Pawpaw Tree Incident Marker

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McCarr in Pike County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)

Pawpaw Tree Incident

By Forest McDermott, October 12, 2008

1. Pawpaw Tree Incident Marker

Inscription. This episode is result of August 1882 election-day fight. Tolbert, a son of Randolph McCoy, exchanged heated words with Ellison Hatfield, which started a fight. Tolbert, Pharmer and Randolph McCoy Jr. stabbed Ellison to death. Later the three brothers were captured by Hatfield clan, tied to pawpaw trees, and shot in retaliation.
Presented by Pikeville-Pike County Tourism.

Erected 2000 by Kentucky Historical Society and Kentucky Department of Highways. (Marker Number 2047.)

Location. 37° 37.098′ N, 82° 9.933′ W. Marker is in McCarr, Kentucky, in Pike County. Marker is on Kentucky Route 1056 south of River Street, on the right when traveling north. Click for map. About ¼ mile south of the West Virginia/Kentucky border at Matewan, WV. Marker is in this post office area: Mc Carr KY 41544, United States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 6 other markers are within 12 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. McCoy Cemetery (approx. 2.7 miles away); Hog Trial Site (approx. 2.7 miles away); Hog Trial/Election Fight (approx. 2.8 miles away); Site of Randolph McCoy House (approx. 2.9 miles away); Site of Killing of Asa Harmon McCoy (approx. 4.4 miles away); Hatfield Cemetery (approx. 11.2 miles away in West Virginia).

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By Forest McDermott, October 12, 2008

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Taken looking south on Route 1056.

Feud, Hatfield and McCoys

By Forest McDermott, October 12, 2008

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Credits. This page originally submitted on December 18, 2011, by Forest McDermott of Masontown, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 2,395 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on December 18, 2011, by Forest McDermott of Masontown, Pennsylvania. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.