James M McCoy
Enlistment Age 17
Birth Date abt 1844
Enlistment Date 3 Jul 1861
Enlistment Place Logan County, West Virginia
Enlistment Rank Private
Muster Date 3 Jul 1861
Muster Place Virginia
Muster Company D
Muster Regiment 36th Infantry
Muster Regiment Type Infantry
Muster Information Enlisted
Casualty Date 15 Jun 1862
Type of Casualty Sick
Casualty Information Estimated day
Side of War Confederacy
Notes 1862-10-15 On rolls
Additional Notes 2 Casualty 2 Date: 19 Oct 1864; Casualty 2 Place: Belle Grove, Virginia; Casualty 2 Casualty Type: Wounded;
Title The Virginia Regimental Histories Series

James M. "Jim" McCoy is the son of Daniel McCoy and Margaret "Peggy" Taylor McCoy. He's the brother of Randolph McCoy, the patriarch of the McCoy clan of the Hatfield and McCoy Feud.

James married Mary Ann Cassy/Curry/Carey on April 22, 1866 in Pike, Kentucky. The marriage record transcription on Ancestry.com says Mary A Cassy) This could be a transcription error.

James can be found on the 1850 and 1860 census's in Logan County, (West) Virginia with his parents and siblings.

He can be found on the 1870 census in Magnolia, Logan, West Virginia with his wife and children.

He also can be found on the 1880 census in Blackberry, Pike, Kentucky with his wife and children.

The children of James M. McCoy and Mary Ann Cassy/Curry/Carey are :

1. Jasper McCoy: Born - April 8, 1867 in West Virginia ____ Died- August 16, 1851 in Pike, Kentucky___ Married: Julia Ella "Ellen" Helvey B. February 1867 in Kentucky (Daughter of William Madison Helvey and Martha Jane Sparks)- Child of Jasper McCoy and Julia Ella "Ellen" Helvey : Garland McCoy

2. McDonald McCoy : Born - abt 1868 in West Virginia____Died - January 23, 1934 in Pike, Kentucky __ Married: Lucy Unknown

3. Columbus McCoy : Born- abt 1871 in Kentucky

4. Ethel McCoy : Born February 13, 1874 in Pike, Kentucky____ Died - May 7, 1940 in Pike, Kentucky____Married - Columbus Maynard b. April 1875 in Kentucky ( son of Decatur Maynard and Barbara E. Helvey) - Children of Ethel McCoy and Columbus Maynard: Margaret, Bert D. and Thelma Maynard

5. Biddie McCoy: Born- abt. 1876 in Kentucky

6. Ida McCoy: Born- abt 1878 in Kentucky