Murder in a coal camp - Finding Dan McCoy - Burnwell Kentucky

Was it a hunting accident or cold blooded murder? Dan McCoy's life ended in Premier West Virginia, at a well known rowdy and wild coal camp. What happened really?
A old resident is said to recall it was a hunting accident, but his death certificate clearly states Homicide. I cant find any articles about it either.
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  • @gailweikelcorrea
    @gailweikelcorrea9 ай бұрын

    I love old cemeterys, they say so much if you'll listen...wish the young folk cared enough to 😔

  • @carriebaker5161

    @carriebaker5161

    9 ай бұрын

    Both my living daughter's love cemeteries. Not quite as much as I do, but they'd go with me. My youngest will pick wildflowers and place them on Graves with lambs or Graves we know were children. ( I want to camp in our small family cemetery, but she wouldn't ) She like the mysteries of finding certain Graves and putting them on find a grave. My girls are 22 and 32.

  • @Tee-cl6dc

    @Tee-cl6dc

    3 ай бұрын

    They will in time ..they are just busy running around and rushing life . At some point we all stop to smell the roses

  • @sherrilee230
    @sherrilee2309 ай бұрын

    You are the voice for the voiceless. Your job is very important to history and to those that have no means of getting there to see a grave of loved ones. You and Heather are very special God bless you

  • @thehillbillyfiles

    @thehillbillyfiles

    9 ай бұрын

    Thanks Sherri 😊

  • @jennyames6532
    @jennyames65329 ай бұрын

    Great job Leo and Heather. Been loving the Hillbilly Files.

  • @kimberleyannedemong5621
    @kimberleyannedemong56219 ай бұрын

    You guys do a great job with both your channels.

  • @thehillbillyfiles

    @thehillbillyfiles

    9 ай бұрын

    Thanks so much!

  • @ScootersAdventure
    @ScootersAdventure9 ай бұрын

    I'm subscribed to all your channels and I watch them all I appreciate you Leo and Heather

  • @thehillbillyfiles

    @thehillbillyfiles

    9 ай бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @deboraadkins-smith2092
    @deboraadkins-smith20929 ай бұрын

    I love when Heather puts up her little commits.. we are mot eating wild mushrooms Leo... Lol 😂 Thanks Heather!

  • @thehillbillyfiles

    @thehillbillyfiles

    9 ай бұрын

    You are so welcome! signed Heather lol

  • @jmorgan5252
    @jmorgan52529 ай бұрын

    I so enjoy your videos Leo and Heather will be subscribing to your Dailies Thank you

  • @thehillbillyfiles

    @thehillbillyfiles

    9 ай бұрын

    Awesome! Thank you!

  • @sandrahunter5749
    @sandrahunter57499 ай бұрын

    Hi Leo and Heather from Boone County WV 👋 I like watching your history videos 👍😎

  • @thehillbillyfiles

    @thehillbillyfiles

    9 ай бұрын

    Awesome! Thank you!

  • @Tee-cl6dc
    @Tee-cl6dc3 ай бұрын

    I just want to thank you for teaching me the history that surrounds me now . I love history and come from Boston Massachusetts and have grown up learning all the History and visiting all the historical places. From the Pilgrims , Indains to the witch trails . Am now much older and was in search of a safe environment in today's horrific world. I traveled when I was younger and went through Kentucky into West Virginia. At 23 year's old I was astounded by the beauty and the welcoming people who lived here. Ive always had a big spot in my heart for this God Given beautiful state . Am back and here to stay but in this process like to know the history of what this beautiful state has to learn about the people before me . Thank You for your Historical lessons and your wonderful stories. Leo & Heather your videos mean the world to me . Love a Nana from a different world who appreciates all of my surroundings. ❤❤❤

  • @kathybradshaw3722
    @kathybradshaw37229 ай бұрын

    Appreciate your well put together videos. Thank you.

  • @thehillbillyfiles

    @thehillbillyfiles

    9 ай бұрын

    I appreciate that!

  • @WhispersFromTheDark
    @WhispersFromTheDark9 ай бұрын

    Good job Leo! Rest in peace Dan, you are not forgotten. And thank you for your service.

  • @DJoeClark
    @DJoeClark9 ай бұрын

    Well done!

  • @dontaylor3039
    @dontaylor30399 ай бұрын

    Rest in Peace died as a young man

  • @user-df3qs8ew2r
    @user-df3qs8ew2r9 ай бұрын

    I so respect what you and Heather do. Yours is the only channel I subcribed to.

  • @thehillbillyfiles

    @thehillbillyfiles

    9 ай бұрын

    awww thank you!

  • @dontaylor3039
    @dontaylor30399 ай бұрын

    Leo you are more than welcome to film our Hatfield cematarries 1 being above blackberry elementary and the other on blue springs hollor in mccar near blackberry

  • @thehillbillyfiles

    @thehillbillyfiles

    9 ай бұрын

    Hey Don, we have done them already, waiting to be edited eventually lol

  • @randygibson6777
    @randygibson67779 ай бұрын

    When I watched this I found out about your other page, so I jumped over there and subscribed. I love your down to earth style Leo, keep up the good work. From The Natural State have a great weekend and God Bless You All. ❤️🇺🇲❤️🇺🇲

  • @thehillbillyfiles

    @thehillbillyfiles

    9 ай бұрын

    Thanks for subbing!

  • @randygibson6777

    @randygibson6777

    9 ай бұрын

    @@thehillbillyfiles Keep smiling Buddy!!! 🤟🤑☺️

  • @2gpowell
    @2gpowell8 ай бұрын

    Good job! I remember when you went to the murdered man cemetery and practically 2 generations of one of my family lines were buried there. You also mentioned and showed a picture of my 3rd ggrandfather. Very interesting stuff.

  • @michaelbedinger4121
    @michaelbedinger41219 ай бұрын

    Beautiful little cemetery, I remember it from one of your prior videos. Nice to see that the family takes pretty good care of it. Great walking tour, thank you very much Leo and Heather. Have a great weekend. 😊

  • @buckwheatsofia
    @buckwheatsofia9 ай бұрын

    Nice & peaceful video. Who & why would someone kill him? So sad. Love your channels!

  • @jeffs5093
    @jeffs50939 ай бұрын

    Another nice video, I look forward to some more camping videos

  • @thehillbillyfiles

    @thehillbillyfiles

    9 ай бұрын

    Coming soon!

  • @angelajohnson9979
    @angelajohnson99799 ай бұрын

    I appreciate this as a historian and family record keeper. But, your comment about stepping on graves is important. My parents were from the Ozarks and we were told never to step on a grave it causes bad luck, you could fall through, and do not disrespect the dead. I am that way now and taught this to my children.

  • @johnharmon1403
    @johnharmon1403Ай бұрын

    Leo and heather, you two are amazing.

  • @carladavis4648
    @carladavis46489 ай бұрын

    Yes that would be a beautiful place to be.❤

  • @NELLIE-41388
    @NELLIE-413889 ай бұрын

    Dan's dad only lived less than 5 years after Dan's murder. Broken hearted. Did Dan's widow suspect who killed her husband? After all he was in a 'hunting party'. The others had to know who murdered Dan.

  • @thehillbillyfiles

    @thehillbillyfiles

    9 ай бұрын

    Very sad, I'm not sure about his wifes thoughts, wish I did

  • @annehorstman6071
    @annehorstman60719 ай бұрын

    i FELL IN A GRAVE WHEN I WAS A KID. SCARY

  • @45beetle
    @45beetle9 ай бұрын

    That’s a beautiful place Leo

  • @dontaylor3039
    @dontaylor30399 ай бұрын

    I've shared all of your channels leo

  • @thehillbillyfiles

    @thehillbillyfiles

    9 ай бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @Nora_Anderson
    @Nora_Anderson2 ай бұрын

    Just did the Hillbilly files daily 😊

  • @brianlykins6663
    @brianlykins66639 ай бұрын

    Another nice video, ya'll. Interesting story, and I think you're correct. Many old murders were covered up by calling the hunting accidents, or just not enough investigation into suspicious situations. I want to take issue with Leo on one point, the grave is not your final spot. Your final soft will be Heaven or Hell. I will agree that this will be your final worldly resting spot. I've caught myself before, standing in a graveyard looking at stones, reading names and dates, and start wondering what it would be like to talk to these folks again for a bit. My grandmother always said there was more stories in a graveyard than you could read in a lifetime. I want to say thank you to ya'll, for all the research , both in the leg work side and the digging records side. I know both can be equally exhausting and frustrating. God bless ya'll and stay safe on your travels to these destinations. We all would hate for ya'll to become a part of history. 😊❤😊

  • @thehillbillyfiles

    @thehillbillyfiles

    9 ай бұрын

    By final spot , we mean physically, thanks for watching and the support 🙏

  • @kimberleyannedemong5621
    @kimberleyannedemong56219 ай бұрын

    I'm already subscribed. I wish I could subscribe a second time. Hopefully you will get to a thousand very soon

  • @colleen1770
    @colleen17708 ай бұрын

    I really love your channel.

  • @thehillbillyfiles

    @thehillbillyfiles

    8 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much!

  • @gregorygibson5455
    @gregorygibson54552 ай бұрын

    Hello Leo and Heather

  • @judypierce7028
    @judypierce70289 ай бұрын

    I believe it so awesome what you and Heather do Leo, Thank you so much, This was well done,

  • @thehillbillyfiles

    @thehillbillyfiles

    9 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much!

  • @lisadyott5042
    @lisadyott50428 ай бұрын

    This is my grandmothers brother, his son was also murdered in later years.

  • @thehillbillyfiles

    @thehillbillyfiles

    8 ай бұрын

    Oh wow 😦

  • @lorie1357
    @lorie135717 күн бұрын

    Prayer always works.

  • @jennyames6532
    @jennyames65329 ай бұрын

    Beautiful fawn

  • @cathymcglasson6947
    @cathymcglasson69479 ай бұрын

    I am really surprised at yhe amount of flowers up there and i do like the graves that are outlined in flowers fake or breal it looks real nice.

  • @elspet3813
    @elspet38139 ай бұрын

    I'm already subscribed to the other channel ❤

  • @rickclark4112
    @rickclark41129 ай бұрын

    Great job Cousin.... im a proud hillbilly also.....It must run in the family....lol

  • @juliesmith4654
    @juliesmith46549 ай бұрын

    Please come to Princeton WV, Mercer co. Do a study about Shawnee lake. There is a Ferris wheel and swings still standing. A Indian massacre happened there.❤😅😢

  • @thehillbillyfiles

    @thehillbillyfiles

    9 ай бұрын

    We have been there, but not did a video, its in the plans!

  • @brendashaw2035
    @brendashaw20359 ай бұрын

    Hope you received the monies I sent. Wasn't much, but hoped it helped out a little. Ty for all your work. I enjoy your videos so much

  • @thehillbillyfiles

    @thehillbillyfiles

    9 ай бұрын

    Awesome thank you! We did get it, much appreciated ☺️

  • @dcwallace9930
    @dcwallace99309 ай бұрын

    Dan McCoy was a handsome fellow!

  • @melindaschluter1669
    @melindaschluter16699 ай бұрын

    It's a beautiful place! I don't want to be buried. I want to be cremated! ❤❤❤

  • @jessiemerritt9147
    @jessiemerritt91479 ай бұрын

    R.I.P. to all. always sad about babies and small children but their resting in Jesus arms for sure.

  • @cathymcglasson6947
    @cathymcglasson69479 ай бұрын

    I like button mushrooms and shantral but can't do morels and wouldn't eat the fungus you were showing us.

  • @rickmeisch643
    @rickmeisch6439 ай бұрын

    Leo, that’s plenty close to your last meal ( mushrooms). Dan McCoy was a handsome young man, seems unbelievable he was shot in the back of the head. The name Pett is nice for a gal.

  • @lisasmith7854
    @lisasmith78549 ай бұрын

    Already subscribed your my closest link ❤ MN

  • @thehillbillyfiles

    @thehillbillyfiles

    9 ай бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @tamelaingram1260
    @tamelaingram12609 ай бұрын

    Hopefully we can go on some ghost trails. 😅

  • @thehillbillyfiles

    @thehillbillyfiles

    9 ай бұрын

    oh we will lol, thanks for the support!

  • @dontaylor3039
    @dontaylor30399 ай бұрын

    Who can tell me why there is yucca plants in the cematarries there we have them in our Hatfield cematarries near blackberry

  • @thehillbillyfiles

    @thehillbillyfiles

    9 ай бұрын

    Old legend days yucca keeps evil spirits away

  • @cathymcglasson6947
    @cathymcglasson69479 ай бұрын

    What I don't understand is you get 2 k views but why not 2 k comments?

  • @user-xw1ry2le1d
    @user-xw1ry2le1d8 ай бұрын

    Ok we really need more on Nelly and why she had a fractured skull. There has to be more. lol

  • @kerrydennison7947
    @kerrydennison79479 ай бұрын

    Is this the same McCoy that River Alan Hatfield killed in a attempt to restart the feud?

  • @thehillbillyfiles

    @thehillbillyfiles

    9 ай бұрын

    I don't know honestly

  • @gailweikelcorrea

    @gailweikelcorrea

    9 ай бұрын

    That would be interesting....get ta work Leo and Heather 😊

  • @ladonnakoenig4915
    @ladonnakoenig49159 ай бұрын

    Is there any more info about Inez Bunn’s family. That was my Grandfather’s name, he was William and his father was John Bunn.

  • @thehillbillyfiles

    @thehillbillyfiles

    9 ай бұрын

    Id have to look, I dont know anything about the Bunn family

  • @ladonnakoenig4915

    @ladonnakoenig4915

    9 ай бұрын

    @@thehillbillyfiles I heard you mention the name and was surprised.

  • @roos24k65
    @roos24k659 ай бұрын

    Hy Leo. Missing your jovial. Hello it's Leo here😂😂😂😂. Dan was aunt Betty's husband? Did they find who shot him.😮

  • @roos24k65

    @roos24k65

    9 ай бұрын

    Murray Station Homestead. Kentucky. Is it far from you guys. I would love to see some old houses inside decorations outside too. And the story's of them. Like the high school that is no more. Have a nice and Happy weekend. If i lived over there i would love to make a curry deerleg for you guys. Yummie. ❤❤

  • @thehillbillyfiles

    @thehillbillyfiles

    9 ай бұрын

    aunt Betty's husband was Uriah McCoy, Dan was married to Inez, thanks for watching, no I don't know who shot him yet

  • @roos24k65

    @roos24k65

    9 ай бұрын

    @@thehillbillyfiles Ooh thank you. Have a nice weekend.

  • @dean828
    @dean8289 ай бұрын

    Jesus told her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Anyone who believes in me will live, even after dying. John 11:25 Those who trust/believe/place their faith in Jesus of Nazareth... and believe He is who He said he is... God Almighty in the flesh... the Messiah... will receive forgiveness of Sin and Eternal Life...