Hatfield & McCoy Museum Disclaimer:
We want to say thank you to all those who have made suggestions to Shelia and I on our newest adventure to display our collection of Hatfield and McCoy artifacts. A special thanks to all those who have either donated or loaned us items to show/display over the years. We hope to see many Hatfield and McCoy fans at the Museum to visit.
If you have Hatfield and McCoy memorabilia that can be authenticated, and you would rather sell as donate or loan, we would be interested in talking to you. However, you must be able to authenticate, Civil War, Hatfield and/or McCoy related. Sell us your item and see it on display anytime you want to.
Museum-, a building in which objects of historical, scientific, artistic, or cultural interest are stored and exhibited. We don’t want to express or imply that all the items in our collection of Hatfield /McCoy memorabilia are authentic Hatfield and McCoy Feud artifacts. We do want to express that the items serve as a testament as to the way in which the items of that time were represented and are a part of our collection simply to serve as a cultural example of that time.
Many of these items and their authenticity has been analyzed and documented by direct Hatfield and McCoy Feud Descendants, Authors/Historians. With the possibility that some of these items were or could have been used or available during the time frame of the Hatfield and McCoy Feud and/or the Civil War. Based on our findings, we are verifying that the items collected, purchased or barrowed and posed for viewing was done so in the condition they are now in, some items we did clean the dirt, rust and/or other debris from to give the item a more desirable as well as presentable look.
These Items may have been gifts, found, collected or even purchased during the time frame that we have been researching the feud over the last one-half century. The item may or may not have been found in Feud Country, (AKA) Pike County, Kentucky, Mingo/Logan County, West Virginia, or on Blackberry Creek, Kentucky or Matewan, West Virginia. All items have been documented and recorded in the registry book of Hatfield and McCoy memorabilia, and therefore authenticated as to be what they are listed as and in fact owned by a Hatfield and McCoy descendant. However, some items are so old we had to rely on other means of research to correctly identify said items, in doing so it may not have been limited to Hatfield and McCoy Authors/Historians but also Civil War Era Historians and/or history buffs used to identify the item. Even with all these precautions having been taken we can only rely on their judgment and expertise as to what the item is or to the item's authenticity.
This notice is to serve/provide the viewer that some items may or may not have been used in or directly representative to a person, place or thing in the feud of either family and was simply placed into our collection as a prop. The item does, however assist in making representation as to the same item that may have been around during that time. We feel that a picture or tangible replica is a valued source when making a representation to a time or person. However, a picture cannot compete with an actual item real or replica of that time in history.
We certify that we, Fred and Shelia McCoy do now own the item(s) collected and displayed at the Hatfield and McCoy Museum and that Fred is an original descendant of both the Feuding Hatfield’s, as well as the McCoy’s. Items may or may not be directly or indirectly connected to: Randall or Sarah McCoy or their siblings, offspring, etc. McCoy Patriarch Randall McCoy who served with the VSL and the 45th CSA. Randall was the brother of Asa Harmon McCoy, who served in the Union Army during the Civil War era 1861-1865 as well as being the first cousin of Uriah McCoy, who also served in the VSL and the 45th CSA with Randall McCoy. Uriah was married to Elizabeth (Rutherford) McCoy, AKA “Aunt Betty.” Randall’s wife Sarah was the sister to Uriah McCoy. Uriah and “Aunt Betty’s” son Asa married Preacher Anse Hatfield’s daughter, Nancy Hatfield a Kentucky Hatfield. “Devil” Anse Hatfield the Patriarch of the Hatfield family was the cousin of Preacher Anse Hatfield. Devil Anse or Levicy Hatfield, Cap, Johnse Hatfield or their siblings, offspring, etc.
In our collection of Hatfield & McCoy/Civil War artifacts and memorabilia you will find enhancements, this was done not only for your entertainment, but also for promoting our collection in a more translucent manner appearing to be a phenomenon as well as making such an accumulation of items more desirable, as well as appearing to be a brilliant spectrum of history. We promote an endless repertoire of items and stories both certified and authenticated as well as gaffed. We do hope you are/were impressed with our collection and impressed both with its historical value as well as the entertainment value it provides. The only accredited and authorized statements, written or verbal we attest to or validate as being 100 percent true is that of our ancestry.
Historian-an expert in or student of history, especially that of a period, geographical region, or social phenomenon. 1. A scholar or writer of history. 2. One who writes or compiles a chronological record of events; a chronicler.
The single largest collection of privately owned Hatfield and McCoy memorabilia/artifacts in the world today, simply from the fact of it being own by Fred McCoy and his relationship to both the Hatfield’s and McCoy’s.
In order to give a more exuberant story behind some of the artifacts, some of the information may have being altered regarding a certain item, as stated in all our books, we also list our Hatfield and McCoy Museum as Historical Fiction and even though every item is real and could have even belonged to the person indicated in each story or picture because of the items age we really have no way to authenticate something that is 80-160 years old and any statements or information behind the item is merely speculation, opinion or created in order to give the item some sort of time frame as to when it was made sold used or even possibly owned by a certain person Hatfield, McCoy or otherwise. Some of our items, relics may have been bought over the years from a number of venues including but not limited to individuals both Hatfield’s, McCoy’s as well as others, etc. over many years, in order to simulate an item that was or may have been used during the famous feud, civil war. Some people want to hear a creative story behind each artifact and for that I (Fred) have attempted to create one if one didn’t already exist.
Certified to be the signatures of: Fred & Shelia McCoy
