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In Search of Ed Haley 316

#BrandonKirk is visited by the grandson of George Fry, at whose home the Haley-McCoy #murders occurred in 1889. #Appalachia #history #amwriting #LincolnCountyFeud

I told Brandon that I would be coming to Harts at the end of July. In the meantime, he contacted Basil Frye, a grandson to George Fry. Basil, a resident of North Carolina, was old enough to know about the Haley-McCoy killings (he was born in 1925) but admittedly knew very little. He had heard through the family that his grandfather George agreed to let three “guards” stay overnight at his house…

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In Search of Ed Haley 235

#Courthouse land records reveal interesting information about the #LincolnCountyFeud. #history #writing #genealogy

The Lincoln County Courthouse – which holds deed records, vital statistics, and criminal records for the Harts Creek District – burned on November 19, 1909, taking with it whatever records might have existed pertaining to the 1889 feud. Thanks to a…

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