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Where was John Welsey Hardin from?

According to several reports from this era, the deadliest outlaw was John Wesley Hardin, a man from Texas. The notorious outlaw reportedly began his life of crime at 14, after stabbing and nearly killing a fellow student.

A year later, he killed his uncle’s slaves and three soldiers as well. Hardin left behind an autobiography in which he claimed to have killed 44 people but there are doubts surrounding that claim because he made other claims that are difficult to confirm. Regardless of what he said, the belief is that Hardin might have killed up to 30 people in this era.