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    Patrick Floyd Jarvis Garrett (June 5, 1850 – February 29, 1908) was an American Old West lawman, bartender and customs agent known for killing Billy the Kid. He was the sheriff of Lincoln County, New Mexico, as well as Doña Ana County, New Mexico .

  2. Learn about the life and career of Pat Garrett, the man who shot and killed the notorious outlaw Billy the Kid in 1881. Discover how he became a lawman, a barman, a customs agent, and a victim of murder.

  3. Mar 5, 2024 · Pat Garrett (born June 5, 1850, Chambers county, Alabama, U.S.—died February 29, 1908, near Las Cruces, New Mexico) was a Western U.S. lawman known as the man who killed Billy the Kid. Born in Alabama and reared in Louisiana, Garrett left home at about the age of 17 and headed for Texas and the life of a cowboy and buffalo hunter.

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  4. Jun 3, 2022 · Pat Garrett lived until 1908, working as a Texas Ranger, a businessman, and a part of the first Roosevelt administration before dying by violence himself. But he would always be best known as the man who killed Billy the Kid.

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  5. Oct 11, 2017 · A biography of Pat Garrett, the Lincoln County Sheriff who shot Billy the Kid, the notorious outlaw who was his rival and friend. Learn about his life, career, and legacy as one of the West's greatest lawmen.

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  7. Jan 6, 2014 · The Assassination of Pat Garrett. by Mark Boardman | Jan 6, 2014 | Uncategorized. For the 57-year-old lawman, his was an undignified death. Pat Garrett was urinating on the side of the road to Las Cruces, New Mexico, about four miles east of town. As he was so occupied, somebody hidden about 50 feet behind him put a Winchester bulletin the back ...

  8. Nov 25, 2017 · After making sure his siblings had homes with relatives, Pat headed west in 1869 and found work as a cowboy in Dallas for about six years. By 1876 he was hunting buffalo, until a dispute with another hunter, Joe Briscoe, ended up with Garrett killing Briscoe. Garrett attempted to turn himself in to authorities, but no charges were filed.

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