Sally McCoy
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Sarah McCoy (1829 - bef. 1899)

Sarah (Sally) McCoy
Born in Pike, Kentucky, United Statesmap
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Daughter of and
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Wife of — married 1848 in Pike County, Kentucky, United Statesmap
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Died before before age 70 in Pike, Kentucky, United Statesmap
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Biography

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Sally McCoy is Notable.

Sarah 'Sally' McCoy[1] was born in 1829 in Pike County, Kentucky.

Family

Father: Samuel McCoy
Mother: Elizabeth Davis
Siblings:
  1. Hiram McCoy
  2. John McCoy
  3. Asa McCoy
  4. William McCoy
  5. Eleanor McCoy
  6. Phoebe McCoy
  7. Pleasant McCoy
  8. Lucinda McCoy
  9. Allen McCoy
  10. Paris McCoy
  11. Ulyssus McCoy
  12. Uriah McCoy
  13. Jane McCoy
  14. Thomas McCoy

Marriage

On December 9, 1849,[2] Sally married her first cousin, Randolph McCoy Sr. in Pike County. They had the following 16 children:

  1. Josephine McCoy, daughter (1848–?)
  2. James H. "Uncle Jim" McCoy, son (1849–1929)
  3. Floyd McCoy, son (1853–1928)
  4. Tolbert McCoy, son (1854–1882)
  5. Lilburn McCoy, son (1855–?)
  6. Samuel McCoy, son (1856–1921)
  7. Alifair McCoy, daughter (1858–1888)
  8. Roseanna McCoy, daughter (1859–1888)
  9. Calvin McCoy, son (1862–1888)
  10. Pharmer McCoy, son (1863–1882)
  11. Randolph "Bud" McCoy, son (1864–1882)
  12. William "Bill" McCoy, son (1868–?)
  13. Trinvilla "Trinnie" McCoy, daughter (1868–?)
  14. Adelaide McCoy, daughter (1870–?)
  15. Fannie McCoy, daughter (1873–1943)
  16. Mary Katherine McCoy, daughter (1875–?)

Sally's family was involved in the Hatfield and McCoy Feud. This was a long drawn out series of altercations, all of which must have grieved Sally. The one that is reported to have contributed to her death occurred on January 1, 1888.

Sally and Randall's house was burning to the ground and their family was attacked as they tried to escape. Her son, Calvin, was killed in the shootout. Her daughter, Alifair, was shot to death as she tried to flee the burning house. Sally was badly injured when she attempted to comfort Alifair, suffering several broken ribs and skull fractures. Though Randall and the rest of his family were able to retreat into the woods, they suffered frostbite because they were not prepared for the cold.[3]

Sally died before 1899 (see Research Notes).

She is buried in Dils Cemetery in Pike County, Kentucky.[4]

File: Ancestry Tree Format: htm. Randolph McCoy--Patriarch of the McCoys.

Research Notes

The specific death date for Sally is unknown. Her death record has not been located, and her tombstone doesn't contain her death date. Since her husband remarried in 1899, she passed away prior to 1899r A record for the estate of a Sarah McCoy was recorded in November 1898 in Pike County, Kentucky [5] that possibly be Sally. Without having 1890 U.S. Census records, the 1880 U.S. Census records for Pike County, Kentucky contain 6 possible persons:

From the possible persons found in the 1880 census, it seems the most likely person for the estate record is Sally.

Sources

  1. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX4M-5QT : 19 March 2020), Sarah McCoy in entry for Randolph McCoy, 1870.
  2. ↑ "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWBM-7Q4 : 12 January 2020), Sarah McCoy in entry for Randolph McCoy, 1849.
  3. ↑ Hatfield–McCoy feud From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5089945/sarah-mccoy : accessed 21 September 2021), memorial page for Sarah “Sally” McCoy McCoy (1829–1890), Find A Grave: Memorial #5089945, citing Dils Cemetery, Pikeville, Pike County, Kentucky, USA ; Maintained by Paul Roberts (contributor 25322603).
  5. ↑ Court orders, 1822-1902; index to Court orders, 1822-1938; https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSRK-497J-S?cat=129530; citing estate of Sarah McCoy, November 1898.

See also:

  • International Genealogical Index, Online Database; Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints [LDS]. Publication: FamilySearch.

Acknowledgements

  • WikiTree profile McCoy-542 created through the import of Coley Wolford Stayton McCarroll Bond.ged on August 7, 2011 by Tom Coley.




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Marsh-11600 T Marsh
There is strong evidence to suggest that Sally died much later than we thought. In November of 1898, a D.B. Marrs motioned the Pike County Court to appoint an administrator for "the estate of Sarah McCoy deceased". The court appointed the Pike County Sheriff as the administrator. In addition, Randall McCoy only remarried in July of 1899. These two facts seem to imply Sarah/Sally died in 1898. Considering that there appear to be no other Sarah McCoys who match these circumstances in the area, there is a strong case here that Sally is this Sarah McCoy and died around 1898.

Here is the link to that court record: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSRK-497J-S?i=265&cat=129530

posted by T Marsh
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Patrick Stacy
Thank you for bringing this to our attention. At this time Sally's death certificate has not been located, but as you noted she passed away before November 1898. Unfortunately there is no death date on her tombstone. Most articles on Sally reference the Find A Grave memorial as the source for her death date of 1890, although there is no evidence on the memorial for that date. Without a specific date, we should update the death date to state she passed away sometime before November 1898.
posted by Patrick Stacy
Craig-4574 Sandy (Craig) Patak
Hi Emily!

The Appalachia Project now has a Project Profile and Number:

Please add the Project as a co-manager of this profile page so we can both protect this wonderful Appalachia Notable's profile. wikitree-appalachia-project <at> @googlegroups.com

Thank you!

posted by Sandy (Craig) Patak
Mccoy-3884 Monte Mccoy
Getting confused. This has sally as Samuels daughter. The wife of his brother Randolph. That would be Uncle and neice marriage. Not 1st cousins like history says ?
posted by Monte Mccoy
Patrick Stacy
Sarah is the daughter of Samuel David McCoy (abt.1782-1855). Her father Samuel's brother is Daniel Effort McCoy (1790-1885), whose son Randolph McCoy Sr (1825-1914) is Sarah's husband and her first cousin.
posted by Patrick Stacy
English-2227 Erin (English) English Bailey
McCoy-542 and McCoy-2631 appear to represent the same person because: same name, same dates,
posted on McCoy-2631 (merged) by Erin (English) English Bailey
Williams-28514 Cindy (Williams) Lesure
Hello Tom,

Please consider changing the privacy level of this profile to Open considering the dates of birth & death. Thanks, Cindy Williams Lesure

posted by Cindy (Williams) Lesure
Williams-28514 Cindy (Williams) Lesure
McCoy-4092 and McCoy-542 appear to represent the same person because: These profiles are the same person with the same spouse. The dates of birth are off, but it still seems feasible these are the same. Review & merge as appropriate. Please notate reasons in public comments if merge is rejected.

Thanks, Cindy Williams Lesure

posted by Cindy (Williams) Lesure

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