Morris County, Kansas Genealogy

United States Kansas  Morris County

Guide to Morris 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
Morris County Courthouse 501 W Main Street Council Grove, KS 66846 Phone: 316.767.5518 Formerly Wise County. Name changed to Morris 11 Feb 1859. Probate Judge has marriage and probate record. City Clerk has burial and death. Clerk District Court has divorce and court records. Register of Deeds has land records.

Parent County
1855--Morris County was created 30 August 1855 as an original county. County seat: Council Grove

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

Neighboring Counties



 * Chase
 * Dickinson
 * Geary
 * Lyon
 * Marion
 * Wabaunsee

Military
Men from Morris county enlisted in the Morris County Rangers--Cavalry, Neosho Guards--Cavalry, Clark's Creek Rangers--Cavalry, Neosho Rangers, Cavalry and Council Grove Guards--Infantry and the 6th Regiment, Kansas Southern Division.

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
Morris County Genealogical Society PO Box 114 White City 66872

Morris County Historical Society 303 West Main Council Grove 66846

Morris County Genealogical Society Box 42-A, Rt. 2 White City, KS 67337

Web Sites

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