What was devil anse real name

William Anderson Hatfield - William Anderson "Devil Anse" Hatfield. Vance Hatfield. Profile managers : Stephanie Howes [ send private message ] and Betty Keene [ send private message ]. Sponsored Search. Is William your ancestor? Please don't go away! Login to collaborate or comment , or contact a profile manager, or ask our community of genealogists a question. Sponsored Search by Ancestry.

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Devil Anse Hatfield fans also viewed:. Eric Michael Zee. Moran Levy. Jason Smith. Finlay Harris. Hatfield was born in Logan , Virginia present-day West Virginia. He joined a congregation of the Church of Christ in West Virginia. There are several versions about the origin of his pseudonym "Devil Anse". Some attribute it to his mother or Randolph McCoy , others to his winning it for his bravery during the Civil War or in contrast to the calmer personality of his cousin Anderson "Preacher Anse" Hatfield.

Thirteen children were: [ 1 ]. As a supporter of the southern cause , Hatfield Nahson formed a Confederate guerrilla unit during the civil war that became known as the "Logan Wildcats. Devil Anse Hatfield was angered upon hearing the altercation and therefore grouped some supporters, went to the law officers and took the McCoy brothers. They brought them West Virginia, where Devil Anse held them captives and later killed them after hearing his brother had died from injuries sustained from the fight.

Devil Anse and his accomplices were neither arrested nor faced trial for the brutalities. Five years later in , Perry Cline, a lawyer, deputy sheriff and deputy jailer in Pike County, Kentucky successfully convinced the governor of Kentucky to pursue Devil Anse and other perpetrators of the crime.

He hired "Bad" Frank Phillips to assist in arresting them while other bounty hunters and detective joined. They succeeded in capturing many Hatfields, including Devil Anse's brother Valentine. He believed once the McCoys are dead, the case would end naturally.