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'''Labette 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.
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''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Kansas]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]'' '''Labette County''' <br>
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| founded year = 1867
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| founded date = February 7
| seat = [[Oswego, Kansas|Oswego]]
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| building address = '''[[Labette County, Kansas Courthouse|Labette County Courthouse]]'''<br>501 Merchant Street<br>Oswego, Kansas 67356<br>Phone: 316.795.2138
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Guide to '''Labette County, Kansas ancestry, genealogy and family history''', birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.
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== County Courthouse  ==


{| style="width:18%; float:right"
[http://www.labettecounty.com/ Labette County Courthouse]<br>501 Merchant St P O Box 387<br>Oswego KS 67356 <br>Phone:&nbsp;316 795-2227 <br>
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County Clerk has birth records 1885-1896 and death records 1885-1889. <br>Probate&nbsp;Judge has marriage and probate records from 1870. <br>Clerk District Court has divorce and court records from 1870. <br>Register of Deeds has land records from 1875. <br>A yearly county census was taken 1915-1979.<ref name="HBG">''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'', 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Labette County, Kansas page 252, {{WorldCat|50140092|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|1049485|item|disp=FHL Book 973 D27e 2002}}.</ref>  
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== History  ==
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{{Infobox U.S. County 2016


|organized= February 7,  1867
==== Parent County  ====
|county seat= Oswego
|parent county= [[Neosho County, Kansas Genealogy|Neosho]] <ref name="HBG">''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'', 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Labette County, Kansas. {{WorldCat|50140092|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FSC|1049485|item|disp=FS Library Book 973 D27e 2002}}.</ref>
|variant spellings=
|county1= [[Cherokee County, Kansas Genealogy|Cherokee]]
|county2= [[Craig County, Oklahoma Genealogy|Craig (OK)]]
|county3= [[Crawford County, Kansas Genealogy|Crawford]]
|county4= [[Montgomery County, Kansas Genealogy|Montgomery]]
|county5= [[Neosho County, Kansas Genealogy|Neosho]]
|county6= [[Nowata County, Oklahoma Genealogy|Nowata (OK)]]
|county7= [[Wilson County, Kansas Genealogy|Wilson]]</br><center>[[Labette County, Kansas Genealogy#Maps and Gazetteers|See County Maps]]</center>
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|county9=
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|county courthouse= [[Image:KansasLabetteCourthouse.jpg|245x245px]]
|county location in state= [[Image: 200px-Map of Kansas highlighting Labette County svg.bmp|245x245px]]
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==County Information==


===Description===
'''1867--'''Labette County was created 7 February 1867 from [[Neosho County, Kansas|Neosho]] County. '''County seat:''' Oswego <ref name="Handybook">''The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'',10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).</ref>


The county gets its name from a creek which runs through the county and which was named for an early trader, Pierre LaBette.<ref>Genealogy Trails History Group, “Labette, Kansas Genealogy and History”, http://genealogytrails.com/kan/labette/, accessed 8/16/2017.</ref> The county is located in the southeastern area of the state.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Labette County, Kansas," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labette_County,_Kansas, accessed 8/16/2017.</ref>
==== Boundary Changes  ====


===County Courthouse===
==== Record Loss  ====
{{KS Courthouse Intro|Labette}}


'''Labette County Courthouse'''<br>501 Merchant Street<br>PO Box 387<br>Oswego, Kansas 67356<br>Phone: 620-421-5255<br>
== Places/Localities  ==
[http://www.labettecounty.com/ Labette County Website]<br><br>


County Clerk has birth records 1885-1896 and death records 1885-1889. <br>Probate Judge has marriage and probate records from 1870. <br>Clerk District Court has divorce and court records from 1870. <br>Register of Deeds has land records from 1875. <br>A yearly county census was taken 1915-1979. <ref name="HBG">''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'', 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Labette County, Kansas. {{WorldCat|50140092|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FSC|1049485|item|disp=FS Library Book 973 D27e 2002}}.</ref>
==== Populated Places  ====


===Labette County, Kansas Record Dates===
*Altamont
{{KS Records Intro}}
*Angola
{| cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1"
*Bartlett
|-
*Brownstone
| colspan="7" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" |<center>'''Known Beginning Dates for Government County Records<ref>''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'', 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Labette  County, Kansas. Page 252 {{WorldCat|50140092|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FSC|1049485|item|disp=FS Library Book 973 D27e 2002}}.</ref>'''</center>
*Chetopa
|-
*Dennis
| width="14.2%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" |'''[[Labette County, Kansas Genealogy#Birth|Birth*]]'''
*Edna
| width="14.2%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" |'''[[Labette County, Kansas Genealogy#Marriage|Marriage]]'''
*Fern
| width="14.2%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" |'''[[Labette County, Kansas Genealogy#Death|Death*]]'''
*Garvin
| width="14.2%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" |'''[[Labette County, Kansas Genealogy#Court Records|Court]]'''
*Grove
| width="14.2%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" |'''[[Labette County, Kansas Genealogy#Land and Property Records|Land]]'''
*Labette  
| width="14.2%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" |'''[[Labette County, Kansas Genealogy#Probate Records|Probate]]'''
*Laneville
| width="14.2%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" |'''[[Labette County, Kansas Genealogy#Census Records|Census]]'''
*Montana
|-
*Morehead
| width="14.2%" align="center" |1885
*Mound Valley
| width="14.2%" align="center" |1870
*Orchard Park
| width="14.2%" align="center" |1885
*Oswego
| width="14.2%" align="center" |1870
*Parsons
| width="14.2%" align="center" |1875
*Penfield
| width="14.2%" align="center" |1870
*Stover
| width="14.2%" align="center" |1855
*Strauss
|-
*Valeda
| colspan="7" |<center>*Statewide registration for births and deaths started in 1911.  General compliance by 1917.<ref>“Kansas Research Outline”, (Salt Lake City, Utah: Family History Department, 2000), 40.</ref> </center>
*Winway
|}


===Record Loss===
==== Neighboring Counties  ====
{|
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There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.


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[[Image:Kslabette.jpg|500px]]


===Boundary Changes===
*[[Cherokee County, Kansas|Cherokee]]
{{KS Boundary Changes Intro|Labette}}
*[[Craig County, Oklahoma|Craig County, Oklahoma]]
{|
*[[Crawford County, Kansas|Crawford]]
|-
*[[Montgomery County, Kansas|Montgomery]]
|
*[[Neosho County, Kansas|Neosho]]  
*'''Parent County:''' Labette County was created 7 February 1867 from [[Neosho County, Kansas Genealogy|Neosho]] County.
*[[Nowata County, Oklahoma|Nowata County, Oklahoma]]
*'''County seat:''' Oswego <ref>''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'', 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Labette County, Kansas. {{WorldCat|50140092|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FSC|1049485|item|disp=FS Library Book 973 D27e 2002}}.</ref><br>
*[[Wilson County, Kansas|Wilson]]
*[https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/KS_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm#Individual_County_Chronologies Kansas Individual County Chronologies] - Newberry Library list of all boundary changes by county
*[https://publications.newberry.org/ahcb/map/map.html#KS Kansas Historical Borders - Map] at Newberry Library Atlas of Historical County Boundaries; ''Also at:'' [http://www.mapofus.org/kansas/ mapofus.org] - animated maps illustrating Kansas county boundary changes<br>
|}


===Populated Places===
== Resources ==
{{KS Populated Places Intro|Labette}}
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit [https://kansas.hometownlocator.com/counties/cities,cfips,099,c,labette.cfm Hometown Locator].
The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Labette County, Kansas," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labette_County,_Kansas#Communities, accessed 21 September 2017.</ref>
{{populated places
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| cities-col1=<div>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altamont,_Kansas Altamont]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartlett,_Kansas Bartlett]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chetopa,_Kansas Chetopa]</div>
| cities-col2=<div>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edna,_Kansas Edna]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labette,_Kansas Labette]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mound_Valley,_Kansas Mound Valley]</div>
| cities-col3=<div>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oswego,_Kansas Oswego]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsons,_Kansas Parsons]</div>
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angola,_Kansas Angola]
* Brownstone
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis,_Kansas Dennis]
* Fern
* Garvin
  </div>
| unincorp-col2=<div>
* Grove
* Laneville
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montana,_Kansas Montana]
* Orchard Park
* Penfield</div>
| unincorp-col3=<div>
* Stover
* Strauss
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valeda,_Kansas Valeda]
* Winway</div>
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| townships-col1=<div>
* Canada
* Elm Grove
* Fairview
* Hackberry
* Howard
* Labette</div>
| townships-col2=<div>
* Liberty
* Montana
* Mound Valley
* Mount Pleasant
* Neosho</div>
| townships-col3=<div>
* North
* Osage
* Oswego
* Richland
* Walton</div>
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}}


===History Timeline===
==== Cemeteries and Funeral Homes  ====
{{KS Historical Timeline Intro|Labette}}


==Resources==
Several published books as well as archival materials exist for Labette County cemeteries. (See [http://www.worldcat.org WorldCat ]for library holdings.)&nbsp; Compilations include:
{{KS Resources Intro|Labette}}


===Bible Records===
*''Funeral Registers, 1900-1926''. Wall Funeral Home, Parsons, Kansas. Salt Lake City, Utah&nbsp;: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1987
{{KS Bible Intro|Labette}}
*''Labette County Funeral Registers, 1889-1926''.
*Murphy, D.D, and Josephine Murphy. ''Tombstone Inscriptions from Cemeteries on Montana Road, Oswego, Labette County''. , 1970.
*Rice, Tina, and Wanda Houts. ''Tombstone Inscriptions''. Parsons, KS. (P.O. Box 826, Parsons 67357: T. Rice and W. Houts, 1981.


===Biographies===
In addition, several national websites include information for Labette County graves:
{{KS Biographies Intro|Labette}}


===Business, Commerce, and Occupations===
*[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=csr&CScn=&CScntry=4&CSst=18&CScnty=933 Findagrave.com]
{{KS Business Records Intro|Labette}}
*[http://www.interment.net Interment.net]


===Cemeteries===
Resources for specific cemeteries are:
{{KS Cemeteries Intro|Labette}}


{| style="border:1px solid black; width:60%; "
{| width="700" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" border="2" align="left"
|-
! scope="col" | Cemetery
! scope="col" | Information
! scope="col" | Records and Publications
|-
| Altamont Mount Pleasant
| <br>
| <br>
|-
| (unknown)
| <br>
| Paine, George. [''Inscriptions from Deserted Cemetery Near Bartlett'']. , 1971. Archival material.
|-
| Cecil
| Bartlett
| <br>
|-
| County Farm
| <br>
| <br>
|-
| Edna
| <br>
| <br>
|-
| Elston
| <br>
| <br>
|-
| Fairview
| <br>
| <br>
|-
| Franklin
| <br>
| <br>
|-
| Galesburg
| <br>
| <br>
|-
| Griffith
| <br>
| <br>
|-
| Hackberry
| <br>
| <br>
|-
| Harmony
| <br>
| ''Harmony Grove Cemetery ''[Labette County, KS]. S.l: s.n, 1900.
|-
| Hopewell
| <br>
| <br>
|-
| Labette
| <br>
| McAvoy, Gene P. ''Cemetery inscriptions from Labette Cemetery, Labette County, Kansas''. [S.l.&nbsp;: s.n.], 1977. (Microfilm available at FamilySearch centers.)
|-
| Lake Creek
| <br>
| <br>
|-
| Leib
| <br>
| <br>
|-
| Mason
| <br>
| <br>
|-
| Masonic
| <br>
| <br>
|-
| Memorial Lawn
| <br>
| <br>
|-
| Mitchell
| <br>
| <br>
|-
| Mound Valley
| <br>
| The Mound Valley Cemetery, 1885-1976 / produced by members of the Mound Valley Historical Society and the LaBette Genealogical Society of LaBette County, Kansas. Mound Valley, Kan.&nbsp;: M.V.H.S., 1977. (Available at the Kansas Historical Society)
|-
| Mount Calvary
| <br>
| ''Mount Calvary Cemetery ''[Labette County, KS]. S.l: s.n, 1900.
|-
| Oak Hill
| Chetopa
| Miller, Retha L. B, and Brenda M. Ross. ''Oak Hill Cemetery, Labette County, Kansas: 1869-1972 Record of Burials and Their Locations. ''Chetopa, Kan: R.L.B. Miller, 1972. [http://www.billiongraves.com/pages/cemetery/cemetery.php?cemetery_id=35870 BillionGraves] has photos of some headstones plotted on a Google map and searchable.
|-
| Oakwood
| Parsons
| Oakwood cemetery, Parsons, Kansas&nbsp;: tribute and a tour. [Iron Horse Historical Society and the Parsons Sun] [Parson, Kan.&nbsp;: Iron horse Historical Society and the Parson Sun], 1987
|-
| Oswego
| <br>
| ''Oswego Cemetery Directory as of Sept 18, 1998''. S.l: s.n., 1998.
|-
| Penfield
| <br>
| <br>
|-
| Phillips
| <br>
| <br>
|-
| Pleasant Hill
| <br>
| ''Pleasant Hill Cemetery records, Labette County, Kansas''. (Microfilm available at FamilySearch centers.)
|-
| Pleasant Valley
| <br>
| ''Pleasant Valley Cemetery Labette County, Kansas''. S.l: s.n, 1900.
|-
|-
| colspan="2" style="border:1px solid black" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" |<center>'''Cemeteries of Labette County, Kansas''' online and in print</center>
| Richland
| <br>  
| <br>
|-
|-
| style="border:1px solid black" width="23%" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" |<center>'''Tombstone Transcriptions Online'''</center>
| Roberts
| style="border:1px solid black" valign="top" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" |
| <br>  
*[http://www.ksgenweb.org/archives/labette.htm KSGenWeb]
| <br>
*[http://www.usgwtombstones.org/kansas/labette.htm Tombstone Project]
*[http://kansasgravestones.org/cemeteries.php?selected_cid=50 Kansas Gravestones]
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&query=%2Bdeath_place%3A%22Labette%20County%2C%20Kansas%22~&collection_id=2026973 BillionGraves Index at FamilySearch]
*[http://www.interment.net/us/ks/index.htm KS Interment]
|-
|-
| style="border:1px solid black" width="23%" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" |<center>'''Tombstone Transcriptions in Print''' ([[The Value of Cemetery Records in Print |Often more complete]])</center>
| Saint Rose
| style="border:1px solid black" valign="top" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" |
| Chetopa
*{{FSC|United States, Kansas, Labette - Cemeteries|subject|subject-id=113901654|disp=FamilySearch Library}}
| ''Saint Rose Catholic Cemetery Chetopa, Labette County, Kansas''. S.l: s.n., 1993
*[http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=su%3Acemetery+Labette+Kansas&qt=advanced&dblist=638 WorldCat]
|-
|-
| style="border:1px solid black" width="23%" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" |<center>'''List of Cemeteries in the County'''</center>
| Spring Hill
| style="border:1px solid black" valign="top" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" |
| <br>  
*[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=csr&CScn=&CScntry=4&CSst=18&CScnty=933 Findagrave.com]
| ''Springhill Cemetery ''[Labette County, KS]. S.l: s.n, 1900.
*[https://billiongraves.com/search/results?cemetery_country=United%20States&cemetery_state=Kansas&cemetery_county=Labette&year_range=5&size=15 BillionGraves]
*[https://www.accessgenealogy.com/cemetery/kansas-cemetery-records.htm Cemetery Records by Access Genealogy]
*[https://www.familysearch.org/research/places/?reqParents=394184&reqParentsLabel=Labette%2C%20Kansas%2C%20United%20States&reqParentsType=209&reqTypes=20&reqTypeLabel=Cemetery FamilySearch Places]
|-
|-
| colspan="2" style="border:1px solid black" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" |<center>See '''[[Kansas Cemeteries]]''' for more information</center>
| Tibbets
| <br>  
| <br>
|-
| Vance
| <br>
| <br>
|-
| Wilsonton
| <br>
| <br>
|-
| Wooden
| <br>
| <br>
|}
|}


[http://www.billiongraves.com/pages/cemetery/cemetery.php?cemetery_id=35870 Oak Hill Cemetery, Chetopa] Google map and searchable database on BillionGraves


*{{RecordSearch|2568639|Kansas, Cemetery Abstracts}} at FamilySearch - [[Kansas Cemetery Abstracts - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index
==== Church ====
 
===Census Records===
{{Historical populations
|type = USA
|heading = Census
|footnote = Source: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labette_County,_Kansas#Demographics "Wikipedia.org".]  
|1870 |9973  
|1880 |22735
|1890 |27586
|1900 |27387
|1910 |31423
|1920 |34047
|1930 |31346
|1940 |30352
|1950 |29285
|1960 |26805
|1970 |25775  
|1980 |25682  
|1990 |23693
|2000 |22169
|2010 |21607
}}
{{KS Census Intro|Labette}}
 
====State and Territorial Census Records====
 
*'''1855-1925''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1088 Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925] at [http://search.ancestry.com/ Ancestry] — ($), Index and images; covers census years '''1855-1859, 1865, 1875, 1885, 1895, 1905, 1915, 1925'''
*'''1860''' {{RecordSearch|1473181|1860 U.S. Federal Census for Kansas Territory}} at FamilySearch — [[United States Census, 1860 - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; Index and images
*'''1860''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7667 1860 U.S. Federal Census for Kansas Territory] at [http://search.ancestry.com/ Ancestry] — ($), Index and images
*'''1865''' {{RecordSearch|1824715|Kansas State Census, 1865}} at FamilySearch - [[Kansas State Census, 1865 - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index & images
*'''1875''' {{RecordSearch|1825178|Kansas State Census, 1875}} at FamilySearch - [[Kansas State Census, 1875 - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index & images
*'''1885''' {{RecordSearch|1825188|Kansas State Census, 1885}} at FamilySearch - [[Kansas State Census, 1885 - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; images
*'''1895''' {{RecordSearch|1825193|Kansas State Census, 1895}} at [https://www.familysearch.org/hr/search FamilySearch] - [[Kansas, State Census, 1895 - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index & images
*'''1905''' {{RecordSearch|2659394|Kansas State Census, 1905}} at FamilySearch - [[Kansas State Census, 1905 - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index
*'''1915''' {{RecordSearch|2640442|Kansas State Census, 1915}} at FamilySearch - [[Kansas State Census, 1915 - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index & images
*'''1919-1961''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2270 Kansas, City and County Census Records, 1919-1961] at [http://search.ancestry.com/ Ancestry] — Partial index (4 counties) and images
*'''1925''' {{RecordSearch|2659395|Kansas State Census, 1925}} at FamilySearch - [[Kansas State Census, 1925 - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index
 
====Federal Census Records====
The 1870 Census was the first Federal Census taken for Kansas after it became a state in 1861.<ref>William Thorndale and William Dollarhide, Map Guide to the U.S. Federal Censuses (Bountiful, UT: American Genealogical Lending Library, 1985), page 119.</ref> For links to Federal Census indexes, see [[Kansas Census]].<br>
 
===Church Records===
{{KS Church Intro|Labette}}


*'''1811-1940''' {{RecordSearch|2380510|Kansas, Births and Baptisms, 1811-1940}} at FamilySearch — [[Kansas, Births and Baptisms - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index & images
{{KS Church Intro}}  
*'''1861-1918''' {{RecordSearch|3042282|Kansas, Swedish Church Records, 1861-1918}} at FamilySearch - [[Kansas, Swedish Church Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index


 
*Brown Chapel, African Methodist Episcopal  
*Brown Chapel, African Methodist Episcopal
*Cecil Church (historical)  
*Cecil Church (historical)
*Center Bethel Church  
*Center Bethel Church
*Center Chapel  
*Center Chapel
*Edna Baptist Church  
*Edna Baptist Church
*Elm Church  
*Elm Church
*Hopewell Church  
*Hopewell Church
*Mount Pleasant Baptist  
*Mount Pleasant Baptist
*Mount Zion Baptist Church (historical)  
*Mount Zion Baptist Church (historical)
*Pleasant Hill Church  
*Pleasant Hill Church
*St. Paul's Church. [See book: ''Protestant Episcopal Church, Kansas Parish Registers of Baptisms, Burials, Marriages, Etc: Chetopa, St. Paul's Church, 1889-1960]''  
*St. Paul's Church. [See book: ''Protestant Episcopal Church, Kansas Parish Registers of Baptisms, Burials, Marriages, Etc: Chetopa, St. Paul's Church, 1889-1960]''
*Salem Church (historical)  
*Salem Church (historical)
*Spring Valley Church  
*Spring Valley Church
*Zion Hill Church
*Zion Hill Church
<br>
'''List of Churches and Church Parishes'''
*'''[https://www.familysearch.org/research/places/?reqParents=394184&reqParentsLabel=Labette%2C%20Kansas%2C%20United%20States&reqParentsType=209&reqTypeGroups=3&reqTypeLabel=Churches%20and%20Church%20Parishes FamilySearch Places]''' <br>


===Court Records===
==== Court ====
{{KS Court Intro|Labette}}


'''Labette County Courthouse'''<br>501 Merchant Street<br>PO Box 387<br>Oswego, Kansas 67356<br>Phone: 620-421-5255<br>
Labette County Court House<br>501 Merchant St<br>Oswego KS 67356 <br>(620) 795-2227 <br>  
[http://www.labettecounty.com/ Labette County Website]<br><br>


===Directories===
The [http://www.kshs.org/ Kansas Historical Sociey ]has the following on microfilm:
{{KS Directories Intro|Labette}}
*'''1970-2024''' {{RecordSearch|5000290|United States, Residence Database, 1970-2024}} at FamilySearch — [[United States, Residence Database - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index, coverage may vary


===Emigration and Immigration===
Chetopa City Clerk Ordinance book book, 1879-1881
{{KS Emigration Intro|Labette}}


===Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups===
==== Land  ====
{{KS Ethnic Groups Intro|Labette}}


===Funeral Homes===
{{KS Land Intro}}  
{{KS Funeral Homes Intro|Labette}}


* '''1900-1926''' {{FSC|645956|item|disp=Funeral Registers, 1900-1926}}(*); at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
The [http://www.labettecounty.com/department/?fDD=9-0 Labette County Register of Deeds Office ]&nbsp;has land records from 1867.


* [https://www.wallfuneralservices.com/ Carson-Wall Funeral Services] in Parsons
An additional resource is'': 'Deed records, Labette County, 1868-1877, Kansas ''by the Daughters of the American Revolution, Oceanic Hopkins Chapter (Pittsburg, Kansas)&nbsp;and Margaret Grandle. Available on microfilm at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah and FamilySearch Centers worldwide.
* [https://www.derfeltfuneralhomes.com/ Derfelt Funeral Homes] in Oswego
* [https://www.forbeshoffman.com/ Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Homes] in Altamont, Chetopa, and Parsons


===Genealogies===
==== Local Histories  ====
{{KS Genealogies Intro|Labette}}


===Guardianship===
{{KS History Intro}}  
{{KS Guardianship Intro|Labette}}


===Land and Property Records===
See [http://www.worldcat.org WorldCat ]to locate the following materials: [Note: some digital versions are available online.]
{{KS Land Intro|Labette}}


The [http://www.labettecounty.com/department/?fDD=9-0 Labette County Register of Deeds Office]  has land records from 1867.
Brotherton, Mike, and Mattox, David.&nbsp;''Labette County''. Arcadia Pub. , 2011.  


An additional resource is'': 'Deed records, Labette County, 1868-1877, Kansas ''by the Daughters of the American Revolution, Oceanic Hopkins Chapter (Pittsburg, Kansas) and Margaret Grandle. Available on microfilm at the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City, Utah and FamilySearch Centers worldwide.
Canfield, Thomas H. ''Business Directory of the City of Oswego: Labette County, Kansas, Containing a History of the Town from the Beginning, with the Present Business of the Place, Together with an Outline Map of the City and Its Surroundings, Its Population and Its Railroad Facilities, Present and Future''. Oswego: Printed by Colver &amp; M'Gill, 1870.  


''Online Land Indexes and Records''<br>
Case, Nelson. ''History of Labette County, Kansas: And Representative Citizens''. Chicago: Biographical Pub. Co, 1901. Digital version at [http://www.archive.org/details/historyoflabette00case Internet Archive.]  
*[http://www.kshs.org/p/land-records-and-maps/11083 Land records at Kansas Historical Society]<br>


:*[http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/209427 1906 Land Plat book for Labette County] - image of plat book<br>
Case, Nelson. ''History of Labette County, Kansas: From the First Settlement to the Close of 1892''. Topeka, Kan: Crane &amp; Co, 1893. Digital versions at [http://www.archive.org/details/historyoflabette01case Internet Archive]&nbsp;and [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/loc.ark:/13960/t1vd74f1k Hathi Trust].
:*[http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/223965 1916 Land Plat book for Labette County] - image of plat book<br>


*[https://glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx?searchTabIndex=0&searchByTypeIndex=0 Land Patent Search] - index to federal patents and homesteads on the [https://glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspxdefault.aspx Bureau of Land Management] website, some images available<br>
Earle, Jonathan, Ted Wilson, Norman Saul, Paul Kelton, Stephen Hasiotis, and John N. Mack. ''Swords into Ploughshares: the Struggle to Build an Ordered Community of Liberty on the Southeast Kansas Frontier 1867-1876''. , 2009. Internet resource at [http://kuscholarworks.ku.edu/dspace/bitstream/1808/5430/1/Mack_ku_0099D_10317_DATA_1.pdf KU Scholar Works].  
*'''1796-1907''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1246 U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907] at Ancestry - index, info taken from Bureau of Land Management website<br>
*'''1863-1908''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=60593 U.S. Homestead Records 1863-1908] at Ancestry - - index & images ($)<br>
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/full-text Full-Text Search - Land Records] at FamilySearch - index & images; dates, records, and places vary; [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P00oMDsAsSw How to Search]


For more information see [[Kansas Land and Property]]<br>
Graue, Bertha I, and Norman R. Peters. ''The Bartlett Book: A Collection of Newspaper Articles Containing a History of the Many Families Who Have Lived in the Southern Part of Labette County, Kansas, 1850-1977''. Washington, D.C.] (Box 21117, Washington 20009: N.R. Peters, 1982.


===Local Histories===
''James Lincoln Stice Papers: Scrapbooks, Letters, Newspaper Clippings, Photographs''. Fayetteville, Ark: Special Collections Division, University Libraries, 1999.
{{KS Histories Intro|Labette}}


{{KS History Intro}}
Kinton, Maxine L. ''Some Ohioans to Labette Co., Kansas''. Mansfield, Ohio: M.L. Kinton, 1980.


*''History of Labette County, Kansas and Representative Citizens.'' 1901. Edited and compiled by Hon. Nelson Case. Chicago, Illinois : Biographical Pub. Co. '''Online at:''' [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/112310-history-of-labette-county-kansas-and-representative-citizens?offset=1 FamilySearch Digital Library], [https://archive.org/details/historyoflabette00case Internet Archive], [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=28823 Ancestry ($)]; {{WorldCat|866035687|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}.
''Labette County, Kansas''. S.l.: General Books, 2010.  
*''History of Labette County, Kansas, From the First Settlement to the Close of 1892.''  1893. By Nelson Case. Topeka, Kansas : Crane & Co. '''Online at:''' [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/111589-history-of-labette-county-kansas-from-the-first-settlement-to-the-close-of-1892?offset=1 FamilySearch Digital Library], [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008888872 Hathitrust], [https://archive.org/details/historyoflabette01case Internet Archive]; {{WorldCat|865924916|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}.
<br><br>
See [http://www.worldcat.org WorldCat] to locate the following materials: [Note: some digital versions are available online.]


Brotherton, Mike, and Mattox, David. ''Labette County''. Arcadia Pub. , 2011.
Lightfoot, W H. ''Our Heroes in Our Defense: Labette County, Kansas''. Parsons, Kan: Printed by Commercial publishing co, 1921. Digital versions at [http://www.archive.org/details/ourheroesinourde00ligh Internet Archive ]and [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t4jm2rq48 Hathi Trust].  


Canfield, Thomas H. ''Business Directory of the City of Oswego: Labette County, Kansas, Containing a History of the Town from the Beginning, with the Present Business of the Place, Together with an Outline Map of the City and Its Surroundings, Its Population and Its Railroad Facilities, Present and Future''. Oswego: Printed by Colver &amp; M'Gill, 1870.
Nixon, Ruth. ''History of Big Hill and Old Mt. Zion.'' Cherryvale? (Kan.: s.n., 1982.  


Earle, Jonathan, Ted Wilson, Norman Saul, Paul Kelton, Stephen Hasiotis, and John N. Mack. ''Swords into Ploughshares: the Struggle to Build an Ordered Community of Liberty on the Southeast Kansas Frontier 1867-1876''. , 2009. Internet resource at [http://kuscholarworks.ku.edu/dspace/bitstream/1808/5430/1/Mack_ku_0099D_10317_DATA_1.pdf KU Scholar Works].
''Parsons, Labette County, Kansas Years from 1869 to 1895&nbsp;: Story of "the Benders".'' Parsons, Kan.&nbsp;: Bell Bookcraft, 1970. Digital version at [http://www.archive.org/details/parsonslabetteco00pars Internet Archive].  


Graue, Bertha I, and Norman R. Peters. ''The Bartlett Book: A Collection of Newspaper Articles Containing a History of the Many Families Who Have Lived in the Southern Part of Labette County, Kansas, 1850-1977''. Washington, D.C.] (Box 21117, Washington 20009: N.R. Peters, 1982.
==== Maps  ====


''James Lincoln Stice Papers: Scrapbooks, Letters, Newspaper Clippings, Photographs''. Fayetteville, Ark: Special Collections Division, University Libraries, 1999.
The [http://www.davidrumsey.com David Rumsey Map Collection website] has digitized atlas maps of Labette County, as well as the cities of Altamont, Chetopa, Dennis, Labette City, Mathewson, Montana, Mortimer, Mound Valley, Neosho Falls, Oswego, and Parsons. The maps' source is "The Official State Atlas of Kansas compiled from government surveys, county records and personal investigations" Philadelphia. L.H. Everts &amp; Co. 1887.  


Kinton, Maxine L. ''Some Ohioans to Labette Co., Kansas''. Mansfield, Ohio: M.L. Kinton, 1980.
==== Military  ====


''Labette County, Kansas''. S.l.: General Books, 2010.
The [http://www.worldcat.org WorldCat website ]provides holdings details for the following publications and archival materials:  


Lightfoot, W H. ''Our Heroes in Our Defense: Labette County, Kansas''. Parsons, Kan: Printed by Commercial publishing co, 1921. Digital versions at [https://www.archive.org/details/ourheroesinourde00ligh Internet Archive] and [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t4jm2rq48 Hathi Trust].
''Civil War Veterans to Labette Co., Kansas''. Kansas?: s.n, 1900.  


Nixon, Ruth. ''History of Big Hill and Old Mt. Zion.'' Cherryvale? (Kan.: s.n., 1982.
Hollingsworth, Patricia Merrill. ''World War I Draft Registration Cards Labette County Kansas''. Mariba, Kentucky&nbsp;: P.M. Hollingsworth, 2003. (Available at FamilySearch centers.)


''Parsons, Labette County, Kansas Years from 1869 to 1895 : Story of "the Benders".'' Parsons, Kan. : Bell Bookcraft, 1970. Digital version at [https://www.archive.org/details/parsonslabetteco00pars Internet Archive].
Kinton, Maxine L. ''Some Civil War Veterans to Labette Co., Kansas''. Mansfield, Ohio: M.L. Kinton, 1980.  


===Maps and Gazetteers===
Mack, John N. "A Second Revolution: The Struggle to Define the Meaning of the Civil War in Southeast Kansas, 1867-1876." Kansas History. 32.1 (2009)
{{KS Maps Intro|Labette}}
{{KS Neighboring Counties Intro|county={{KS Labette County}}}}


*[https://www.familysearch.org/research/places/?reqParents=394184&reqParentsLabel=Labette%2C%20Kansas%2C%20United%20States&reqParentsType=209&reqTypeGroups=8&reqTypeLabel=Cities%20and%20Towns FamilySearch Places]: Map of cities and towns in this county - [[FamilySearch Places|How to Use FS Places]]
''Memorial ... Parsons, Kansas.'' Parsons, Kan.?: s.n., 1970.  
*[http://www.mapofus.org/kansas/ Interactive Formation Boundary Map of Kansas] - shows boundary changes for Kansas Counties


The [http://www.davidrumsey.com David Rumsey Map Collection website] has digitized atlas maps of Labette County, as well as the cities of Altamont, Chetopa, Dennis, Labette City, Mathewson, Montana, Mortimer, Mound Valley, Neosho Falls, Oswego, and Parsons. The maps' source is "The Official State Atlas of Kansas compiled from government surveys, county records and personal investigations" Philadelphia. L.H. Everts &amp; Co. 1887.
Nixon, Perry O. C. [''Civil War Memoir of Perry O.C. Nixon, Sergeant, Company C, 10th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment, 1861-1865'']. , 1907


===Migration===
For information about Civil War records see [[Neosho County, Kansas|Neosho]] County.<br>
{{KS Migration Intro|Labette}}


===Military Records===
==== Newspapers  ====
{{KS Military Intro|Labette}}


The [http://www.worldcat.org WorldCat website] provides holdings details for the following publications and archival materials:
{{KS Newspaper abstracts|Labette}}


''Civil War Veterans to Labette Co., Kansas''. Kansas?: s.n, 1900.
Current newspapers in Labette include the Altamont Journal, Chetopa Advance, Labette Avenue, Oswego Independent-Observer, and Parsons Sun.  


Hollingsworth, Patricia Merrill. ''World War I Draft Registration Cards Labette County Kansas''. Mariba, Kentucky : P.M. Hollingsworth, 2003. (Available at FamilySearch centers.)
Historical newspapers: The Kansas Historical Society holds the following newspapers on microfilm: [for dates and additional information see the [http://www.kshs.org/p/newspapers-in-kansas/11528 Newspaper Index at their&nbsp;website].]


Kinton, Maxine L. ''Some Civil War Veterans to Labette Co., Kansas''. Mansfield, Ohio: M.L. Kinton, 1980.
Altamont Gazette , Altamont Journal , Altamont Saturday Item , Altamont Sentinel , American Crank , Anti-Monopolist , Arbitrator , Bartlett News , Blade-Democrat , Breeze , Chetopa Advance , Chetopa Advance Reunion Daily , Chetopa Advance-Clipper , Chetopa Clipper , Chetopa Democrat , Chetopa Herald , Chetopa Statesman , Chetopa Times , Coffins Business Directory, Daily Eclipse, Daily Eli , Daily Evening Star , Daily News , Daily Out-Look , Daily Pilot , Daily Republican , Democrat , Dennis Hustler , Dennis Leader , Edna Enterprise , Edna Independent , Edna News , Edna Star , Edna Sun , Evening Herald , Evening Journal , Eye Opener , Farm Talk , Golden Rod , High School Sentiment , Independent , Infant Wonder [many variant titles] , Kansas Advocate , Kansas Christian Advocate , Kansas Democrat , Kansas Farm and Home , Kansas Messenger , Kansas State Alliance , Kansas Workman , Labette County Democrat , Labette County Statesman , Labette County Times , Labette County Times-Statesman , Labette Record , Labette Sentinel , Labette Star , Mills' Weekly World , Mound Valley Herald , Mound Valley Journal , Mound Valley News , Mound Valley Times , Oswego Bee , Oswego Blade , Oswego Courant , Oswego Daily Bee , Oswego Daily Independent , Oswego Daily Republican , Oswego Democrat , Oswego Independent, Oswego Independent-Observer , Oswego News-Blade , Oswego Register , Oswego Republican , Oswego Weekly Blade , Oswego Weekly Republican , Our Home , Parsons Advertiser , Parsons Broadaxe , Parsons Business College Journal, Parsons Daily Eclipse, Parsons Daily Journal , Parsons Daily News , Parsons Daily Republican , Parsons Daily Sun , Parsons Eclipse , Parsons Evening Globe , Parsons Independent , Parsons News , Parsons Palladium , Parsons School Reporter , Parsons Sun, Parsons Sun and Semi Weekly Herald , Parsons Surprise , Parsons Visitor , Parsons Weekly Blade , Parsons Weekly Eclipse , Parsons Weekly Globe , Parsons Weekly Herald , Parsons Weekly Star , Parsons Weekly Sun, Pilot , Railway Employee , School Reporter , Senior Annual, Sentiment , Settler's Guide , South East Kansas Independent Observer , Southern Kansas Advance , State Alliance-Workman , Sun, Times-Journal , Union Blade , United Labor , Weekly Clarion , Western Enterprise , Western World , White Banner , Wilsonton Journal


Mack, John N. "A Second Revolution: The Struggle to Define the Meaning of the Civil War in Southeast Kansas, 1867-1876." Kansas History. 32.1 (2009)
==== Probate  ====


''Memorial ... Parsons, Kansas.'' Parsons, Kan.?: s.n., 1970.
{{KS Probate Intro|Labette}}


Nixon, Perry O. C. [''Civil War Memoir of Perry O.C. Nixon, Sergeant, Company C, 10th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment, 1861-1865'']. , 1907
The [http://www.kshs.org/p/local-records-microfilm-labette-co/11126 Kansas Historical Sociey ]has the following on microfilm:


====Online Collections====
*Probate journals, 1868-1919
These collections are unique to Kansas. You will find nationwide databases for military records on [[United States Military Online Genealogy Records|U.S. Military Online Genealogy Records]] and [[Kansas Military Records|Kansas Military Records]].<br><br>
*Will records, 1868-1921
''Collections Covering Multiple Wars''<br>


*[http://www.kshs.org/p/kansas-military-index/15797 Kansas Military Index] at [http://www.kshs.org/p/online-collections/18942 Kansas Historical Society] - Index only, includes Civil War, Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War, Iraq and Afghanistan Conflicts<br>
==== Taxation  ====
*[http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ks/county/ford/cemeteries/ksstatesoldhomedeaths.htm Records of the Deaths and Burials at the Kansas State Soldiers Home] - Index only, the home is located in Fort Dodge, Ford County, Kansas.<br>


''Civil War''<br>
{{KS Tax Intro}}


*[https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3916 Kansas Civil War Soldiers] at the [http://search.ancestry.com/ Ancestry.com] - ($), Index only<br>
==== Vital Records ====
*'''1862, 1863, 1868''' [https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1766 Kansas, Civil War Enlistment Papers, 1862, 1863, 1868] at the [http://search.ancestry.com/ Ancestry.com] - ($), Index and images<br>
*'''1866-1931''' [https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2580 Kansas, Grand Army of the Republic Bound Post Records, 1866-1931] at the [http://search.ancestry.com/ Ancestry.com] - ($), Index and images<br>
*'''1880-1940''' [https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1700 Kansas, Grand Army of the Republic Post Reports, 1880-1940] at the [http://search.ancestry.com/ Ancestry.com] - ($), Index and images<br>
*'''1889''' [https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2956 Kansas, Enrollment of Civil War Veterans, 1889] at the [http://search.ancestry.com/ Ancestry.com] - ($), Index and images<br>
*[https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3916 Kansas Civil War Soldiers] at the [http://search.ancestry.com/ Ancestry.com] - ($), Index and images<br>


''Spanish-American War (1898)''<br>
{{KS Vital Intro}}


*'''1945-1970''' [https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1680 Kansas, United Spanish War Veterans Reports of Deaths, 1945-1970] at the [http://search.ancestry.com/ Ancestry.com] - ($), Index and images<br>
The [http://www.labettecounty.com/clerk/ Labette County Clerk's Office ]&nbsp;holds the following records:  


''World War I''<br>
*Birth records: 1885 to 1896
*Marriage records: 1867 to the present
*Death records: 1885 to 1893


*[http://www.ksgenweb.org/archives/military/ksguard/ History and Roster of the Kansas State Guard (WWI)] at [http://www.ksgenweb.org/ KSGenWeb] - Taken from the book by the Adjutant General's Office<br>
In addition, birth, marriage, divorce and death certificates&nbsp;are held by the [http://www.kdheks.gov/vital/index.html State of Kansas Department of Health&nbsp;and Environment, Office of Vital Statistics.]&nbsp;Post-1940 records&nbsp;are not public; to obtain copies one must be named on the record, or be an immediate family member, or need the record for legal rights. Pre-1940 records may be requested by an individual related as at least a cousin. Records held by the state are:  
*'''1917-1919''' [https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2021 Kansas, World War I Veteran Collection, 1917-1919] at the [http://search.ancestry.com/ Ancestry.com] - ($), Index and images<br>
*'''1930''' [https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2955 Kansas, Enrollment of WWI Veterans, 1930] at the [http://search.ancestry.com/ Ancestry.com] - ($), Index and images<br>


''World War II''<br>
*Birth and death certificates: July 1, 1911 to the present
*Marriage licenses: May 1, 1913 to the present
*Divorce certificates: July 1, 1951 to the present


*'''1940-1946''' [https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=70795 Web: Kansas, WWII Selective Service Index, 1940-1946] at the [http://search.ancestry.com/ Ancestry.com] - ($), Index and images<br>
The [http://www.kshs.org/p/local-records-microfilm-labette-co/11126 Kansas Historical Sociey ]has the following on microfilm:  
*[http://ksgenweb.org/archives/labette/military/honor.txt World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing, State of Kansas, War Dept-June 1946] at [http://www.ksgenweb.org/ KSGenWeb] - Index only<br>


''Korean War''<br>
*Marriage records: 1867 to 1920
 
*Marriage register: 1885 to 1896
*[https://www.archives.gov/files/research/military/korean-war/casualty-lists/ks-alpha.pdf U.S. Military Fatal Casualties of the Korean War for Kansas] - Index only<br>
 
''Vietnam War''<br>
 
*[https://www.archives.gov/files/research/military/vietnam-war/casualty-lists/ks-alpha.pdf U.S. Military Fatal Casualties of the Vietnam War for Kansas] - Index only<br>
 
For further information see [[Kansas Military Records]].
 
===Naturalization and Citizenship===
{{KS Naturalization Intro|Labette}}
 
*'''1864-1972''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=5175 Kansas, Naturalization Abstracts, 1864-1972] at Ancestry — ($), Index
*'''1865-1874''' [https://www.archives.gov/kansas-city/finding-aids/naturalization-kansas-indians.html Kansas Indian Naturalizations, ca. 1865-1874] at the [https://www.archives.gov/ National Archives] — Index, District of Kansas, Record Group 21.
*'''1865-1984''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=61199 Kansas, Federal Naturalization Records, 1865-1984] at Ancestry — ($), Index and images
*'''1917-1918''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2137 Kansas, Registration Affidavits of Alien Enemies, 1917-1918] at Ancestry — ($), Index and images, includes German and other aliens living in Kansas
 
===Newspapers===
{{KS Newspapers Intro|Labette}}
''Kansas Newspapers Online''<br>
*'''1800s-Current''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/50041/ Kansas, U.S., Newspapers.com™ Stories and Events Index, 1800's-Current] at Ancestry — index & images ($)
*'''1800s-1999''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/62116/ U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999] at Ancestry - index ($)
*[https://www.newspapers.com/ Kansas Newspapers at Newspapers.com] - ($), [http://www.kshs.org/ancestry/drivers/dlverify free to Kansas residents] through [http://www.kshs.org/p/kansas-digital-newspaper-program/16126 Kansas Historical Society]
*[http://www.genealogybank.com/explore/newspapers/all/usa/kansas GenealogyBank] - ($), contains images of Kansas newspapers
*[http://newspaperarchive.com/us/kansas/ Newspaper Archive] - ($), contains images of Kansas newspapers
*[http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/newspapers/?state=Kansas&ethnicity=&language= Chronicling America] - contains images of some Kansas newspapers; [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/help/#basic_searching searching tips]
 
 
''Kansas Newspaper Catalogs''
 
*[https://sites.google.com/site/onlinenewspapersite/Home/united-states-online-historical-newspapers/kansas-online-historical-newspapers Kansas Online Historical Newspapers] - contains a list of known Kansas newspapers online and the websites they are found on
*[http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/titles/ U.S. Newspaper Directory, 1690-Present] on Chronicling America - contains a list of all known newspapers and the dates they cover; once you locate a newspaper name, contact the local library to see if they have copies of the newspaper
 
 
 
Current newspapers in Labette include the Altamont Journal, Chetopa Advance, Labette Avenue, Oswego Independent-Observer, and Parsons Sun.
 
Historical newspapers: The Kansas Historical Society holds the following newspapers on microfilm: [for dates and additional information see the [http://www.kshs.org/p/newspapers-in-kansas/11528 Newspaper Index at their website].
 
Altamont Gazette, Altamont Journal, Altamont Saturday Item, Altamont Sentinel, American Crank, Anti-Monopolist, Arbitrator, Bartlett News, Blade-Democra , Breeze, Chetopa Advance, Chetopa Advance Reunion Daily, Chetopa Advance-Clipper, Chetopa Clipper, Chetopa Democrat, Chetopa Herald, Chetopa Statesman, Chetopa Times, Coffins Business Directory, Daily Eclipse, Daily Eli, Daily Evening Star, Daily News, Daily Out-Look, Daily Pilot, Daily Republican, Democrat, Dennis Hustler, Dennis Leader, Edna Enterprise, Edna Independent, Edna News, Edna Star, Edna Sun, Evening Herald, Evening Journal, Eye Opener, Farm Talk, Golden Rod, High School Sentiment, Independent, Infant Wonder [many variant titles], Kansas Advocate, Kansas Christian Advocate, Kansas Democrat, Kansas Farm and Home, Kansas Messenger, Kansas State Alliance, Kansas Workman, Labette County Democrat, Labette County Statesman, Labette County Times, Labette County Times-Statesman, Labette Record, Labette Sentinel, Labette Star, Mills' Weekly World, Mound Valley Herald, Mound Valley Journal, Mound Valley News, Mound Valley Times, Oswego Bee,  Oswego Blade, Oswego Courant, Oswego Daily Bee, Oswego Daily Independent, Oswego Daily Republican, Oswego Democrat, Oswego Independent, Oswego Independent-Observer, Oswego News-Blade, Oswego Register, Oswego Republican, Oswego Weekly Blade, Oswego Weekly Republican, Our Home, Parsons Advertiser, Parsons Broadaxe, Parsons Business College Journal, Parsons Daily Eclipse, Parsons Daily Journal, Parsons Daily News, Parsons Daily Republican, Parsons Daily Sun, Parsons Eclipse, Parsons Evening Globe, Parsons Independent, Parsons News, Parsons Palladium, Parsons School Reporter, Parsons Sun, Parsons Sun and Semi Weekly Herald, Parsons Surprise, Parsons Visitor, Parsons Weekly Blade, Parsons Weekly Eclipse, Parsons Weekly Globe, Parsons Weekly Herald, Parsons Weekly Star, Parsons Weekly Sun, Pilot , Railway Employee, School Reporter, Senior Annual, Sentiment, Settler's Guide, South East Kansas Independent Observer, Southern Kansas Advance, State Alliance-Workman, Sun, Times-Journal, Union Blade, United Labor, Weekly Clarion, Western Enterprise, Western World, White Banner, Wilsonton Journal
 
===Obituaries===
{{KS Obituaries Intro|Labette}}
 
===Other Records===
{{KS Other Records Intro|Labette}}
'''Voting Records'''<br>
 
*'''1854''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=4099 Kansas Election List, 1854] at Ancestry — ($), Index
*'''1854-1856''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3961 Kansas Voter Registration Lists, 1854-1856] at Ancestry — ($), Index


===Periodicals===
The [http://www.worldcat.org/ WorldCat ]website has information on holdings of these published and archival materials:
{{KS Periodicals Intro|Labette}}


===Probate Records===
''Early Marriage Records, Labette County, Kansas: 30 October 1867-13 April 1878, 15 May 1880-27 March 1881''. Topeka, Kan: Topeka Genealogical Society, 1978.  
{{KS Probate Intro|Labette}}
''Online Probate Indexes and Records''<br>
*'''1803-1987''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=9065 Kansas Wills and Probate Records 1803-1987] at Ancestry — index & images ($)
*'''1868-1919'''  {{FSC|647637|item|disp=Journal, Probate Court, Labette County, Kansas, 1868-1919}}(*); Probate Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
*'''1868-1921'''  {{FSC|647634|item|disp=Record of Wills (Labette County, Kansas), 1868-1921}}(*); Probate Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/full-text Full-Text Search - Wills and Probate Records] at FamilySearch - index & images; dates, records, and places vary; [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P00oMDsAsSw How to Search]


===School Records===
Grandle, Margaret, and Susan G. Tillman. ''Birth Records Labette County, [Kansas], 1885-1892''. Pittsburg, Kan: s.n, 1992.
{{KS Schools Intro|Labette}}


===Social Security Records===
''Labette County Early Births Early Deaths''. S.l: s.n, 1900.  
*'''1935-2014''' {{RecordSearch|1202535|United States Social Security Death Index}} at FamilySearch - [[United States Social Security Death Index - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index. ''Also at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/3693/ Ancestry], [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/social-security-death-index findmypast], [https://www.fold3.com/title/830/ Fold3], [https://www.genealogybank.com/explore/ssdi/all GenealogyBank], [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10002/us-social-security-death-index-ssdi?s=270606331 MyHeritage], and [https://stevemorse.org/ssdi/ssdi.html Steve Morse].'' [[United States Social Security Administration Records#Social Security Death Index (SSDI)|Click here for more information]].
*'''1936-2007''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60901/ U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007] at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/ Ancestry ($)] — index, [[United States Social Security Administration Records#Social Security Applications and Claims Index|click here for more information]].
*'''1936-2007''' {{RecordSearch|5000016|United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007}} at FamilySearch - [[United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT) - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index


===Tax Records===
''Protestant Episcopal Church, Kansas Parish Registers of Baptisms, Burials, Marriages, Etc: Chetopa, St. Paul's Church, 1889-1960''. , 1889.<br>
{{KS Tax Intro|Labette}}


===Vital Records===
==== Societies, Libraries, and Museums  ====
{{KS Vital Intro|Labette}}


====Birth====
Altamont Public Library <br>407 Huston Ave <br>Altamont, KS 67330 <br>(620) 784-5530<br>Website
{{KS Birth Intro|Labette}}


*'''1811-1940''' {{RecordSearch|2380510|Kansas, Births and Baptisms, 1811-1940}} at FamilySearch — [[Kansas, Births and Baptisms - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index & images
Chetopa City Library <br>312 Maple <br>Chetopa, KS 67336 <br>(620) 236-7194 <br>Website
*'''1818-1936''' {{RecordSearch|1674839|Kansas, Births and Christenings, 1818-1936}} at [https://www.familysearch.org/search/ FamilySearch.org] - [[Kansas Births and Christenings - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index.
*'''1885-1911''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2567 Kansas, Births and Christenings Index, 1885-1911] at Ancestry — index $


====Marriage====
Chetopa Historical Museum <br>419 Maple <br>Chetopa, KS <br>(620) 236-7121 <br>Website
{{KS Marriage Intro|Labette}}


*'''1800-1946''' [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/united-states-marriages?state=kansas United States Marriages – Kansas, 1800-1946] at [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records findmypast] — ($), Index and images
Edna Historical Museum <br>101 S. Delaware <br>Edna, KS <br>(620) 922-3333 <br>Website
*'''1811-1911''' {{RecordSearch|2381595|Kansas, Marriages, 1811-1911}} at [https://www.familysearch.org/hr/search FamilySearch] - [[Kansas, Marriages - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; Index
*'''1811-1911''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=61371 Kansas, County Marriages, 1811-1911] at Ancestry — ($), Index
*'''1840-1935''' {{RecordSearch|1674845|Kansas, Marriages, 1840-1935}} at [https://www.familysearch.org/hr/search FamilySearch.org] - [[Kansas Marriages - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; Index
*'''1861-1918''' {{RecordSearch|3583832|Kansas, Swedish Church Vital Records, 1861-1918}} at FamilySearch - [[Kansas, Swedish Church Vital Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index


The [http://www.labettecounty.com/clerk/ Labette County Clerk's Office] holds the following records:
Edna Public Library <br>105 N Delaware <br>Edna, KS 67342 <br>(620) 922-3470 <br>Website
 
*Birth records: 1885 to 1896
*Marriage records: 1867 to the present
*Death records: 1885 to 1893


In addition, birth, marriage, divorce and death certificates are held by the [http://www.kdheks.gov/vital/index.html State of Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Office of Vital Statistics.] Post-1940 records are not public; to obtain copies one must be named on the record, or be an immediate family member, or need the record for legal rights. Pre-1940 records may be requested by an individual related as at least a cousin. Records held by the state are:
Labette County Genealogical Society <br>1205 So. 32nd St <br>Parsons, KS 67357 <br>[http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/society/parsons/ Website]  


*Birth and death certificates: July 1, 1911 to the present
Mound Valley Library <br>411 Hickory <br>Mound Valley, KS 67354 <br>(620) 328-3411 <br>Website
*Marriage licenses: May 1, 1913 to the present
*Divorce certificates: July 1, 1951 to the present


The [http://www.kshs.org/p/local-records-microfilm-labette-co/11126 Kansas Historical Society] has the following on microfilm:
Mound Valley Historical Museum <br>Mound Valley, KS <br>(620) 328-2811 <br>Website


*Marriage records: 1867 to 1920
Mound Valley Historical Society <br>588 12000 Road <br>Mound Valley, KS <br>Website
*Marriage register: 1885 to 1896


The [http://www.worldcat.org/ WorldCat] website has information on holdings of these published and archival materials:
Oswego Historical Museum <br>410 Commercial Street <br>Oswego, KS <br>(620) 795-4500 <br>Website


*''Early Marriage Records, Labette County, Kansas: 30 October 1867-13 April 1878, 15 May 1880-27 March 1881''. Topeka, Kan: Topeka Genealogical Society, 1978.
Oswego Public Library <br>704 Fourth Street <br>Oswego, KS 67356 <br>(620) 795-4921 <br>Website
*Grandle, Margaret, and Susan G. Tillman. ''Birth Records Labette County, [Kansas], 1885-1892''. Pittsburg, Kan: s.n, 1992.
*''Labette County Early Births Early Deaths''. S.l: s.n, 1900.
*''Protestant Episcopal Church, Kansas Parish Registers of Baptisms, Burials, Marriages, Etc: Chetopa, St. Paul's Church, 1889-1960''. , 1889.


====Death====
Parsons Historical Society Museum <br>401 South 18th <br>Parsons, KS 67357<br>(620) 421-2109 <br>[http://sites.google.com/site/parsonshistoricalsocietymuseum/ Website]
{{KS Death Intro|Labette}}


*'''1885-1930''' {{RecordSearch|1674844|Kansas, Deaths and Burials, 1885-1930}} at [https://www.familysearch.org/search/ FamilySearch.org] - [[Kansas Deaths and Burials - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index
Parsons Iron Horse Museum <br>18th and Corning <br>Parsons, KS 67357 <br>(620) 421-1959 <br>[http://www.parsonsks.com/egov/apps/locations/facilities.egov?path=detail&locId=6 Website]  
*'''1885-1930''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2570 Kansas, Deaths and Burials, Index, 1885-1930] at Ancestry — index $


====Divorce====
Parsons Public Library <br>311 S 17th Street <br>Parsons, KS 67357 <br>(620) 421-5920 <br>Website
{{KS Divorce Intro|Labette}}


==Research Facilities==
Southeast Kansas Education Museum <br>402 Ohio St Oswego, KS 67356 <br>(620) 795-2003 <br>[http://sekemuseum.org/ Website]<br>
{{KS Research Facilities Intro|Labette}}


===Archives===
==== Family History Centers ====
{{KS Archives Intro|Labette}}


=== FamilySearch Centers ===
{{FamilySearch Centers Intro}}
{{FamilySearch Centers Intro}}


*[https://locations.familysearch.org/en/us/ks/independence/507-w-mulberry-street Independence Kansas FamilySearch Center]
== Web Sites ==
*[https://locations.familysearch.org/en/us/mo/joplin/2107-s-indiana-ave Joplin Missouri FamilySearch Center]
 
===Libraries===
{{KS Libraries Intro|Labette}}
 
'''Altamont Public Library'''<br>407 Huston Ave<br>Altamont, KS 67330<br>Phone: 620-784-5530<br>Email: [mailto:library@altamontks.com library@altamontks.com]<br>[https://altamontpubliclibrary.org/ Website]<br><br>
'''Chetopa City Library'''<br>312 Maple<br>Chetopa, KS 67336<br>Phone: 620-236-7194<br>Email: [mailto:chetopacitylibrary@gmail.com chetopacitylibrary@gmail.com ]<br>[https://chetopacitylibrary.org/ Website]<br>[https://www.facebook.com/groups/223142172788078 Facebook]<br><br>
'''Edna Public Library'''<br>105 N Delaware<br>PO Box 218<br>Edna, KS 67342<br>Phone: 620-922-3470<br>Email: [mailto:ednalibrary@yahoo.com ednalibrary@yahoo.com]<br>[https://ednapubliclibrary.org/ Website]<br>[https://www.facebook.com/EdnaPublicLibrary/ Facebook]<br><br>
'''Mound Valley Library''' <br>411 Hickory St<br>Mound Valley, KS 67354<br>Phone: 620-328-3411<br>Email: [mailto:library@moundvalleyks.com library@moundvalleyks.com]<br>[https://www.moundvalleyks.com/wp/library/ Website]<br>[https://www.facebook.com/Mound-Valley-Library-141325809233293 Facebook]<br><br>
'''Oswego Public Library'''<br>704 Fourth Street<br>Oswego, KS 67356<br>Phone: 620-795-4921<br>Email: [mailto:library@oswegolibrary.org library@oswegolibrary.org]<br>[http://oswego.mykansaslibrary.org/ Website]<br>[https://www.facebook.com/oswegolibrary Facebook]<br><br>
'''Parsons Public Library'''<br>311 S 17th Street<br>Parsons, KS 67357<br>Phone: 620-421-5920<br>Email: [mailto:staff@parsonslibrary.org staff@parsonslibrary.org]<br>[https://parsonslibrary.org/ Website]<br>[https://www.facebook.com/parsonspubliclibrary Facebook]<br><br>
 
===Museums===
{{KS Museums Intro|Labette}}
 
'''Chetopa Historical Museum'''<br>406 Locust Street<br>Chetopa, KS 67336<br>Phone: 620-236-7121<br>Email: [mailto:chmuseum406locust@gmail.com chmuseum406locust@gmail.com]<br>[https://www.facebook.com/Chetopa-historical-museum-870258353056674/ Facebook]<br><br>
'''Edna Kansas Historical Society Museum'''<br>224 West Marion Street<br>Edna, KS 67342<br>Phone: 620-515-1744<br>Email:[mailto:svail7499@gmail.com svail7499@gmail.com]<br>[https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Nonprofit-Organization/Edna-kansas-historical-society-museum-1966407290274475/ Facebook]<br><br>
'''Mound Valley Historical Museum'''<br>Mound Valley, KS<br>Phone: 620-328-2811<br><br>
'''Oswego Kansas Historical Society Museum and Genealogy'''<br>410 Commercial Street<br>Oswego, KS 67356<br>Phone: 620-795-4500<br>Email:  [mailto:historyatoswego@gmail.com historyatoswego@gmail.com]<br>[http://oswegohistory.org/ Website]<br>[https://www.facebook.com/oswegohistory/ Facebook]<br><br>
'''Parsons Historical Society Museum'''<br>401 South 18th Street<br>PO Box 540<br>Parsons, KS 67357<br>Phone: 620-777-1106<br>Email: [mailto:parsonshistory@gmail.com parsonshistory@gmail.com]<br>[http://sites.google.com/site/parsonshistoricalsocietymuseum/ Website]<br>[https://www.facebook.com/ParHist1871/ Facebook]<br><br>
'''Southeast Kansas Education Museum'''<br>402 Ohio St<br>Oswego, KS 67356<br>Phone: 620-795-2003<br>Email: [mailto:info@sekemuseum.org info@sekemuseum.org]<br><br>
 
==Societies==
{{KS Societies Intro|Labette}}
 
'''Labette County Genealogical Society, Inc.'''<br>1205 S 32nd St<br>Parsons, KS 67357-4605<br>[http://www.ksgenweb.org/society/parsons/ Website]<br>
:Our collection is housed at the Parsons Public Library, Parsons, KS<br>[https://parsonslibrary.org/ Website]<br><br>
'''Mound Valley Historical Society'''<br>416 Hickory St #404<br>PO Box 236<br>Mound Valley, KS 67354<br>[https://www.facebook.com/moundvalleyhistoricalsociety/ Facebook]<br><br>


==Websites==
*[http://www.labettecounty.com Official Labette County, Kansas website]
{{KS Websites Intro|Labette}}
*USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
*{{FSC Place IDNum|1410|Kansas|Labette}}The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use [https://familysearch.org/search/ Historical Records] to search for specific individuals in genealogical records
*{{FHL|Kansas%2C+Labette|subject|disp=FamilySearch Catalog}}  
*[http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/KS/Labette/ Labette County, Kansas Genealogy and Family History] (Linkpendium)


==Research Guides==
== References  ==
{{KS Research Guides Intro|Labette}}


==References==
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Revision as of 07:16, 25 September 2014

Labette 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.

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Labette County, Kansas
Map
Map of Kansas highlighting Labette County
Location in the state of Kansas
Map of the U.S. highlighting Kansas
Location of Kansas in the U.S.
Facts
Founded February 7, 1867
County Seat Oswego
Courthouse
File:Labette county courthouse.gif
Photo courtesy [[]]
Address Labette County Courthouse
501 Merchant Street
Oswego, Kansas 67356
Phone: 316.795.2138



County Courthouse[edit | edit source]

Labette County Courthouse
501 Merchant St P O Box 387
Oswego KS 67356
Phone: 316 795-2227

County Clerk has birth records 1885-1896 and death records 1885-1889.
Probate Judge has marriage and probate records from 1870.
Clerk District Court has divorce and court records from 1870.
Register of Deeds has land records from 1875.
A yearly county census was taken 1915-1979.[1]

History[edit | edit source]

Parent County[edit | edit source]

1867--Labette County was created 7 February 1867 from Neosho County. County seat: Oswego [2]

Boundary Changes[edit | edit source]

Record Loss[edit | edit source]

Places/Localities[edit | edit source]

Populated Places[edit | edit source]

  • Altamont
  • Angola
  • Bartlett
  • Brownstone
  • Chetopa
  • Dennis
  • Edna
  • Fern
  • Garvin
  • Grove
  • Labette
  • Laneville
  • Montana
  • Morehead
  • Mound Valley
  • Orchard Park
  • Oswego
  • Parsons
  • Penfield
  • Stover
  • Strauss
  • Valeda
  • Winway

Neighboring Counties[edit | edit source]

Kslabette.jpg

Resources[edit | edit source]

Cemeteries and Funeral Homes[edit | edit source]

Several published books as well as archival materials exist for Labette County cemeteries. (See WorldCat for library holdings.)  Compilations include:

  • Funeral Registers, 1900-1926. Wall Funeral Home, Parsons, Kansas. Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1987
  • Labette County Funeral Registers, 1889-1926.
  • Murphy, D.D, and Josephine Murphy. Tombstone Inscriptions from Cemeteries on Montana Road, Oswego, Labette County. , 1970.
  • Rice, Tina, and Wanda Houts. Tombstone Inscriptions. Parsons, KS. (P.O. Box 826, Parsons 67357: T. Rice and W. Houts, 1981.

In addition, several national websites include information for Labette County graves:

Resources for specific cemeteries are:

Cemetery Information Records and Publications
Altamont Mount Pleasant

(unknown)
Paine, George. [Inscriptions from Deserted Cemetery Near Bartlett]. , 1971. Archival material.
Cecil Bartlett
County Farm

Edna

Elston

Fairview

Franklin

Galesburg

Griffith

Hackberry

Harmony
Harmony Grove Cemetery [Labette County, KS]. S.l: s.n, 1900.
Hopewell

Labette
McAvoy, Gene P. Cemetery inscriptions from Labette Cemetery, Labette County, Kansas. [S.l. : s.n.], 1977. (Microfilm available at FamilySearch centers.)
Lake Creek

Leib

Mason

Masonic

Memorial Lawn

Mitchell

Mound Valley
The Mound Valley Cemetery, 1885-1976 / produced by members of the Mound Valley Historical Society and the LaBette Genealogical Society of LaBette County, Kansas. Mound Valley, Kan. : M.V.H.S., 1977. (Available at the Kansas Historical Society)
Mount Calvary
Mount Calvary Cemetery [Labette County, KS]. S.l: s.n, 1900.
Oak Hill Chetopa Miller, Retha L. B, and Brenda M. Ross. Oak Hill Cemetery, Labette County, Kansas: 1869-1972 Record of Burials and Their Locations. Chetopa, Kan: R.L.B. Miller, 1972. BillionGraves has photos of some headstones plotted on a Google map and searchable.
Oakwood Parsons Oakwood cemetery, Parsons, Kansas : tribute and a tour. [Iron Horse Historical Society and the Parsons Sun] [Parson, Kan. : Iron horse Historical Society and the Parson Sun], 1987
Oswego
Oswego Cemetery Directory as of Sept 18, 1998. S.l: s.n., 1998.
Penfield

Phillips

Pleasant Hill
Pleasant Hill Cemetery records, Labette County, Kansas. (Microfilm available at FamilySearch centers.)
Pleasant Valley
Pleasant Valley Cemetery Labette County, Kansas. S.l: s.n, 1900.
Richland

Roberts

Saint Rose Chetopa Saint Rose Catholic Cemetery Chetopa, Labette County, Kansas. S.l: s.n., 1993
Spring Hill
Springhill Cemetery [Labette County, KS]. S.l: s.n, 1900.
Tibbets

Vance

Wilsonton

Wooden

Oak Hill Cemetery, Chetopa Google map and searchable database on BillionGraves

Church[edit | edit source]

Most church records are held by individual churches. For contact information, check a phone directory, such as SearchBug or Dex Knows. Some denominations are gathering their records into a central repository. For more information about these major repositories, see Kansas Church Records.

  • Brown Chapel, African Methodist Episcopal
  • Cecil Church (historical)
  • Center Bethel Church
  • Center Chapel
  • Edna Baptist Church
  • Elm Church
  • Hopewell Church
  • Mount Pleasant Baptist
  • Mount Zion Baptist Church (historical)
  • Pleasant Hill Church
  • St. Paul's Church. [See book: Protestant Episcopal Church, Kansas Parish Registers of Baptisms, Burials, Marriages, Etc: Chetopa, St. Paul's Church, 1889-1960]
  • Salem Church (historical)
  • Spring Valley Church
  • Zion Hill Church

Court[edit | edit source]

Labette County Court House
501 Merchant St
Oswego KS 67356
(620) 795-2227

The Kansas Historical Sociey has the following on microfilm:

Chetopa City Clerk Ordinance book book, 1879-1881

Land[edit | edit source]

Land and property records can place an ancestor in a particular location, provide economic information, and reveal family relationships. Land records include: deeds, abstracts and indexes, mortgages, leases, grants and land patents.

See Kansas Land and Property for additional information about early Kansas land grants. After land was transferred to private ownership, subsequent transactions were usually recorded at the county courthouse, where records are currently housed.


The Labette County Register of Deeds Office  has land records from 1867.

An additional resource is: 'Deed records, Labette County, 1868-1877, Kansas by the Daughters of the American Revolution, Oceanic Hopkins Chapter (Pittsburg, Kansas) and Margaret Grandle. Available on microfilm at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah and FamilySearch Centers worldwide.

Local Histories[edit | edit source]

Local histories are available for Labette County, Kansas Genealogy. County histories may include biographies, church, school and government history, and military information. For more information about local histories, see the wiki page section Kansas Local Histories.


See WorldCat to locate the following materials: [Note: some digital versions are available online.]

Brotherton, Mike, and Mattox, David. Labette County. Arcadia Pub. , 2011.

Canfield, Thomas H. Business Directory of the City of Oswego: Labette County, Kansas, Containing a History of the Town from the Beginning, with the Present Business of the Place, Together with an Outline Map of the City and Its Surroundings, Its Population and Its Railroad Facilities, Present and Future. Oswego: Printed by Colver & M'Gill, 1870.

Case, Nelson. History of Labette County, Kansas: And Representative Citizens. Chicago: Biographical Pub. Co, 1901. Digital version at Internet Archive.

Case, Nelson. History of Labette County, Kansas: From the First Settlement to the Close of 1892. Topeka, Kan: Crane & Co, 1893. Digital versions at Internet Archive and Hathi Trust.

Earle, Jonathan, Ted Wilson, Norman Saul, Paul Kelton, Stephen Hasiotis, and John N. Mack. Swords into Ploughshares: the Struggle to Build an Ordered Community of Liberty on the Southeast Kansas Frontier 1867-1876. , 2009. Internet resource at KU Scholar Works.

Graue, Bertha I, and Norman R. Peters. The Bartlett Book: A Collection of Newspaper Articles Containing a History of the Many Families Who Have Lived in the Southern Part of Labette County, Kansas, 1850-1977. Washington, D.C.] (Box 21117, Washington 20009: N.R. Peters, 1982.

James Lincoln Stice Papers: Scrapbooks, Letters, Newspaper Clippings, Photographs. Fayetteville, Ark: Special Collections Division, University Libraries, 1999.

Kinton, Maxine L. Some Ohioans to Labette Co., Kansas. Mansfield, Ohio: M.L. Kinton, 1980.

Labette County, Kansas. S.l.: General Books, 2010.

Lightfoot, W H. Our Heroes in Our Defense: Labette County, Kansas. Parsons, Kan: Printed by Commercial publishing co, 1921. Digital versions at Internet Archive and Hathi Trust.

Nixon, Ruth. History of Big Hill and Old Mt. Zion. Cherryvale? (Kan.: s.n., 1982.

Parsons, Labette County, Kansas Years from 1869 to 1895 : Story of "the Benders". Parsons, Kan. : Bell Bookcraft, 1970. Digital version at Internet Archive.

Maps[edit | edit source]

The David Rumsey Map Collection website has digitized atlas maps of Labette County, as well as the cities of Altamont, Chetopa, Dennis, Labette City, Mathewson, Montana, Mortimer, Mound Valley, Neosho Falls, Oswego, and Parsons. The maps' source is "The Official State Atlas of Kansas compiled from government surveys, county records and personal investigations" Philadelphia. L.H. Everts & Co. 1887.

Military[edit | edit source]

The WorldCat website provides holdings details for the following publications and archival materials:

Civil War Veterans to Labette Co., Kansas. Kansas?: s.n, 1900.

Hollingsworth, Patricia Merrill. World War I Draft Registration Cards Labette County Kansas. Mariba, Kentucky : P.M. Hollingsworth, 2003. (Available at FamilySearch centers.)

Kinton, Maxine L. Some Civil War Veterans to Labette Co., Kansas. Mansfield, Ohio: M.L. Kinton, 1980.

Mack, John N. "A Second Revolution: The Struggle to Define the Meaning of the Civil War in Southeast Kansas, 1867-1876." Kansas History. 32.1 (2009)

Memorial ... Parsons, Kansas. Parsons, Kan.?: s.n., 1970.

Nixon, Perry O. C. [Civil War Memoir of Perry O.C. Nixon, Sergeant, Company C, 10th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment, 1861-1865]. , 1907

For information about Civil War records see Neosho County.

Newspapers[edit | edit source]

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Current newspapers in Labette include the Altamont Journal, Chetopa Advance, Labette Avenue, Oswego Independent-Observer, and Parsons Sun.

Historical newspapers: The Kansas Historical Society holds the following newspapers on microfilm: [for dates and additional information see the Newspaper Index at their website.]

Altamont Gazette , Altamont Journal , Altamont Saturday Item , Altamont Sentinel , American Crank , Anti-Monopolist , Arbitrator , Bartlett News , Blade-Democrat , Breeze , Chetopa Advance , Chetopa Advance Reunion Daily , Chetopa Advance-Clipper , Chetopa Clipper , Chetopa Democrat , Chetopa Herald , Chetopa Statesman , Chetopa Times , Coffins Business Directory, Daily Eclipse, Daily Eli , Daily Evening Star , Daily News , Daily Out-Look , Daily Pilot , Daily Republican , Democrat , Dennis Hustler , Dennis Leader , Edna Enterprise , Edna Independent , Edna News , Edna Star , Edna Sun , Evening Herald , Evening Journal , Eye Opener , Farm Talk , Golden Rod , High School Sentiment , Independent , Infant Wonder [many variant titles] , Kansas Advocate , Kansas Christian Advocate , Kansas Democrat , Kansas Farm and Home , Kansas Messenger , Kansas State Alliance , Kansas Workman , Labette County Democrat , Labette County Statesman , Labette County Times , Labette County Times-Statesman , Labette Record , Labette Sentinel , Labette Star , Mills' Weekly World , Mound Valley Herald , Mound Valley Journal , Mound Valley News , Mound Valley Times , Oswego Bee , Oswego Blade , Oswego Courant , Oswego Daily Bee , Oswego Daily Independent , Oswego Daily Republican , Oswego Democrat , Oswego Independent, Oswego Independent-Observer , Oswego News-Blade , Oswego Register , Oswego Republican , Oswego Weekly Blade , Oswego Weekly Republican , Our Home , Parsons Advertiser , Parsons Broadaxe , Parsons Business College Journal, Parsons Daily Eclipse, Parsons Daily Journal , Parsons Daily News , Parsons Daily Republican , Parsons Daily Sun , Parsons Eclipse , Parsons Evening Globe , Parsons Independent , Parsons News , Parsons Palladium , Parsons School Reporter , Parsons Sun, Parsons Sun and Semi Weekly Herald , Parsons Surprise , Parsons Visitor , Parsons Weekly Blade , Parsons Weekly Eclipse , Parsons Weekly Globe , Parsons Weekly Herald , Parsons Weekly Star , Parsons Weekly Sun, Pilot , Railway Employee , School Reporter , Senior Annual, Sentiment , Settler's Guide , South East Kansas Independent Observer , Southern Kansas Advance , State Alliance-Workman , Sun, Times-Journal , Union Blade , United Labor , Weekly Clarion , Western Enterprise , Western World , White Banner , Wilsonton Journal

Probate[edit | edit source]

In most counties in Kansas, probate records have been kept by the county judge. They include wills, inventories, claim registers, legacy records, inheritance records, and dockets. The records are available at the county courthouse.

The FamilySearch Catalog lists films of probate records. To find the records for this county, use the Place Search for Kansas, Labette and click Probate records.


The Kansas Historical Sociey has the following on microfilm:

  • Probate journals, 1868-1919
  • Will records, 1868-1921

Taxation[edit | edit source]

Kansas tax records complement land records and can be used to supplement the years between censuses. Tax lists were usually made every year, however, there may be gaps of several years. For more information, see the wiki page Kansas Taxation.


Vital Records[edit | edit source]

Vital Records consist of births, adoptions, marriages, divorces, and deaths recorded on registers, certificates, and documents.

A copy or an extract of most original records can be purchased from the Kansas Office of Vital Statistics or the County Clerk's office of the county where the event occurred. See also Kansas Vital Records. For information about restrictions and costs for certificates, see the CDC Where to Write for Vital Records site.


The Labette County Clerk's Office  holds the following records:

  • Birth records: 1885 to 1896
  • Marriage records: 1867 to the present
  • Death records: 1885 to 1893

In addition, birth, marriage, divorce and death certificates are held by the State of Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Office of Vital Statistics. Post-1940 records are not public; to obtain copies one must be named on the record, or be an immediate family member, or need the record for legal rights. Pre-1940 records may be requested by an individual related as at least a cousin. Records held by the state are:

  • Birth and death certificates: July 1, 1911 to the present
  • Marriage licenses: May 1, 1913 to the present
  • Divorce certificates: July 1, 1951 to the present

The Kansas Historical Sociey has the following on microfilm:

  • Marriage records: 1867 to 1920
  • Marriage register: 1885 to 1896

The WorldCat website has information on holdings of these published and archival materials:

Early Marriage Records, Labette County, Kansas: 30 October 1867-13 April 1878, 15 May 1880-27 March 1881. Topeka, Kan: Topeka Genealogical Society, 1978.

Grandle, Margaret, and Susan G. Tillman. Birth Records Labette County, [Kansas], 1885-1892. Pittsburg, Kan: s.n, 1992.

Labette County Early Births Early Deaths. S.l: s.n, 1900.

Protestant Episcopal Church, Kansas Parish Registers of Baptisms, Burials, Marriages, Etc: Chetopa, St. Paul's Church, 1889-1960. , 1889.

Societies, Libraries, and Museums[edit | edit source]

Altamont Public Library
407 Huston Ave
Altamont, KS 67330
(620) 784-5530
Website

Chetopa City Library
312 Maple
Chetopa, KS 67336
(620) 236-7194
Website

Chetopa Historical Museum
419 Maple
Chetopa, KS
(620) 236-7121
Website

Edna Historical Museum
101 S. Delaware
Edna, KS
(620) 922-3333
Website

Edna Public Library
105 N Delaware
Edna, KS 67342
(620) 922-3470
Website

Labette County Genealogical Society
1205 So. 32nd St
Parsons, KS 67357
Website

Mound Valley Library
411 Hickory
Mound Valley, KS 67354
(620) 328-3411
Website

Mound Valley Historical Museum
Mound Valley, KS
(620) 328-2811
Website

Mound Valley Historical Society
588 12000 Road
Mound Valley, KS
Website

Oswego Historical Museum
410 Commercial Street
Oswego, KS
(620) 795-4500
Website

Oswego Public Library
704 Fourth Street
Oswego, KS 67356
(620) 795-4921
Website

Parsons Historical Society Museum
401 South 18th
Parsons, KS 67357
(620) 421-2109
Website

Parsons Iron Horse Museum
18th and Corning
Parsons, KS 67357
(620) 421-1959
Website

Parsons Public Library
311 S 17th Street
Parsons, KS 67357
(620) 421-5920
Website

Southeast Kansas Education Museum
402 Ohio St Oswego, KS 67356
(620) 795-2003
Website

Family History Centers[edit | edit source]

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Web Sites[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Labette County, Kansas page 252, At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
  2. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
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