2002) The year being a fabrication is also backed up by the testimony of a Lincoln County resident named Lilly Casey saying that the kid was about sixteen in 1877. (www.aboutbillythekid.com/early_life.htm April 25th, 2002 )
             Another confusion surrounding Billy the kid was his name. His name at birth was William Henry McCarty of Katherine and either Patrick(Michael) McCarty or as some people believe William McCarty Bonney because of the alias William H. Bonney that he sometimes used. However, the alias conflicts with census records. Another belief is that his reason for signing his name as William H. Bonney was a result of the trouble in Arizona; that it was just another alias. One other theory is that his mother was married to a man with the last name of Bonney, and then remarried to McCarty. (Nolan,Fred The west of Billy the Kid University of Oklahoma Press, Norman 1998) The belief is backed up by many newspapers calling Joseph his half-brother. Eventually, his mother met another man named William Antrim; William Henry McCarty started going by Henry to avoid confusion with the adult William. Other names include William Antrim and Kid Atrim. So whether his last name was Bonney or McCarty, scholars are generally agreed on his first and middle name being William Henry. The name Billy the Kid wasn't documented until the last year of his life by a Las Vegas newspaper (www.aboutbillythekid.com/earlylife.htm, April 25th, 2002)
             Once the little family of three left New York, they traveled to Marion County, Indiana. Indiana was when the family met William Antrim. Then the family and Antrim moved to Wichita, Kansas. According to reports from his teacher, Ms.Richards, Billy, or as he was known then, Henry, was a great student. He never turned in assignments in late and was very helpful in the classroom. Eventually, William and Katherine married in a Presbyterian church with the boys as witnesses in New Mexico. Life was going well ...