1892 Killing Rock Massacre - Finding Red Fox, and the Mullins Family- locations - graves

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[@jmorgan5252]

Staying alive back in the day was a real chore especially if you had cash on you. I get really involved with all of your interesting stories about this time and history Thank you Leo and Heather

[@ericpotter4657]

I was waiting and hoping you would cover this story. This involved my relatives as I am a Potter whose grandfather was from Jenkins and my grandmother from Pound. This was a very very rough area. My grandparents moved away in about 1910 to Morgan County Kentucky a couple years after they married to get away from the violence. Unfortunately one of the Fleming brothers got away with the crime because by the time they arrested him the only witness who could Identify him Jane Potter Mullins had passed away. The other was shot a killed. Thank you for telling the story.

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Thanks so much Eric! The cemetery video Im working on covers many Potters buried there

[@ericpotter4657]

@@dreamingincolor757 Could be there are a lot of Potter’s. My grandfather was 1 of 13 and my dad was 1 of 10 and this only one branch of the family. I do not know the exact family branch of the 2 Potter women from the video. I am going to try one day to figure it out. What branch of Potter’s you from?

[@ericpotter4657]

@@dreamingincolor757 I have been back to the Breaks north of Jenkins 3 times for the Abraham Potter reunion that is held every other year on even years around the 4th of July. Abraham Potter was a revolutionary war soldier who fought at the Battle of the Cowpens. ( this was the final battle shown in the Mel Gibson “The Patriot” . Most of the Potter back there are descended from him and his brother. They moved from North Carolina to the Pound Gap area.

[@markzirbes1245]

Hi Leo & Heather really enjoyed the video did this happen around the same time frame as the Hatfield McCoy feud was going on.

[@RainGrass-go1io]

My father built one of the future ancestor Mullins house, my father built many buildings on their property. Beautiful and huge, my mother use to clean the Mullins house. We grew up going there all our lives. I played with the Mullins kids when I was kid, However after the Mullins kids grew up, they sold it. I was devistated, because we spent over 20 years on their property. There was no house for miles, and it was on a huge hill, if you were in the living room, you could see houses that were miles away. My mom use to get scared cleaning there at night, when the times my father didn't come with us. They let my parents each have a key to their house, for over 20 years.

[@tommywood343]

A very interesting story. And a beautiful place. Thank you Leo and Heather. God bless and stay safe. From TN

[@RainGrass-go1io]

I'm related to the woods! My aunt's last name is wood.

[@melissagillespie5211]

I love your stories and all the history of my part of Kentucky so interesting and I love how you do your story’s thank you for your time and trouble do these videos I appreciate y’all so much ❤

[@thehillbillyfiles]

You are so welcome

[@positivevibesonly4526]

I love watching your videos also hearing the stories. I love history! Sometimes it's hard to hear everything. I still watch.

[@lisacooper3991]

Takes a lowlife coward to ambush a family...for any reason. Another awesome history story y'all.. and showing pictures up against how places look now is really amazing..

[@kimberleyannedemong5621]

Another tragedy. I agree with you Heather. I don't think it was for being moonshiners it was for their money but we'll never know for sure. It's a shame that an innocent young 15 yr old lost his life. Another very interesting video about people who were pretty much lost to time. It was a pretty day there. I hope you are having a good trip. Safe travels I'll see you at the next video

[@peggybiddle8357]

Why did Clay Adkins blow up Ira Mullin's grave? And who is Clay Adkin?

[@melissagillespie5211]

Yeah please don’t end the video there we need to know why clay Adkins did that and who he was to the ira Mullins ?

[@wendyburnett4086]

Yes, why did he do that? What was he looking for?

[@michaelbedinger4121]

I have to add my voice to the chorus, who was Clay Adkin, and why did he blow up Ira Mullin's grave?

[@Joanie-o5l]

I wonder if Adkins thought Ira Mullins was buried with valuables -- or maybe he was a friend of Doc’s and this act was a statement. Whatever the reason, his act was an unexpected end to the story!

[@michaelbedinger4121]

@JoanieC Grave desecration is usually against the law, even back then. I wonder, if Clay Adkins was ever charged with this crime?

[@lisalarosa4546]

Thank you both, for making this trip to share this sad history.

[@debbiesnavely4676]

Love yr channel. I am in Southwest part of Virginia, but I have many ties to Wise county and to West Virginia. I too am a hillbilly, and proud of it.

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Thank you 😊

[@tats7859]

As you should be, not a hillbilly myself' but how can anyone not love a , ' hillbilly??,

[@sadielevens1144]

Thank you so much for bringing us little bites of history.

[@francismatheny5003]

WOW! I love how we are taken through the video step by step. It is almost as if you are there watching the actual scene play out. Is it just me or is Louanza Mullins not strikingly beautiful? What a terrible fate for the men of the Mullin gang to face let alone her having to go through such an ordeal to face the same outcome. Also think of the ones who escaped and lived with that scene in their minds the rest of there life.

[@johnny5735]

Would be neat to see someone metal detect that area

[@markzirbes1245]

Hi Leo &Heather enjoyed the video did this happen around the same time frame as the Hatfield Mcoys feud they just seem similar in events very interesting

[@williamguillIII]

The Hatfield-McCoy feud ended in 1891, when a Hatfield married a McCoy!

[@marykaystreasures]

You have a great voice for telling stories Thanks for sharing 👍♥️🗝️🇺🇸

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Thank you kindly!

[@michaelbedinger4121]

Very interesting video, very interesting, but sad story 😢 I lost track in the video, but did Mullins and Taylor know each other very well? It is a basic fact of life, a person needs to be careful, about who they tell, that they have money 💰 Thank you very much Leo and Heather, for telling this story.

[@williamguillIII]

Yes, they both knew each other. Taylor was a "revenuer" and was on the party that shot and paralyzed Mullins. Taylor was against "moonshining" I suppose. When the massacre occurred, Ira Mullins was propped up against a pallet on a load of hay in the wagon, being he was paralyzed. It's also said that under the hay was a load of moonshine! The men that killed them, took the $1,000 off of Ira's wife's body, which she had hidden in a pouch under her dress. When the first people arrived at the murder scene, they found Louanza lying on her back with her apron covering her head. The pouch had been cut and taken with the money. It's said that the 3 shooter's took the money, kept $100 of the money, buried the rest and all went and bought new suits. The remaining money was never recovered.

[@michaelbedinger4121]

@@williamguillIII Thank you very much for the information. So, there is still $900.00 buried out there somewhere in that area?

[@williamguillIII]

@@michaelbedinger4121 Who knows. I tend to think that whoever took her money and buried it, probably went back for it at some point. So, I highly doubt it.

[@michaelbedinger4121]

@William Guill You are probably right about that. Thank you very much for your correspondence, and insight. Have a great day.

[@doreenarcher8543]

Your work is wonderful. I love it.😊😊

[@ChrisStanley-bb3sr]

Wilson Mullins and Jane Mullins are my great great grand parents. Their daughter Arminda (Mindy) is my great grandma. I have heard this story many times from Mindys daughters my grandma Rebecca Mullins and her sister Rosa Cantrell. My aunt Rosa used to have the shirt my grandpa was wearing when he was killed. I remember seeing and holding it when i was a teenager. It was torn from the bullets and still had his blood on it. At that time it had never been washed.

[@kevinwoodson8909]

Yep Clintwood VA. Fox Town

[@ROCK.ON.]

😊❤ thanks

[@pamelawooten3251]

Such a sad story. Such interesting history. Thank you both so much for sharing. Really enjoy your vlogs.

[@amyhall197]

Great story maybe yo can cover Henry Hall which would be my 3rd Great Grandfather's nephew that also was hung around that time and i think on another show this Taylor and Henry supposed to of not liked each other but some say they might of been friends.

[@yourdaywillcome5694]

Now I know why my dad spoke of doc Taylor very cautiously well say

[@svenomick5857]

Beautiful Area great work sad story, Money yet again, Are there Bears in this area cheers Mick QLD Australia.

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Thank you, and yes. We have lots of bears here.

[@neintoten6155]

Great video! Very interesting!!

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@nadinecolbath5584]

Sounds like a Hatfield and McCoy story. The only difference between these 2 stories, is that the Hatfield and McCoy feud was a lifelong feud.

[@johnbyington3458]

The rumor about Doc Taylor dropping through the floor and surviving the execution is one that is used widely when the execution is carried out behind closed doors. The same thing was said about Champ Ferguson and his execution. Also, the 21st Bn Cav was changed over to the 64th VA Cav.

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[@tinarosenberg5781]

This is such an interesting story i love history

[@kevinwoodson8909]

My nickname is fox since 1972

[@thegreatreno-vator2234]

My Grandmother was Nelly Wright a direct decendent of Devil John Wright of Dorton. Here moms maiden name was Mullins. My grandfather Ira Bentley was related to Potters.

[@thegreatreno-vator2234]

Beefhide

[@K9-Crazy]

On the map it looked very close to where my parents lived in Galax Va.

[@JustOneKnight]

Wow pretty epic tale, was interesting, new sub just sayin hi

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Hi and thanks!

[@SteveBall1]

Really good video

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Thanks!

[@dustinandrew398]

that is part of my Family and my Granny lives on Pine mountain

[@ricks3313]

Caudill,Mullins, and Ison my folks from S.E. Kentucky.

[@steveball1339]

Thanks!

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Thank you Steve. :-)

[@dianayount2122]

greed is a powerful force.

[@wrp3621]

Gangbangers of old.

[@lisabergan9590]

I wonder what happened to all that money??

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Someone got it for sure

[@pennymullins6529]

I'm a Mullins and our family is supose to be from jenkens

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Lots of Mullins there, I'm working on the cemetery visit from there now

[@TexasSands]

Were they union or confederates?

[@hopeterry9696]

My kins neck of the woods

[@ericpotter4657]

😉😉

[@thehillbillyfiles]

I see a potter!

[@coraleeowensmiller7288]

This all melungeon territory

[@williamguillIII]

Mahalia Mullins, another famous Melungeon moonshiner was my cousin!

[@ryliemullins8578]

Well crap

[@thehillbillyfiles]

I spy a Mullins!

[@stevenww3560]

It does sound fishy that all his family moved to Missouri but maybe they moved for peace being considered blood kin to a killer! However being you said he was in law enforcement why wasn't him killing bootleggers considered part of his job being law was ruthless back then? I'd hate to be waiting a over a year to be hung!

[@williamwilliampratt3618]

Good point I read a book at the wise co court house I think it was that his wife made him a special white suit that detached at the back but held him upright to make it look like he had been hung for 18 mins. Same as my great great uncle bad talt hall. My opinion he bribed the guards the hangman whoever and died in Missouri as a sly old red fox. Damn shame but this was of the times lol

[@gailweikelcorrea]

Interesting.....Im beginning to love old cemeteries and their stories...beautiful day 🌞 ❤

[@melindaschluter1669]

Sad what people do for evil money.

[@williamwilliampratt3618]

I wonder if anyone ever thought of digging the grave up to see if doc Taylor was in the ⚰️ coffin or if indeed it was empty.

[@charleshess678]

I really like the research you do on your videos more complete than most especially in the cemeteries thanks

[@homerwiggins3965]

Love history and especially historical stories not well known. Appreciate your work! Fascinating stories! One question.. who was Clay Adkins’s and why did he dynamite Mullins grave?

[@williamguillIII]

Most likely because they convicted Taylor of the murders and then hung him.

[@kevinwoodson8909]

You all down in my family's part ot the country most but not all my family I have alot in clintwood Virginia and. I was born in Norton my mother family's name and the rest were Mullins but don't know if I'm kin because all the Mullins are one family but again thank ya'll for these stories 1 of my brothers died 6 years ago and I stopped in pound for a drink just 1GOD BLESS YOU ALL

[@cherylverhelst8245]

Interesting story. Life sure was tough back then. I’m glad you bring all these story’s to life. Thanks Heather and Leo.

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@JamesWilliams-gp6ek]

I have loved every one of your posts over the last months. Except for that one time you both left all of us in the car and went in that ice cream parlor and had ice cream. I still remember that, and it really sucked.

[@thehillbillyfiles]

That made us both laugh out loud. Thank you!

[@JamesWilliams-gp6ek]

@@thehillbillyfiles I really do look forward to your posts. I have never been to West Virginia or Kentucky so it's fantastic to see all the back road scenery, hills and towns. The rolling hill landscape is very pretty.

[@sherrilee230]

The greed that people have for money then possibly hiding behind the good book he has a year to think about all of it. With his wife not being buried there I say he traveled on. Thank you for sharing

[@tedlawrence4189]

What a beautiful area. Interesting story.

[@sandrahunter5749]

Hi Leo and Heather from Boone County WV 👋 I like watching your history videos 👍😎

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Glad you like them!

[@carolynkatsilas8559]

Thank you so much for sharing these amazing stories. I love all the cemeteries also ❤

[@Skunkape74]

Good stuff...Thanks for sharing!!!!Hillbilly Out lol

[@wendyburnett4086]

That was an excellent story. I love watching your videos. I watch them over and over.

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Glad you like them!

[@kevinwoodson8909]

Heck I'm on a serious budget in 2023

[@lisabergan9590]

Thank you for making these incredible videos. I love watching you.

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Glad you like them!

[@lindakiggins7255]

I lived on Pine Mountain for awhile on the KY side.

[@gearhead2017]

Red fox sounds like a candidate for a state hospital lol,senseless murder

[@marlenataylor8758]

What a story, great job. Can't help but wonder if Taylor is a distance relative of my husband or of mine. We both have a few ties of Kentucky with the Taylor name. They called us kissing cousins, lol

[@julielifejusthappens1232]

Thank you for this story

[@heyokaempath5802]

My great great uncle was Greenberry Harris. He was just a boy. Knowing that Red Fox (Marshall Benton Taylor) has been glorified with trails named after him seems so wrong to me.

[@JennyLyn516]

U guys did it again!my cousin literally wrote the book on moonshine Mullins

[@williamguillIII]

Dean Baldwin is my cousin, too!

[@JennyLyn516]

@@williamguillIII cool! Maybe we are too

[@williamguillIII]

@@JennyLyn516 Probably so!

[@jamesault7832]

Thank you for telling this tragic story. This is the first time I have heard of the Killing Rock Massacre, so I have no knowledge of the true events. However, a couple of things jump out to me in the hanging of Red Fox. First, I think that Taylor's wife, making him a suit that included the hood and wrist restraints is very suspect. It could be that with some sleight of hand, Tayor may have foiled the noose and escaped. Also, I think that the government issued tombstone for service in the CSA, could have been easily obtained and may be no proof of death.

[@davidvincent2758]

Was the money recovered? 🤔

[@thehillbillyfiles]

No

[@julielifejusthappens1232]

That is an interesting theory about Taylor. I am check family records to see if he was a cousin.

[@normagarrett4509]

Enjoy all you all do keep up the good work

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Thank you!

[@ritaking8827]

You found a treasure of stories in the murdered man cemetery! Great Video!

[@jamielieberg7053]

Great Video thank you

[@kevinwoodson8909]

Been there many times Jenkins Kentucky lived not far from there alright I'll shut up now

[@julielifejusthappens1232]

My Taylors were preachers Dr.s and they too were union soldiers. That broke my heart as all my other relatives are confederate I really thought my whole family was united.

[@b.rocket]

Nothing like drinking an ice cold Coors watching history that's been forgotten!

[@frankmarullo228]

Was that trail named after Sanford and son ? LOL that was a joke love what you guys do THANK YOU Frank from montana........

[@williamguillIII]

His name was Red Foxx, sucka', LOL

[@frankmarullo228]

@@williamguillIII that was good I get it my friend... I loved that show ....

[@kevinwoodson8909]

My mother side of family spells Mullins not mullens

[@Ccwm7089]

The headstones were spelled w/the “i”, Mullins. I noticed this as well.

[@williamguillIII]

@@Ccwm7089 If you go back and look at some of these names, they're either spelled Mullens or Mullins, depending on who wrote the articles in the papers, etc. I've done family research and the name is actually Mullins, which I've traced back to the 1600's.

[@sherrylelee8274]

Thank you so much for your historical family stories. Only just found you guys yesterday and have been catching up on the stories you have covered. Kind regards, New Zealand 🇳🇿

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Glad you like them!

[@JeffSalyers-c1m]

These videos are so interesting...would love to have you two do tours of these areas.

[@sheilajoyner6416]

I really like your channel!

[@chrisknouse1075]

A bullet caught the mattress on fire lmao

[@williamwilliampratt3618]

Probably a feather bed be my guess and the shot was close enough to Ignite it

[@m988022]

Imagine your wife making you a death suit. What must be going through her head.

[@thehillbillyfiles]

I can't imagine

[@cwmoorecwm]

Research “Bad” Talt Hall and do video on him. He is buried right outside Jenkins.

[@thehillbillyfiles]

We are familiar with him, his story is coming

[@williamguillIII]

His wife, Marinda is my 5th cousin, 4x removed.

[@cwmoorecwm]

@@williamguillIII Cool deal. He is in my wife's family somehow. That is how I know his story. I think the "BAD" gene carried into my wife! 😂😂

[@cliffyarboro1163]

Awesome video yall and beautiful scenery thanks 👍

[@paulclifton5532]

As a kid growing up in Wise, my friends and I played all over the courthouse and jail grounds, I noticed the new jail has been torn down. We played in the area where the gallows used to be we would listen to some of the men who grew up back then I wish we could have recorded their stories I'm 63 years old now but we had no idea these were stories of our Wise County History.

[@MarcusWhitt]

I was watching the introduction on this segment earlier. The lady pictured to the right of Ira Mullins is my 2nd Great Grandmother Nancy Bentley who married William Addington. At this time in 1892 she had been married to William F. Addington several years and had several children. My Great Grandmother, her daughter was born in 1884. She was engaged to Ira Mullins at one time but broke off the engagement after the photo of her and Ira was taken.

[@djspatriqt2290]

This was my Grandpa, Lloyd Mullins Kin Folk. Clay was Grandpa's uncle. My Grandpa's Grandma is Mahala Mullins, Moonshine Queen of the Appalachian mountains of Tennessee.

[@edouardrobert160]

Another great story ruff time's back then.

[@heartlandguy1]

Excellent story telling what a sad but fascinating tale , it’s a shame if the Red Fox was allowed to escape

[@Momvon1]

Heather and Leo Thank you guys for another great video. My great uncle was a Booth now I'm wondering if he could have been related to Ira's wife. Lord knows he knew Pine Mountain and Kay Jay mountain area in KY really good. Enough that he was on fire watching lol.

[@sherryhead6239]

Well i forgot couple more opl tommy Mullins had i reckon twins rudy and robie Mullins i guess sisters and Glendale mullins so im trying to find family history my grandmother name is bessie lumenor hall Harrison

[@sherryhead6239]

❤❤❤ idk rhe excite Mullins yall talking about but my grandmother maiden name is hall she married a Harrison her sister name is grace and aunt lee and aunt lee married a Mullins rhey had a brother tommy Mullins but im always interested in history i wish i invested in a Family tree thank you leo and heather ❤❤❤

[@2sistersjunkjournals]

Ira Mullins Kentucky home was on the Upper Elkhorn Creek, Pike County, Kentucky. He was my 3x Great Grandfather's neighbor. The Potter's buried here are direct descendants of the Patriot Abraham Potter in Pike Co. Kentucky.

[@Ccwm7089]

Very interesting vid!! My Grandpa Mullins originated from KY. I have no clue where he was born, & I’ll have to check on his birth year. May or may not b any distant relation? 🤷🏼‍♂️ The ancestry my Dad remembered, had came up dry? The use of nicknames left ppls given names unknown.

[@Caitlin-eb1iq]

Bro the fact that I'm a descendant of these people suck because we still live in pound va some of my family (this is my mom's side) moved towards Frederick's burg but my great great grandma had a house there her name was Marie and we there is a cemetery there It's near a road I think it's called mystic Road where everyone there is my relative except maybe like 3. But yea there even more bad people in the Flemings family they were full of murders they mightve not gone by that last name but my grandmas side was full of murders and we even have pictures of them in my grandparents house. My grandparents live near the town of pound where all the old stores are and near the post office

[@hopeterry9696]

Kin also from Jenkins and also pound and clintwood. I have cousins that are Mullins and Fleming wow!! Crazy times also other family members I know were shiners

[@scottholland6652]

His wife Nancy is buried in camdenton county Missouri as all my family did move to Missouri after where I'm from so his escape is possible