Randolph McCoy

Randolph McCoy

Randolph "Ole Ran'l" McCoy (30 October 1825March 28 1914) was an American pioneer and the patriarch of the McCoy clan involved in the infamous American Hatfield-McCoy feud. His nemesis was Devil Anse Hatfield.

References

*Rice, Otis K. (1982). "The Hatfields and the McCoys." University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0-8131-1459-4


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