John White and his wife, who was the sister of Gilbert Smith, lived with their two sons on Bailey fork, in Clay County. On the opposite side of the creek, lived his neighbor, John C. Bailey and his two sons, John and Beve.

One day the White boys, Perry and Letcher, got into a fight with John and Beve Bailey, and in the scuffle that followed, Perry and Letcher were killed. They were buried in a double casket, in the same grave in the White Cemetery.

The Bailey brothers were taken to court, and after the examining trial in Clay County, the judge decided to have the bodies of the White brothers exhumed. Dr. J.R. Burchell was appointed to over see the task, and the bullets were taken from their bodies, giving the court enough evidence to indict Beve Bailey and send him to prison.

Some years later, a cousin of the Whites who also had the name Beve, returned to Clay County to take care of some property he owned there. One day he and Beve Bailey got into a fight near a place called Hyden Station, and Bailey was again tried in court but this time it ended in a hung jury.

The case was removed to Rockcastle County for the second trial. At the time there was a train running from Manchester to Hyden Station, and when they arrived for the trial White got on the train and hid. At a station between Manchester and Hyden, Beve Bailey got on the trainand the two men had a gun battle which resulted in Beve White being killed.

The feud lasted about ten years and finally John Bailey decided to move out of Clay County and went to live in Harlan County. The two Bailey brothers got into a fight while there, and ended up by killing each other.