The feud officially begins to wind down with a series of high-profile legal and personal ends:
Ellison "Cotton Top" Mounts, the mentally challenged son of Ellison Hatfield, is the only person executed for the murders, famously crying out that the Hatfields "hornswoggled" him with love before his death. Hatfields & McCoys Part 3HD
The conflict escalates into a full-scale battle between the families and state-supported posses, nearly triggering a war between West Virginia and Kentucky. The feud officially begins to wind down with
In an effort to end the feud by eliminating Randall McCoy, Uncle Jim Vance leads a raid to burn down the McCoy cabin. Randall escapes, but the attack results in the deaths of two of his children, Calvin and Alifair, and the brutal beating of his wife, Sally. Randall escapes, but the attack results in the
Broken-hearted and weakened by the loss of her child and her abandonment by Johnse Hatfield, Roseanna dies, adding a personal tragedy to the overarching violence. The Resolution
"Bad" Frank Phillips and his posse of bounty hunters relentlessly raid Hatfield territory, capturing several family members and killing Jim Vance.