Pat Garrett

Patrick Floyd Jarvis Garrett (June 5, 1850 Chambers County, Alabama - February 28, 1908) was a bartender and later a sheriff, generally believed to have tracked down and killed Billy the Kid. He is sometimes referred to as, "The Man Who Shot Billy the Kid."

Early life

Though Garrett was born in Alabama, he grew up on a prosperous Louisiana plantation in Claiborne Parish. He left home in 1869 and wound up finding work as a cowboy in Dallas County, Texas. In 1875 he left to hunt buffalo. In 1878 Garrett shot and killed a fellow hunter who'd allegedly drawn a gun on him in a disagreement over buffalo hides. He left for New Mexico and briefly found work as a cowpuncher before quitting to open his own saloon. The tall man was colorfully referred to by locals as "Juan Largo" or "Big John."

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Alabama - Louisiana - Claiborne Parish - 1869 - Cowboy - Dallas County, Texas - 1875 - Buffalo - 1878 - New Mexico

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In 1879 Garrett married Juanita Gutierrez, who died within a year. In 1880 he married Gutierrez's sister, Apolonaria. The couple would have nine children over the years.

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1879 - 1880

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