Exploring with Devil Anse Hatfield's grandson and niece part 1. Ellison's home site & cemetery

[@Nate1270.]

Happy birthday Jack

[@kysilverhawk]

which i did not know that until i did some checking

[@jeffsherwood9151]

Happy Birthday Jack

[@melissalease5476]

Happy Birthday Jack

[@FeralSheryl1818]

Happy Belated Birthday Jack! I'm a day late and dollar short

[@kysilverhawk]

i did some checking and i found that devil answers mama first cousin to jim vance now with jim vance being older a lot of people call their older cousin and or uncle address means they're older cousins

[@kysilverhawk]

on my late grandfather george richard cooper is the hatfields and then mother maybelle carter sara carter

[@donnaatkins2695]

Happy Birthday Jack!

[@scottybintn3061]

Jack, it's turning because of the shooting mode it is in. If you put it in FPV it will only turn or drift where you're pointing it.

[@HatfieldHomeplace]

Thank you! I later on figured out my phone was off balance on the device making it do that... SMH

[@Fritzie73]

Beautiful areas I love hearing about the History of our great Country 👍 ❤thank you. You should have no problem getting volunteers to bring their weedwackers, chainsaws and shovels cleaning up that area in no time! Have some cooking a wonderful barbecue lunch!!

[@BigSkip304]

Buddy I just wanted to thank you for what you do. You definitely represent our little part of America beautifully.

[@thehillbillyfiles]

I appreciate that

[@WilliamMongold]

I find myself getting up in the mornings an turning u tube on jus to c y'all's show

[@gailweikelcorrea]

I was watching y'all putting the new building in I about had a heart attack watching it go across the bridge....

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Yes we all did 😂😂

[@HatfieldHomeplace]

Yes! Me too! Unfortunately it did more damage to an already crumbling structure.

[@cemeterrihaynes4435]

Happy Birthday, Jack! Many more!

[@beverlydixon5921]

Happy Birthday Jack from FortnWorth Tx

[@mrssweetiecooper4041]

Happy birthday jack 🎉

[@larryshepherd5380]

Great video Leo, jack seems like a good guy. Enjoy seeing him in your videos.

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Thanks 😊

[@mrsjoanperry]

Nancy Vance, Was my great great grand mothers sister.Rebecca Vance.

[@meloniemurillo2885]

D2 will clean gravestones and also help with deterioration in preservation of them.

[@patricatfurever4051]

I Love the tadpoles!! Miss them! 🥰

[@BonnieDragonKat]

Jack 🎉🎉🎉 Happy Birthday! Remember records are only as good as the memory of the person filling them out. Btw Jack ever think a ghost is trying to tell ya something.

[@HatfieldHomeplace]

YES!!!! I do quite often!

[@patricatfurever4051]

So gorgeous (them hills!) beautiful hills, how I love thise WV HILLS💙💛💙💛

[@debbiegamble5460]

Happy Birthday Jack !

[@mercedithcompala8148]

Just great, thanks

[@Everett-eh4nn]

Gotta love Jack.

[@timlackey5996]

Most definitely happy birthday to you Jack.

[@kimberleyannedemong5621]

Very cool video beautiful scenery

[@sadielevens1144]

Great hike today!❤❤❤❤😊!

[@vladdracul4568]

Eu sunt din Rumania 🇷🇴 va multumesc pentru ajutorul domneavoastra prieten

[@angelasmith5131]

Happy birthday Jack 🎉

[@Pam-cu1ev]

Hi My Grandpa was best friends with Cap Hatfield..... Born in 1893

[@melaniegudgel1]

Thanks! Today I hit 55 years old and I want to give you a little bit to give back to you for all you give to us. I never thought I’d see this day.

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Happy birthday! And thank you for supporting us. :-)

[@jamesmuncy406]

I knew I would run into Leo sooner or later because I live in Williamson and finally I seen him today at Walmart and I didn't even hardly talk because I was star struck.. I couldn't wait till I ran into him and I finally did and didn't even hardly speak LoL thanks for all these videos you do for us...I can't speak for anyone else but I'm sure a bunch of people think the same way I do and through my eyes your a star here in Mingo county...again thanks to you and Heather for the awesome videos you two make

[@thehillbillyfiles]

How very kind! Thanks so much 🙏 next time say hello 👋 really appreciate the support James! Yes I was getting a bigger SD card for the GoPro 😂

[@jamesmuncy406]

@@thehillbillyfiles I said hi but that was about all I said lol can't wait to see the next video 😁

[@cindymeyer5585]

Leo it's great see you take Jack and his cousin up to see the cemetery. And it is a gorgeous day too.

[@deecunningham100]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JACK 🎉

[@loriaeverett9603]

Thanks for the video Jack and Heather always a pleasure to watch! Hi Missy and Happy Birthday Jack! My husband and I love The Hillbilly Files.

[@melissacaufield4954]

Hello!

[@tommywood343]

Thank you Leo for this video. And Happy Birthday Jack. And hello to missy. I hope you guys have a Blessed day.

[@melissacaufield4954]

Hello!

[@naomihensley4828]

Happy birthday jack from Naomi Hensley of Logan W Va

[@marksigafoos5568]

Happy Birthday Jack!! Great video as always. Thank you, and love the beautiful landscape.

[@moparornocar3764]

Very good information. Happy Bday Jack!🎉

[@kingarthur666.6]

My favorite videos thanks for sharing the history behind it makes them very interesting love you guys please keep em coming stay safe Godspeed Happy Birthday Jack God Bless everyone.

[@cherkandra201]

Love you both and miss you so much!

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Oh we will be here a long time 😊

[@melissacaufield4954]

We love and miss you too❤

[@Everett-eh4nn]

I have descendants of the civil war but Jack has history in his family that is mind blowing. If you don't think it's fascinating ,you don't have a pulse.

[@pakedermsfavs9080]

Re the sign , set up a go fund me type thing . I think if sack of us give 10$ you would be well on your way to fixing the sign . I for one would love to be apart of that from up here in Canada 🇨🇦

[@sherrilee230]

That is another beautiful place. Thank you for sharing

[@mercedithcompala8148]

Happy Birthday JACK🎉

[@cathymcglasson6947]

Happy birthday Jack and hi to Missy. Your all good. Don't worry about what other people say we know the truth.

[@melissacaufield4954]

Hello!

[@donnaboisen6003]

History is so interesting. Love your videos.

[@mango8918]

I don't know how I got here but thru the power of KZbin's algorithm. I really enjoy your videos and the history lessons you share with us. You've got a new subscriber and it looks like I've got a lot of catching up to do. Keep up the good work.

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Thanks so much 😊

[@ZooZoo293]

Jack'd comment about the family "recycling names like newspaper" rings so true. In my genealogy searches I get so frustrated because my Dad's family only.seemed to like three names and they just moved them around to stick on a new baby!

[@normajeanhedlund7429]

Hi Heather and Leo. Thank you for this. Your videos are always great

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Thanks 😊

[@janemckee4922]

Happy belated birthday Jack! Love your family history!

[@lorieburk6418]

LOVE ❤ THE HISTORY ON HATE FIELDS N MCCOY'S I WAS RAISED GREW UP WATCHING HATE FIELDS N MCCOY'S ORIGINAL ONE'S AND W OLD WALTER BRENNAN IN SOME THEM

[@beverlydixon5921]

I would love to visit West Virgi IA and see some historical sites..

[@darian2948]

Y’all are great! I’m a new fan. I’m from Louisa, Ky living in Kermit with my coal miner husband. My great grandmother was a Blair from Prestonsburg. So many kin around the tristate. Keep up the great work!!😊

[@thehillbillyfiles]

There's a fairly good chance that we are distant relatives. My mom was a Blair. lol

[@pamelawooten3251]

Happy birthday Jack! Enjoyed this adventure. Thanks Leo and Heather.

[@melaniegudgel1]

I’m really glad you took Jack and Missy up there. I like Jack’s walking stick, it can keep the snakes away!

[@melaniegudgel1]

Gosh I love your sense of humor Leo. Your laugh is like music and your heart shines so brightly. Heather, you too, you show such kindness and beauty in what you do.

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Thank you.

[@wvbygraceofgod5508]

Brandon does knows his stuff. He’s a real historian.

[@julielifejusthappens1232]

when I was little ther was a swamp right behind the house and there were little pools of tadpoles just like the ones you showed. I use to sleep to the night sounds of frogs and crickets. Thanks do the memories. The camera issues could be your ancestors playing with you to let you know they are there.

[@Jetgirldc8]

You guys de stress me!!!! Love just listening to the “good will” conversation……learning how it was…..how it looked…… Thank you!!! (You make me miss my South Carolina kinfolk!!!)

[@karolynpieren5129]

Happy birthday Jack. Great job on the museum. I love learning about your family.

[@melissalease5476]

You should do a video on wild edible plants

[@KellieArmstrong-f8i]

Leo I am heading to your direction in the next few weeks. I would LOVE for you to give my family a tour. Would that be possible? You guys are the best! Thanks for sharing the hidden gems of the Hatfield history.

[@billbeard4740]

Thank you for the history I thought it was very informative

[@deecunningham100]

We are related to the Hatfields and the Blankenship side of the family.

[@deecunningham100]

On the Blankenship side

[@robertcoon7819]

Hey I really glad to learn about the Hatfields and Mccoys. I would like come and visit. I'm not related to the Hatfields or McCoy's I don't know.

[@thehillbillyfiles]

You don't need to be related to be interested! It's fascinating history, cmon down!

[@dorascott8286]

Have picture's of Nancy Vance in my family book. Come's in on my Mom side of the Jarrells. Great clip.

[@teresaclontz3574]

Happy Birthday Jack. It's always good when y'all have Jack included in your videos. Hopefully some day down the road a fundraiser will be established to preserve this beautiful cemetery. As always, another great adventure.

[@thehillbillyfiles]

He's a great guy 😊

[@pennypress8131]

Devil Anse's mother is my 3rd great aunt, his father is my 1st cousin 4x removed. I am both Hatfield and McCoy. I am related to everyone in the feud except for Frank Phillips the sheriff. Perry Cline was also my 1st cousin 5x removed. Removed means generations away from my first cousin line.

[@sheilajarman843]

Happy late birthday Jack. Love your videos.

[@LordUSABless]

Thank you for another interesting video. It's amazing to see where Ellison lived and the beautiful cemetery. I was wondering if the steps actually went over top the sheriff's grave and why they would do that?

[@thehillbillyfiles]

That is a mystery, but it does appear at one time there was a marker which is now gone. I do believe he's under there possibly.

[@jojoelf1]

Happy birthday Jack! I've never heard that Devil Anse might not be a Hatfield. As far as I'm concerned there's no doubt that he's a Hatfield. Let the haters hate, bless their hearts. Awesome video, as usual.

[@michaelbedinger4121]

Very entertaining video. You guys should do more videos together. Thank you for the history lesson, or refresh. The countryside is beautiful, so is the cemetery. Perhaps you can send out the call to the rest of the family, and get a crew together to clean up the cemetery. Question; Does the family clean up the family cemeteries? Thank you very much again, Leo & Co. ( I am sorry, I already forgot their names. ) for a great video. You all have a great day. 😊

[@thehillbillyfiles]

They clean this cemetery before memorial day. It has a owner who upkeeps it. Most hatfield and McCoys that care about the heritage...is old 😂

[@michaelbedinger4121]

@The Hillbilly Files - Legends and Locations Thank you very much for getting back to me. I am glad to hear that this cemetery has someone who takes care of it. I am sure that the cemetery where Devil Anse is buried is cared for as well. ( Or so I hope. ) Your last sentence makes me wonder 🤔 about the younger generation, again 🙄 Take care Leo and Heather.

[@archielynn3663]

good job leo good job jack = very nice pretty young southern bell =va mt man out im 82 and still learning thanks 2 your vids fun raiser for clean up there sounds great picnick -wead wackers and snake gun 410

[@julielifejusthappens1232]

I use to be ok to roll in poison Ivy until after we came back from Germany. We went pecan picking and I came out with a huge case of Poisin Ivey all over my face and arms. Now I don't have to touch it to break out. If it's anywhere near I will break out. I'd love to come clean out that cemetery.

[@georgedouglas9342]

Great video! Always enjoy your excursions to the old Hatfield and McCoys homesteads and cemeterys. I'm up here in east central Ohio but have been very near, many times, to some of the places you've posted videos on. I love it down there, it's peaceful and beautiful. Maybe get a group of volunteers with weed eaters and such to clean up that cemetery a bit. If I lived a little closer I'd help 😉👍 Great vid. Keep em coming. ✌

[@donnaelkins186]

Don't listen to the haters. I love every videos! 🎉 Happy Birthday Jack! Why did they bury them so from the homes? Leo how are you a Hatfield and a McCoy very interested.

[@candicewoodle8349]

found out not to long ago I'm related to the McCoy's on my dads side of the family.

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Very cool!

[@candicewoodle8349]

@@thehillbillyfiles My family has deep roots in WV esp. around mills mtn. Videos like this makes me appreciate Wv deep history and culture.

[@robertriso9156]

I really enjoy your videos. I love to learn the truth of the feud and see the final resting spot. Though I am not family, I have always been interested in the facts of the two families. I was wondering if Cotton Top was buried there with the family?

[@thehillbillyfiles]

No. He's in Pikeville Kentucky in an unmarked grave. Using old records, we narrowed it down to an area about 75 feet by 75 feet. The video is here on the channel if you want to check it out. It's from about a year ago. Just search for Cotton Top.

[@Everett-eh4nn]

I was stabbed in the arm and it got infected immediately. Can't imagine back then before pennecillin.That many wounds.? wow

[@Nora_Anderson]

One of my great I think 3rd or 4 times great grandpa is William Anderson

[@geofftaylor934]

Really cool to think that Ellison rode out of THAT driveway on Horseback...enroute to the election site...He would never return there....:(

[@lorieburk6418]

YUR MOST DEFINITELY A HATE FIELD I DON'T CARE WHT OTHER'S SAY Y'ALL ARE HATE FIELDS AND HAPPY BDAY 🎉TO YA MAY U HAVE MANY MORE TO COME IN FUTURE LOVE ❤YUR HISTORICAL VIDEOS KEEP'EM COMING PLEASE MORE VIDEOS PLZ

[@melindaschluter1669]

Love hanging out with you Heather and Leo!! Why is comments turned off on Mose Blackburn?

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Thanks! I checked, says its on, I dont know whats going on

[@elainestepp1919]

Leo, don’t ever visit the Winchester House in California. Heather will know about that house. All the stairs are built low like that as Mrs. Winchester had bad arthritis in her hips.

[@karlalphelps9909]

yes names are recylced in my family tree to so i had to learn how to seprate sons and fathers

[@melindaschluter1669]

❤❤❤

[@Leela1945]

Chicken of the woods does taste like chicken, but hen of the woods doesn't. It's scarce around these parts though. I am Devil Anse's great niece. Well... around 3 greats in there. lol

[@beverlydixon5921]

AS I ONCE SAID IF THE HATFIELDS AND MCOYS COULD COME FROM THE AFTER LIFE I WONDER WHAT THEY WOULD THINK OF WEST VIRGINIA TODAY...

[@Everett-eh4nn]

Leo,ever find arrowheads in the creeks???

[@thehillbillyfiles]

not yet

[@angelatoler4269]

Are they a water well or anything on the property

[@HatfieldHomeplace]

We did not see one

[@stevedibiase728]

Nice video curious what do you do for a living beside videoing? Was you ever a coal miner yourself? Let me guess you smoke noticed you have the cough.....I learned to chew tobacco in 1973 the day I started working in coal mine in SW PA. in fact almost forced to chew by the veteran miners did not want to make them mad you know..lol

[@truracer20]

There are at least 3 sides to every dispute, yours,mine, and the truth. The more parties involved the more sides you have.

[@Everett-eh4nn]

Leo, Did you guys ever metal detect this property for relics???

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Not that one. Private property

[@karlalphelps9909]

im related to the clan through levicy chaffin hatfield she is my 4th cousin 4 x removed by way of her father nathaniel chafin his my 3rd distant cousin his mother mary polly roberts was my 2nd disant cousin her mother lydia ponder was my 1st distant cousin her my parents elizabeth patterson she was my great aunt and daniel ponder is my great uncle that was interesting find through family search to my patterson side

[@mrssweetiecooper4041]

Did you know that the online family tree sites have alot of mistakes I'd love to be able to fix them with the correct information

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Yes they do have a lot of mistakes, we use two and cross check

[@melissacaufield4954]

We know this. This is why it is said not to copy people’s trees and info and do your own research.

[@kysilverhawk]

now with randall mcCoy his wife are first cousins randall mcCoy married his daddy's baby brother's daughter and i would say that's probably what's wrong with the mcCoys today start twice related

[@stevedibiase728]

You know as large as Hatfield family clan is that man should ask them each to chip in a few bucks each and have that cemetery weed-eated now before it get any worse surely some teen boys in that area need some spending cash.

[@donnaboisen6003]

Yes, but getting anyone to want to work these days is troublesome. 😗

[@stevedibiase728]

@@donnaboisen6003 You have that trouble down there too??? heck thought it was just up here in western Pa..lol Guess people in your area getting paid not to work also . Shame what our world has come to.

[@donnaboisen6003]

@@stevedibiase728 I’m in Minnesota. I believe it’s that way all over. All three of my grandsons work. The last one graduated from HS last spring. He’s working full time plus taking college courses. It depends on how you raise them. I remember working in H.S.

[@thehillbillyfiles]

They weed eat it before memorial day every year, it's about to be done

[@O.cHardesty]

What's ashamed is the graveyard when I was young they kept that graveyard clean now that it's famous and people making money look at it now

[@thehillbillyfiles]

They cut it every year before memorial day. Its fine.

[@lauradougherty8426]

My ex was a Hatfield decent. It's weird this guy is a grandson and he's young looking

[@thehillbillyfiles]

its a great great great grandson through devil anses son Robert, but I cant write all that in the title