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SEARCH FOR ELLISON MOUNTS COTTON TOP HATFIELD, 1889
Posted by Robert Daniels robt_daniels@yahoo.com http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SN.2ADI/180.3
message board post: RE: Ellison Cotton Top Mounts.
"Sorry this is not the most timely reply, but I just now came across your posting about family ties to Ellison Mounts. I've gathered some information about him and his family from various sources over the past couple of yearrss abecause of my interest in his role in the feud. In my opinion, he and Roseanna McCoy were the two most unfortuante and saddest, victims of the feud.
Elllison was the illegitimate son of Ellison Hatfeld and Harriet Hatfield, who was the daughter of John and Isabelle (Vance) Hatfield. Ellison Hatfield and Harriet Hatfield were first cousins. Ellison "Cotton Top" Mounts was born 1864 and evidently took the Mounts name when his mother married Daniel Mounts in 1867. Little has been published about Ellison Mounts' life beyond his role in the feud - the paw-paw tree killings and the New Year's morning raid on the McCoy home among them - and his hanging in Pikeville, Kentucky on 18 Feb 1890.
The fact is, he was married at the time of his death. He married Rebecca Justice, a daughter of Joab and Elizabeth (Ferrell) Justice on either Dec 1 or Dec 25, 1882. According to the 1880 census, Rebecca was living in the home of Elias Hatfield, was in the home of Daniel Mounts and his age was given as 16 - so there was a big age disparity, as you can see, and this raises some questions in my mind. There is no record of their having had children.
Also, Ellison Mounts had a brother, George, whose name is recorded as both George Hatfield and George Mounts. I've found George Hatfield the more common use of his name. He is also believed by some to have been an illetitimate son of Harriet Hatfield and Ellison Hatfield. George Hatfield or Mounts married Risby Elkins on April 16, 1888. Now, a mystery appears. Barely 18 months later, Risby Hatfield, listed as a widow, marries a James G Grimmett, who was single on 15 Nov 1889 in Logan County, West Virginia. A widow? What happened to George and what or who was the cause of his death? No clue. Also, note that Risby's marriage to Mr. Grimmett occurs three months to the day before Ellison Mounts was hanged. Who can say if that's significant. The last point, local legend says that Harriet Hatfield Mounts died on the day her son was hanged as she traveled on horseback over the mountains to see Ellison for the last time. In fact, others say she actually lived in Bruno, West Virginia until her death by natural causes in 1916.
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Last Hanging in Pike County, 18 Feb 1889
Hanging of Ellison "Cotton Top" Mounts Hatfield
Data on Ellison Mounts "Cotton Top" Hatfield.
from www.real-mccoys.com/feud, by Ron McCoy, Durham, North Carolina
Ellison Mounts Hatfield was the illigetimate son of Ellison Hatfield. It is not certain who his mother was. But, he grew up in the Ellison Hatfield Sr family. He was slightly mentally slow. Ellison was born in Pikeville, Pike County, Kentucky, date around 1866.
A woman by the name of Sarah Ann Staton born on 1844 is mentioned as his possible mother. She married Ellison Hatfield Sr, on 3 Sept 1865 in Pike County, Kentucky. This Sarah Ann Staton Hatfield died 1935.
For his envolvement in the Hatfield-McCoy feud, Ellison "Cotton Top" Mounts was sent to trial for the murder of Alifair McCoy.
Having limited mental capacity, in a bid for leniency, he pleaded guilty. This decision precipitated the final pivotal event of feud history. On Sept. 4 1889, while Johnse, Cap and Wall received life imprisonment, "Cotton Top" received the harshest of sentences: Death by Hanging.
He believed the Hatfields would break him out.
The gallows, though surrounded by a high fence, were constructed at the base of a hill giving bystanders an unobstructed view of the execution.
On Feb. 18, 1890, more than five thousand bystanders gathered as Ellison Mounts was led up to the platform to meet his fate. With the hangman's noose encircling his neck, Ellison spoke his final words: "The Hatfields made me do it!"
It was the last hanging in Pike County and it brought peace. It had been 40 years since the last public hanging in Pike County and the hangman's area still stands.
JoyceAlliene53added this on 9 Mar 2012 72drem originally submitted this to Brenna and Sean's Family History on 29 Mar 2008
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Ellison Hatfield Death, 1882
Ellison Hatfield Military Documentation: Ellison enlisted in 45th Virginia Infantry Battalion, Company "B" on 1 May 1863 in his desire to serve the confederacy during the Civil War. He later deserted his company, according to the Dec 31, 1864 roll call.
On election day, August 7, 1882, at the Blackberry Creek precinct, Tolbert McCoy accused "Bad Lias" Hatfield of owing him a small sum of money for a fiddle, but "Bad Lias" protested that the debt had previously been paid. At that point, Tolbert's mood was on the decline. Later in the day, Ellison Hatfield made remarks to Tolbert which led him to turn his wrath on Ellison. Along with his brothers Pharmer and Bud, Tolbert stabbed Ellison 26 times and shot him in the back. Although the McCoys ran and sought cover in the nearby woods, they were captured and put into custody of a justice of the peace and a constable for the trip to the Pikeville jail. Ellison Hatfield was taken on a stretcher to his home in West Virginia. The following day, before the McCoy brothers could be taken to Pikeville, "Devil Anse" organized a posse and took the McCoys away from the guards. The Hatfields took the McCoy boys to an unused schoolhouse on the West Virginia side of Mate Creek. After hearing about the capture of her 3 sons, Sally McCoy rode to "Devil Anse" and demanded to know why they were being held in West Virgina when they should be in jail in Pikeville. His reply was, "I'm holding them to see if Ellison dies. If he dies or gets well, I promise to bring them back to Kentucky alive." Two days later on August 9, 1882, the news came that Ellison Hatfield was dead. The 3 McCoys were marched to the Kentucky side of the Tug River. There they were bound to some pawpaw trees, and within seconds, more than 50 shots were fired into the brothers. "Devil Anse" had kept his promise to bring the boys back to Kentucky alive.
Ellison Hatfield was killed on election day of 1882 at the Blackberry precinct - he was stabbed 26 times and shot in the back of the head by Tolbert, Pharmer, and Bud McCoy. This was one of the events that continued the Hatfield-McCoy Feud.
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mcmillen1961originally submitted this to McMillions (McMillens) - Virginia To Illinois on 16 Jul 2009Ellison Hatfield
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Reed, John & Bettie Hatfield Caldwell
John Reed and Elizabeth "Bettie" Hatfield Caldwell JoyceAlliene53added this on 24 Mar 2012 stareyes40originally submitted this to Rabon, McPherson and Others on 15 May 2011 John Reed Caldwell 7 July 2010, Hatfield Family Cemetery, Sarah Ann, Logan County, WV John Reed Caldwell was born 1864 in Alleghany County, North Carolina and… |
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Caldwell, John M & Jestine Tolliver, KY
JOHN M CALDWELL & JESTINE TOLLIVER-CALDWELL, KENTUCKY JoyceAlliene53added this on 25 Jun 2012 dserafine1originally submitted this to PRINCE/SALYERS FAMILY TREE on 11 Dec 2008 |
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Hatfield Caldwell, Betty w her children Osa & Joe cropped3
Betty Hatfield Caldwell with Her Children, Osa & Joe JoyceAlliene53added this on 1 Apr 2012 shumatefulleroriginally submitted this to Appalachian Root Stew on 20 Dec 2009 Source: "Hatfield Family Photos" in Goldenseal magazine, Fall 1998, featuring photos from Levicy's album. |
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Reed, John & Bettie Hatfield Caldwell crop John
John Reed Caldwell 7 July 2010, Hatfield Family Cemetery, Sarah Ann, Logan County, WV JoyceAlliene53added this on 24 Mar 2012 stareyes40originally submitted this to Rabon, McPherson and Others on 15 May 2011 Cropped from other photo. John Reed Caldwell was born 1864 in Alleghany County, North Carolina and he died 17 Dec 1929 in Roan… |
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Hatfield, Elliott Big Injun & Vicie Christian
Elliott and Vicie JoyceAlliene53added this on 26 Mar 2012 jq999originally submitted this to EC family tree on 22 Aug 2011 |
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Christian Hatfield, Matilda Vicie fr photo w Sarah Staton Hatfield & Wall
Matilda Vicie Christian Hatfield JoyceAlliene53added this on 26 Mar 2012 jq999originally submitted this to EC family tree on 6 Jun 2010 |
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Hatfield, William Devil Anse
William Devil Anse Hatfield JoyceAlliene53added this on 9 Mar 2012 ConniePannell28originally submitted this to Wagner-Tomlinson/Upchurch-Davis Family Tree on 6 Dec 2010 |
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Hatfield, Vicie with son, probably Wall, & mother in law Sarah Staton Hatfield
Vicie with son (probably Wall) and mother-in-law, Sarah Staton Hatfield JoyceAlliene53added this on 26 Mar 2012 jq999originally submitted this to EC family tree on 6 Jun 2010 |
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Hatfield Caldwell, Betty w her children Osa & Joe
Betty Hatfield Caldwell with Her Children, Osa & Joe JoyceAlliene53added this on 1 Apr 2012 shumatefulleroriginally submitted this to Appalachian Root Stew on 20 Dec 2009 Source: "Hatfield Family Photos" in Goldenseal magazine, Fall 1998, featuring photos from Levicy's album. |
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Mounts Francis, Polly 1872 Pike KY
Polly Mounts Charles Francis 1872 , Pike, Co. Ky. Polly was John C. Francis first wife. she died while John was in Prison. sometime before 1876 JoyceAlliene53added this on 22 Mar 2012 AlmaKozackKoriginally submitted this to Dillow Family Tree on 15 Nov 2010 |
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Francis, John Calhoun, Pike KY
John C Francis
Birth: 1854
Death: 1891
S/O William H Yankee Bill and Margrett Boney Francis
The grave of John C. is located across the creek behind Ralph Maryhorn's home on Pounding Mill. Although the grave is unmarked, Ralph says that the large tree in the picture came up several years ago through the middle of John C.'s grave.
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Death Certificate, Francis, John Calhoun, Pike KY bullet wound in abdomen 19000818
John Francis Death Certificate JoyceAlliene53added this on 22 Mar 2012 AlmaKozackKoriginally submitted this to Dillow Family Tree on 17 Apr 2011 He was shot in the stomach. |
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Headstone, Hatfield, Elias Good Lias 1846-1908
Elias Hatfield, Fairview Cemetery, Williamson, Mingo Co, West Virginia Headstone find a grave; Whitney Foskey #55066232 Headstone Details Cemetery name: Fairview Cemetery Name on headstone: Elias Hatfield Birth: 1846 Death: 1908 JoyceAlliene53added this on 9 Mar 2012 bobbiejenkins04originally submitted this to Virginia to… |
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Hatfield, Ellison & Smith
Ellison & Smith Hatfield JoyceAlliene53added this on 9 Mar 2012 fipladyoriginally submitted this to Webb-Spinners & Ingram-Wycoff on 13 Jun 2010 |
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David Mounts--Notes from Genealogy Forum
[This is a thread on a Bryant genealogy forum. Message is from Brenda Ferrell Sampsel. Internet address is: http://www.saponitown.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-291.html ].
Brenda Ferrell Sampsel.
11-26-2003, 08:29 PM.
"...You are probably familiar with Henry Clay Ragland's HISTORY OF LOGAN COUNTY. He is not altogether reliable as most of his informants were probably the grandchildren of his subjects. However, this is what he has to say about David Mounts, my Blackfoot & Cherokee (per my late grandpa Harry Steele of Beech Creek) 4th great grandfather. By the way, Ragland hated Indians.
"The daughter of Peter Cline, Sr., whose name was Margaret, married David Mounts, a young man who came to the Tug Valley a short time after Cline had settled there. It is not known where he came from, but it is believed from the name that he is a descendant of a Portuguese family by the name of Mounts, which settled in South Carolina about 1750, and some of whom served under Sumpter in the War of the Revolution." David's children marired into the Blankenships, Steeles, Spratts, Clines, Charles, Christian & Hurley families of the Tug River Valley.
I have NEVER been able to ID David's exact Mounts family, although I have found some interesting Mounts at the edge of the early frontier. One line has legends that they are French, but I feel pretty comfortable that they are descended from an Indian Trading family that came with the New Sweden Colony and was in Cecil County MD (near Chester, PA) before moving on with the frontier. I did find a George and a Barnabus Mounts in old Ninety Six District of South Carolina no township listed about 1779. Ninety Six was a trading center and on the trading path. The other thing that strikes me about the 1750 date is that it is about the time some old traders from PA including Morgan Bryan moved to the trading ford at the forks of the Yadkin in North Carolina. The "Carolina Cradle" settled is formed by the Yadkin & Catawba. The customers/suppliers/Indians had been moving out of the Susquehanna area for some time, first to the Potomac area, and then to the Ohio lands.....wonder if they had customers/suppliers in the Yadkin? I think there was a general migration out of Virginia around 1750 or so, however, for various reasons. (Perhaps the Fairfax suits??? Opening hostilities with the French & Indian war? I'll have to check the dates.)
According to heresay, David was born in the Clinch River settlements around 1785. His PURPORTED sister , Sarah Mounts Wilson, wife of James Wilson (children married into Balls & Lamberts, I believe) who settled in the Wayne County area of WVA was reportedly born in Maryland some years earlier. They were purportedly in the TN/NC area for a short while, too. There is talk that they were in the Jackson River settlement in the Bath County, VA area for awhile, too. There were some Mounts in the Clinch river area early 1770's, but records are scanty. (John, Mathias, & Absolum. I think at least one of them might have moved over from the Otter Creek area. It looks like they may have gone on to Kentucky.)
The first real documentary evidence of MY David Mount's existence is his 1809 marriage bond in MONTGOMERY COUNTY, VA to marry Margaret Cline. A James Addair who ran a ferry over the NEW RIVER around the Radford or Narrows area signed as David's surety. Many folks say James Addair, who was in the New River area at least by 1773, was David's guardian. I am not sure about that. This James Addair was born abt. 1750 and is NOT the famous James Adair, Indian Trader and author of ADAIR'S HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN INDIANS, 1775. That Adair was in NC & SC & b. abt 1709...Descendants of this James Addair of New River have a tradition of Cherokee in this line...not sure if its James Addair or Kirby line his daughter married into. His descendants have been unable to find his parents/family of origin, as well.
When you say MONTGOMERY COUNTY, I think THE NEW RIVER AREA. Some interesting folks around there at that time, such as Richard & George Pearris(spelled various ways) & Hugh Caperton. All heavily involved in the Indian Trade. Richard Pearris brought the Cherokee on the Sandy Creek expedition, worked early in the Winchester area, & then was seated in South Carolina, I believe.... He had an Indian family and was given land down there by the Cherokee.
Supposedly David & Peggy Mounts went to the Tug area as soon as they were married, but the first record I pick up is a FLOYD COUNTY KENTUCKY land grant in 1821. Very soon after that, David's land records start showing up in old Cabell & then LOGAN COUNTY VIRGINIA. This is probably just across the river. His land appears to be along the river....and finally on our BEECH CREEK of Tug River.
Up the river a ways in Wayne County in the late 1890's Sarah Mounts Wilson's grandson's, Hiram & Jackson Wilson, petitioned the Cherokee Nation for membership naming Sarah's Cherokee relations as 'Old John Mounts, Woodall, & Raincrow." While the petitions were discovered in the Wayne County Courthouse, no other record or disposition of the Wilson brothers' Cherokee claims has been found.
Not many records for Logan County prior to 1850 or so. I have been watching Mounts/Mountz/Mounce folks on the frontier for awhile and I have yet to get any solid evidence of David Mounts family of origin. Many researchers have been combing around for orphan's bonds, etc. with no luck. Just lots of stories so far....
I did find an AOFP in 1790 census of Cecil County, Maryland by the name of Alexander Mounts. Alexander is a common name among David's descendants. This was in Octoraro Hundreds and he was surrounded by a host of AOFP. I don't know what Octoraro Creek was like in 1790, but early on it was a site for the old Susquehanna Fort & then in the early 1700's the site reputedly of a Shawnee village. By the mid 1800's I have been told that it was heavily populated by blacks. I lose this Alexander after 1790. An Alexander posp up in Fleming County KY about 10 years later.
Yes, your pattern does look familliar to me!!!!".
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Margaret "Peggy" Cline and David Mounts--Notes
[These notes are from coalexchange.com at: http://www.coalexchange.com/smith/mcdowella/pafg539.htm#15765]
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David Mounts was born about 1785 in Sc. He died about 1879 in WV. He married Margaret "Peggy" Cline on 5 Apr 1899 (1809?- jcw 03.10.2013) in Montgomery Co,VA. .
Margaret "Peggy" Cline [Parents] was born in 1794 in VA. She married David Mounts on 5 Apr 1899 (1809?- jcw 03.10.2013) in Montgomery Co,VA. .
They had the following children: .
Mi Elijah Mounts
Mii Charles Mounts
Fiii Nancy Mounts
Miv Peter Mounts
Fv Elizabeth Mounts
Fvi Sarah "Sally" Mounts
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David Mounts.
1. "Reference Book of Wyoming Co, WV...", Bowman, page 441.
Peter Cline, Sr. lived on the Kentucky side of Tug River in 1794 at the mouth of Peter Creek. In 1802 he moved to the West Virginia side of the river.
The name of his wife is not known.
His known sons were:
Michael (married Tazzie Hinkle),
Jacob (married ______ Fuller, in KY),
William (married_______Weddington of KY) and
Peter, Jr married a daughter of ThomasSmith, of Horsepen.
Daughter Margaret married David Mounts of SC.
2. "Wyoming County Heritage", WGS, Page 11.
Peter Cline, Sr, the original settler of Peter Creek in Pike Co, KY, from which it took its name was a German immigrant. He entered this country as a young man at the port of Philadelphia, PA on 7 Oct 1787.
He fought in the Revolutionary War with the VA Continental Line with a unit in Dunmore County. He migrated to western NC, with one son born there, then on to TN and back to VA.
He had 5 sons and a daughter:
Jacob, born in 1788 in VA;
Michael, born in 1790 in NC;
William, born in VA in 1791;
Peter, Jr, and
finally Margaret, born in 1794 in VA.
Margaret "Peggy" Cline married David Mounts; children were:
Charlie, bornin 1811, married Mary Ann Spratt, daughter of Isaac Spratt;
Michael, born in 1812, married, (______) Cline, daughter of Peter Harper Cline;
Elizabeth, married Alexander Trent, son of Humphrey Trent;
Sarah, married Daniel Christian;
William, born in 1819, married Mary Blankenship;
Peter, born in 1821, married Nancy Cline, daughter of William;
Alexander, born in 1826, married Margaret Charles;
Nancy, born in 1820, married Asbury Hurley and
Martha, born in 1815, married John Steel.
3. 1850 Census, Logan Co, VA (WV), taken 29 Aug 1850, page 144A, Family #365.
Listed as David Mounts, age 65, born in VA, farmer, head of household.
4. Ancestry.com Web Site, Henderson Mounts search, 15 Jan 2002, submitted by Doc Watson, docwatson-@yahoo.com.
David Mounts; born 1785 in VA or SC; died abt 1870 at Sand Siding, WV;
married Margaret "Peggy" Cline on 5 Apr 1809 in Montgomery Co, VA..
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Margaret "Peggy" Cline.
1. "Reference Book of Wyoming Co, WV...", Bowman, page 441.
Peter Cline, Sr. lived on the Kentucky side of Tug River in 1794 at the mouth of Peter Creek. In 1802 he moved to the West Virginia side of the river.
The name of his wife is not known.
His known sons were:
Michael (married Tazzie Hinkle),
Jacob (married ______ Fuller, in KY),
William (married_______Weddington of KY) and
Peter, Jr married a daughter of Thomas Smith, of Horsepen.
Daughter Margaret married David Mounts of SC.
2. 1880 Census, Logan Co, WV, Complied by William A. March, Vol 11, page 655. Magnolia District, page 011.
Listed as Margaret Mounts, age 98, in household of Silkirk McCoy.
3. "Wyoming County Heritage", WGS, Page 11.
Peter Cline, Sr, the original settler of Peter Creek in Pike Co, KY, from which it took its name was a German immigrant. He entered this country as a young man at the port of Philadelphia, PA on 7 Oct 1787.
He fought in the Revolutionary War with the VA Continental Line with a unit in Dunmore County. He migrated to western NC, with one son born there, then on to TN and back to VA.
He had 5 sons and a daughter:
Jacob, born in 1788 in VA;
Michael, born in 1790 in NC;
William, born in VA in 1791;
Peter, Jr, and
finally Margaret, born in 1794 in VA.
Margaret "Peggy" Cline married David Mounts; children were:
Charlie, born in 1811, married Mary Ann Spratt, daughter of Isaac Spratt;
Michael, born in 1812, married, (______) Cline, daughter of Peter Harper Cline;
Elizabeth, married Alexander Trent, son of Humphrey Trent;
Sarah, married Daniel Christian;
William, born in 1819, married Mary Blankenship;
Peter, born in 1821, married Nancy Cline, daughter of William;
Alexander, born in 1826, married Margaret Charles;
Nancy, born in 1820, married Asbury Hurley and
Martha, born in 1815, married John Steel.
3. 1850 Census, Logan Co, VA (WV), taken 29 Aug 1850, page 144A, Family #365.
Listed as Peggy Mounts, age 56, born in VA, in household of husband, David Mounts.
4. 1870 Census, Logan Co, WV, Logan Co, WV, Magnolia District, Rich Creek PO, Page 537A, Family #8.
Listed as Margaret Mounts, age 80, born in VA, in household of son Jackson Mountd..
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Paternal: Archibald McCoy,1600's, Sutherland Scotland
Maternal: Nancy Crosby, 1700's John Roberts McCoy
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