Records from Sumner County
Creator: Sumner County (Kan.)
Date: 1871 - 1906
Level of Description: Coll./Record Group
Material Type: Government record
Call Number: Unavailable
Unit ID: 216669
Abstract: This collection contains both microfilmed and paper records dated between 1871 to 1906. Paper records include two teacher registers documenting student advancement and attendance for school districts 50 and 53, as well as a photocopy of the incorporation charter for the city of Mulvane dated 1883 and a county map. Microfilmed records from the District Court include marriage records from 1871-1899 and land patents from 1873-1875. There are also city council minutes, ordinances, and vital statistical information from the city of Wellington.
Space Required/Quantity: Microfilm + .15 cubic feet.
Title (Main title): Records from Sumner County
Administrative History
Administrative History:
Sumner County was established on February 26, 1867. It was named in honor of n honor of Charles Sumner (1811-1874), a U.S. senator from Massachusetts. The county seat and largest city is Wellington; Caldwell is the second largest city. Townships include Avon, Belle Plaine, Bluff, Caldwell, Chikaskia, Conway, Creek, Dixon, Downs, Eden, Falls, Gore, Greene, Guelph, Harmon, Illinois, Jackson, London, Morris, Osborne, Oxford, Palestine, Ryan, Seventy-Six, South Haven, Springdale, Sumner, Valverde, Walton, and Wellington.
[Kansas State Historical Society. "Kansas Counties - Sumner County, Kansas." http://www.kshs.org/genealogists/places/counties.php?county=SU (accessed June 5, 2009.)]
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Index Terms
Subjects
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Sumner County (Kan.) -- Genealogy
Sumner County (Kan.) -- History
Deeds -- Kansas -- Sumner County
Land tenure -- Kansas -- Sumner County
Marriage records -- Kansas -- Sumner County
Creators and Contributors
Agency Classification:
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Local Government Agencies. Sumner County.