After years of presuming Billy The Kid's birthday was 23 November 1859 it turned out this natal data was incorrect.
Thanks to the untiring efforts of author Robert Utley and others; Billy the Kid, aka William Henry McCarty Jr., was actually born 17 September 1859 in Brooklyn, N.Y. This accurate data was meticulously researched and compiled by comparing census, baptismal & birth records for McCarty and his parents.
Consistent with the oral histories still told in New Mexico Billy's deadly dual nature is reflected by a natal Moon 26 Taurus conjunct fixed star Caput Algol.
McCarty was very smart. He was consistently underestimated by would-be trackers and jailers; escaping to their cost.
What was he like? According to historian Paul Hutton; "Billy wore a sombrero, was well-liked, he could dance, and he was always smiling."
Before he left on business, Sheriff Pat Garrett warned his deputies, "Don't turn your back on Billy." The Kid shot both of them dead and escaped riding a fast horse.
On the night of July 14, 1881 William H. McCarty was shot dead by Pat Garrett.
In death a legend was born.
Billy standing on the left, in a striped sweater, playing croquet c. 1878.
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