Wilson County, Kansas Genealogy

United States Kansas  Wilson County

Guide to Wilson County, Kansas ancestry, family history and genealogy, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military 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.

Parent County
1855--Wilson County was created 30 August 1855 as an original county. County seat: Fredonia

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

Neighboring Counties

 * Allen
 * Elk
 * Greenwood
 * Labette
 * Montgomery
 * Neosho
 * Woodson

Lutheran

 * Records of the Immanuel Lutheran Church, Wilson County, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

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

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

 * 1811 - 1911 at FamilySearch — index
 * 1840 - 1935 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1855 - 1911 at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1855 - 1911 Kansas, County Marriages, 1855-1911 at Ancestry.com — images $

Societies and Libraries
Wilson County Historical Society 420 N 7th St Fredonia, KS 66736 Telephone Number:620-378-3965 Website

Wilson County Historical Museum 420 North 7th Street Fredonia, KS 66736 Telephone Number: 620-378-3965 Website 

Web Sites

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