Elias (Bad 'Lias) Hatfield

Male 1853 - 1926  (72 years)


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  • Name Elias (Bad 'Lias) Hatfield 
    Born 06 Jul 1853  Pike Co. KY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 10 Jan 1926  Pike Co. KY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Blue Springs Cemetery, Pike Co. KY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Grave location and tombstone photo:
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    Notes 
    • Elias "Bad 'Lias" is mentioned once in the book The Hatfields & the McCoys by Otis K. Rice. He is mentioned in relation to the events surrounding the election of 1882 on Blackberry Creek, Pike Co., KY as follows:

      "When the polls opened at the Blackberry Creek precinct on Monday, August 7, 1882, at the home of Jerry Hatfield, the West Virginia Hatfields appeared, as was their custom. Among them were Elias and Ellison, brothers of Devil Anse. Also present was another Elias, "Bad 'Lias," the brother of Deacon Anderson Hatfield. "Bad Lias," a hard drinker and a contentious man, lived about two miles up Blackberry Creek. Early in the day, after the whiskey had begun to flow, Tolbert McCoy, the son of Randolph, accused "Bad Lias" of owing a small sum of money, about $1.75, for a fiddle, but Hatfield angrily protested that he had paid Tolbert about three years previously.

      "With a fight in the making, Tolbert's younger brothers, nineteen-year-old Pharmer and fifteen-year-old Randolph, Jr., backed up his accusation. Deacon Anse, however, broke up the argument. As the day wore on, trouble flared anew, but the constable, Matthew Hatfield, was able to reduce the weapons from guns to fists..."

      Later in the day hostilities continued resulting in the fight that mortally wounded Ellison Hatfield, a brother of Devil Anse. After Ellison died from his wounds a few days later, the three McCoy brothers were then killed by the Hatfield's escalating the feud between the two families.
    Person ID I13816  Master File
    Last Modified 13 Jan 2014 

    Father James Hatfield 
    Mother Polly Ferrell 
    Family ID F7673  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Eliza Jane Chaffin,   b. 08 May 1858, Logan Co. VA/WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Jan 1926, Pike Co. KY Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Married 17 Feb 1877  Logan Co. WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • West Virginia, Marriages Index, 1785-1971
      Name: Janie Chafin
      Gender: Female
      Birth Date: abt 1858
      Birth Place: Logan County, West Virginia
      Age: 19
      Spouse's Name: Elias Hatfield
      Spouse Gender: Male
      Spouse Age: 23
      Spouse Birth Place: Pike Co, Kentucky
      Marriage Date: 17 Feb 1877
      Marriage Place: Logan, West Virginia
      Marital Status: Single
      Race: White
      Father's Name: Nathan Chafin
      Mother's name: M Varney
      Spouse Father's Name: Jas [James] Hatfield
      Spouse Mother's Name: Polly Ferrell
    Children 
     1. Floyd Hatfield
     2. Daniel Boone Hatfield
     3. Walter Hatfield
     4. Kentucky Hatfield
     5. Kenner Hatfield
     6. Virginia (Jennie) Hatfield
     7. James Hatfield
     8. Lydia Hatfield
    Last Modified 13 Jan 2014 
    Family ID F7672  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart