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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.
Henry McCarty (September 17 or November 23, 1859 – July 14, 1881), alias William H. Bonney, better known as Billy the Kid, was an American outlaw and gunfighter of the Old West who is alleged to have killed 21 men before he was shot and killed at the age of 21.
- Henry McCarty, September 17 or November 23, 1859, New York City, U.S.
- Gunshot wound
The legend of Billy the Kid has acquired iconic status in American folklore, yet the outlaw himself, also known as William Bonney, had minimal impact on historical events in New Mexico Territory of the late 1800s.
- Walter Noble Burns
- 1926
The Kid assumes the alias William H. Bonney. He is arrested and jailed in Lincoln County for possessing horses belonging to cattleman John Tunstall.
Mar 30, 2017 · History tells us that the outlaw known as Billy the Kid (aka Henry McCarty, aka William Bonney) was gunned down—at the ripe old age of 21—by Sheriff Pat Garrett on July 14, 1881, in Fort Sumner,...
Jul 14, 2016 · Operating under the alias of William H. Bonney (his given name was likely Henry McCarty), he lived a short, but eventful life that included at least nine murders and a brazen jailbreak. Here...
Sep 1, 2023 · Published September 1, 2023. Updated March 7, 2024. Born in 1859 and shot dead at the age of just 21, Billy the Kid may have lived a short life, but it was filled with some of the most storied exploits of the Old West.
