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The Hanging Site of Ellison Mounts
Kentucky Avenue & High Street near the City Cemetery
A famous event of the Hatfield and McCoy Feud, Ellison "Cottontop" Mounts, son of Ellison Hatfield and nephew of Devil Anse Hatfield, was hanged here in 1889 for the murder of Allifair McCoy (16 year old daughter of Randall and Sarah McCoy) during a New Years Day raid on their home.
The Hanging of Ellison Mounts
Photo Courtesy of the Pikeville Public Library, the Paul B. Mays Collection.
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