Visiting Ellison Hatfield, Devil Anse Hatfield's murdered brother (another rainy day video)

[@stephenhobbs1174]

It's strange how your demeanor changes when you walk the hallowed ground. As you know, you never walk alone. There is more unseen in this world than seen.

[@barbaraharshman9460]

Just love going along with you on the cemetery walks there so pretty on the hillsides! Thank you so much!

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Glad you enjoyed

[@memphisleftovers]

Hi from Memphis, I just found your channel last night & now I'm binge watching to catch up. I love history & this is so neat. Thx for the work u put in, Steve

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Thank you 🙏

[@alisonpovey1234]

Im so glad you went back. What a beautiful place. A beautifully kept cemetery. I recall the name Hatfield from where I grew up in New Zealand.

[@kimberleyannedemong5621]

Thanks for taking me along. I would love to see these places in person but after 3 surgeries my back couldn't take the wear & tear not could I climb the stairs thanks again for a look at a world I can't visit

[@thehillbillyfiles]

thank you!

[@robertrockwell7581]

thanks Leo and Heather for another tour. enjoying these. stay safe.

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Thank you 🙏

[@mikedickson7849]

Just found your channel my uncle use to say my Grandmother used to go visit them .Always wanted to make a trip there thank you so much for sharing

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Our pleasure! thank you

[@bethgiesey9405]

Thank you for taking us along on your adventures. This is so interesting to me & it's the only way I will ever get to see it

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Thank you for the support!

[@brendashaw2035]

You guys are so cool. Thank you for another great video

[@thehillbillyfiles]

thank you!

[@0220HUNTER]

Another AWESOME video, and again Thank You for the sharing of history with us all. I have been to several of the feud sites and locations and visited some of the grave sites connected with the feud. But this isn’t one of them and hope to visit it one day. Again Thank You!!!!

[@thehillbillyfiles]

thank you!

[@lizgrantham8153]

Ty so much for these videos. Enjoy all the history you provide. God bless.

[@thehillbillyfiles]

thank you!

[@marlenataylor8758]

Another interesting video, thank you for your persistent effort to show it to us.

[@thehillbillyfiles]

thank you!

[@maybebaby9211]

I just love y’all’s videos. I love history and you present such interesting events and people. ❤

[@thehillbillyfiles]

That's a great compliment and we sure appreciate it

[@michaelbedinger4121]

Why is it, that half of the time when you guys visit a cemetery, it rains? I saw your other video of this cemetery, I think a couple of weeks ago. A nice, peaceful cemetery. Is there a group of volunteers who help to keep the cemetery trimmed and mowed? Thank you very much for another great video, Leo and Heather. Have a great weekend.

[@thehillbillyfiles]

We don't know why it seems to rain haha. People do trim it here and there or it would be totally out of control. But there's a lot of them and they are big and on hills, so you have to be healthy as well. It's challenging

[@michaelbedinger4121]

@@thehillbillyfiles I am sure it is very challenging! At least it keeps you in good shape, which is more than I can say for myself. Just look at my profile picture! Thank you very much for getting back to me. You guys take care.

[@melaniegudgel1]

Every time you say rain gear I hear reindeer 😂😂😂 love to you and Heather!❤

[@ginnybullock9627]

I have been through all the videos I have watched and my comments aren’t found. The only thing I can figure is that they we’re removed. Let me clarify… my husbands Grandmother was a Hatfield. The story is that when the court house burned down she changed her name. She kept her Hatfield name as she was very proud of it. She changed her first and middle name thereby making genealogy difficult. I am hoping to find out more information on this side of the family and am really enjoying your videos. Please keep them coming. I have shared your channel with my children also. Take care and stay safe out there.

[@thehillbillyfiles]

We didn't remove any comments. I don't know what happened. I wish you luck on your search!

[@ginnybullock9627]

@@thehillbillyfiles I didn’t think you had either. Technology baffles me. I am learning so much about his family through your videos. More than my husband knows. I thank you for that. Love your videos and will continue to watch them.☺️

[@thehillbillyfiles]

@@ginnybullock9627 thank you for the support Ginny!

[@ginnybullock9627]

@@thehillbillyfiles you’re welcome

[@scottlambert2949]

Thanks for sharing another history and try to stay dry out there

[@lindalewis5435]

Love Love all your videos!!!

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Thank you Linda!

[@bettystephens-y4l]

Do you have windshield wipers?

[@thehillbillyfiles]

No, but I'm used to it. Heather reminds me to use them in the car sometimes. I just forget all about having wipers, and drive on.. lol

[@daisychain3136]

I live in the uk in a little village and can i just say how wonderful it is to go along with you on your trips. The countryside is beautiful wether its rain or shine and the architecture of homes you pass on the roads are beautiful and of course learning about the Hatfields and Mcoys history has been enlightening. Thankyou for letting me tag along.

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Thank you so much 💞 we would love to come there. We recently traced our ancestors to UK. Thanks for the support and insight ☺️

[@daisychain3136]

@@thehillbillyfiles your very welcome, and i do hope you manage to come over one day, im sure you would enjoy yourselves.

[@rhonatamichellenew3706]

Love this video.

[@rowanhard]

I’m wondering if the steps are short to make it easier on whoever has to take a coffin up for burial? Also easier for elderly or infirm visitors? Short steps are easier to go up and down on. Regarding the Chafin grave, maybe the grave was moved and the marker put into the steps in memory. It would be interesting to know.

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Good idea about chafin. The small steps are a lot easier to climb, so I assume that's the goal. Makes sense

[@kerrydennison7947]

Leo I believe those type of stairs are called Walker stairs it makes it much more convenient for someone walking on a walker to get up as opposed to the narrow stairs,

[@stevenlassiter1532]

Why do they put those Cemeteries on so high of a Hill? I was thinking I'm Case the River Flooded but the ones at the Very Top are just so High Up. Thank You for Re-Filming this 3 times. I really Enjoyed it.

[@thehillbillyfiles]

To save the level flat ground for houses and farming. Once you put in a cemetery, you can't just change it later.

[@cynthiacarter514]

The three stairs may have been “donated” in memory of the person on the memorial plaque.

[@cynthiacarter514]

Wow. Efriam, Devil Anse’s father, is buried there!

[@elainestepp1919]

Leo, if you had bad hips you would appreciate those stairs. You aren’t as old as the rest of us. Lol

[@dennismcguire2392]

Tom Chafin was a former Mingo County Sheriff and the father of senator Truman Chafin

[@dennismcguire2392]

Also related to the Hatfields

[@patricatfurever4051]

That rooster crowing sure is an erie sound at a graveyard!! 🐓

[@melaniegudgel1]

I had a thought about those short stairs, could it be so that the pall bearers could carry the coffin level as they went up? Or am I overthinking it. Overthinking is my specialty. I’m watching all of your videos over again. I always see something different. ❤

[@goldenadkins1109]

Do you know anything about a gene Hatfield somewhere around Justice or Gilbert or White oak somewhere in that area

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Not off hand I'm sorry

[@donnaboisen6003]

I’m also a genius when trying to figure out video recording. Darn grandkids are never around when I need them to work my electronics for me. 😉

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Im not sure I follow

[@donnaboisen6003]

@@thehillbillyfiles I said sarcastically. That I’m not good with trying to figure out how to video with my camera. I need one of my gran-boys to figure things out for me. You made the comment that it was a third time for you trying to record. I don’t have a channel like you. I would never be able to do it. I probably worded things wrong. Sorry. But I love your channel. I really enjoy history. So when I found your channel I latched on. 😁

[@thehillbillyfiles]

@@donnaboisen6003 oh I understand, I thought maybe we made an editing mistake 🤣 thank you for clarifying and for watching

[@stevestowers]

The reason the steps are like that is because the grade is so low if it had been steeper the steps would have been taller.

[@Fishin_Jimm]

Is cotton top here. Ty

[@thehillbillyfiles]

No he's in a unmarked grave in Pikeville ky

[@rudel451]

is that the tug river??

[@thehillbillyfiles]

yes

[@kimberleyannedemong5621]

Are all the people in the cemetery related in some way to the Hayfields?

[@thehillbillyfiles]

Most are. But like all family cemeteries, there may be a few in laws and so on, or maybe even a friend or two who needed a space for a loved one.

[@cathymcglasson6947]

Oops on the filming end of it but beautiful thanks.

[@thehillbillyfiles]

do you mean the fast forward? or am I missing something

[@cathymcglasson6947]

@@thehillbillyfiles turning on and off thing

[@barbarasue9924]

Don't seem to be taken care of much anymore

[@Mojo_Baby]

I have seen a lot of the Hatfield's grave's but my curiosity is where Anderson's uncle Jim Vance is buried can anyone help me out with that?

[@thehillbillyfiles]

He's in thacker holler in matewan somewhere, we plan to try and track it down

[@GreeneyedkittyNAllie]

Could you all do a video on Sally McCoy and Levicy Hatfield? You don’t hear much about them or any of the ladies.

[@thehillbillyfiles]

there isn't much info on them, but we plan to cover all the people involved

[@shawnlockett4676]

I miss home

[@laurabrooks7655]

A lot of roosters around there!

[@dennismcguire2392]

All the graves surrounding the Hatfields on top of the hill are relatives and descendants of the Hatfields

[@melindaschluter1669]

Someone needs to weed. Lol

[@barbararoberts4680]

Steps 3hgt by 10inches for wheelchairs or handicap needs.

[@karaamundson3964]

Sounds like Ellison wasn't so sure he wanted you folks videotaping his li'l piece o' ground. Third time's the charm

[@jamienolf1334]

That looks like damn fine fishing