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Billy Clanton
Billy Clanton (right) in his coffin with the McLaury brothers beside him
Born
William Harrison Clanton
1862 (1862)
Hamilton County, Texas, Confederate States
Died
October 26, 1881(1881-10-26) (aged 18–19)
Tombstone, Arizona Territory, United States
Cause of death
Gunshot wounds
Nationality
American
Occupation(s)
Ranch hand, miner, rustler
Parent(s)
Old Man Clanton and Mariah Sexton Kelso
Allegiance
The Cowboys
Notes
His brothers were Phineas Clanton and Ike Clanton.
O.K. Corral gunfight
Principal events
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
O.K. Corral hearing and aftermath
Earp Vendetta Ride
Lawmen
Deputy U.S. Marshal Virgil Earp
Wyatt Earp
Morgan Earp
Doc Holliday
Warren Earp
Outlaw Cowboys
Ike Clanton
Billy Clanton
Tom McLaury
Frank McLaury
Billy Claiborne
Curly Bill Brocius
Frank Stilwell
Pony Diehl
Pete Spence
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William Harrison Clanton (1862 – October 26, 1881) was an outlaw Cowboy in Cochise County, Arizona Territory. He, along with his father Newman Clanton and brother Ike Clanton, worked a ranch near the boomtown of Tombstone, Arizona Territory and stole livestock from Mexico and later U.S. ranchers.
He was a member of group of loosely organized outlaws who had ongoing conflicts with lawmen Wyatt, Virgil, and Morgan Earp. The Clantons repeatedly threatened the Earps because they interfered with the Cowboys' illegal activities. On October 26, 1881, Billy, Tom McLaury, and Frank McLaury were killed in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral in the town of Tombstone. His brother Ike was unarmed and ran from the gunfight. The shootout was his only gunfight. Ike filed murder charges against the Earps, who were later exonerated as having acted within their duty as lawmen.
Earp. The Clantons repeatedly threatened the Earps because they interfered with the Cowboys' illegal activities. On October 26, 1881, Billy, Tom McLaury...
unarmed and ran from the gunfight, in which his 19-year-old brother Billy was killed. Clanton filed murder charges against the Earps and Holliday but after...
cattle rustling. His son Ike Clanton was identified by one witness as a participant in the murder of Morgan Earp. BillyClanton and Ike were both present...
the Cowboys' illegal activities. On October 26, 1881, Tom, Frank, and BillyClanton were killed in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Frank (born Robert Findley...
became friends with Ike and BillyClanton, and with Tom and Frank McLaury. On the morning of October 26, 1881, Ike Clanton was carrying his rifle and revolver...
Arizona, where they first met Ike Clanton and became associated with the Clanton family. At the time, the Clanton family owned one of the largest cattle...
on October 26, 1881. They killed brothers Tom and Frank McLaury and BillyClanton. All three Earp brothers had been the target of repeated death threats...
that put them in conflict with Tom McLaury, Frank McLaury, Ike Clanton, and BillyClanton, who threatened to kill the Earps on several occasions. The conflict...
Cowboys Tom and Frank McLaury and BillyClanton. All four lawmen were charged with murder by Billy's older brother, Ike Clanton, who had run from the gunfight...
Afterlife and When You Finish Saving the World, and a recurring role as BillyClanton in the fourth season of Wynonna Earp. His older brother, Dempsey Bryk...
November 23, 1859 – July 14, 1881), alias William H. Bonney, better known as Billy the Kid, was an American outlaw and gunfighter of the Old West who is alleged...
nearby Charleston. Wyatt spotted BillyClanton attempting to leave town with the horse and, hand on his gun, persuaded Billy to release it. Behan was in Charleston...
Formerly called the "Tombstone Cemetery", the plot features the graves of BillyClanton, Frank McLaury and Tom McLaury; the three men who were killed during...
Denny Clanton (born 1982), American soccer (football) player George Clanton, American electronic musician Ike Clanton (1847–1887), and BillyClanton (1862–1881)...
association with outlaw Cowboys Frank and Tom McLaury, and Ike and BillyClanton, of Tombstone, Arizona Territory. Spence was also a suspect in the assassination...
Phineas Fay Clanton (December 1843 – January 5, 1906) was the son of Newman Haynes Clanton and the brother of Billy and Ike Clanton. He was witness to...
Wyatt's coattail. BillyClanton fired at Virgil, but his shot also went astray when he was hit with Morgan's shot through his ribcage. Billy Claiborne ran...
reportedly sold the stolen Mexican beef to Newman Haynes Clanton the next month. When Old Man Clanton was herding the beef on the trail to Tombstone, he and...
Well-known members of the group included Ike, Billy, and Phineas Clanton, Frank and Tom McLaury, Curly Bill Brocius, Billy Claiborne, Johnny Ringo, Frank Stilwell...
fantasy series Merlin (2008–2012), Leo Elster in Humans (2015–2018), and BillyClanton in Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast (2021). Morgan made his London theatre...
shots to his stomach and behind his ear. Holliday may have also wounded BillyClanton. One analysis of the fight gives credit to either Holliday or Morgan...
Virgil to pursue him. The chase leads to the Clanton homestead, where Billy dies of his wounds. Old Man Clanton then shoots Virgil in the back in cold blood...
outlaw cowboys. Ike Clanton filed murder charges against Wyatt, Virgil and Morgan Earp along with Doc Holliday for killing BillyClanton, Frank McLaury and...
and Virgil, along with Doc Holliday, had killed BillyClanton, Frank McLaury and Tom McLaury. The Clanton and McLaury families were aligned with the "Outlaw...
(1852–1892) Billy Claiborne (1860–1882) Calico Jones (??–??) (There have been debates about his ethnicity and birth) BillyClanton (1862–1881) Phineas Clanton (1843–1906)...
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