12 For general accounts see Charles G. Mutzenberg, Kentucky’s Famous Feuds and Tragedies (New York, 1917); Noah and John Reynolds, History of the Feuds of the Mountain Parts of Eastern Kentucky (Whitesburg, Ky., n.d.); S. S. McClintock, “The Kentucky Mountains and Their Feuds,” AJS 7 (1901), 1-28, 171-87.
13 Otis K. Rice, The Hatfields and the McCoys (Lexington, Ky., 1978).
14 Edward M. Steel obtained the following pattern of indictments for crimes and misdemeanors in Ohio County, Va., 1801-10: Crimes against persons (125): Murder, 3; Assault and battery, 91; Peace action (abortive assaults), 31. Crimes against property (24): Larceny, 16; Robbery, 1; Counterfeiting, 2; Forgery, 2; Breaking and entering, 2; Trespass, 1. Crimes against morality (29): Profanity, 24; Bastardy, 4; Sabbath breaking, 1. Crimes against order and authority (62): Riot, 8; Affray (unpremeditated riot), 2; Unlawful assembly, 2; Disturbing public assembly, 1; Misfeasance (failure to lay out roads), 36; Unlawful distilling and retailing, 8; Obstructing highway, 2; Contempt, 3. Total: 240. Source: Edward M. Steel, “Criminality in Jeffersonian America—A Sample,” Crime and Delinquency, 18 (1972), 154.
15 Campbell, The Southern Highlander, 119.
16 Garland F. Hopkins, Cumberland County, Virginia (Winchester, 1942), 31.