Governors of Kentucky and West Virginia engaged in a legal standoff.
Eight Hatfields were tried; seven received life sentences.
The feud became the ultimate American symbol of family honor and rural violence. Hatfields & McCoys Part 3
By 1891, Devil Anse Hatfield retreated into the mountains and sought a more peaceful life.
The only person legally executed (hanged) for the New Year's Massacre. 🏁 The Aftermath Governors of Kentucky and West Virginia engaged in
Mahon v. Justice (1888) ruled that captured Hatfields could be tried in Kentucky, regardless of how they were caught.
McCoy supporters crossed into West Virginia to seize Hatfields. Hatfields & McCoys Part 3
Descendants of both families signed an official peace treaty in 2003.