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  2. Jul 10, 2021 · Visit the cemetery in Fort Sumner, New Mexico, where the notorious outlaw Billy the Kid was buried after being shot by Sheriff Pat Garrett. Learn about his life, legacy, and the Lincoln County War he participated in.

  3. 14 Jul 1881 (aged 20) Fort Sumner, De Baca County, New Mexico, USA. Burial. Old Fort Sumner Cemetery. Fort Sumner, De Baca County, New Mexico, USA Show Map. Memorial ID. 94. · View Source. Suggest Edits. Memorial. Photos 5. Flowers. Memorials. Region. North America. USA. New Mexico. De Baca County. Fort Sumner. Old Fort Sumner Cemetery.

  4. In 2004, researchers sought to exhume the remains of Catherine Antrim, Bonney's mother, whose DNA would be tested and compared with that of the body buried in William Bonney's grave. As of 2012, her body had not been exhumed.

  5. Learn about the history and legend of Billy the Kid, the notorious outlaw who was shot and buried in Fort Sumner, New Mexico. See his grave, marked by a marble tombstone in a steel cage, and the tributes left by his fans.

    • Billy the Kid Drive, Fort Sumner, NM
  6. Dec 5, 2023 · Billy the Kid was shot and killed by Sheriff Pat Garrett in a darkened room in Fort Sumner, New Mexico in 1881. His body was buried in a nearby graveyard, but some say he escaped and lived on as an outlaw.

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  7. Sep 10, 2022 · Learn why Billy the Kid, the notorious outlaw shot by Pat Garrett in 1881, has two graves. One is in New Mexico, where he was buried, and one is in Texas, where a man claimed to be him.

  8. Apr 17, 2024 · Billy the Kid’s grave is in Fort Sumner, New Mexico. As a child, Billy the Kid went under the name of Henry McCarty. Scholarly opinion is divided over whether that or William H. Bonney, Jr. (the name he used later, as in the trial), was his true name.

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