Roseanna McCoy (1859 - 1889)

Born 21 Mar 1859 in Pike County, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Died 1889 at about age 29 in Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Roseanna McCoy is Notable.

Rosannah McCoy was born 21 March 1859 in Pike County, Kentucky.^[1]She was the daughter of Randolph 'Randall' McCoy and Sally McCoy. Sally was Randall's cousin. Randall was the patriarch of the McCoy clan involved in the Hatfield-McCoy feud.^[2] Rosannah began seeing Johnse Hatfield, whose father was William "Devil Anse" Hatfield. Roseanna left her family and went to live with Johnse and the Hatfields in West Virginia. Roseanna returned to her family the McCoys after Johnse started seeing other women. But despite this the couple continue seeing each other.

Rosannah told Devil Anse Hatfield, that his son Johnse had been arrested by the McCoys on outstanding Kentucky bootlegging warrants. The Hatfields rescued Johnse from the McCoys before he could be moved. Despite the betrayal of her family, Johnse Hatfield abandoned Rosannah while she was pregnant and married her cousin Nancy McCoy in 1881. Rosannah would have been devastated she had betrayed her family for Johnse Hatfield only to be left on her own and expecting a baby. After her family rejected her Rosannah went to live with her Aunt Betty in Stringtown, Kentucky.

In 1881, Rosannah had a baby girl Sarah Elizabeth McCoy who she called little Sally; she died at 8 months old from measles. Roseannah died 1889 just before her 30th birthday in Kentucky.^[3] The reason for her death is not known. It is said that she died of a broken heart, because of the death of her baby and because Johnse Hatfield left her while she was pregnant and married her cousin Nancy McCoy.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "Kentucky Births and Christenings, 1839-1960," Pike County, Rosannah Mc Coy, 21 Mar 1859; digital image, Family Search; FHL microfilm 216,838.
2. ↑ Wikipedia Hatfield–McCoy feud.
3. ↑ Find a Grave Memorial# 130604937.
4. ↑ The True Story of Rosannah and Johnse as told by a family member.

• "United States Census, 1860", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZBJ-NCN : Tue Oct 03 10:31:10 UTC 2023), Entry for Randolph Mc Coy and Sarah Mc Coy, 1860.

• 1870 U.S. Census, Kentucky, p. 19, family 121, Rosana McCoy in household of Randolph McCoy; digital image, Family Search; FHL microfilm 545,994; citnat National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) microfilm publication M593.

• "United States Census, 1880", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCZP-8LH : Wed Oct 04 09:41:47 UTC 2023), Entry for Randolph Mc Coy and Alafare Mc Coy, 1880.