McCoy, Lewis 'Jefferson' Jr

1886 - 1929  (43 years)

• Name	McCoy, Lewis 'Jefferson'
  Suffix	Jr
  Birth	15 Aug 1886	Kentucky, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Name	Jeff
  Name	Jeff McCoy  [1, 2]
  Death	22 Oct 1929  [1, 2]
  	age 43
  Burial	Aft 22 Oct 1929	Pike County, Kentucky, USA   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I95140	WETZEL-SPRING

  
  

  Father	McCoy, Lewis 'Jefferson' Sr,   b. 13 Oct 1859, Peter, Pike, Kentucky, USA d. 14 Jan 1888, Pike County, Kentucky, USA (Age 28 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Wolford, Sarah M.,   b. 2 Aug 1855, Kentucky, USA d. 14 May 1917, Kentucky, USA (Age 61 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	30 Oct 1880	Pike County, Kentucky, USA
  Family ID	F55928	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 15 Aug 1886 - Kentucky, USA Burial - Aft 22 Oct 1929 - Pike County, Kentucky, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S1115] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). Record for Lewis Jefferson McCoy (31) facts 20240119GHLn- 20240119GHLn- Lewis Jefferson “Jeff” McCoy Photo added by Vaggelis Katsimigas Picture of Added by Vaggelis Katsimigas Lewis Jefferson “Jeff” McCoy BIRTH 13 Oct 1859 Pike County, Kentucky, USA DEATH Dec 1886 (aged 27) Pike County, Kentucky, USA BURIAL Billie Dotson Cemetery Board Tree, Pike County, Kentucky, USA MEMORIAL ID125714541 · PHOTOS 2 FLOWERS 10 Born and raised in Pike County, KY, the son of Asa Harmon and Martha "Patty" (Cline) McCoy. He married Sarah Wolford on October 30, 1890 in Pike County, KY, and fathered two children: Perry (1881), named for his uncle Perry Cline, and Lewis Jefferson, Jr. (1886). Jeff McCoy was an important figure in the Hatfield-McCoy Feud. In September of 1885, he shot and wounded Tom Wallace, a Hatfield associate. In March of 1886, he and Andy Wolford stabbed Fred Wolford. In December of 1886, Cap Hatfield shot Jeff to death at the Tug River. In 1887, the Commonwealth dropped a Wolford murder charge and a horse theft case against him due to his death. There is no record of Jeff's burial location. The Billie Dotson Cemetery is an assumed location. Brk 47685525 Family Members Parents Asa Harmon McCoy 1828-1865 Martha Patty Cline McCoy 1828-1907 Spouse Sarah Wolford McCoy 1855-1917 (m. 1880) Siblings Mary Magdalene McCoy Daniels 1848-1939 Jacob McCoy 1853-1899 Larken Howard McCoy 1856-1938 Asa Harmon McCoy 1862-1890 Nancy L McCoy Phillips 1865-1901 Children Perry Cline McCoy 1881 - unknown Lewis Jefferson McCoy 1886-1929 Maude Ellen Mccoy Bolling 1895-1988 Flowers • 10 Left by 'SCLadyLinks' on 13 Oct 2023 Life wasn't always the kindest to you, but now you're finally at peace. Left by 'SCLadyLinks' on 8 Sep 2023 [S1115] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). Record for Sarah McCoy (35) facts 20240119GHLn- 20240119GHLn- Sarah Wolford McCoy BIRTH 2 Aug 1855 Kentucky, USA DEATH 14 May 1917 (aged 61) Kentucky, USA BURIAL Wolford Cemetery Pike County, Kentucky, USA MEMORIAL ID257399548 · PHOTOS 0 FLOWERS 0 Sarah Wolfford Gender Female Race White Birth Date 2 Aug 1855 Birth Place Pike, Kentucky, USA Residence Pike, Kentucky, USA Father Andrew Wolfford Mother Nelly Hurly ? Daughter of Andrew and Eleanor (Hurley) Wolford; married Lewis Jefferson "Jeff" McCoy in 1880 in Pike County, KY. Family Members Parents Andrew Wolford 1831-1898 Eleanor Hurley Wolford 1829-1915 Spouse Lewis Jefferson McCoy 1859-1886 (m. 1880) Siblings Jonathan Wolford 1850-1915 Andrew Wolford 1859-1912 James M Wolford 1868-1949 McClellan Wolford 1875-1954 Children Perry Cline McCoy 1881 - unknown Perry Lee McCoy 1881-1960 Lewis Jefferson McCoy 1886-1929 Maude Ellen Mccoy Bolling 1895-1988 Nettie Marie McCoy Velcich 1916-1986 Flowers

  
  

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TNG ID: I95140