What Happened To Johnse Hatfield
Johnse Hatfield was a major player in the Hatfield & McCoys feud. Here’s what happened to Devil Anse’s righthand man after the legendary conflict.
Johnse Hatfield was a major player in the legendary Hatfield & McCoys feud, but what happened to him after the feud is not as well known. The Hatfields and the McCoys were two families in West Virginia-Kentucky who were in conflict from 1863-1891. Their feud mainly involved land disputes and supposedly started with a pig, but the start of their conflict can be traced back to the Civil War. Although both families fought for the Confederates, Asa McCoy fought for the Union. Asa McCoy was part of the Pike County Guards company and a separate unit of this company shot Mose Christian Cline, a friend of Devil Anse Hatfield.
The attack caused retaliation from Devil Anse Hatfield, leader of the Hatfields, and thus started the Hatfield vs McCoy feud. There were several attacks not directly proved to be from each family, but each family has always blamed the other. Johnse Hatfield is the son of Devil Anse and had a relationship and child with Roseanna, before leaving her to marry her cousin, Nancy McCoy. The feud escalated with many members from both sides being targeted and murdered by the other side before the feud reached its peak in the New Year Massacre of 1888.
Johnse Hatfield Died In 1922
Johnse Hatfield, played by Matt Barr in the 2012 mini-series, survived for a long time after the Hatfield & McCoys feud, despite being a major player, eventually dying in 1922. Johnse was known as Devil Anse’s right-hand man in the war against the McCoys even when he married two of their family members in succession. Johnse played a huge role in many of the attacks on the McCoys, including killing Alifair McCoy during the New Year Massacre and being one of those conspiring for the arson attack on the McCoy family home.
After the Battle of the Grapevine Creek, shortly following the New Year Massacre, Johnse was indicted for the murder of Alifair. Nearly thirty years after the main events of the Hatfields & McCoys feud, Johnse died in a mountain cabin in Logan County, West Virginia. Johnse Hatfield was 60 years old at the time of his death and married Jeanette Francis Hatfield (née Brookshire), whom he married in 1900. The Washington Post announced his death on April 22, 1922, citing Johnse’s life during Hatfield & McCoy feud, and what happened afterward.
What Happened To Johnse After Hatfields & McCoys
Johnse Hatfield’s involvement in the New Year Massacre lead to his indictment, but he was not arraigned until 1898. Johnse managed to live as a free man until then, albeit with a bounty on his head. Johnse headed to Washington Territory, working in the timberlands, with Cap Hatfield until they went their separate ways, who went to Oklahoma. The brothers did reunite when Cap decided he wanted to return home, and he found Johnse working as a lumberjack in a timber camp. The brothers returned home to avoid a life of running from the law, and to be in safety near their father.
However, upon returning in 1898, Johnse was soon arrested and sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Alifair McCoy. He served thirteen years as he was given parole for saving a warden’s life, by killing a fellow inmate, according to one source. Another claims he reduced his sentence due to an appeal on the ground of error in instruction. Johnse Hatfield also married twice more after Nancy McCoy: Rebecca Browning, and Jeanette Brookshire. Johnse’s conviction was one of the few successful ones that came out of the Hatfield & McCoys feud, and even then, he remained free for the majority of his life.
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