![]() He was burned last fall and never recovered from the accident. “Pikeville, Ky., March 31.-This village ‘turned out’ today to pay a tribute to Randolph McCoy, the famous feud leader, who lies dead at his home on Blackberry Creek. Ran’l’s grave remained marked with a rock for numerous decades after his death. Hatfield knew the correct location of his grave. Thomas Dotson, who was born and raised among feudists on Blackberry Creek, writes that he did not know anyone who attended Ran’l’s funeral, adding that Elias M. ![]() ![]() “Aged Man Burns,” Big Sandy News (Louisa, KY), 16 January 1914 On account of his enfeebled condition he was unable to remove himself from the flames.” “Uncle Randall McCoy, an aged man, fell backward into the fire at the home of his grandson, Melvin McCoy, on Herald’s Branch last Friday morning, and before help could reach him he was badly burned. Randolph McCoy Falls into Fireplace (January 16, 1914) The Leader says, “McCoy was 86 years old.” Norwich (CT) Bulletin, 10 January 1914 “Aged Feudist Dies,” Dakota Farmers’ Leader (Canton, SD), 16 January 1914. “Randall McCoy, who was a leader in the McCoy-Hatfield feud, at Pikeville, Ky., thirty years ago, fell into an open fireplace yesterday and before he could be removed he was fatally burned.” Randolph McCoy Falls into Fireplace (January 10, 1914) Here are a few news items which may in some part be reliable that provides more information about Ran’l and his final months of life. Most historians rely upon Truda Williams McCoy’s book The McCoys: Their Story (1976) for information about his life. Oral history relating to Randolph “Ran’l” McCoy’s final years is scant.
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