Wilson County, KansasEdit This Page

From FamilySearch Wiki

This Kansas-related article is a stub. You can help by expanding it. While this page is under construction, may we suggest Cyndi's List.

	Kansas Online Records

County Courthouse

Wilson County Courthouse
615 Madison Street
Fredonia, Ks 667736
Phone: 316-378-2186

Probate Judge has marriage, probate and court records.
Clerk District Court has divorce records from 1887.
Register of Deeds has land records from 1885.
County Clerk has birth records 1885-1911, marriage records from 1860,
divorce and probate records from 1863, court records from 1934, and land records from 1861.^[1]

History

Parent County

1855--Wilson County was created 30 August 1855 as an original county. County seat: Fredonia ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Allen
• Elk
• Greenwood
• Labette
• Montgomery
• Neosho
• Woodson

Resources

Cemeteries

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

Military

     During the Civil War men from Wilson, Woodson and Greenwood counties organized a mounted militia regiment in 1861, the 14th Regiment, Kansas Cavalry.

Newspapers

Probate

Taxation

Vital Records

Societies and Libraries

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

• USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
• Family History Library Catalog
• Wilson County, Kansas Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Woodson County, Kansas page 257, At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
2. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).