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    Phantly Roy Bean Jr. (c. 1825 – March 16, 1903) was an American saloon-keeper and Justice of the Peace in Val Verde County, Texas, who called himself "The Only Law West of the Pecos ". According to legend, he held court in his saloon along the Rio Grande on a desolate stretch of the Chihuahuan Desert of southwest Texas.

  3. Nov 16, 2009 · 1903. Judge Roy Bean dies. Roy Bean, the self-proclaimed “law west of the Pecos,” dies in Langtry, Texas. A saloonkeeper and adventurer, Bean’s claim to fame rested on the often...

  4. Roy Bean was a justice of the peace and saloonkeeper who styled himself as the “law west of the Pecos.”. For much of his life from the time he left his Kentucky home in 1847, Bean moved from town to town—in Mexico, Southern California, New Mexico, and Texas—getting into and fleeing from one scrape.

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  5. Quick Facts. Also Known As: Phantly Roy Bean Jr. Died At Age: 78. Family: Spouse/Ex-: Virginia Chavez. father: Phantly Roy Bean Sr. mother: Anna Henderson Gore. siblings: Joshua Bean, Sam Bean. Judges American Men. Died on: March 19, 1903. place of death: Langtry, Texas, United States. U.S. State: Kentucky. Recommended Lists: American Celebrities.

  6. Oct 30, 2023 · Known as "The Only Law West of the Pecos," Judge Roy Bean was an eccentric and unqualified magistrate in southwest Texas — who held court in his saloon. Despite having no legal experience, Roy Bean was appointed a justice of the peace in Pecos County, Texas to help establish law and order in the Wild West.

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  7. Judge Roy Bean was a Justice of the Peace in Val Verde County, in southwest Texas. He also owned a saloon in Langtry , where he held court and called himself “The Law West of the Pecos.” Phantly Roy Bean, Jr. was born in Mason County, Kentucky , around 1825 to Phantley Roy and Anna Henderson Gore Bean.

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    Jul 22, 2015 · Handbook of Texas →. Entries →. Bean, Roy (ca. 1825–1903) By: C. L. Sonnichsen. Type: Biography. Published: 1952. Updated: July 22, 2015. Roy Bean, a frontier justice of the peace known as the "Law West of the Pecos," was born in Mason County, Kentucky, the son of Francis and Anna Bean.

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