Mose Christian Cline

made famous in the Hatfield McCoy feud.

Read various and conflicting stories: William Anderson "Devil Anse" Hatfield “He ran a successful logging operation, and was considered wealthy for his times.” Hatfield worked in Logan county where Jesse also worked in 1867. ¶ see also: https://frankweberauthor.com/blog/hatfieldsmccoys-part-1 for a Christian family connection. https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/34966-redir... ~• includes sections on the Christian, Bailey and Hatfield families. The full title to the book is: The Clines and Allied families ; Cline, Cecil L. (Cecil Lee), 1930- ; 356 pages - access on familysearch.org .

in particular: "The Civil War tore apart families, but the hope was we could mend this polarized country when it ended. The McCoy family lived on the Kentucky side of Tug Fork. The Hatfields lived on the West Virginia side. The majority of the Hatfields and McCoys fought for the Confederacy in the Civil War, with the exception of Asa Harmon McCoy, who fought for the Union. Asa McCoy joined a company called the Pike County Guards."

"William Francis led the Pike County Guards when they attacked and shot Mose Christian Cline, a friend of Devil Anse Hatfield. Although Cline survived his wounds, Devil Anse Hatfield vowed to retaliate. One year later (in 1863), a group of Confederate Soldiers ambushed and killed William Francis as he was leaving his house, and Devil Anse Hatfield took credit for the deed."

This deadly violence is credited with being one of several incidents that started the the infamous Hatfield -McCoy feud.