Billy The Kid

Billy The Kid born Henry McCarty and known by the aliases as “William Bonney”, Billy Bonney, William Antrim, Billy Antrim, Henry Antrim” was a well-known Outlaw and gunfighter from The Wild West, one of the most prominent figures at that time.

Billy The Kid killed eight men and took part of The Lincoln County War before he was shot by Pat Garrett in 1881.

Early Life (His Youth)


Billy The Kid born William Henry McCarty Jr. was born in September 17 or November 23rd, 1859, in New York to Irish immigrants Katherine McCarty and Patrick Henry McCarty who settled in New York in the 1860s. His mother Katherine had a Chinese stepmother (who was a laborer in San Francisco) and when Billy The Kid grew up, She taught him Mandarin Chinese and calligraphy.

His father died when he was young and his mother Katherine married another man named William H Bonney who became his stepfather. Billy also had three younger stepsiblings, one younger stepsister and one younger stepbrother. His parents moved to Indiana to be in W.H Bonney’s hometown, But it didn’t last long as they ended up moving to because of dangers around the area. in 1870, His mother Katherine thought of relocating to San Francisco instead to be close to her stepmother, but Bonney refused because he disliked San Francisco and strongly disagreed on Chinese Labor, So they ended up staying in Kansas. Bonney began to be very abusive to Katherine and ended up leaving her in 1873 leaving her and her four children. Katherine married another man named William Henry Harrison Antrim and moved to, William Antrim ended up dying and in that same year Katherine contracted tuberculosis Leaving Billy and his four younger siblings at age 13.

Beginning of his Life of Crime: 1875
At age 15, Billy started working at a hotel as a dishwasher in Santa-Fe. He was charming and polite and the owner was impressed with his morals (as every boy he'd hired so far was caught stealing).

Soon enough Billy did start thieving and was thrown in jail for the possession of clothing and firearms belonging to a Chinese laundry owner.

Physical Appearance
Billy was shown to be a young man about 5 foot 8 (but his Wanted Poster claims he is 5 foot 3) and weighing 120 lbs (Slender for a guy his age). He had light brown hair, light blue eyes, Caucasian. with moderately average looks, shown to be physically attractive to some women.