Local Government Records Microfilm Holdings Pottawatomie County

Kansas Historical Society

Below is an inventory of our local government records microfilm holdings for this county. In the interest of time, we have listed only inclusive dates and reel numbers (i.e. Marriage record, 1856-1920 [AR 2128-2131]). Contact the reference staff by phone (785-272-8681, ext. 116 or 117) or e-mail if you require a reel number that falls between the inclusive numbers listed. Please see our inter-library loan page for information on how to request loans to any public library.

For a more complete description of what information can be found in each record series (i.e. Deed Records) please see the Researcher's Guide to Local Records.

Pottawatomie County

County Clerk

Births, marriages & deaths, 1885-1911 [AR 5375-5376]

District/Probate Court

Civil appearance dockets, 1861-1921 [AR 5271-5277]
Civil appearance docket indexes, 1863-1927 [AR 5290-5291 District court journals, 1862-1919 [AR 5277-5285]
District court record, 1869-1884 [AR 5304]
Divorce case files, 1862-1917 [AR 5248-5432]
Index, general, to probate court, 1868-1920 [AR 5310]
Marriage license affidavit record, 1883-1892 [AR 5290]
Marriage license record, 1858-1928 [AR 5285-5288]
Marriage Records (Compiled by the Riley County Genealogical Society) 1856-1872, [LM 737]
Naturalization aliens declaration record, 1881-1896 [AR 5290]
Naturalization declaration of intention, 1906-1929 [AR 5289]
Naturalization declaration of intention and citizenship petitions granted, 1928-1941, [AR 5290]
Naturalization final record, 1876-1901 [AR 5289]
Naturalization first record, 1889-1906 [AR 5290]
Naturalization index, 1852-1904 [AR 5289-5290]
Naturalization petition and record, 1907-1928 [AR 5288-5289]
Naturalization record, 1865-1880 [AR 5289]
Naturalization record of reports, 1908-1910 [AR 5304]
Probate appearance docket, 1869-1872 [AR 5306-5307 Probate case files, 1857-1917 [AR 5382-5428]
Probate journals, 1868-1918 [AR 5291-5298]
Will records, 1868-1931 [AR 5304-5306]

Register of Deeds

Indexes, 1857-1905 [AR 5311-5314]
Deed records, 1858-1909 [AR 5315-5331]
General record, 1875-1887 [AR 5373]
Land district record, 1858-1859 [AR 5373]
Numerical indexes, 1860-1935 [AR 5334-5339]
Military discharge records, 1919-1969 [AR 5374]
Military discharge records index, 1919-1990 [AR 5374]
Access to military records is restricted by Kansas Statute no. 45-221 (A)(46). Click here for more information.
Miscellaneous record, 1882-1906 [AR 5373-5374]
Transcript of the record of the Office of Recorder of the Western Land District of Kansas, 1858-1860 [AR 5373]

Superintendent of Public Instruction

Examination record, 1893-1906, 1913-1923, 1929-1930 [AR 5375]
Scholastic census records, 1897-1916 [AR 5377-5381]

County Treasurer

Abstracts of tax sales, 1870-1910 [MF 1722]
County fund ledger, 1870-1881 [MF 1717]
Delinquent tax sales, 1875-1879 [MF 1722]
Tax assessment rolls, 1861-1884 [MF 1713-1734]
Tax distribution ledger, 1881-1886 [MF 1730]
Tax warrants issued, 1879-1881 [MF 1727]
Zoning Commission Cemetery list, ca. 1856-1987 [LM 902]

Grant Township

Justice of the Peace Civil docket, 1889-1908 (also used by J.P. in Mill Creek Twp., 1885-1889), [AR 106]

City of Havensville

City ordinances, 1880-1881 [AR 106]
Council minutes, 1881-1883 [AR 106]
Lists of dogs licensed, 1883, 1885?, 1887 [AR 106]
Mail delivery agreement, December 10, 1881 [AR 106]
Police court docket, 1892-1965 [AR 106]

Mill Creek Township

Justice of the Peace Civil docket, 1885-1889 (also used by J.P. in Grant Twp., 1889-1908) [AR 106]

City of Saint Marys

City council minutes, 1871-1990 [AR 5551-5553]
Index to Ordinances, 1914-1990 [AR 5556]
Ordinance records, 1871-1990 [AR 5554-5556]
Resolutions, 1974-1990 [AR 5556]