Jackson County, Kansas Genealogy

United States Kansas  Jackson County

Guide to Jackson 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
Jackson County Courthouse 400 New York Avenue Holton, KS 66436 Phone: 785.364.2891 Formerly Calhoun County Name changed to Jackson 11 Feb 1859. County Clerk has birth and death records from 1903-1911. Probate Judge has marriage records from 1867, Probate records from 1857 and court records from 1900. Clerk District Court has divorce records. Register of Deeds has land records from 1858.

History


The county is named after President Andrew Jackson (1767-1845).

Parent County
1855--Jackson County was created 30 August 1855 as an original county. County seat: Holton

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

Indian Reservation
The Potawatomi Indian Reservation is located within the boundaries of Jackson County.

Neighboring Counties



 * Atchison
 * Brown
 * Jefferson
 * Nemaha
 * Pottawatomie
 * Shawnee

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
Jackson County Historical Society 216 New York Avenue Holton 66436

Jackson COunty Museum 327 New York Holton, KS 66436 Telephone Number: 785-364-2087 or 785-364-4991 E-mail:[mailto:jacohistsoc@gmail.com jacohistsoc@gmail.com] Website

Websites

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