Linville Hagins

Linville Hagins BIRTH 11 Dec 1849 Letcher County, Kentucky, USA DEATH 15 Aug 1884 (aged 34) Knott County, Kentucky, USA BURIAL Carr Fork Memorial Cemetery Brinkley, Knott County, Kentucky, USA MEMORIAL ID 104151111 · View Source

MEMORIAL PHOTOS 1 FLOWERS 0 His father was John Vint Hagins (1825-1860) , who was the son of John Penn Hagins and Lourana Polly.

His father John Vint was crushed to death in a mining accident, when Linville was just 10 years old.

His mother was Jane "Jennie" Amburgey, who was the daughter of Ambrose Amburgey and Rebecca Francis.

He was married to Almedia Wheatley in 1869, and Frances Caudill, in 1877.

He was murdered in Knott County, Kentucky. He was killed by Wash Craft (FAG #8943490), "Kinky Haired" Sam Wright, William S. Wright, and Benjamin Jones.

The Killing of Linville Hagins:

"Claib" Jones James Claybourne "Claib" Jones, was born on February 14th, 1826 on Arnold Fork, a branch of Beaver Creek. He was the son of John and Rebecca (Arnold) Jones. Shortly after Claib was born the Jones family moved down Beaver about fifteen miles, to settle on another small creek. His father was the first man to live on this creek and gave it the name of Jones Fork. At that time the section known as Beaver Creek was sparsely settled, with only five other families living near them.

As with many other men of the time, Claib's occupation might have been lawman but his reputation was also that of feudist. The numerous incidents between Claib Jones and Devil John Wright resulted in disparity that last for decades. One of their conflicts began when Claib obtained warrants for the parties thought to have murdered Frank Salyer. The suspects were Talton Hall, ____ Bates and ____ Johnson. But Jones had difficulty getting the sheriff, or for that matter, any of the county officers, to execute the warrants. Finding no one else agreeable he went to his old friend Dick Vance, who readily agreed to get some men and attempt an arrest. Vance had a score to settle with Talton Hall, since he felt Hall had made an attempt to kill him.

Vance was at Federal Court in Catlettsburg, in Boyd County, Kentucky, over a matter of moonshining. He was staying at a hotel when he claimed he saw one of Halls men quietly enter the sleeping rooms, strike a match and examine the faces of the sleeping men. When he passed the bed where Vance was sleeping, he went back out. Vance, expecting trouble, had moved to another bed in different part of the building when three men, Talt Hall, Talt's brother Andy Hall and Uriah Bates returned. They picked up the man they thought was Vance and tossed him out a third story window to hit the brick pavement below, killing him instantly. The man tossed out the window proved to be John Adams of Letcher County. Adams had been arrested on a charge of violating a Federal law and was on his way to Louisville in handcuffs and leg shackles. Talton Hall was guarding the prisoner when the incident happened. The information Hall gave was that Adams had jumped from the window in an attempted escape.

Dick Vance was quick to retaliate for the attempt on his life. On his way home from Federal Court, he waylaid and shot Talt's brother Andrew Hall as Hall was climbing a fence carrying a bag of potatoes on his back. Linville Higgins and Andy Slone were also thought to be involved in the killing. Not long afterward Linville Higgins was murdered near the present site of Hindman in Knott County. Old Dave Hall, father of Talton Hall, had been considered as a suspect in the murder of Linville Higgins. However, Dave Hall, who was also the father of Andrew Hall, had no part in the killing, other than possibly relishing the death of one of the gang that had murdered his son.

Three men were indicted for the Higgins murder, one of which was positively identified as Wash Craft, of Letcher County. Two other suspects were Sam Wright and Benjamin Jones. Sam, known as "Kinky Haired Sam", was a son of Joel E. and Eliza Wright and brother of Devil John Wright. It was also mentioned that William S. Wright was implicated in this murder. William S. was a son of Sidney Wright and a cousin of Devil John.

Family Members Parents John Vint Hagins 1824–1859

Photo Jane Martin 1821–1912

Spouse Photo Almedia Wheatly Austin 1845–1927 (m. 1867)

Siblings Photo Lurany Hagins Moore 1853–1928

Photo Elizabeth Jane Hagans Smith 1856–1935

Half Siblings Photo Rebecca B Adams Smith 1841–1864

Photo Tandy A. Martin 1868–1961

Children Photo Jethro Hagins 1868–1944

Photo Lucy Jane Hagins Amburgey 1870–1962

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