Illustrated with portraits of prominent people, cuts of homes, stock, etc. A major factor affecting the growth of wilson county was organized mass agriculture. Kansas state teachers college of pittsburg, 1940 history wilson county history published 1988 history wilson county kansas. This atlas includes plats of the villages, cities and townships of the county with names of landowners, and a county.
Wilson county, tennessee ancestry, family history, and genealogy research page. Please help build this section by submitting items of information to aid others researching in wilson county. Bibles, biographies, cemeteries, census, genealogy, newspapers, obituaries, vitals. Wilson county covers 807 miles with an elevation of 300 to 600 feet above sea level. It is composed entirely of items contributed by citizens of the county and families of early settlers. Digital library of the ksgenweb wilson county military index source. List of books about state of kansas which includes historical. Wilson kansas department of wildlife, parks and tourism. Hidden history of kansas by adrian zink, soldiers in the army of freedom. The best way to access these volumes is to browse the collection or search by county. Wilson county historical museum in fredonia, kansas was founded by the wilson county historical society in 1960. County atlases or plat books contain township maps that show rural landowners. Wilson 18061892, sutler, postmaster, and prominent citizen of fort scott, beginning in 1843. The duties of the wilson county gis coordinator are to assist each department within the county and the general public including businesses with mapping requests and data analysis using gis features and tools.
Statewide collections are found on the kansas newspapers and obituaries page. Wilson county is on the upper coastal plain of south texas. For more information about navigating missouri county histories, you are invited to view this webinar. The hidden years of the town of neodesha, wilson county, kansas. Local histories are available for wilson county, kansas genealogy.
Containing sketches of our pioneers, revealing their trials and hardships in planting civilization in these counties, biographies of their worthy successors and portraits of prominent people. Created in 1855 within the osage reserve, the first white settlers began arriving in 1857. Wilson county, kansas marriages, 18641900 by ramsey, claire. Wilson county digital library this section currently includes biographies, military, school pictures, township histories, and links to census information. The registration books will close 20 days prior to an election. In compliance with the provisions of ksa 252310 and ksa 252311 notice is hereby given that the books for registration are now open for the wilson county elections for all registered voters in wilson county. This atlas includes plats of the villages, cities and townships of the county with names of landowners, and a county history, a patrons list, and business references. Mcbride brockway tindle marriage wilson county marriage records, 18641919 4 microfilm reels. The community promotes itself as the czech capital of kansas due to the role of czech immigrant settlers in its early history.
Fredonia town company was organized, the name chosen and the town was platted. Index to obituaries, neodesha register, wilson county, kansas, 18831911. History history of wilson county, kansas, to 1885 by charles w. Of the preterritorial existence of this part of the state but little record exists, and the places mentioned in the record of early travels are generally too vaguely described to admit of. Discover librarianselected research resources on kansas history from the questia online library, including fulltext online books, academic journals, magazines, newspapers and more. List of pensioners on the roll january 1, 1883 wilson county, kansas source. Welcome to our wilson county family history research page. Tennessee state library and archives wilson county public records. First organized in april 1940, the wilson county ks historical society has found its home in the old county jail. Wilson, is the name of the thriving town located about one mile and a half north of the smokey hill river, in northwestern portion of the county and almost on the line between russell and ellsworth counties. It is the last station on the kansas pacific railway in ellsworth county.
Earlier on it was cotton, but the face of wilson county agriculture was forever changed with the demand for fluecured tobacco. Wilson county was ideally suited for growing tobacco because its climate and its sandy, loamy soil. As of the 2010 census, the county population was 9,409. Guide to wilson county established 1799 genealogy, history, and courthouse sources including birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, wills, deeds and land records, civil war records, revolutionary war records, family histories, cemeteries, churches, tax records, newspapers. Lloyd zimmer, books and maps abebooks chanute, ks, u. Before they had funding, dedicated community members ran volunteer libraries out of their basements, schoolhouses, a barbershop, a plumbing company, a shopping center and a traveling bookmobile.
Worldcat index to obituaries, neodesha register, wilson county, kansas, 18331911. Property ownership maps or plat books kansas historical. Wilson county vital records can be found at the kansas office of vital records has copies of. Thus, their books, which allowed them to operate an abstract company independent of the county records, were known as the beal books. Historical atlas of wilson county, kansas kansas memory. Little did these people realize that they were passing down history that would one day be recorded in history books. Here youll find record collections, history, and genealogy resources to help you trace your wilson county ancestors.
The midland hotel is on national register of historic places. With more than 25 years of experience buying and selling outofprint, collectible, and rare books, maps, and ephemera, i am now doing business from my home at at 60 poplar heights rd chanute, ks 66720. Zip codes in wilson county include 66717, 67047, 66736, 66710, 66759, and 66714. As of the 2010 census, the population of the city was 781. For more information about local histories, see the wiki page section kansas local histories. If you have a book, or a cd, or other resources to recommend for wilson county, wont you help. Fredonia, the judicial seat and largest city of wilson county, is located southwest of the ceneter of the county, 90 miles east of wichita, and 150 from kansas city. Later in the same year 1855, the legislature expanded the county 26 miles northward to its present northern line. Kansas civil war memorials and monuments wilson county. Wilson county was one of the original 33 counties organized by the territorial legislature in 1855, organized on september 24, 1864. County histories may include biographies, church, school and government history, and military information. Search the history of over 424 billion web pages on the internet. Wilson county is home to around 10,000 kansans and stretches across 574 square miles in southeastern kansas.
The sheriff of wilson county is currently pete figgins. Wilson county je okrug u americkoj saveznoj drzavi kanzas. The county seat and largest city is floresville, which is thirty miles southeast of san antonio. List of books and articles about kansas history online. Browse for books about american history, ancient history, military history, or browse our picks for the best history books of the year so far. This page primarily lists records kept at the county level. Later in its session, this legislature attached wilson county to allen, and made.
Many researchers believe that this cache is hidden somewhere along the cimarron river in stevens county, kansas. Beginning his outlaw career in oklahoma in 1892, his gang of bandits included such names as kid wilson, frank cheney and a laughing gunman known only as happy jack. The missouri county history project consists of published books. It has city waterworks, police and fire departments, natural gas and electric lights, 3 banks, 2 newspapers, 2 large brick plants, 2 independent gas plants, linseed oil mill, ice. Plats of cities are included but city lot owners are not listed. Wilson county, kansas public records directory quickly find public record sources in the largest human edited public record directory. Publication date 1900 topics registers of births, etc. History of kearny county, kansas, two volumes, 1973.
Cherokee badmans hidden loot in kansas legends of america. Wilson county outline map these antique maps and atlases are part of the historic map works, residential genealogy historical map collection, the largest digital collection of rare, ancient, old, historical, cadastral and antiquarian maps of its type. Find property records, vital records, inmate and court records, professional and business licenses, contractor licenses and much more. Wilson county, kansas kansapedia kansas historical society. They also include the locations of rural churches, cemeteries, and schools. Trumps testin philip rucker, carol leonnig, hillary huber, penguin audio philip rucker, carol leonnig. Wilson county is a county found in the southeastern part of kansas. A fraud was, however, detected in the books of the center township and 545. It is located in four different sections, section 8, 9, 16, and 17 of township 27, range 16 of wilson county, kansas. Wilson, a resident of fort scott since 1843, and a man of prominence in the early days of he sic territory.
They created a set of books taken from the county records and kept current as continuing filing occurred. Sometimes there are pictures and a directory of county residents at the end. History of wilson county kansas 1883 extracted from cutlers history of kansas 1883. Wilson county as originally laid out was twentyfour miles square along the southern boundary of the state, the territory which today comprises montgomery county. The museum features items of particular significance to the story of southeast kansas, especially wilson county.
Johnson county library got its start in the 1950s in the homes of neighborhood families. Wilson is a city in ellsworth county, kansas, united states. Jackson, jefferson and pottawatomie counties kansas portrait and biographical album sold, no longer available. Wilson, kansas began with a butterfield overland express station in 1865 and the union pacific railroad station in 1868, but wasnt officially named wilson until 1874. Wilson county, kansas genealogy genealogy familysearch wiki. Historians recommend the best 20 books about kansas city. Barrett erected the first building on the southwest corner of the square. Central standard took the opportunity to seek out some of the best books about kansas city.
Wilson county kansas genealogy references ksgenweb. They ran north through montgomery county to fort row north of fredonia in wilson county, hoping to find the promised food and other aid from the union army. Internet archive pensioners on the roll, 1 january 1883 wilson county source. Guide to wilson county, kansas ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage. History of neosho and wilson counties, kansas books. Wilson 1806 1892, sutler, postmaster, and prominent citizen of fort scott.
Genealogical researchers benefit from the township notebooks, cemetery records, school records, family histories, county maps, county histories, reference books. Wilson county history bibliography kansas historical society. Historical 1881 plat maps homestead tax local maps motor vehicle natural hazards weather tax calendar tax sale notifications training wilson county appraisers office wilson county clerk wilson county emergency management wilson county health department wilson county highway department. The vilas state bank as well as the vilas rural high school was started. Genealogical researchers benefit from the township notebooks, cemetery records, school records, family histories, county maps, county histories, reference books, and photographs.
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