoy Cemetery Burnwell, Pike County, Kentucky, USA MEMORIAL ID 178577336 · PHOTOS 1 FLOWERS 5 Josephine is the daughter of Randolph "Ole Ran'l" McCoy and Sarah McCoy. Date of death unknown to me at this time. Placing her in the McCoy Cemetery at Burnwell, KY along with her son Leland. Additions / Corrections welcome Family Members Parents Randolph McCoy 1825-1914 Sarah McCoy McCoy 1829-1890 Spouses George Washington McCoy 1844-1904 Lewis Runyon 1849-1906 Siblings James H. McCoy 1849-1929 Tolbert McCoy 1854-1882 Lilburn Lebord McCoy 1854 - unknown Samuel McCoy 1855-1921 Infant Girl McCoy 1857-1857 Alifair McCoy 1858-1888 Floyd McCoy 1858-1928 Roseanna McCoy 1859-1889 Calvin McCoy 1862-1888 Pharmer McCoy 1863-1882 Randolph McCoy 1864-1882 William McCoy 1866-1883 Twinvilla McCoy Thompson 1868 - unknown Adelaide McCoy 1870-1898 Fannie McCoy Charles 1872-1943 Half Siblings Ellen McCoy Gross 1901-1970 Children Lona Della McCoy 1872 - unknown Leland McCoy 1877-1958 Victoria McCoy Moore 1883 - unknown Flowers • 5 Left by Cathy on 26 Apr 2023 Left by Lucky-Star on 28 Mar 2022 agge 80
Burial	1929	McCoy Cemetery, Burnwell, Pike County, Kentucky, USA [2]
	20230608GHLn- Josephine McCoy Photo added by Vaggelis Katsimigas Josephine McCoy BIRTH 1848 Pike County, Kentucky, USA DEATH 1929 (aged 80-81) Maryland, USA BURIAL McCoy Cemetery Burnwell, Pike County, Kentucky, USA MEMORIAL ID 178577336 · PHOTOS 1 FLOWERS 5 Josephine is the daughter of Randolph "Ole Ran'l" McCoy and Sarah McCoy. Date of death unknown to me at this time. Placing her in the McCoy Cemetery at Burnwell, KY along with her son Leland. Additions / Corrections welcome Family Members Parents Randolph McCoy 1825-1914 Sarah McCoy McCoy 1829-1890 Spouses George Washington McCoy 1844-1904 Lewis Runyon 1849-1906 Siblings James H. McCoy 1849-1929 Tolbert McCoy 1854-1882 Lilburn Lebord McCoy 1854 - unknown Samuel McCoy 1855-1921 Infant Girl McCoy 1857-1857 Alifair McCoy 1858-1888 Floyd McCoy 1858-1928 Roseanna McCoy 1859-1889 Calvin McCoy 1862-1888 Pharmer McCoy 1863-1882 Randolph McCoy 1864-1882 William McCoy 1866-1883 Twinvilla McCoy Thompson 1868 - unknown Adelaide McCoy 1870-1898 Fannie McCoy Charles 1872-1943 Half Siblings Ellen McCoy Gross 1901-1970 Children Lona Della McCoy 1872 - unknown Leland McCoy 1877-1958 Victoria McCoy Moore 1883 - unknown Flowers • 5 Left by Cathy on 26 Apr 2023 Left by Lucky-Star on 28 Mar 2022
Person ID	I59725	WETZEL-SPRING

Father	McCoy, Randolph Sr, b. 30 Oct 1825, Virginia, USA d. 28 Mar 1914, Pikeville, Pike, Kentucky, USA (Age 88 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	McCoy, Sarah, b. Abt 1829, Pike County, Kentucky, USA d. Abt 1895, Pike County, Kentucky, USA (Age 66 years)
Relationship	natural
Marriage	9 Dec 1849	Pike County, Kentucky, USA [1, 6]
	Floyd Hatfield, cousin of Devil Anse, and Randolph McCoy, had married sisters. In 1873 these two brothers-in-law had a law suit over a sow and some pigs. Rand'l McCoy claimed the hogs but Floyd Hatfield said they were his'n. The hogs went to Hatfield. 20190812HAv- Randolph & Sarah McCoy in the Kentucky, County Marriage Records, 1783-1965 Name: Randolph McCoy Gender: Male Marriage: 9 Dec 1849 Pike, Kentucky, USA Spouse: Sarah McCoy by: Adron Runyon JPP? Film Number: 000839494 Source Information Ancestry.com. Kentucky, County Marriage Records, 1783-1965 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. Original data: Marriage Records. Kentucky Marriages. Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky. 8/23/1849 Frederick Wolford Peggy Mounts by H.T. Davis 12/9/1849 Randolph McCoy Sarah McCoy by Adron Runyon JPP 12/30/1849 Isaac May Tabitha Presley by Adron Runyon JPP 11/22/1849 Alexus Musick Sarah McCoy by Adron Runyon JPP 2/10/1850 Hammon? Camddy Reacy? Fields by Adron Runyon JPP 1st cousins. Floyd Hatfield, cousin of Devil Anse, and Randolph McCoy, had married sisters. In 1873 these two brothers-in-law had a law suit over a sow and some pigs. Rand'l McCoy claimed the hogs but Floyd Hatfield said they were his'n. But the hogs went to Hatfield.
FTDNA jt	Y haplogroup in common: R1b1a2 (jcw); Rex (b.1947) R1b1a2a1a1b4; my closest FTDNA relative on the site (CM116.56) [7]
headstone joint	Dils Cemetery, Pikeville, Pike, Kentucky, USA
		Headstone, McCoy, Pike County, Kentucky, USA Dills Cemetery Headstone, McCoy, Pike County, Kentucky, USA Dills Cemetery jdshmm1added this on 5 Apr 2011Category Type: Headstone Headstone Details Cemetery name Dills Cemetery Name on headstone Sarah & Randolph McCoy Birth Death
Issue, jt	Pike County, Kentucky, USA
	13 or 16 children
Family ID	F34314	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Runyon, Lewis, b. 30 Jan 1849, Belfry, Pike, Kentucky, USA d. 12 Sep 1906, Welch, McDowell, West Virginia, USA (Age 57 years)

Marriage Josephine was once married to a distant cousin, Ge [5]

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Josephine McCoy
Photo added by Vaggelis Katsimigas

Josephine McCoy
BIRTH 1848 Pike County, Kentucky, USA
DEATH 1929 (aged 80-81)
Maryland, USA
BURIAL McCoy Cemetery
Burnwell, Pike County, Kentucky, USA
MEMORIAL ID 178577336 ·
PHOTOS 1
FLOWERS 5

Josephine is the daughter of Randolph "Ole Ran'l" McCoy and Sarah McCoy.
Date of death unknown to me at this time. Placing her in the McCoy Cemetery at Burnwell, KY along with her son Leland.
Additions / Corrections welcome

Family Members
Parents Randolph McCoy 1825-1914
Sarah McCoy McCoy 1829-1890
Spouses George Washington McCoy 1844-1904
Lewis Runyon 1849-1906
Siblings James H. McCoy 1849-1929
Tolbert McCoy 1854-1882
Lilburn Lebord McCoy 1854 - unknown
Samuel McCoy 1855-1921
Infant Girl McCoy 1857-1857
Alifair McCoy 1858-1888
Floyd McCoy 1858-1928
Roseanna McCoy 1859-1889
Calvin McCoy 1862-1888
Pharmer McCoy 1863-1882
Randolph McCoy 1864-1882
William McCoy 1866-1883
Twinvilla McCoy Thompson 1868 - unknown
Adelaide McCoy 1870-1898
Fannie McCoy Charles 1872-1943
Half Siblings
Ellen McCoy Gross 1901-1970
Children Lona Della McCoy 1872 - unknown
Leland McCoy 1877-1958
Victoria McCoy Moore 1883 - unknown

Flowers • 5
Left by Cathy on 26 Apr 2023
Left by Lucky-Star on 28 Mar 2022

Children

1. Runyon, Frances, b. 28 Nov 1881, Belfry, Pike, Kentucky, USA

d. 13 Aug 1958, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, USA

(Age 76 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]

Family ID F41071 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Family 2 McCoy, George Washington, b. 1844, Kentucky, USA d. 1904 (Age 60 years)

Marriage Josephine was once married to a distant cousin, Ge [5]

portrait:
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Hatfield and McCoy Feud
May 27 2023 · FB Group

This weathered and hand-colored photograph is of Josephine McCoy (1848-1929), a beloved daughter of feudist Randolph "Ol' Ran'l" McCoy (1825-1914) and Sarah "Aunt Sally" McCoy (1829-1890). Josephine was once married to a distant cousin, George Washington McCoy (1844-1904), and later to Lewis Runyon (1849-1906).

Josephine's children include
Lona Della McCoy (1872-?),
Leland McCoy (1877-1958), and
Victoria McCoy Moore (1883-?).

Her siblings included James
"Big Jim" McCoy (1849-1929);
Tolbert McCoy (1854-1882);
Lilburn Lebord McCoy (1854 -?);
Samuel McCoy (1855-1921);
Infant female McCoy (1857-1857);
Alifair McCoy (1858-1888 -killed in New Years Day Massacre);
Floyd McCoy (1858-1928);
Roseanna McCoy (1859-1889);
Calvin McCoy (1862-1888 -killed in New Years Day Massacre);
Pharmer McCoy (1863-1882);
Randolph "Buddy" McCoy Jr. (1864-1882);
William McCoy (1866-1883);
Twinvilla McCoy Thompson (1868 -?);
Adelaide McCoy (1870-1898); and
Fannie McCoy Charles (1872-1943).

Josephine was buried in 1929 at the McCoy Cemetery, Burnwell, KY, near her son Leland.

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Comments
Lu Prudhomme
15 siblings ?? So Sally had 16 children ???
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Pat Mccoy
Thank you for sharing this!
Reply1w
Deb Lr
What a great picture & history too!!
Reply1w

Author
Hatfield and McCoy Feud
Deb Lr, thank you for your kind words.
Reply1w
Pat Mccoy
Beautiful Lady
Reply1w
Lu Prudhomme
So it appears Sarah, “Aunt Sally” had 16 children and died at age 61 !?!
( Josephine’s mom)
Reply1w
Susan Whitelaw
Amazing post ? I enjoy reading , lovely photo .I have McCoy in my family . Thank you for sharing.????
Reply1w
Susan Whitelaw
We have Cox in our family other too.????
Reply1w

Norma Gales
Beautiful lady
Reply1w
John Meade
Awesome history
Reply1w

Author
Hatfield and McCoy Feud
John-thanks!
Reply1w
Lewis Callaway
Beautiful lady
Reply1w
Lyle Taylor Eaves
Love seeing this history
Reply6d
Beverly Murphy
Regarding her sibling Tolbert McCoy. He was married to Mary Butcher, which is my family : my Grandma was Ethel Butcher , Logan County and Chapmanville. My mother was born there as well
Reply1w
Harry Jenkins
Wow sure had a lot of kids and to think no problems with medical care them days
Reply1w
Donna Eller
Thank you for sharing this
Reply1w
Michael Owens
My 3rd great aunt
Reply1w
Donna Price
This family fascinates me. May I as what is the New Year’s Day Massacre?
Reply1w
Carol Hawkins
Donna Price I wondered about that too???
Reply1w
Mary Elizabeth Damron Spencer
Donna Price a violent confrontation that happened at the McCoy home place.. there is a 3 part mini series on Netflix called Hatfields and McCoys.. very interesting.. as far as I know a lot of facts, like a documentary
Reply1w

Sam Bradley
My great, great, grandma was a McCoy.
Reply1w
Lola Runyon McDonald
Pam Runyon Pearl Cathy Blakley
Reply1w
Sam R. Jones
Good picture!!
Reply1w
Wanda Clark
Thanks for sharing.....
Reply1w
Harry Mccoy
Jim , I think we were one of the North Carolina bunch of Mccoys, we came here to Greensport , then to Mccoy mountain ( Now known as Country Club, then to Hokes Bluff , and North Gadsden by 4 brothers whom were all in the timber industry, you should talk to Bill he has done much Mccoy Genealogy about this , of course we then Feuded among ourselves . Harry Bobby Mccoy
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Jeff Sears
Reply1w
Tina Clifton Radabaugh
My great grandmother was Delia McCoy.
Reply6d
Samuel Maher
Im a descendant of the mccoys and Leland married my moms 2nd cousin Emma Hatten. I tried to find their grave number unsuccessfully.
Reply1w
Kevin Mccoy
My Grandfather was Lorenzo Dell McCoy,born 1898 near Salt Lick,Ky. I believe. Not much was spoke of about his younger years. Passed in 1996 in Escalon, California.
Reply1w
JC Bertrand
And her great great great great great descendant, Leonard McCoy, born in 2227 in Atlanta, Georgia.?????????
Reply1w
Edna Jeffrey
Very interesting
Reply1w
Kele Whittington-Howell
Kerry Bidwell Gunn
Reply1w
Jim Pate
Billy Wayne McCoy Harry Mccoy Jerri Hutchins
Reply1w
Betty Merritt
Hope to see more
Reply1w
Betty Merritt
Another pretty lady
Reply1w
Badsha Sha Karin
Assalamu Alaikum ya Halal Rani uncle na nani ka Hussain Mohammad Aji Basa Raja quality Nana ka
May be an image of text that says 'AMEEN'
ReplySee translation1w
Badsha Sha Karin
Punjab ka raja Kaushiki ka
ReplySee translation1w
John Casey
Fine looking woman
Reply6h
Roxie Rodgers
MY HANBANDF
Reply1w

Children

	1. McCoy, Leland, b. 22 Jun 1877, Pike County, Kentucky, USA d. 23 Jul 1958, South Williamson, Pike, Kentucky, USA (Age 81 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	2. McCoy, Lona Delle [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	3. McCoy, Victoria [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]

Family ID F55037 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Family 3	Chafin, Moses C.
Family ID	F61532	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Event Map

Birth - Abt Dec 1848 - Pike County, Kentucky, USA

= Link to Google Earth

Photos

McCoy McCoy Runyon, Josephine FB230527H&McCFeud
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Hatfield and McCoy Feud
May 27 2023 · FB Group

This weathered and hand-colored photograph is of Josephine McCoy (1848-1929), a beloved daughter of feudist Randolph "Ol' Ran'l" McCoy (1825-1914) and Sarah "Aunt Sally" McCoy (1829-1890). Josephine was once married to a distant cousin, George Washington McCoy (1844-1904), and later to…

Notes

portrait:
20230608GHLn-
Hatfield and McCoy Feud
May 27 2023 · FB Group

This weathered and hand-colored photograph is of Josephine McCoy (1848-1929), a beloved daughter of feudist Randolph "Ol' Ran'l" McCoy (1825-1914) and Sarah "Aunt Sally" McCoy (1829-1890). Josephine was once married to a distant cousin, George Washington McCoy (1844-1904), and later to Lewis Runyon (1849-1906).

Josephine's children include
Lona Della McCoy (1872-?),
Leland McCoy (1877-1958), and
Victoria McCoy Moore (1883-?).

Her siblings included James
"Big Jim" McCoy (1849-1929);
Tolbert McCoy (1854-1882);
Lilburn Lebord McCoy (1854 -?);
Samuel McCoy (1855-1921);
Infant female McCoy (1857-1857);
Alifair McCoy (1858-1888 -killed in New Years Day Massacre);
Floyd McCoy (1858-1928);
Roseanna McCoy (1859-1889);
Calvin McCoy (1862-1888 -killed in New Years Day Massacre);
Pharmer McCoy (1863-1882);
Randolph "Buddy" McCoy Jr. (1864-1882);
William McCoy (1866-1883);
Twinvilla McCoy Thompson (1868 -?);
Adelaide McCoy (1870-1898); and
Fannie McCoy Charles (1872-1943).

Josephine was buried in 1929 at the McCoy Cemetery, Burnwell, KY, near her son Leland.

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Comments
Lu Prudhomme
15 siblings ?? So Sally had 16 children ???
Reply1w
Pat Mccoy
Thank you for sharing this!
Reply1w
Deb Lr
What a great picture & history too!!
Reply1w

Author
Hatfield and McCoy Feud
Deb Lr, thank you for your kind words.
Reply1w
Pat Mccoy
Beautiful Lady
Reply1w
Lu Prudhomme
So it appears Sarah, “Aunt Sally” had 16 children and died at age 61 !?!
( Josephine’s mom)
Reply1w
Susan Whitelaw
Amazing post ? I enjoy reading , lovely photo .I have McCoy in my family . Thank you for sharing.????
Reply1w
Susan Whitelaw
We have Cox in our family other too.????
Reply1w

Norma Gales
Beautiful lady
Reply1w
John Meade
Awesome history
Reply1w

Author
Hatfield and McCoy Feud
John-thanks!
Reply1w
Lewis Callaway
Beautiful lady
Reply1w
Lyle Taylor Eaves
Love seeing this history
Reply6d
Beverly Murphy
Regarding her sibling Tolbert McCoy. He was married to Mary Butcher, which is my family : my Grandma was Ethel Butcher , Logan County and Chapmanville. My mother was born there as well
Reply1w
Harry Jenkins
Wow sure had a lot of kids and to think no problems with medical care them days
Reply1w
Donna Eller
Thank you for sharing this
Reply1w
Michael Owens
My 3rd great aunt
Reply1w
Donna Price
This family fascinates me. May I as what is the New Year’s Day Massacre?
Reply1w
Carol Hawkins
Donna Price I wondered about that too???
Reply1w
Mary Elizabeth Damron Spencer
Donna Price a violent confrontation that happened at the McCoy home place.. there is a 3 part mini series on Netflix called Hatfields and McCoys.. very interesting.. as far as I know a lot of facts, like a documentary
Reply1w

Sam Bradley
My great, great, grandma was a McCoy.
Reply1w
Lola Runyon McDonald
Pam Runyon Pearl Cathy Blakley
Reply1w
Sam R. Jones
Good picture!!
Reply1w
Wanda Clark
Thanks for sharing.....
Reply1w
Harry Mccoy
Jim , I think we were one of the North Carolina bunch of Mccoys, we came here to Greensport , then to Mccoy mountain ( Now known as Country Club, then to Hokes Bluff , and North Gadsden by 4 brothers whom were all in the timber industry, you should talk to Bill he has done much Mccoy Genealogy about this , of course we then Feuded among ourselves . Harry Bobby Mccoy
Reply1w
Jeff Sears
Reply1w
Tina Clifton Radabaugh
My great grandmother was Delia McCoy.
Reply6d
Samuel Maher
Im a descendant of the mccoys and Leland married my moms 2nd cousin Emma Hatten. I tried to find their grave number unsuccessfully.
Reply1w
Kevin Mccoy
My Grandfather was Lorenzo Dell McCoy,born 1898 near Salt Lick,Ky. I believe. Not much was spoke of about his younger years. Passed in 1996 in Escalon, California.
Reply1w
JC Bertrand
And her great great great great great descendant, Leonard McCoy, born in 2227 in Atlanta, Georgia.?????????
Reply1w
Edna Jeffrey
Very interesting
Reply1w
Kele Whittington-Howell
Kerry Bidwell Gunn
Reply1w
Jim Pate
Billy Wayne McCoy Harry Mccoy Jerri Hutchins
Reply1w
Betty Merritt
Hope to see more
Reply1w
Betty Merritt
Another pretty lady
Reply1w
Badsha Sha Karin
Assalamu Alaikum ya Halal Rani uncle na nani ka Hussain Mohammad Aji Basa Raja quality Nana ka
May be an image of text that says 'AMEEN'
ReplySee translation1w
Badsha Sha Karin
Punjab ka raja Kaushiki ka
ReplySee translation1w
John Casey
Fine looking woman
Reply6h
Roxie Rodgers
MY HANBANDF
Reply1w

Sources

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Randolph McCoy
Birth: 30 Oct 1825 - Pike, Kentucky, USA
Death: 28 Mar 1914 - Pike, Kentucky, USA
Marriage: 9 Dec 1849 - Pike, Kentucky, USA
Spouse: Sarah Sally McCoy
F: Daniel McCoy
M: Margaret Peggie Taylor
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SITE OF
RANDOLPH McCOY HOUSE
House was located on Blackberry Fork of Pond Creek. It burned Jan. 1, 1888, during a Hatfield raid. Two of Randolph's children, Alifair and Calvin, were killed in attack; their mother Sally was badly injured. Randolph and other children escaped.
Sit is part of Hatfield-McCoy Feud Historic Dist.
Presented by Pikeville-Pike County Tourism
Commonwealth of Kentucky

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Randall McCoy's home, Pikeville, Kentucky nadine1668added this on 21 Feb 2010 saileporiginally submitted this to Plum Family Tree on 29 Dec 2008

SITE OF
RANDOLPH McCOY HOUSE
House was located on Blackberry Fork of Pond Creek. It burned Jan. 1, 1888, during a Hatfield…

[S1115] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
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Josephine McCoy
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Josephine McCoy
BIRTH 1848 Pike County, Kentucky, USA
DEATH 1929 (aged 80-81)
Maryland, USA
BURIAL McCoy Cemetery
Burnwell, Pike County, Kentucky, USA
MEMORIAL ID 178577336 ·
PHOTOS 1
FLOWERS 5

Josephine is the daughter of Randolph "Ole Ran'l" McCoy and Sarah McCoy.
Date of death unknown to me at this time. Placing her in the McCoy Cemetery at Burnwell, KY along with her son Leland.
Additions / Corrections welcome

Family Members
Parents Randolph McCoy 1825-1914
Sarah McCoy McCoy 1829-1890
Spouses George Washington McCoy 1844-1904
Lewis Runyon 1849-1906
Siblings James H. McCoy 1849-1929
Tolbert McCoy 1854-1882
Lilburn Lebord McCoy 1854 - unknown
Samuel McCoy 1855-1921
Infant Girl McCoy 1857-1857
Alifair McCoy 1858-1888
Floyd McCoy 1858-1928
Roseanna McCoy 1859-1889
Calvin McCoy 1862-1888
Pharmer McCoy 1863-1882
Randolph McCoy 1864-1882
William McCoy 1866-1883
Twinvilla McCoy Thompson 1868 - unknown
Adelaide McCoy 1870-1898
Fannie McCoy Charles 1872-1943
Half Siblings
Ellen McCoy Gross 1901-1970
Children Lona Della McCoy 1872 - unknown
Leland McCoy 1877-1958
Victoria McCoy Moore 1883 - unknown

Flowers • 5
Left by Cathy on 26 Apr 2023
Left by Lucky-Star on 28 Mar 2022

[S1339] Altina L. Waller, Feud: Hatfields, McCoys, and Social Change in Appalachia, 1860-1900, (Name: University of North Carolina Press;), 67.
Aunt Sally McCoy had had a child before she married Ranel in 1849 at the age of twenty. This child, a daughter named Josephine, was 31 in 1880 and had 2 illegitimate children of her own.
[S1327] Otis K. Rice, The Hatfields & the McCoys (Rice), (Name: University Press of Kentucky, 1982;), inside back cover.
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Mary Elizabeth "Betty" McCoy
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Mary Elizabeth "Betty" McCoy's Geni Profile

Mary Elizabeth "Betty" McCoy (Blankenship) (1827 - 1915)
Birth: 1827
Pike County, Kentucky, United States
Death: 1915 (87-88)
Pike County, Kentucky, United States
parents: Obediah Blankenship and Mary "Polly" Blankenship
spouse Allen C. McCoy
children Sylvester McCoy;
Esther Easter McCoy;
Jane McCoy;
Henderson McCoy;
Hannes McCoy
Leonidas McCoy;
Larkin McCoy;
Marrietta McCoy;
Reuben Mc Coy;
Ellison Mc Coy and
Martha Mc Coy« less
Sister of Ezekiel Blankenship;
Hiram Blankenship;
Henry Blankenship;
John W Blankenship, Sr;
Conley Blankenship;
Presley Blankenship;
William Blankenship;
James Albert Blankenship and
Elizabeth Blankenship« less

Managed by: Charles Douglass Brown
Last Updated: February 26, 2025

Betty McCoy in Kentucky Deaths, 1900 - 1999
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1827
1827
Birth of Mary Elizabeth "Betty" McCoy
Pike County, Kentucky, United States
1841
September 9, 1841
Age 14
Marriage of Allen McCoy and Mary Elizabeth Blankenship
Pike, Kentucky, USA
1843
1843
Age 16
Birth of Sylvester McCoy
Pike County, Kentucky, United States
1844
June 1844
Age 17
Birth of Esther Easter McCoy
Kentucky, United States
1847
1847
Age 20
Birth of Jane McCoy
Kentucky, United States
1848
1848
Age 21
Birth of Henderson McCoy
Kentucky, United States
1850
1850
Age 23
Birth of Hannes McCoy
Kentucky, United States
1852
1852
Age 25
Birth of Leonidas McCoy
Kentucky, United States
1854
1854
Age 27
Birth of Larkin McCoy
Kentucky, United States
1856
1856
Age 29
Birth of Marrietta McCoy
Kentucky, United States
1860
1860
Age 33
Birth of Reuben Mc Coy
Kentucky
1864
1864
Age 37
Birth of Ellison Mc Coy
Kentucky
1867
1867
Age 40
Birth of Martha Mc Coy
Kentucky
1870
1870
Age 43
resided on 1870 Residence Post Office: Mouth of Pond...
District 6, Pike, Kentucky, USA
1915
1915
Age 88
Death of Mary Elizabeth "Betty" McCoy
Pike County, Kentucky, United States
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Allen C. McCoy (1823 - 1879)

Mary Elizabeth's husband Charles Douglass Brown Son of Samuel McCoy and Nancy Ann McCoy (Maynard)
Husband of Mary Elizabeth "Betty" McCoy
Father of Sylvester McCoy; Esther Easter McCoy; Jane McCoy; Henderson McCoy and 7 others
Brother of Hiram McCoy; Rebecca McCoy; John McCoy, II; Asa Harmon McCoy and 16 others
Half brother of Mary "Polly" Varney (Williamson); Richard Williamson; Anny Rutherford; John Moses Williamson, Jr. and 12 others

Sylvester McCoy (1843 - d.)

Mary Elizabeth's son Lloyd Alfred Doss, Jr. Son of Allen C. McCoy and Mary Elizabeth "Betty" McCoy
Brother of Esther Easter McCoy; Jane McCoy; Henderson McCoy; Hannes McCoy and 6 others
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Esther Easter McCoy (1844 - d.)

Mary Elizabeth's daughter Lloyd Alfred Doss, Jr. Daughter of Allen C. McCoy and Mary Elizabeth "Betty" McCoy
Wife of William J. "Bill" Patterson
Mother of Lunsford Patterson; Willie Patterson; Lucinda Patterson; James H. Patterson and 4 others
Sister of Sylvester McCoy; Jane McCoy; Henderson McCoy; Hannes McCoy and 6 others
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Jane McCoy (1847 - d.)

Mary Elizabeth's daughter Lloyd Alfred Doss, Jr. Daughter of Allen C. McCoy and Mary Elizabeth "Betty" McCoy
Sister of Sylvester McCoy; Esther Easter McCoy; Henderson McCoy; Hannes McCoy and 6 others
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Henderson McCoy (1848 - d.)

Mary Elizabeth's son Lloyd Alfred Doss, Jr. Son of Allen C. McCoy and Mary Elizabeth "Betty" McCoy
Brother of Sylvester McCoy; Esther Easter McCoy; Jane McCoy; Hannes McCoy and 6 others
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Hannes McCoy (1850 - d.)

Mary Elizabeth's son Lloyd Alfred Doss, Jr. Son of Allen C. McCoy and Mary Elizabeth "Betty" McCoy
Brother of Sylvester McCoy; Esther Easter McCoy; Jane McCoy; Henderson McCoy and 6 others
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Leonidas McCoy (1852 - 1877)

Mary Elizabeth's son Lloyd Alfred Doss, Jr. Son of Allen C. McCoy and Mary Elizabeth "Betty" McCoy
Brother of Sylvester McCoy; Esther Easter McCoy; Jane McCoy; Henderson McCoy and 6 others
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Larkin McCoy (1854 - d.)

Mary Elizabeth's son Lloyd Alfred Doss, Jr. Son of Allen C. McCoy and Mary Elizabeth "Betty" McCoy
Brother of Sylvester McCoy; Esther Easter McCoy; Jane McCoy; Henderson McCoy and 6 others
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Marrietta McCoy (1856 - d.)

Mary Elizabeth's daughter Lloyd Alfred Doss, Jr. Daughter of Allen C. McCoy and Mary Elizabeth "Betty" McCoy
Sister of Sylvester McCoy; Esther Easter McCoy; Jane McCoy; Henderson McCoy and 6 others
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Reuben Mc Coy (c.1860 - d.)

Mary Elizabeth's son Dawn Gugel White Son of Allen C. McCoy and Mary Elizabeth "Betty" McCoy
Brother of Sylvester McCoy; Esther Easter McCoy; Jane McCoy; Henderson McCoy and 6 others
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Ellison Mc Coy (c.1864 - d.)

Mary Elizabeth's son Dawn Gugel White Son of Allen C. McCoy and Mary Elizabeth "Betty" McCoy
Brother of Sylvester McCoy; Esther Easter McCoy; Jane McCoy; Henderson McCoy and 6 others
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Martha Mc Coy (c.1867 - d.)

Mary Elizabeth's daughter Dawn Gugel White Daughter of Allen C. McCoy and Mary Elizabeth "Betty" McCoy
Sister of Sylvester McCoy; Esther Easter McCoy; Jane McCoy; Henderson McCoy and 6 others
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Mary "Polly" Blankenship (1785 - 1848)

""Polly"", "Mary "Polly" McCoy", "Polly"

Mary Elizabeth's mother Charles Douglass Brown Daughter of William 'Old William' McCoy, I and Cordelia McCoy
Wife of Obediah Blankenship
Mother of Ezekiel Blankenship; Hiram Blankenship; Henry Blankenship; John W Blankenship, Sr and 6 others
Sister of William McCoy; Samuel McCoy; Nancy Agnes McCalley; Elizabeth Hampton McCoy and 16 others
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Obediah Blankenship (1784 - 1850)

Mary Elizabeth's father Matthew Thomas Murray Son of William Hiram Blankenship and Martha Mary Blankenship
Husband of Mary "Polly" Blankenship
Father of Ezekiel Blankenship; Hiram Blankenship; Henry Blankenship; John W Blankenship, Sr and 6 others
Brother of Conley Blankenship; William Henry Blankenship; William Buck Blankenship; Hezekiah Blankenship and 9 others
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Ezekiel Blankenship (1809 - 1877)

Mary Elizabeth's brother Barbara Sue (Shelton) Reinke Son of Obediah Blankenship and Mary "Polly" Blankenship
Husband of Anna White
Father of Mary Marsh; Oliver Blankenship and Hiram Blankenship
Brother of Hiram Blankenship; Henry Blankenship; John W Blankenship, Sr; Conley Blankenship and 5 others
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Hiram Blankenship (1812 - 1883)

Mary Elizabeth's brother Barbara Sue (Shelton) Reinke Son of Obediah Blankenship and Mary "Polly" Blankenship
Husband of Elizabeth Blankenship
Father of John Blankenship
Brother of Ezekiel Blankenship; Henry Blankenship; John W Blankenship, Sr; Conley Blankenship and 5 others
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Henry Blankenship (1813 - d.)

Mary Elizabeth's brother Barbara Sue (Shelton) Reinke Son of Obediah Blankenship and Mary "Polly" Blankenship
Brother of Ezekiel Blankenship; Hiram Blankenship; John W Blankenship, Sr; Conley Blankenship and 5 others
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John W Blankenship, Sr (c.1814 - 1864)

Mary Elizabeth's brother William Ray Shelton, Sr. Son of Obediah Blankenship and Mary "Polly" Blankenship
Husband of Amelia “Milly” Prater
Father of Virginia Phillips; John Wesley Blankenship; Francis Marion Blankenship; Mary Elizabeth Blankenship Phillips and 10 others
Brother of Ezekiel Blankenship; Hiram Blankenship; Henry Blankenship; Conley Blankenship and 5 others
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Conley Blankenship (1820 - d.)

Mary Elizabeth's brother Barbara Sue (Shelton) Reinke Son of Obediah Blankenship and Mary "Polly" Blankenship
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Presley Blankenship (1821 - 1872)

Mary Elizabeth's brother Corporal, USMC Timothy Paul Setser, Sr. Son of Obediah Blankenship and Mary "Polly" Blankenship
Husband of Mary "Polly" Jane Blankenship
Father of Wilburn Blankenship; lydia Blankenship and Paulina Blankenship
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William Blankenship (1825 - 1903)

Mary Elizabeth's brother Carol Blankenship Son of Obediah Blankenship and Mary "Polly" Blankenship
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James Albert Blankenship

Mary Elizabeth's brother Patty Ringer Brown Son of Obediah Blankenship and Mary "Polly" Blankenship
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Elizabeth Blankenship (1812 - 1900)

Mary Elizabeth's sister Carol Ann Mayer Daughter of Obediah Blankenship and Mary "Polly" Blankenship
Wife of Bruner Brumsberry Wilson, Sr.
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Rice, Otis K- book The Hatfields & The McCoys

[S2749] FaceBook- Hatfield & McCoy Feud.
Josephine McCoy McCoy Runyon (1) fact
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This weathered and hand-colored photograph is of Josephine McCoy (1848-1929), a beloved daughter of feudist Randolph "Ol' Ran'l" McCoy (1825-1914) and Sarah "Aunt Sally" McCoy (1829-1890). Josephine was once married to a distant cousin, George Washington McCoy (1844-1904), and later to Lewis Runyon (1849-1906).

Josephine's children include
Lona Della McCoy (1872-?),
Leland McCoy (1877-1958), and
Victoria McCoy Moore (1883-?).

Her siblings included James
"Big Jim" McCoy (1849-1929);
Tolbert McCoy (1854-1882);
Lilburn Lebord McCoy (1854 -?);
Samuel McCoy (1855-1921);
Infant female McCoy (1857-1857);
Alifair McCoy (1858-1888 -killed in New Years Day Massacre);
Floyd McCoy (1858-1928);
Roseanna McCoy (1859-1889);
Calvin McCoy (1862-1888 -killed in New Years Day Massacre);
Pharmer McCoy (1863-1882);
Randolph "Buddy" McCoy Jr. (1864-1882);
William McCoy (1866-1883);
Twinvilla McCoy Thompson (1868 -?);
Adelaide McCoy (1870-1898); and
Fannie McCoy Charles (1872-1943).

Josephine was buried in 1929 at the McCoy Cemetery, Burnwell, KY, near her son Leland.

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Lu Prudhomme
15 siblings ?? So Sally had 16 children ???
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Pat Mccoy
Thank you for sharing this!
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Deb Lr
What a great picture & history too!!
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Hatfield and McCoy Feud
Deb Lr, thank you for your kind words.
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Pat Mccoy
Beautiful Lady
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Lu Prudhomme
So it appears Sarah, ``Aunt Sally´´ had 16 children and died at age 61 !?!
( Josephine´s mom)
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Susan Whitelaw
Amazing post ? I enjoy reading , lovely photo .I have McCoy in my family . Thank you for sharing.????
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Susan Whitelaw
We have Cox in our family other too.????
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Norma Gales
Beautiful lady
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John Meade
Awesome history
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Hatfield and McCoy Feud
John-thanks!
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Lewis Callaway
Beautiful lady
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Lyle Taylor Eaves
Love seeing this history
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Beverly Murphy
Regarding her sibling Tolbert McCoy. He was married to Mary Butcher, which is my family : my Grandma was Ethel Butcher , Logan County and Chapmanville. My mother was born there as well
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Harry Jenkins
Wow sure had a lot of kids and to think no problems with medical care them days
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Donna Eller
Thank you for sharing this
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Michael Owens
My 3rd great aunt
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Donna Price
This family fascinates me. May I as what is the New Year´s Day Massacre?
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Carol Hawkins
Donna Price I wondered about that too???
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Mary Elizabeth Damron Spencer
Donna Price a violent confrontation that happened at the McCoy home place.. there is a 3 part mini series on Netflix called Hatfields and McCoys.. very interesting.. as far as I know a lot of facts, like a documentary
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Sam Bradley
My great, great, grandma was a McCoy.
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Lola Runyon McDonald
Pam Runyon Pearl Cathy Blakley
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Sam R. Jones
Good picture!!
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Wanda Clark
Thanks for sharing.....
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Harry Mccoy
Jim , I think we were one of the North Carolina bunch of Mccoys, we came here to Greensport , then to Mccoy mountain ( Now known as Country Club, then to Hokes Bluff , and North Gadsden by 4 brothers whom were all in the timber industry, you should talk to Bill he has done much Mccoy Genealogy about this , of course we then Feuded among ourselves . Harry Bobby Mccoy
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Jeff Sears
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Tina Clifton Radabaugh
My great grandmother was Delia McCoy.
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Samuel Maher
Im a descendant of the mccoys and Leland married my moms 2nd cousin Emma Hatten. I tried to find their grave number unsuccessfully.
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Kevin Mccoy
My Grandfather was Lorenzo Dell McCoy,born 1898 near Salt Lick,Ky. I believe. Not much was spoke of about his younger years. Passed in 1996 in Escalon, California.
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JC Bertrand
And her great great great great great descendant, Leonard McCoy, born in 2227 in Atlanta, Georgia.?????????
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Edna Jeffrey
Very interesting
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Kele Whittington-Howell
Kerry Bidwell Gunn
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Jim Pate
Billy Wayne McCoy Harry Mccoy Jerri Hutchins
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Betty Merritt
Hope to see more
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Betty Merritt
Another pretty lady
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Assalamu Alaikum ya Halal Rani uncle na nani ka Hussain Mohammad Aji Basa Raja quality Nana ka
May be an image of text that says 'AMEEN'
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Badsha Sha Karin
Punjab ka raja Kaushiki ka
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John Casey
Fine looking woman
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Roxie Rodgers
MY HANBANDF
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[S1551] Ancestry.com, Kentucky, County Marriages, 1783-1965, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2016;), McCoy, Ran'l & Sarah.
Record for Randolph McCoy (6) facts

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Randolph & Sarah McCoy in the Kentucky, County Marriage Records, 1783-1965
Name: Randolph McCoy
Gender: Male
Marriage: 9 Dec 1849
Pike, Kentucky, USA
Spouse: Sarah McCoy
by: Adron Runyon JPP?
Film Number: 000839494

Source Information
Ancestry.com. Kentucky, County Marriage Records, 1783-1965 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
Original data: Marriage Records. Kentucky Marriages. Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky.

8/23/1849 Frederick Wolford
Peggy Mounts
by H.T. Davis
12/9/1849 Randolph McCoy
Sarah McCoy
by Adron Runyon JPP
12/30/1849 Isaac May
Tabitha Presley
by Adron Runyon JPP
11/22/1849 Alexus Musick
Sarah McCoy
by Adron Runyon JPP
2/10/1850 Hammon? Camdy
Reacy? Fields
by Adron Runyon JPP

KY Co Marriage Records 18491209 McCOY, Randolph & Sarah.tmp
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Randolph & Sarah McCoy in the Kentucky, County Marriage Records, 1783-1965
Name: Randolph McCoy
Gender: Male
Marriage: 9 Dec 1849
Pike, Kentucky, USA
Spouse: Sarah McCoy
by: Adron Runyon JPP?
Film Number: 000839494

Source Information
Ancestry.com. Kentucky, County Marriage Records, 1783-1965 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA:…

[S1398] FTDNA my.familytreeDNA.com.
Last Name First Middle Email Address YDNA Haplogroup mtDNA Haplogroup Y-DNA12 Y-DNA25 Y-DNA37 Y-DNA67 Y-DNA111 HVR1 HVR2 FMS Family Finder Wetzel John Christy Shorthand R-M269 R1b1a2 T2f1a McCoy Rex Calvin rmcco@cox.net R1b1a2a1a1b4 HV0-T195C! Profile Rex Calvin McCoy rmcco@cox.net R-L21 R1b1a2a1a1b4 HV0-T195C! Shared CM shorthand Y-DNA haplogroup mtDNA haplogroup 116.56 (my closest on the site -jcw 13.10.2013) Most Distant Ancestors: Paternal: Crinian, Mormaer of Atholl b. 975 d. 1045 Maternal: John Turner b. 1455 d. 1540 Surnames: A., Admire, Blair, Boyd, Campbell, Casebolt, Catherin, Daniels, Davis, Doran, Dyer, Elizabet, Ellis, Emelin, Fauntleroy, Ferguson, Fitzpatrick, George, Gilley, Glascock, Hensley, Hinchman, Howard, Hunter, Jackson, MacKay [Scotland], Mackenzie, Martin, Martin Mccoy, Mc Coy, McCoy [KY], McFarlan, McFarland, Mcfarlane, Mcginness, McHaney, mosley, Nauman, Newman, O Neal, Paul, Pilson, R, Risner, Sanders, Shadow, Stewart, Susann, Sutherland [Scotland], Taylor, Turner [VA], Turner?, Van Doren, Varney, Williams [KY], Wilson, Wood GEDCOM for Rex Calvin McCoy https://my.familytreedna.com/gedcom-viewer.aspx?kn=F0jkmCxNsWg%3d
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Last Name First Middle Email Address YDNA Haplogroup mtDNA Haplogroup Y-DNA12 Y-DNA25 Y-DNA37 Y-DNA67 Y-DNA111 HVR1 HVR2 FMS Family Finder
Wetzel John Christy Shorthand R-M269 R1b1a2 T2f1a
McCoy Rex Calvin rmcco@cox.net R1b1a2a1a1b4 HV0-T195C!

Profile
Rex Calvin McCoy rmcco@cox.net R-L21 R1b1a2a1a1b4 HV0-T195C! Shared CM shorthand Y-DNA haplogroup mtDNA haplogroup 116.56 (my closest on the site -jcw 13.10.2013)
Most Distant Ancestors:
Paternal: Crinian, Mormaer of Atholl b. 975 d. 1045 Maternal: John Turner b. 1455 d. 1540
Surnames: A., Admire, Blair, Boyd, Campbell, Casebolt, Catherin, Daniels, Davis, Doran, Dyer, Elizabet, Ellis, Emelin, Fauntleroy, Ferguson, Fitzpatrick, George, Gilley, Glascock, Hensley, Hinchman, Howard, Hunter, Jackson, MacKay [Scotland], Mackenzie, Martin, Martin Mccoy, Mc Coy, McCoy [KY], McFarlan, McFarland, Mcfarlane, Mcginness, McHaney, mosley, Nauman, Newman, O Neal, Paul, Pilson, R, Risner, Sanders, Shadow, Stewart, Susann, Sutherland [Scotland], Taylor, Turner [VA], Turner?, Van Doren, Varney, Williams [KY], Wilson, Wood
GEDCOM for Rex Calvin McCoy https://my.familytreedna.com/gedcom-viewer.aspx?kn=F0jkmCxNsWg%3d

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