Billy the Kid Billy the Kid Billy the Kid (born Henry McCarty September 17 or November 23, 1859July 14, 1881, also known as William H. Bonney) was an American Old West outlaw and gunfighter who killed eight men before he was shot and killed at age 21. He took part in New Mexico's Lincoln County War, during which he allegedly committed three murders. McCarty was orphaned at age 14. The owner of a boarding house gave him a room in exchange for work. His first arrest was for stealing food at age 16 in late 1875. Ten days later, he robbed a Chinese
Davy Crockett (outlaw) Davy Crockett (outlaw) Davy Crockett (1853 - September 30, 1876) was an American outlaw and a relative of the famed frontiersman Davy Crockett. Davy Crockett was born to Andrew Jackson Crockett and Mary Danley in Tennessee, but the family moved to central Texas, where Andrew operated a toll bridge across the Brazos River, when Davy was still a boy. According to differing accounts, Crockett was either a grandson or grandnephew of the better-known Crockett. When he was grown, Crockett went to New Mexico Territory with a friend named Peter Burleson and established a ranch near Cimarron, which at the time