Brown County, Kansas Genealogy

United States Kansas  Brown County

Guide to Brown County, Kansas ancestry, family history and genealogy 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.

County Courthouse
Brown County Courthouse 601 Oregon Street Hiawatha, KS 66434 Phone: 785.742.2581 Clerk District Court has divorce, probate and court records from 1800’s and marriage records. Register of Deeds has land records from 1857.

Parent County
1855--Brown County was created 30 August 1855 as an original county. County seat: Hiawatha

Record Loss
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Indian Reservation
The Kickapoo Indian Reservation is located within the boundaries of Brown County.

Neighboring Counties



 * Atchison
 * Doniphan
 * Holt County, Missouri
 * Jackson
 * Nemaha
 * Richardson County, Nebraska

Migration
Early migration routes to and from for European and African American settlers included:


 * Missouri River
 * Oregon Trail 1830s to 1890s from western Missouri to Oregon City, Oregon
 * California Trail 1846 to 1869 from western Missouri to northern California
 * Mormon Trail 1846 to 1869 from Nauvoo, Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah

Military
Soldiers from Brown County enlisted in:

1st Regiment, Companies A and B

2nd Infantry Regiment, Companies Dand G

2nd Cavalry Regiment, Company I

5th Cavalry Regiment, Companies G and L

7th Regiment, Companies A, C, H, and I

8th Regiment, Companies C and D

9th Regiment, Company A

11th Regiment, Company F

13th Regiment, Companies A, B, E, G, H, I

14th Cavalry Regiment, Companies A, H, L, K

16th Cavalry Regiment, Companies A, C, and K

Nebraska 2nd Cavalry Regiment, Companies G and L

Missouri Regiments 5 and 25

All regiments are Kansas Infantry unless otherwise indicated.

Probate
Online Records


 * 1803 – 1987 Kansas Wills and Probate Records 1803-1987 at Ancestry.com — index and images $

Birth Records

 * 1818 - 1936 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1885 - 1911 Kansas, Births and Christenings Index, 1885-1911 at Ancestry.com — index $

Death Records

 * 1885 - 1930 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1885 - 1930 Kansas, Deaths and Burials, Index, 1885-1930 at Ancestry.com — index $

Marriage Records

 * 1840 - 1935 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1855 - 1911 at | FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1855 - 1911 Kansas, County Marriages, 1855-1911 at Ancestry.com — images $

Websites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county.
 * Brown County, Kansas Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Brown County, Kansas Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)