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JESUS AND THE BATTLE IN THE GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE (11 OF 13)

by Donald Cantrell

Scripture: Luke 22:39-45
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Jesus and the Battle in the Garden of Gethsemane (11 of 13)
Series: Jesus and ...
Donald Cantrell
Luke 22: 39-45


I - The Private Place
II - The Precious Person
III - The Preferred People
IV - The Prayerful Petition
V - The Powerful Portrait (43 - 44)

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The Feud

The Hatfield-McCoy feud, or the McCoy-Hatfield feud or the Hatfield-McCoy war as some papers at the time called it, involved two rural families of the West Virginia-Kentucky area along the Tug Fork of the Big Sandy River in the years 1863-1891. The Hatfield's of West Virginia were led by William Anderson ''Devil Anse'' Hatfield while the McCoy's of Kentucky were under the leadership of Randolph ''Ole Ran'l'' McCoy.

Those involved in the feud were descended from Ephraim Hatfield (born c. 1765) and William McCoy (born c. 1750). The feud has entered the American folklore lexicon as a metonym for any bitterly feuding rival parties. More than a century later, the feud has become synonymous with the perils of family honor, justice, and revenge.

Wikipedia - Hatfield's and McCoy's

I want to begin this morning by talking about a feud that started towards the end of the civil War in West Virginia and Kentucky. It began in January of 1865 when Harmon McCoy, who had joined the Union army, was found murdered, presumably by a group of men led by William Anderson Hatfield.

This is the beginning of decades of violence and conflict that we have fondly come to know as the Hatfield and McCoy Feud.

The violence escalated years later over a sow and her pigs. The McCoy's claimed that since the pig was on their property it must be their hog. The Hatfield's countered the claim - because they could - and the matter was taken to court. The McCoy's lost their claim in court because of the testimony of Bill Staton who was later murdered by to McCoy brothers. The feud later intensified when Roseanna McCoy began an Affair with Joh ...

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