A Family Genealogy of
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Johnson HATFIELD #75931
6 JAN 1862 - 19 APR 1922
AKA: Johnse
Personal Information
- BIRTH: 6 JAN 1862, Logan, Logan, West Virginia, USA
- DEATH: 19 APR 1922, Twisted Gum Creek, Logan, West Virginia, USA
Notes
By the 1890s, Johnse, with a bounty on his head, traveled across country to the Pacific Northwest and worked in the timberlands around Spokane, Washington Territory. Cap, also wanted, headed west and traveled to Oklahoma, and later on to Gunnison City, Colorado. Cap was not tempted by the possibility of riches while in Colorado (although by this time gold had been discovered in the region). Instead, he became a farm hand for a childless elderly couple who owned a substantial farm just outside of town. Calling himself Leland Smith, Cap eventually moved in with the couple and proved himself a hard worker and avoided trouble during his stay. In due course, Cap, becoming homesick to return to the Mountain State and to his family, left the farm and Gunnison City. However, before heading to Appalachia, he set out to find his older brother. Traveling further westward, he eventually found Johnse working as a lumberjack in a remote timber camp in thePacific Northwest. Cap convinced Johnse to stop running from lawmen and bounty hunters, and to go back to the relative safety near their father. Both men were back in the mountains of Logan County by 1898. Unfortunately, Johnse was later arrested in Kentucky, and was sentenced to life in prison. He was later paroled after killing a fellow inmate during an attack, thereby saving the warden’s life. Cap remained free, but spent his life being “suspicious”-better known as being paranoid-and gravely concerned that Pike County posse members and raiders would capture him and force him across the Tug River to stand trial in Pike County, Kentucky. Yet, he never faced such charges.
Parents
Father: William Anderson HATFIELD #75286
Mother: Levisa Louisa CHAFIN #75287
Family 1 :
Family 2 :
Family 3 :
Family 4 :
_Valentine Wallace HATFIELD _+
| (1789 - 1872) m 1805
_Ephraim Prater HATFIELD _|
| (1812 - 1881) m 1828 |
| |_Martha WEDDINGTON __________
| (1789 - 1867) m 1805
_William Anderson HATFIELD _|
| (1839 - 1921) m 1861 |
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| |_Nancy A VANCE ___________|
| (1813 - 1895) m 1828 |
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|--Johnson HATFIELD
| (1862 - 1922)
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|_Levisa Louisa CHAFIN ______|
(1842 - 1929) m 1861 |
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