Wilson County, Kansas Genealogy

United States Kansas  Wilson County

Wilson 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.

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

Neighboring Counties

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

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

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

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