Hillsville Remembered: Public Memory, Historical Silence, and Appalachia’s Most Notorious Shoot-Out by Dr. Travis A. Rountree
Courthouse Tragedy: The Carroll County Historical Society and Museum
Dictionary of Virginia Biography: Floyd Allen
Ballads
Ballad of Claude Allen (YouTube)
Ballad of Sidna Allen (YouTube)
Books
The Carroll County Courthouse Tragedy by R.W. “Ron” Hall is available from the Carroll County Historical Society and Museum.
Feud: Hatfields, McCoys, and Social Change in Appalachia, 1860-1900 by Altina L. Waller
Richmond Times-Dispatch, VA, Friday, March 15, 1912, Page 1, “State Troops Are Ready to March”
Baltimore Sun, MD, Friday, March 15, 1912, Page 1, “Judge is Assassinated as he Imposes Sentence”
Charlotte Daily Observer, NC, Friday, March 15, 1912, Page 1, “Court Officials Slain”
Washington Post, DC, Friday, March 15, 1912, Page 1, “Desperadoes Kill Judge, Prosecutor, and Sheriff in Virginia Courtroom”