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Bad Frank Phillips and wife Nancy L. McCoy.
Nancy was the daughter of Asa Harmon and Martha Cline McCoy.
Asa was the man shot to death in the cave by Jim Vance in 1865.
She was also married to Devil Anse's son Johnce Hatfield. |
Bluefield Daily Telegraph 1897
After a Desperado
Thirty Men in Pursuit of Frank Phillips
Welch, WV, June 21 – Thirty men, all armed with Winchester
rifles, passed through here yesterday morning, bound for
Buchanan County, VA, where they will attempt to arrest the
desperado Frank Phillips.
Trouble of the most serious nature is expected, for Phillips is
in the wilds of Buchanan County, backed by at least one hundred
desperate men who are fighting for their homes.
The order for Phillips’ arrest has been issued by the United
States district court of Virginia on the charge of violating an
injunction in the case of Henry C. King against citizens in
Buchanan County, VA, Pike County, KY, and McDowell and Mingo
Counties, WV. It is sought to recover 500,000 acres of land from
farmers and others.
Phillips’ fame as a desperado extends throughout the Kentucky
mountains, where he took leading part in the famous
Hatfield-McCoy feud. |
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