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Woodson County, Kansas genealogy and family history research page. Guide to genealogy, history, and courthouse sources including birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, wills, deeds and land records, Civil War records, family histories, cemeteries, churches, tax records, newspapers, and obituaries.
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County Courthouse
Woodson County Courthouse
105 W. Rutledge
Yates Center, KS 66783
Phone: 316.625.3162
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--Woodson County was created 30 August 1855 as an original county. County seat: Yates Center [2]
History of Woodson County, by Mrs. S. E. Chase, 1877
History of the State of Kansas, by William G. Cutler, 1883. Woodson County section.
Boundary Changes
Record Loss
Places/Localities
Populated Places
Incorporated
- Yates Center
- Toronto
- Neosho Falls
Unincorporated
- Piqua
- Vernon
- Rose
- Batesville
- Athens
Ghost Towns
- Defiance
- Kalida
Neighboring Counties
Resources
Cemeteries
Find A Grave Cemeteries in Woodson County
Church
Court
Land
Local Histories
Drought Reports, Kansas Territory, 1860
Includes a report from E. Condit of Woodson County
Lands in the New York Indian Reserve, Kansas Territory, 1860
No names but good historical background.
The Story of a Kansas Pioneer, by Melissa Genett Anderson
Life story of a woman who moved to Neosho Falls, Woodson County, in 1860. Filled with details of what life was like.
The Illinois Picnic Association of Woodson County was formed "for the benefit of the Ill. settlers." Includes names. 1881.
American Legion Auxiliary, Woodson County, 1921
Maps
Standard Atlas of Woodson County, Kansas, 1904
Maps of townships, plats of towns, and owners' names.
Military
Woodson County, KS 1883 List of Pensioners on the Roll
During the Civil War in 1861 men from Wilson, Woodson and Greenwood counties organized the 14th Regiment, Kansas Cavalry.
Newspapers
Probate
Taxation
Vital Records
GenWeb Transcribed Births and Deaths
Societies and Libraries
Kansas Historical Society
Online primary sources for Woodson County. Free; no registration required.
Family History Centers
Web Sites
- GenWeb for Woodson County
- Woodson County Home Page
- State Library of Kansas Info and Links for Woodson County
- Family History Library Catalog
- Woodson County, Kansas Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
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