WILLIAM McCOY was born 1752 in Washington Co., Maryland. He was married to CORDELLA CAMPBELL 1772 in Maryland. William was a veteran of the Revolutionary War. He served in the Virginia Continental Line and was given a land grant in what is now Pike & Floyd counties, KY. He and Cordella had 13 children. Died in Pike Co., Kentucky, in 1822.

CHILDREN OF WILLIAM McCOY AND CORDELLA CAMPBELL

• WILLIAM McCOY was born in 1773, in Maryland. He married Barbara Tollinger on November 23, 1796 in Montgomery County, West Virginia. Children: A son, Thomas (b. 1800); maybe another John 1823. Was living in Gallatin County, Illinois, in 1820. He served in the War of 1812.

• EZEKIEL McCOY was born in 1775, in Maryland. He married Nancy Davis on April 7, 1798 in Ranger, West Virginia. She was probably the sister of Elizabeth Davis, who married Ezekiel's brother, Samuel. Ezekiel also ended up in Gallatin County, Illinois.
  WALTER McCOY was born in 1777, in Maryland. Walter migrated west early in his life, with brothers William and Ezekiel. No further information.

• SAMUEL McCOY was born in 1782, in Maryland. He married ELIZABETH DAVIS on August 12, 1801, and they had 17 children. One was SARAH "SALLY" McCOY, born 1829 in Pike Co., Kentucky. She married her first cousin, RANDOLPH "OLD RANDALL" McCOY, the leader of the clan in the Hatfield/McCoy feud (b: 30 Oct 1825 in Pike Co., Ky.). They were married on 9 Dec 1849 in Pike Co., Ky.

• NANCY McCOY was born in 1784, in Maryland. She married Thomas McColley June 7, 1803 - 7 children. James, Elizabeth, Nancy, Margaret, Barbara, Charles & Thomas. Died in 1823.

• ELIZABETH McCOY was born in 1786, in Maryland. She married William Scott - 10 children. Mary, Nancy, Andrew, John, Acton or Axton, Daniel, Barnabus, Evan, James T. & Rebecca.

• JOHN "BUTTERMILK" McCOY was born on 24 Apr 1788, in Maryland or Virginia. He married Margaret Jackson Abt. 1808 in Knoxville Tn. - 10 children. Nancy, Rachel, Wiilliam, Andrew, Pleasant, Randolph, John, Margaret, Elizabeth & Asa Peter. Death: 8 Sep 1872 in Pike Co., Ky. Burial: McCoy Cemetery, Kentucky.

• DANIEL McCOY was born in 1790, in Montgomery Co., Va. He married Margaret "Peggy" Taylor (b: 12 Nov 1800 in Russell Co., Va.) on 12 Feb 1817. Daniel And Margaret divorced in 1872. It is believed he Married Mary Ann "Polly" Varney in his later years. They had 13 children, including Randolph who married his first cousin Sarah, and became the leader of the McCoy side of the feud. In 1840, Daniel McCoy and his wife moved to Logan Co., VA/WV, where they lived until their deaths. Death: 1885 in Logan Co., WV.

• RICHARD McCOY was born in 1793, in Virginia. He married Betsy Adkins, Mary Ann Chaney & Jane Allen. Had 13 children with Jane Allen: William, Phoebe, Barbara, Elizabeth, Louisa, Frances, Nancy, John, Margaret, James A., William, Lewis & Harrison.
  JOSEPH McCOY was born in 1795, in Virginia. He married Mary Maynard July 7, 1816 in Floyd Co., Ky - 2 children. Sarah & Mary.
  BENJAMIN THOMAS McCOY was born in 1798, in Virginia. He married Melia Maynard on April 17, 1821, in Floyd Co., Ky. - 9 children. William, Lockey, Samuel, Elijah, Elizabeth, Nancy, Leannah, Rebecca & John.

• RANDOLPH McCOY was born in 1801, in Virginia. He married Mary Ann Stafford on November 20, 1823, in Pike Co., Ky. - 4 or 5 children. John R., Malinda Ellen, William & Marion. Possibly another daughter named Louisa.

Daniel McCoy was born April 24, 1788 in Virginia, and died July 10, 1855 in Pike County, Kentucky. He married Margaret Taylor February 12, 1817 in Floyd Co., Ky., daughter of John Taylor and Mary Varney. She was born November 12, 1800.

They were living in Pike county in 1830 and then moved to Logan county, Virginia before 1840, and continued to live there until their deaths. Peggy probably died before 1870. Daniel was still living at the age of 90 in the 1880 census, but was listed as widowed and disabled in the household of Ellison C. Duty and wife Harriette McCoy. Daniel's relationship to Harriette has not been definitely established, but she is probably his daughter. 
      
Children of Daniel McCoy and Margaret Taylor are: 

• Joseph McCoy b: Abt 1848;

• James H. McCoy b: Mar 1849; died August 30, 1929 in Pikeville, KY.

• Floyd McCoy b: 4 May 1853 in Pike Co., Ky.;

• Tolbert McCoy b: 16 Jun 1854 in Pike Co., Ky.; died August 9, 1882 in Pike Co., KY.

• Samuel McCoy b: 10 Dec 1855 in Pike Co., Ky.;died 1916 in Pike Co., KY.

• Lilburn McCoy b: Abt 1856 in Pike Co., Ky.;

• Female unnamed McCoy b: 1 Feb 1857 in Pike Co., Ky. died February 4, 1857.

• Allifair McCoy b: 10 Jun 1858 in Pike Co., Ky.; died January 1, 1888 in Pike Co., KY.
  Shot while escaping house fire set by Hatfields

• Rosanna McCoy b: 21 Mar 1859 in Pike Co., Ky.

• Calvin McCoy b: Abt 1862 in Pike Co., Ky.; died January 1, 1888 in Pike Co., KY.
  Shot dead trying to put out the house fire

• Pharmer McCoy b: Abt 1863 in Pike Co., Ky.; died August 9, 1882 in Pike Co., KY.

• Randolph "Bud" McCoy b: Abt 1864 in Pike Co., Ky.; died August 9, 1882 in Pike Co., KY.

• William McCoy b: Abt 1866 in Pike Co., Ky.; He was involved in the stabbing of Ellison Hatfield, but his brother Bud was captured and killed in his place. He never recovered from his brother being killed in his place.

• Trinvilla "Trinnie" McCoy b: Abt 1868 in Pike Co., Ky.  She married William Jr. Thompson July 12, 1888 in Pike Co., KY; 

• Adelaide McCoy b: Abt 1870; 

• Fanny McCoy b: Abt 1873 in Pike Co., Ky. She married Roland Charles February 21, 1891 in Pike Co., KY;

Note: THE HATFIELDS AND THE McCOYS by Otis K. Rice, 1982, Univ. of KY Press, p. 4; pp. 62-63 describes the slaughter of the McCoy family and the beating of Sarah by the Hatfields on Jan 1, 1888.  Sarah begged to be allowed to tend her dying daughter Alifair, and was beaten severely in the head with a gun butt by Johnse Hatfield. Her skull was crushed and her arm and hip broken.