Hatfield Cemetery (Newtown, West Virginia)

Hatfield Cemetery is a historic cemetery located near Newtown, Mingo County, West Virginia. The earliest burial dates to 1881, and is the grave of Ephraim Hatfield. The cemetery contains over 100 burials including Ellison Hatfield, brother of Captain Anderson "Devil Anse" Hatfield, whose killing by three sons of Randolph McCoy at an election in Pike County, Kentucky, in 1882 is generally regarded as the beginning of the famous Hatfield-McCoy Feud. It is a companion to the Hatfield Cemetery near Sarah Ann, West Virginia.[2]

Hatfield Cemetery
Hatfield Cemetery (Newtown, West Virginia) is located in West Virginia
Hatfield Cemetery (Newtown, West Virginia)
Hatfield Cemetery (Newtown, West Virginia) is located in the United States
Hatfield Cemetery (Newtown, West Virginia)
LocationSouth of Newtown on County Route 6, near Newtown, West Virginia
Coordinates37°38′0.16″N 82°5′27.73″W
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1882
MPSHatfield Cemeteries in Southwestern West Virginia TR
NRHP reference No.80004033[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 28, 1980

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Michael J. Pauley (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Hatfield Cemeteries in Southwestern West Virginia" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved July 9, 2011.
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