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William Frederick "Bill" McCoy (August 17, 1877 – December 30, 1948), was an American sea captain and rum-runner during the Prohibition in the United States.In pursuing the trade of smuggling alcohol from the Bahamas to the Eastern Seaboard, Capt. McCoy, [1] found a role model in John Hancock of pre-revolutionary Boston and considered himself an "honest lawbreaker."
William McCoy (c.1763 – 20 April 1798) m. Teio, a.k.a. Mary, also consort of John Adams Daniel McCoy (1792 – 26 December 1832) m. Sarah Quintal daughter of Matthew Quintal William McCoy (1812 – 17 February 1849) unmarried; Daniel McCoy (1814 – 27 June 1831) m. Peggy Christian, granddaughter of Fletcher Christian
William McCoy or MacCoy may refer to: W. F. McCoy (1886–1976), Speaker of the Northern Ireland House of Commons; William McCoy (rum runner) (1877–1948), American rum-runner during Prohibition; William McCoy (congressman) (died 1864), American politician and member of Congress; William McCoy (mutineer) (c. 1763–1798), Scottish mutineer on ...
The Hatfield–McCoy Feud involved two American families of the West Virginia–Kentucky area along the Tug Fork of the Big Sandy River from 1863 to 1891. The Hatfields of West Virginia were led by William Anderson "Devil Anse" Hatfield, while the McCoys of Kentucky were under the leadership of Randolph "Ole Ran'l" McCoy.
This was the start of the Bimini–Bahamas rum trade and the introduction of Bill McCoy. Rum-runner William S. McCoy, Florida area from 1900 to 1920. With the start of prohibition, Captain McCoy began bringing rum from Bimini and the rest of the Bahamas into south Florida through Government Cut.
Occasionally a new person would arrive on the island bringing with them a new surname such as the American Samuel Russell Warren born 1830 in Rhode Island, U.S., fathered children with Agnes Christian (daughter of Thursday October Christian II), whose descendants still live on the island today. [14] The McCoy surname (from the mutineer William ...
From left to right, Canadian actor William Shatner as Captain Kirk, American actor DeForest Kelley (1920 - 1999) as Dr 'Bones' McCoy and American actor Leonard Nimoy as Mr Spock in a promotional ...
William McCoy (June 11, 1921 – April 1996), was an American politician from Oregon. In 1972, he was the first African American elected to the Oregon State Legislature . After serving one term in the Oregon House of Representatives , he was appointed to serve in the Oregon Senate .