Birth Name: Henry McCarty
Date of Birth: September 17/November 23, 1859
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, U.S.
Date of Death: July 14, 1881
Place of Death: Fort Sumner, New Mexico Territory
Ethnicity: Irish
Billy the Kid was an American outlaw and gunfighter of the Old West. He likely killed over ten men during his criminal career, before he was shot and killed at 21, by Sheriff Pat Garrett. He fought in New Mexico’s Lincoln County War. He was also known as William H. Bonney, Henry Antrim, and Kid Antrim.
Billy the Kid was the son of Catherine (Devine) and Patrick McCarty, who were of Irish heritage. After his father’s death, he moved to Indianapolis, Indiana, Wichita, Kansas, Santa Fe, New Mexico Territory, and then Silver City in New Mexico. His mother remarried to William Henry Harrison Antrim.
Source: Genealogy of Billy the Kid – https://www.geni.com
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