Bourbon County, Kansas Genealogy

United States Kansas  Bourbon County

Guide to Bourbon 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
Bourbon County Courthouse 210 S National Ave Fort Scott, KS 66701-1328 Phone 316.223.3800

Clerk Circuit has divorce records from 1870. Probate Judge has marriage and probate records from 1870 and court records from 1963.

Parent County
1855--Bourbon County was created 30 August 1855 as an original county. County seat: Fort Scott

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

Neighboring Counties



 * Allen
 * Anderson
 * Crawford
 * Linn
 * Neosho
 * Vernon County, Missouri

Military
Men from Bourbon county enlisted in the 1st Regiment, Company A and in the 2nd Regiment.

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 — images
 * 1855 - 1911 Kansas, County Marriages, 1855-1911 at Ancestry.com — images $

Web Sites

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