Finding the lost graves of Doc and Pliant Mahon-Prisoners of Hatfield McCoy feud-West Virginia

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  • Опубликовано: 22 дек 2024

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  • @YvonneAuber
    @YvonneAuber 3 месяца назад +11

    My mother was Mary Cisco. Jake and Tennessee Cisco were her parents, my grandparents. Burley was her brother born 1905 died at age 22 from an accidental gunshot wound. Sally was her sister died 1928 age 5 from encephalitis. I am also the great great niece of Doc and Plyant Mahon, this video was special to me. Thank you

    • @shawncaudill248
      @shawncaudill248 3 месяца назад +1

      My great grandmother was Rosa Cisco, a younger sister of Tennessee Cisco. Rosa was married to Edward Runyon, and then my great grandfather Nelson Caudill. Trithenia Mahon was my 3x great grandmother. I would love to exchange some messages with you about this.

    • @YvonneAuber
      @YvonneAuber 3 месяца назад +1

      @@shawncaudill248 I think it’s the same Trithany Mahon Chafin was my great great grandmother on Tennessee’s line. Hi cousin !

    • @YvonneAuber
      @YvonneAuber 3 месяца назад +1

      Im on facebook

    • @YvonneAuber
      @YvonneAuber 3 месяца назад +1

      My great grandmother on Jake’s(grandfather) was Mourning/Mourning Mahon, sister to Doc and Plyant, so I guess I’m doubly related to them lol

    • @shawncaudill248
      @shawncaudill248 3 месяца назад

      @@YvonneAuber I’m having no doubts that it’s the same Thrithany. Lol! Was she married to William Chafin?
      I’m from what feels like, the lost line of the Ciscos. Hello cousin!

  • @michaelauber4949
    @michaelauber4949 3 месяца назад +6

    Those are my great grandparents Jake and Tennessee Cisco!! This is the first time I’m ever seen their graves. It’s a shame the condition of the graves but still cool to see!

  • @diggingmary129
    @diggingmary129 3 месяца назад +10

    I have my timer set! Can’t wait!!! I’m totally addicted to Leo’s stories!!! ❤

    • @diggingmary129
      @diggingmary129 3 месяца назад +2

      @@Raiderdaveovery very true!!! How could I forget about Heather, silly me!! ❤

  • @csiboo
    @csiboo 3 месяца назад +6

    I would like to thank you Leo and Heather for taking us along on all these adventures. You make me feel like I'm right there with you and I get excited when 'we' find what 'we're' looking for. Thanks for all your hard work. I hope you can understand the appreciation I have for you doing all this hard work and bringing it to us. Love you two!!!

  • @suzybailey-koubti8342
    @suzybailey-koubti8342 3 месяца назад +4

    The highway to nowhere! It is absolutely beautiful up there. When I come home to Omar, WV, I drive up there and pull off the road just to see the beautiful mountains. Thanks, Leo and Heather ❤❤

  • @edorsherylcorey5743
    @edorsherylcorey5743 3 месяца назад +6

    Thank you Lawrence for assisting Leo and Heather and for all of us who is interested in the local history.

  • @mattiemahon500
    @mattiemahon500 4 месяца назад +16

    Im excited for this I'm a Mahon from Beech Creek WV,, my grandmother was Mattie (Mullins) Mahon an my grandfather was Wall Dock Mahon,,he passed in 1959 my grandmother passed in 1996,,I've been searching about older relatives, just to build a family tree for my grandson an my boys to have. I follow all of your shows an stories it's a great thing y'all do,, i hope to see there resting spots on your show its been a long time since I've been there,,, so I'll def be watching an again thanks for all yall do an be safe an careful out there,, 🥀❤️

    • @jobymahon2871
      @jobymahon2871 2 месяца назад

      Are you by chance related to Thomas and Walter Mahon? My family went through Ellis Island then settled from New York to Rhode Island all the way over to California. My Great Grandma says we are related to American outlaws who left before Bloody Sunday and her sons Walter my grand uncle was OSS and was killed in a plane crash over Alaska and my Grand Father Thomas was a West point grad, 81st airborne dropped over Normandy and got a purple heart at the Battle of the bulge and a silver star at the end of the war. From all the research I've done this seems the closest I mean you're literally named Mahon

    • @mattiemahon500
      @mattiemahon500 2 месяца назад

      @@jobymahon2871 I'm not sure very interesting I'll defiantly find out,, I know my grandfather dad his name was Wash Mahoney throughout the year's the e has fell lol few of my uncles still use it but I'll defiantly get back with u in couple days an see what we can find,, an thanks for asking I've been hoping to learn about the mahon name,,

    • @mattiemahon500
      @mattiemahon500 2 месяца назад

      Sorry not Mahoney " Mahone"

    • @jobymahon2871
      @jobymahon2871 2 месяца назад

      @@mattiemahon500 that's literally how it was spelled before it got changed we were the McMahone's

  • @BenjieTyl
    @BenjieTyl 3 месяца назад +5

    Leo/Heather, I appreciate and respect all of the work you put into your videos. I have learned a ton from them. Since you have educated me, I want to share a nugget of information with you. There are right angles in nature with the most common being salt crystals.

  • @leela715
    @leela715 3 месяца назад +5

    My grandma, Allie (Mahon) Hill, is probably some kin to these. I remember her talking about them back when I was growing up. She was born in 1910 and died in 1998. Thanks for the tour of these ancestors of ours. Hi Phillip, good videos! lol

  • @kallyand
    @kallyand 3 месяца назад +4

    I truly love your videos. Thank you both for all the effort you both take in discovering lost history. It really means a lot. Thank you.

  • @scampbell3363
    @scampbell3363 3 месяца назад +4

    Hey from Memphis. You two are the working most couple I know. Y’all pulled some overtime this week.

  • @trishwise8269
    @trishwise8269 3 месяца назад +3

    The effort you both put into these videos is amazing. Leo, the excitement in your voice when you discover what you’re looking for just adds that much more to the story. And you’re right, that cannot be done sitting in front of a computer. Your ‘adventures’ are very much appreciated!!

  • @sherrilee230
    @sherrilee230 3 месяца назад +4

    Hello Leo and Heather. Leo scored again. This will fill in a lot of gaps. Good work

  • @kimberleyannedemong5621
    @kimberleyannedemong5621 3 месяца назад +4

    So interesting. Heather & Leo if a cemetery or person is lost and can be found you will find it. You never give up. Persistence & determination should be your middle names! Excellent work. You never disappoint me ❤️. Leo you worry me no end with your mountain goat adventures. I'm always afraid you'll have a heart attack. Be careful and safe travels.

  • @judypierce7028
    @judypierce7028 3 месяца назад +4

    Leo, this is o exciting! You are traveling on a beautiful and scenic highway. Heather does an awesome job with the research. She should do this for a living possibly doing genealogies for families. Thank you.

    • @thehillbillyfiles
      @thehillbillyfiles  2 месяца назад

      We do get paid for the videos so she kinds does it for a living lol, thank you Judy!

    • @judypierce7028
      @judypierce7028 2 месяца назад

      @@thehillbillyfiles Thank you Leo,. You have a fascinating channel - so exciting.

  • @edorsherylcorey5743
    @edorsherylcorey5743 3 месяца назад +6

    Thanks to Goldie's brother, Philip as well!

  • @michaelbedinger4121
    @michaelbedinger4121 3 месяца назад +5

    Awesome video! Thank you very much Leo and Heather, and gentlemen. Have a great week ahead 😀

  • @donnaelkins186
    @donnaelkins186 2 месяца назад +1

    ❤😊❤ love Leo and Heather's stories!

  • @carrollrickard9684
    @carrollrickard9684 3 месяца назад +6

    Great walk back in time, one question does anyone know where Alifairs grave is located. Just asking as that would also be a great find also. It's a shame that the tombstones weren't better built to last the test of time. I know these folks did the best they could by their love ones. Times were hard and money was hard to come by. Thanks Leo and Heather for all you do.

    • @BenjieTyl
      @BenjieTyl 3 месяца назад +3

      God created the elements, and anything created by man will be destroyed by the elements.

    • @thehillbillyfiles
      @thehillbillyfiles  3 месяца назад +1

      She is buried at the McCoy cemetery across from Randals old home place, but you can only visit couple times a year if your lucky. It's called the forbidden cemetery.

    • @carrollrickard9684
      @carrollrickard9684 3 месяца назад

      @@thehillbillyfiles Thank You

  • @mattiemahon500
    @mattiemahon500 3 месяца назад +6

    Im here an watching,,,

    • @mattiemahon500
      @mattiemahon500 3 месяца назад +4

      My mother Karen (Cisco) Mahon is also from Beech Creek,,

  • @tweedlebee-eo2kq
    @tweedlebee-eo2kq 3 месяца назад +2

    may god continue to bless you heather and leo, thank you for all you do 💐

  • @MatthewMahon-d7b
    @MatthewMahon-d7b 2 месяца назад +3

    My great grandpa was pliant mahon jr. My grandpa was james Eugene mahon. My daddy was tennis mahon my name is ahane mahon

  • @marvinjohnson424
    @marvinjohnson424 3 месяца назад +5

    Pays to be friendly. I talk a lot to people in the grocery store, but nobody has paid my vittles yet😁🇺🇸

  • @helenhernandez5604
    @helenhernandez5604 3 месяца назад +4

    🖐 Helen here in Texas!🥰💜👍

  • @Yeahno-ey3rb
    @Yeahno-ey3rb 3 месяца назад +4

    Is there a reason for the marbles in the gravestones? I"m not from the area in fact I'm not from the US. So I don't know if this is a local custom or just a way to make the stones look pretty?

    • @thehillbillyfiles
      @thehillbillyfiles  3 месяца назад +2

      Not sure. I have seen quite a few of them. I guess I just assumed it was more common back then.

    • @suzybailey-koubti8342
      @suzybailey-koubti8342 3 месяца назад

      @@thehillbillyfiles, Leo, according to the Jewish religion, small stones are still placed on tombstones by family members to show their loved ones they are there and honoring their souls.

  • @darrylhudsonhudson
    @darrylhudsonhudson 3 месяца назад +5

    MR LEO you have to work very hard to find the grave yard sites and other road trips, Not easy to do this in real life jobs and all-Just keep calm and just do your video your pace- just a fan of yours-DLH

  • @earlthepearl3922
    @earlthepearl3922 3 месяца назад +2

    From the records…@ 12:23….Valentine Hatfield…”Eyes: Yellow.” ???? At least one researcher has stated he died in his prison cell of extreme malnutrition. Perhaps they”yellow eyes” and possible malnutrition are related? He passed away in prison the same year he was convicted.

  • @lesiamayabb2051
    @lesiamayabb2051 27 дней назад

    Hello ! We are still Mayhorns . I'm Doc Mayhorns great- great granddaughter. Just thought you would like to know . Thanks for the video

  • @gearhead2017
    @gearhead2017 3 месяца назад +5

    I'd like to visit the graves of my father's side of the family,blanch and Bill stallings they're in Virginia and my aunt Virginia,(fathers sister) I think is buried there somewhere lol

  • @chadjohnson5319
    @chadjohnson5319 3 месяца назад +1

    Good video i dont care what other people say they just like drama dont feed into it your doing good

  • @vanessa_ellifritz
    @vanessa_ellifritz 3 месяца назад +2

    Did you watch Fred's video? I know you guys didnt intentionally mean anything by it, just dont feed into the drama. It was a pety video that boiled down to who has the most views and then on top of it they turned off the comments. Why? Just be the bigger person. I'll still be watching your video's 😊

  • @melindaschluter1669
    @melindaschluter1669 3 месяца назад +1

    ❤❤❤

  • @BoyceWaddle
    @BoyceWaddle 3 месяца назад +1

    Why did they bury him up on top of mountains

    • @thehillbillyfiles
      @thehillbillyfiles  3 месяца назад

      Around here they put people family land, but saved the low level ground for houses and farms.

  • @debpalm8667
    @debpalm8667 3 месяца назад +1

    Valentine had yellow eyes?

  • @patricatfurever4051
    @patricatfurever4051 3 месяца назад +1

    Valentine had ‘yellow’ eyes?? How odd!

    • @vanessa_ellifritz
      @vanessa_ellifritz 3 месяца назад

      I thought the same thing lol

    • @patricatfurever4051
      @patricatfurever4051 3 месяца назад

      @@SmokyMountainBlessed was thinking jaundice too-could have been why he died soon after?

  • @brandonraykirk2925
    @brandonraykirk2925 3 месяца назад +1

    The community is pronounced Duh-vaughn, pause in the middle and emphasis on second syllable.

    • @brandonraykirk2925
      @brandonraykirk2925 3 месяца назад +1

      Thank you for the acknowledgement on the penitentiary records. I spent part of a day locating that information on microfilm at the public library in Ashland, KY.