January:  
1st 1875, John Kinney, Jessie Evans shoot and kill 2 soldiers and a civilian at a saloon in Las Cruces
1st 1879, George Kimbrell is appointed Lincoln County Sheriff
1st 1881, Billy the Kid writes to Governor Wallace from Jail
7th 1936, Yginio Salazar died
10th 1880, Joe Grant is killed by Billy the Kid, Fort Sumner, New Mexico.         
10th  1871, Jose Chavez married Maria Lucero 
10th 1877, Richard Brewer has small pox
11th 1849, Doc Scurlock was born In Tallapoosa county, Alabama
12th 1876, John Chisum robbed while traveling through Cook’s Canyon
12th 1878, James Dolan and John Riley mortgage the entire Murphy estate and assets to Thomas Catron
13th 1879, Susan McSween appointed administratrix of Brewer, Tunstall and McSween properties
14th 1880,  Pat Garrett marries Apolinaria Gutierrez in a double wedding with pals Barney Mason and Juana Maria Madrid.
16th 1852, Robert Widenmann born at Ann Arbor, Michigan.
16th 1869, Lincoln County is established and Lincoln named County seat
17th 1880, Lieutenant James French was shot and killed while on     duty   
18th 1879, Mesilla newspaper reports a truce between James Dolan and the widow, Mrs. McSween
19th 1875, Jessie Evans shoots and kills Quirino Fletcher at Las Cruces
20th 1877, Casner brothers murdered and robbed in Palo Duro, Texas. Warrants for Frank Mcnab and Frank Tipton issued
25th 1874, Murphy/Dolan men burn down The Horrell farm and take their crops
26th 1855, John Jones born in Pennsylvania

February: 
1st 1896, Albert J. Fountain and son are reported missing.
2nd 1860, John Copeland marries Sarah Massey at Dallas, Texas.
3rd 1873, Two Hispanic ranch hands accused of stealing are killed by John Copeland and John Riley
3rd 1971,  Fred Lambert died of stomach complications.
5th 1883, Ab Saunders died while in surgery from wounds sustained during the Lincoln County War.
5th 1946, The film “The Outlaw” premiered. 
6th 1878, James Dolan provokes a gun fight with John Tunstall, who backs down at Shedd’s Ranch.
7th 1855, Charles Sringo born at Matagorda county, Texas.
7th 1878, Judge Bristol sews Tunstall and McSween business affairs together and signs a writ of attachment for McSween’s and Tunstall’s property.
9th 1878, Sheriff Brady serves the writ of attachment on The Tunstall store. Robert Widenmann is arrested for protesting the writ
8th 1877, John Tunstall files for the Feliz land 2,400 acres
10th 1916, John Riley died in Colorado Springs.
11th 1856, Morice Bernstein born at London, England.
14th 1863, Yginio Salazar was born in Valencia County, New Mexico.
14th 1878, After James Farmer resigns, John B. Wilson is appointed as justice of the peace
16th, 1878, LG Murphy puts his Carrisosa ranch up for sale as he desires to leave Lincoln.
18th 1876, John Tunstall leaves Victoria, BC for the United States.
18th 1878, John Tunstall is murdered
18th 1879, Huston Chapman was murdered in the streets of Lincoln.
18th 1896, Dave Rudabaugh was reportedly killed in Parrall, Mexico.
19th 1850, Richard Brewer was born at Saint Albans, Vermont.
19th 1878, Taylor Ealy and family arrive in Lincoln
19th 1878, Richard Brewer and William Bonney swear out warrants to John B. Wilson for the arrest of 19 men for John Tunstall’s murder.
22nd 1828, William Logan Rynerson was born in Mercer county, Kentucky.
24th 1878, Robert Widenmann was reportedly poisoned, and survived.
24th 1878, Dr. Ealy conducted Lincoln’s first night sabbath school.
26th, 1898 James Dolan died of cerebral hemorrhaging at his ranch home.

March:
1st 1873, Catherine McCarthy marries William Antrim at Santa Fe service performed by Rev. David McFarland
1st 1950 The film, “The Kid From Texas”, premiered, starring Audie Murphy.
2nd 1830, Montague Leverson is born at London, England
2nd 1878, Lincoln Justice of the peace, Squire Wilson deputized “The Regulators” 
2nd 1879, JJ Webb kills Michael Kelliher at Las Vegas, NM
6th 1853, John Tunstall born at London, England
6th 1878, William Morton and Frank Baker are captured by The Regulators.
7th, 1879, Wallace takes command of Colonel Dudley’s troop and Dudley is suspended by Colonel Hatch
8th 1881, Dave Rudabaugh is sentenced to hang in 72 days.
9th 1878, Morton, Baker and Willaim McClosky were gunned down by the Regulators at Agua Negra
9th 1878, Governor Axtell cancels John B. Wilson appointment as Justice of the peace.
9th, 1878, Tom Hill is killed during an attempted robbery, Jessie Evans is wounded.
9th 1881 Governor Lew Wallace resigns as governor.
10th, 1878, James Dolan breaks his leg as he leapt off his horse in an attempt to shoot an unarmed man
13th 1879, Billy the Kid writes a letter to governor Wallace to meet in private.
14th 1822, Pat Coghlan born at Clonakiltry, Ireland
14th 1852, Lieutenant James Hansel French was born at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
14th 1877, LG Murphy turns his business over to James Dolan and John Riley
15th 1879, Governor Lew Wallace replies to a letter from Billy the Kid.
15th, 1881, Billy the Kid is indicted by grand jury for stock theft.
17th 1908, James Chisum died at age 80 in Artesia NM.
17th, 1879 Billy the Kid meets Lew Wallace in secret at Squire Wilson’s home.
17th 1881, President Garfield appoints Lionel Sheldon as governor of New Mexico Territory.
19th 1856, Thomas “Kip” McKinney born at Birdville, Texas
21st 1881, Jim Greathouse is arrested at Anton Chico as an accessory to murder of James Carlyle and is released on bond. 
23rd, 1879, Billy the Kid, Doc Scurlock and Tom Folliard participate in a staged arrest with Sheriff Kimbrell.
25th, 1831, John Newcombe is born in Missouri.
27th 1924, Saturnino Baca died in Lincoln at age 94.
31st 1842, George Kimbrell born at Huntsville, Arkansas.

April:
1st 1874, James Dolan becomes partner to LG Murphy company
1st 1878, Sheriff William Brady and Deputy Hindman are ambushed and killed by the Regulators.
2nd 1873, John Chisum establishes a new ranch at South Spring, south of Fort Sumner
3rd 1869, James Dolan mustered out of Army at Fort Stanton.
3rd 1873, Alex McSween opens his first law firm at Eureka, Kansas.
4th 1876, Fredrick C. Godfroy as new Mescalero agent at Stanton.
4th 1878, Regulator captain Richard Brewer and foe Andrew “Buckshot” Roberts are killed following a gun battle at Blazer’s Mill.
6th 1881, Billy the Kid is acquitted of Murder of Buckshot Roberts.
8th 1872, Saturnino Baca elected probate Judge at Lincoln.
8th 1878, John Copeland is appointed Sheriff of Lincoln County
9th, 1884 Juan Patron is shot and killed in a Puerto De Luna Saloon.
9th 1880, John J. Webb is sentenced to hang for the murder of Kelliher.
10th 1878, Josiah Doc Scurlock is appointed deputy Sheriff of Lincoln County
10th 1827, Lew Wallace is born at Crawfordsville, Indiana
10th 1877, James Dolan and crew are ambushed by Chisum cowboys. No casualties. 
11th 1916, Barney Mason died at age 67 of cerebral hemorrhaging at Bakersfield, California.
13th 1881, Billy the Kid is sentenced to hang in 30 days for the murder of Sheriff Brady.
14th 1855, John Beckwith born.
14th 1855, Ben Ellis is born in Iowa
14th, 1879, Billy the Kid testified in court pertaining to the Chapman murder.
15th 1875, Marion Turner kills Juan
Montoya at Blazer’s Mill
20th 1877, Chisum cowboys surround Beckwith ranch at Seven Rivers in an intense gun battle and standoff for 3 days.
21st 1881, Billy the Kid is chained and shackled on death row at Lincoln, NM
24th 1877, John Tunstall establishes his ranch on the Feliz a few miles from Turkey Springs and hires two first employees; Fred T. Waite and Godfrey Gauss
25th 1879, An attempted assassination on Attorney Ira Leonard failed by unknown party
28th 1847, Huston Ingraham Chapman is born at Burlington, Iowa
28th 1877, Captain Paul Dowlin is shot and killed in a dispute at Dowlin’s Mill.
28th 1881, Billy the Kid escapes death row at Lincoln killing deputies; Bob Olinger and JW Bell.
29th 1878, Regulator captain Frank Mcnab is killed in an ambush East of Lincoln at the Fritz ranch. Ab Saunders is mortally wounded.
29th 1910, Colonel Nathan Dudley died 1910 in Massachusetts and is buried in Arlington, Virginia.
30th, 1878, A day long battle occurs between Regulators at The Ellis House. George Coe wounds Dutch Kruling.

May:
2nd 1848, James Dolan is born in Loughrea Ireland.
3rd 1849, John Olinger is born in Delphi, Indiana.
3rd 1877, James Dolan kills employee Hiraldo Jaramillo at Lincoln, NM. Dolan was later acquitted.
4th 1853, Fort Stanton is established.
5th 1847, Jacob “Billy” Mathews is born at Cannon county, Tennessee
8th 1881, Thomas Kip McKinney kills Bob Edwards at Rattlesnake Springs.
10th 1877, LG Murphy leave Lincoln County for good
10th 1988. The film Gore Vidal’s Billy the Kid is released in theaters
11th 1877, LG Murphy writes out will and leaves everything to James Dolan
12th 1850, John Henry Riley is born in Valentia Island, Ireland.
13th, 1834, LG Murphy is born at Wexford, Ireland
13th 1881, This was the day Billy the Kid was supposed to hang, but escaped.
14th 1930, Jim East died at Douglas, Arizona he was 76 years old.
15th 1827, Frederick Charles Godfroy is born at Monroe, Michigan.
15th 1921, Thomas Catron died in Santa Fe at age 80.
17th 1838 Maria Bonifacio Chavez (Sheriff Brady widow) born at Corrales, Sandoval, New Mexico
17th 1973 The film, Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid is released in theaters
18th 1873, James Dolan attempts to kill Captain James Randlett at Fort Stanton
18th 1880, Jessie Evans and gang rob Sender & Siebenborn store in Fort Davis, Texas.
23rd 1882, Jesse Evans escapes Huntsville prison and vanishes forever.
23rd 1898 Maria Bonifacio Chavez died at San Patricio.
24th 1878, Special Investigator Frank W. Angel arrives in Lincoln to start investigation of Tunstall murder.
25th 1852, Samuel Dedrick is born in Indiana
25th 1852, Torreon in Lincoln is completed construction, built by Enricios Trujillo.
28th 1846, George Barber is born at Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 
28th 1878, Governor Axtell dismisses John Copeland as Lincoln Sheriff which also terminated the appointment of deputy Doc Scurlock.
28th 1879, Billy the Kid testifies in court of Chapman murder.
30th 1878, George Peppin appointed sheriff of Lincoln County.
30th 1881, Lew Wallace appointed minister to Turkey and leaves NM.
30th 1941, The film Billy the Kid starring Robert Taylor is released in theaters

June:
5th 1850: Pat Garrett was born in Chambers County, Alabama.
15th, 1837: Alexander McSween born
20th 1878, A shootout in the darkness of night occurred between the Regulators and members of George Peppins posse at San Patricio. A horse was killed.
26th 1903. John Copeland died at age 62 about 15 miles east of Copeland’s canyon. Cause of death: unknown

July:
13th 1856, George Coe was born in Brighton, Iowa
14th 1854, Dave Rudabaugh was born in Fulton, Illinois.
14th 1881, Billy the Kid is shot and killed in the dark.  Behind the gun butt was Pat Garrett.
15th 1878, The Regulators took positions in Lincoln, starting the 5-day battle.
16th 1878, Charlie Crawford is killed in Lincoln during the 5-day battle.
19th 1878, Robert Beckwith was killed in Lincoln during the 5 day battle.
19th 1878, The Mcsween home was lit on fire, forcing its occupants to flee into a hail of bullets. Killed were Alexander Mcsween, Harvey Morris, Francisco Zamora and Vincente Romero. Yginio Salazar was wounded and played dead. This Ended the 5-day battle.
25th 1929, Doc Scurlock died in Eastland, Texas at age 80.
27th 1950, The film, “I Shot Billy the Kid” premiers.
29th 1970, The film, “Chisum” premiered
31st 1887, John Copeland remarries May McFarland.

August:
1st 1990 The film Young Guns 2 is released in theaters
5th 1878, Indian agent Morris Bernstien is killed near Blazer’s Mill.
6th 1840, Thomas Catron was born at Lexington, Missouri.
7th 1958, The film, “The Left Handed Gun” premiered
8th 1881, John Miller is married at Las Vegas NM.
12th 1988, The film, Young Guns was released.
12th 1988, The film, Young Guns, is released in theaters
16th 1824, John Chisum was born in Hardeman county, Tennessee.
17th 1877, Frank “Windy” Cahill is shot by Billy the Kid at Fort Grant, Arizona.
18th 1877, Frank  “Windy” Cahill died from a gunshot wound.
20th 1825, Colonel Nathan Dudley was born at Lexington, Massachusetts.
25th 1919, John Kinney died of Bright’s disease in Prescott, Arizona.
30th 1853, Jim East was born at Kaskaskia, Illinois.

September:
2nd 1876, Doc Scurlock accidentally kills Mike Harkin at Blazer’s Mill while inspecting a pistol.
4th 1878, Major General Lew Wallace is appointed governor of NM.
12th 1848 Taylor F. Ealy born in Schellsburg, Penn.
12th 1848 Charlie Bowdre born at Miss.
12th 1848 Harvey Morris born at Friendship, New York
15th 1875, after a dispute, John Riley shot Juan Patron in the back. Patron survived the assault but left his leg in a crippled state, causing a limp walk.
16th 1931, Frank Coe died at age 79 at Glencoe, NM.
18th 1904, George Peppin dies from bowel problems
23rd 1853, Fred T. Waite was born in Tulsa county, Oklahoma.
24th 1895, Fred T. Waite died of rheumatism at age 42.

October:
1st 1851, Frank Coe was born at Moundsville, West Virginia.
1st 2021. Old Henry released in theaters
6th 1884, Ashmun Upson died at age 66 in Garrett’s home at Uvalde, Texas.
16th 1938, The first ballet about The Kid was made and titled: The Billy the Kid Ballet, by composer Aaron Copeland and premiered at the Civic Opera House in Chicago.
18th 1930. King Vidor’s Billy the Kid premiered in theaters.
31st 1862 Fort Sumner was established by Congress 

November:
7th 1937, John Miller died in Prescott. He was presumed to have been 78 yrs. old.
12th 1941, George Coe died at age 85 at Rosewell, NM. Burial: Glencoe, NM
13th 1878, Governor Lew Wallace announces an amnesty proclamation.
17th 1877, Jesse Evans, Tom Hill, Frank Baker and George Davis were liberated by friends from the pitt jail in Lincoln.
20th 1852, Juan Patron was born near Santa Fe, NM.
23rd 1859, According to Ashmun Upson, Billy the Kid was born.
23rd 1828, Ashmun Upson was born at Wolcott, Connecticut.
29th 1950, Brushy Bill Roberts meets NM governor Mabry

December:
1st 1880,: Jesse Evans enters Huntsville prison,for a sentence of 20 years for murder and robbery.
3rd 1881, Dave Rudabaugh, JJ Webb and 5 others escaped the Las Vegas jail.
8th 1931, Martin Chaves died from heart failure
14th, 1876 LG Murphy founded The Farmers Club of Lincoln
15th 1880, Governor Lew Wallace placed a $500 reward for Billy’s capture.
19th 1880, Tom O’ Follaird was killed in an ambush at Ft. Sumner by Pat Garrett’s posse.
20th 1828, Captain Paul Dowlin was born at Cumberland Township, Pennsylvania.
23rd 1880, Charlie Bowdre is killed from ambush by Sheriff garrett’s posse at Stinking Springs, a old foraging station near Taiban, NM. The posse also captured fugitives Billy the Kid, Billy Wilson and Dave Rudabaugh and a pal of theirs, Tom pickett at the same location.
23rd 1884, John Chisum died at age 60 at Eureka Springs, Arkansas buried Tx.
27th 1950, Brushy Bill Roberts died in Hico, Texas.
30th 1845, Susan Mcsween was born at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.