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18 lut 2020 · On February 18, 1890, Ellison “Cotton Top” Mounts was hanged in Pikeville, Kentucky, for his role in the Hatfield-McCoy Feud. It was the only legal execution of the feud. Mounts was believed to be the illegitimate son of Ellison Hatfield—the brother of Hatfield family patriarch, “Devil”Anse.
On February 18th 1890 Cotton Top was hanged by a crowd of thousands in Pikeville, Kentucky – despite public executions being against the law in Kentucky.
25 kwi 2023 · The reason Cotton Top was the only one hanged for the massacre remains an open question, with some speculating that he was used as a scapegoat to end the feud. The Hatfields & McCoys TNT series leans into this idea.
16 lut 2019 · Ellison “Cotton Top” Mounts was hanged in Pikeville, Kentucky on February 18, 1890. Cotton Top was one of the last people to be hanged in Pike County, and many believe his hanging was the final incident of the infamous Hatfields & McCoys feud.
Ellison Mounts, of the Hatfield Clan, was hanged in on February 18, 1890 in Pikeville, Kentucky for his role in the murder of Alafair McCoy during the Hatfie...
We are back in Dils Cemetery in Pikeville Kentucky, telling the story of Ellison Mounts. You won’t believe how this story unfolds.
The Hatfield–McCoy Feud involved two American families of the West Virginia – Kentucky area along the Tug Fork of the Big Sandy River from 1863 to 1891. The Hatfields of West Virginia were led by William Anderson "Devil Anse" Hatfield, while the McCoys of Kentucky were under the leadership of Randolph "Ole Ran'l" McCoy.
