, 1877-12-29
i Il FAMILY FEUD.
How They Quarrel in Garrard
County, KY.
a Bloody Contest Lasting Twenty
three Years.
Peace Restored by the Extinction Of
Nearly All Concerned.

I'd on 1st.n
LANcAsTkn, ~, De:. sl.-shoa1a ING com.
cvcr written, a large portion Of II must be
allotted to recital Of deeds OF violence, come
lines thu acts OF Outlaws ana oeepe'aaoes; la :,
fscttons and fami1y fculs, protr.ctcd through
tere. q years. In many respect. tsG most re-.
.,,a I'm, nj rron. fcni .oInl,c1 fran the men
tle liAe anu Evans 'c. eoHa.. 49,
who we're TIM hcads OF Inc setPectlse PARTIES Gu
gagged. 1t was maintained through long
sertes Of years: many lives wcro los. Ia the
,a,'.,,o.a,,. ,ot,,o. ana n,,rh ,ntsrrv cnta,,r,!
."N .esss"n. rss,,.. rh. o-t1in ~ ,lfe land
upon ,'''use''t pa'A'se' ....s,. ,sr,
was trivial, and occurred "a Tar baek a. W..
There wero living on THO waters OF Sugar
f.rcck. n tr;hntarv ri the Kentucky River, tuo
sa..,,,. 49, anr,n,t IItrr M, 11e aim, Evans.
,aas, H., ono % .. 49,, ~ 1.,,o .n1 H. f;s,e.
kiah Evans of the ether JOHN mn owned
blacksnath's shop, in which tic workmcn wero
h,s ncpro s,ayc. lie WAS man OF snmo prop
city, and his connection. by MARRIAGE were
tstrator Of an estate left 10 some orphans, and
in that capacity hired negro woman 10 Dr.
Evans Us no9se'scssas n 1..a. 'etr' t,n, .. .,
few months, enc returned 10 can.. Ah', anu
complained that Dr. Evans abused her and heat
her. aud beegcl to be hired to some ono
van. % her master, sd expostqlate With him
tic hlasksmith's shop. While 10 vas in the
stnlthy the woman espted D. Evans coming
taTInr; "Massa Hill, Dr. Evans is coming
dowu thc creek NOW. Don't let him
beat me.'' The DoctoF came up very
anury, a,.d was raising hts stick to strike,
wbe1 b' Cant. it'll, who was also carrying
heavy hickory stick, shouted to lin not to
sss,ke ,sat woman; Il ho did. he would whlp
him. Evans, not needing the threat, tried The
strength ut Ills cahRcl on the womants head, at
crnullitn, sud knocked him from his Horse. This
l'ow gave rise to a lawsuit, ID which Evans
sued for damages on account Of hls broken !,cad,
The Doctor wns bitterly rese1ttul at this ter
n1lnation 1t the affair, and, while he took fre-
q'icnt occaslon to e1prcss hiA bitterness IN
',ostii: encounter:
Not long after this Incident cause Of quarrel
as5se between Dr. Exams and another family
ut Hills, Instantly connected with tho other, anl
TSe S.e nca y ~ .hts 'h,S fs@iiy ~. paei
Jesse. lie bad four sons,--1saIai, Fred
cr'ck, Russell. and .Tesse, il. Dr. Evans had,
at a time when friendly relations existed ta.
thc granciather Of these boys. They claimed
TINT in the settlement Of tho estate llo liad
letrauded them, aud out of this grew the hos
sil.sy which eutailed much oloodshsd: ,,
for fifteen or twenty years, ready, how
ever, at nny rnomcut to break out In
open rupture. In the Jear l8i9 political
barbecue was given At the house Of Frederick
Hill. Or, Eyaria attended 1t, aud remained until
ulgl!t. Il good deal OF whlaky was ttnblbcd.
l3elore he left the ground ho Was assaulted by
jesse Hill and ottefs Of tha partY, and 20 badly
months, md when consalesccnt was fors.cd 10
tnuva about for aomc time On cEutehes. lie had
several aons, who wcrs now old enough 10
appreciate tho troubles Into which their
father Lad plunged, aud a. tt,ey we're endowed
with tho sarne conlbattyo disposition, they eu-
tered Into the QUARREL
The two parties were we'll armed with rides
aud exchanged shots upon tic Highway, bit no
lin was lat until the foiiowinp year iHlj.
ii the March term Of tho Uarrartl Cir
:nit Court tho late JH.lge KoLcttsou.
deliver roltfcat spcecll In tho Court .I{ptlac.
Among those in attendance werc Dr. Evans
aud tlis sons, Samuel and Th,'rnas, and severai
Of The HUI party, Including Jesse Hull. n The
garI between. jesse iltll snd Sam Evans, Il
nppears that tho Doctor expected an at.
lick, and had posted his sons as pick
auar7el. n he he ran In Out Of shs W Ceurt.I1ouse, s
mi. 1sSc,;np biz revolver at Jcsse iit snot ij,n
dead. putting three bullets into iis DNiy, Hu
Effort va made to arrest llM. but ho escapetl to
In tuKc lin by force. Fearing tho ratherIny al
lis I'LL, W elan - ss AZ auxiliary 10 sisc Shcrin's h
tnsxcc. nr, Eynn. ,ouclulcd that safety isy IN
u;.snt: 81 he departed In sIo night aud iuasjc bfs
way to Indiana, whrrc tie thought 10 rcmain in.
ri In. iIttio bseczc snould bIag over, "''
rl.ts ,saEedy erssncratee tbs ilifi n.rty. xho
u,ra,,Iz,sI md at,teti themsctycs with i1emid.
MID. ;;ta1nna. tl John iijli, WHO Ind ha,l ths
I,r.t ,]iNI,.,,lty with lIrxekiof Eyans. in fEsi
lawn" .lje i!s st,n Dr. Oliver +. Iiijt. brratoe
t,u Lc,ti uf That branch u{ thu family. Iie bs.
ca;uc a,tiyriy tnlerpstcd in the ouaIrej' and
tI,rrrattrr lcraiue 4 xunspicuous 1gufe In II.
vtinr tt,s ai,scnse u d. E,sns in In}ians An al
,a..i ce,pl.fuaI warturs was kept 10 twtwren the
u.,nn,uc l,rccs On the crerN, titcit. IespertIys
dwelling. .ht,,lsvs tring al.ernAtslv tcsIcred Ihc
fa,,ns II Wr. Evans and Russell iii al io,aed'
:luh. q, r,,nscni,enu ri Tho ,rns;ant c}fnrt AZ
In. rst r.tiun III cach othrr. ti,o ,re, ft iiits
wvx I,,on thu firm. II ons Of Them attsmntrf
puy,hin. of tjlat sort be was .,ttlee tn Lcsi, III
rc With, easy rrash. and naye ntl,rrs nj ..,,orn
Urjyc no,ce Of Tie apuruach Of tho ENEMY.
y in Nav. ih:n = lew tnontha sitter liza ttillnp
81 Jess; iiiii. = marty OF tfe Evans far i'm
heated by SaIi, and T1m Evans Ard a partv ul
thr IlIls met in tf,o Tt,rn ri Tancastcr m ,i's
puLiic stluare. and t,iotxiy deht cl.s,Isd' Ths
retuft Of tLis Lxttlo wnx ft,n cutttm,- III 1nn