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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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| founded date = February 7
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| 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.


== County Courthouse  ==
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[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>  
|organized=  February 7,  1867
|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>
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|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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==County Information==


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>
===Description===


== History ==
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>


==== Parent County ====
===County Courthouse===
{{KS Courthouse Intro|Labette}}


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


==== Boundary Changes  ====
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>


==== Record Loss ====
===Labette County, Kansas Record Dates===
{{KS Records Intro}}
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| 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>
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| width="14.2%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" |'''[[Labette County, Kansas Genealogy#Birth|Birth*]]'''
| width="14.2%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" |'''[[Labette County, Kansas Genealogy#Marriage|Marriage]]'''
| width="14.2%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" |'''[[Labette County, Kansas Genealogy#Death|Death*]]'''
| width="14.2%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" |'''[[Labette County, Kansas Genealogy#Court Records|Court]]'''
| width="14.2%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" |'''[[Labette County, Kansas Genealogy#Land and Property Records|Land]]'''
| width="14.2%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" |'''[[Labette County, Kansas Genealogy#Probate Records|Probate]]'''
| width="14.2%" bgcolor="#e4d8e5" align="center" |'''[[Labette County, Kansas Genealogy#Census Records|Census]]'''
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| width="14.2%" align="center" |1885
| width="14.2%" align="center" |1870
| width="14.2%" align="center" |1885
| width="14.2%" align="center" |1870
| width="14.2%" align="center" |1875
| width="14.2%" align="center" |1870
| width="14.2%" align="center" |1855
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| 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>
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== Places/Localities  ==
===Record Loss===
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There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.


==== Populated Places  ====
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*Altamont
===Boundary Changes===
*Angola
{{KS Boundary Changes Intro|Labette}}
*Bartlett
{|
*Brownstone
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*Chetopa
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*Dennis
*'''Parent County:''' Labette County was created 7 February 1867 from [[Neosho County, Kansas Genealogy|Neosho]] County.
*Edna
*'''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>
*Fern
*[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
*Garvin
*[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>
*Grove
|}
*Labette  
*Laneville
*Montana
*Morehead
*Mound Valley
*Orchard Park
*Oswego  
*Parsons
*Penfield
*Stover
*Strauss
*Valeda
*Winway


==== Neighboring Counties ====
===Populated Places===
{{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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*[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>
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*[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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* Canada
* Elm Grove
* Fairview
* Hackberry
* Howard
* Labette</div>
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* Liberty
* Montana
* Mound Valley
* Mount Pleasant
* Neosho</div>
| townships-col3=<div>
* North
* Osage
* Oswego
* Richland
* Walton</div>
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[[Image:Kslabette.jpg|500px]]
===History Timeline===
{{KS Historical Timeline Intro|Labette}}


*[[Cherokee County, Kansas|Cherokee]]
==Resources==
*[[Craig County, Oklahoma|Craig County, Oklahoma]]
{{KS Resources Intro|Labette}}
*[[Crawford County, Kansas|Crawford]]
*[[Montgomery County, Kansas|Montgomery]]
*[[Neosho County, Kansas|Neosho]]
*[[Nowata County, Oklahoma|Nowata County, Oklahoma]]
*[[Wilson County, Kansas|Wilson]]


== Resources  ==
===Bible Records===
{{KS Bible Intro|Labette}}


==== Cemeteries and Funeral Homes  ====
===Biographies===
{{KS Biographies Intro|Labette}}


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:
===Business, Commerce, and Occupations===
{{KS Business Records Intro|Labette}}


*''Funeral Registers, 1900-1926''. Wall Funeral Home, Parsons, Kansas. Salt Lake City, Utah&nbsp;: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1987
===Cemeteries===
*''Labette County Funeral Registers, 1889-1926''.
{{KS Cemeteries Intro|Labette}}
*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:
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*[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=csr&CScn=&CScntry=4&CSst=18&CScnty=933 Findagrave.com]
*[http://www.interment.net Interment.net]
 
Resources for specific cemeteries are:
 
{| width="700" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" border="2" align="left"
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! scope="col" | Cemetery
! scope="col" | Information
! scope="col" | Records and Publications
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| Altamont Mount Pleasant
| <br>
| <br>
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| (unknown)
| <br>
| Paine, George. [''Inscriptions from Deserted Cemetery Near Bartlett'']. , 1971. Archival material.
|-
| Cecil
| Bartlett
| <br>
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| County Farm
| <br>
| <br>
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| Edna
| <br>
| <br>
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| Elston
| <br>
| <br>
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| Fairview
| <br>
| <br>
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| Franklin
| <br>
| <br>
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| Galesburg
| <br>
| <br>
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| Griffith
| <br>
| <br>
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| Hackberry
| <br>
| <br>
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| 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.
|-
|-
| Richland
| colspan="2" style="border:1px solid black" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" |<center>'''Cemeteries of Labette County, Kansas''' online and in print</center>
| <br>  
| <br>
|-
|-
| Roberts
| style="border:1px solid black" width="23%" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" |<center>'''Tombstone Transcriptions Online'''</center>
| <br>  
| style="border:1px solid black" valign="top" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" |
| <br>
*[http://www.ksgenweb.org/archives/labette.htm KSGenWeb]
*[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]
|-
|-
| Saint Rose
| 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>
| Chetopa
| style="border:1px solid black" valign="top" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" |
| ''Saint Rose Catholic Cemetery Chetopa, Labette County, Kansas''. S.l: s.n., 1993
*{{FSC|United States, Kansas, Labette - Cemeteries|subject|subject-id=113901654|disp=FamilySearch Library}}
*[http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=su%3Acemetery+Labette+Kansas&qt=advanced&dblist=638 WorldCat]
|-
|-
| Spring Hill
| style="border:1px solid black" width="23%" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" |<center>'''List of Cemeteries in the County'''</center>
| <br>  
| style="border:1px solid black" valign="top" bgcolor="#F0F0F0" |
| ''Springhill Cemetery ''[Labette County, KS]. S.l: s.n, 1900.
*[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=csr&CScn=&CScntry=4&CSst=18&CScnty=933 Findagrave.com]
*[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]
|-
|-
| Tibbets
| colspan="2" style="border:1px solid black" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" |<center>See '''[[Kansas Cemeteries]]''' for more information</center>
| <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


==== Church ====
*{{RecordSearch|2568639|Kansas, Cemetery Abstracts}} at FamilySearch - [[Kansas Cemetery Abstracts - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index
 
===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}}


{{KS Church Intro}}  
*'''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
*'''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  
 
*Cecil Church (historical)  
*Brown Chapel, African Methodist Episcopal
*Center Bethel Church  
*Cecil Church (historical)
*Center Chapel  
*Center Bethel Church
*Edna Baptist Church  
*Center Chapel
*Elm Church  
*Edna Baptist Church
*Hopewell Church  
*Elm Church
*Mount Pleasant Baptist  
*Hopewell Church
*Mount Zion Baptist Church (historical)  
*Mount Pleasant Baptist
*Pleasant Hill Church  
*Mount Zion Baptist Church (historical)
*St. Paul's Church. [See book: ''Protestant Episcopal Church, Kansas Parish Registers of Baptisms, Burials, Marriages, Etc: Chetopa, St. Paul's Church, 1889-1960]''  
*Pleasant Hill Church
*Salem Church (historical)  
*St. Paul's Church. [See book: ''Protestant Episcopal Church, Kansas Parish Registers of Baptisms, Burials, Marriages, Etc: Chetopa, St. Paul's Church, 1889-1960]''
*Spring Valley Church  
*Salem Church (historical)
*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===
{{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>
[http://www.labettecounty.com/ Labette County Website]<br><br>
===Directories===
{{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===
{{KS Emigration Intro|Labette}}
===Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups===
{{KS Ethnic Groups Intro|Labette}}
===Funeral Homes===
{{KS Funeral Homes Intro|Labette}}
* '''1900-1926''' {{FSC|645956|item|disp=Funeral Registers, 1900-1926}}(*); at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
* [https://www.wallfuneralservices.com/ Carson-Wall Funeral Services] in Parsons
* [https://www.derfeltfuneralhomes.com/ Derfelt Funeral Homes] in Oswego
* [https://www.forbeshoffman.com/ Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Homes] in Altamont, Chetopa, and Parsons
===Genealogies===
{{KS Genealogies Intro|Labette}}
===Guardianship===
{{KS Guardianship Intro|Labette}}
===Land and Property Records===
{{KS Land Intro|Labette}}
The [http://www.labettecounty.com/department/?fDD=9-0 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 FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City, Utah and FamilySearch Centers worldwide.
''Online Land Indexes and Records''<br>
*[http://www.kshs.org/p/land-records-and-maps/11083 Land records at Kansas Historical Society]<br>
{{Block indent|*[http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/209427 1906 Land Plat book for Labette County] - image of plat book<br>}}
{{Block indent|*[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>
*'''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 ($)<br>
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/full-text Full-Text Search - Land Records] at FamilySearch - index & images; dates, records, and places vary; [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P00oMDsAsSw How to Search]
For more information see [[Kansas Land and Property]]<br>
===Local Histories===
{{KS Histories Intro|Labette}}
{{KS History Intro}}
*''History of Labette County, Kansas and Representative Citizens.'' 1901. Edited and compiled by Hon. Nelson Case. Chicago, Illinois : Biographical Pub. Co. '''Online at:''' [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/112310-history-of-labette-county-kansas-and-representative-citizens?offset=1 FamilySearch Digital Library], [https://archive.org/details/historyoflabette00case Internet Archive], [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=28823 Ancestry ($)]; {{WorldCat|866035687|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}.
*''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.
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.
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].
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.


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


Labette County Court House<br>501 Merchant St<br>Oswego KS 67356 <br>(620) 795-2227 <br>
Kinton, Maxine L. ''Some Ohioans to Labette Co., Kansas''. Mansfield, Ohio: M.L. Kinton, 1980.


The [http://www.kshs.org/ Kansas Historical Sociey ]has the following on microfilm:  
''Labette County, Kansas''. S.l.: General Books, 2010.


Chetopa City Clerk Ordinance book book, 1879-1881
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].


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


{{KS Land Intro}}
''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].


The [http://www.labettecounty.com/department/?fDD=9-0 Labette County Register of Deeds Office ]&nbsp;has land records from 1867.
===Maps and Gazetteers===
{{KS Maps Intro|Labette}}
{{KS Neighboring Counties Intro|county={{KS Labette County}}}}


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.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]]
*[http://www.mapofus.org/kansas/ Interactive Formation Boundary Map of Kansas] - shows boundary changes for Kansas Counties


==== Local Histories  ====
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.


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


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


Brotherton, Mike, and Mattox, David.&nbsp;''Labette County''. Arcadia Pub. , 2011.  
The [http://www.worldcat.org WorldCat website] provides holdings details for the following publications and archival materials:


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


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


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


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].
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)


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


''James Lincoln Stice Papers: Scrapbooks, Letters, Newspaper Clippings, Photographs''. Fayetteville, Ark: Special Collections Division, University Libraries, 1999.
Nixon, Perry O. C. [''Civil War Memoir of Perry O.C. Nixon, Sergeant, Company C, 10th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment, 1861-1865'']. , 1907


Kinton, Maxine L. ''Some Ohioans to Labette Co., Kansas''. Mansfield, Ohio: M.L. Kinton, 1980.  
====Online Collections====
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>
''Collections Covering Multiple Wars''<br>


''Labette County, Kansas''. S.l.: General Books, 2010.  
*[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>
*[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>


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].
''Civil War''<br>


Nixon, Ruth. ''History of Big Hill and Old Mt. Zion.'' Cherryvale? (Kan.: s.n., 1982.
*[https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3916 Kansas Civil War Soldiers] at the [http://search.ancestry.com/ Ancestry.com] - ($), Index only<br>
*'''1862, 1863, 1868''' [https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1766 Kansas, Civil War Enlistment Papers, 1862, 1863, 1868] at the [http://search.ancestry.com/ Ancestry.com] - ($), 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>


''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].
''Spanish-American War (1898)''<br>


==== Maps  ====
*'''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.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.
''World War I''<br>


==== Military  ====
*[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>
*'''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>


The [http://www.worldcat.org WorldCat website ]provides holdings details for the following publications and archival materials:
''World War II''<br>


''Civil War Veterans to Labette Co., Kansas''. Kansas?: s.n, 1900.  
*'''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>
*[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>


Hollingsworth, Patricia Merrill. ''World War I Draft Registration Cards Labette County Kansas''. Mariba, Kentucky&nbsp;: P.M. Hollingsworth, 2003. (Available at FamilySearch centers.)
''Korean War''<br>


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


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)
''Vietnam War''<br>


''Memorial ... Parsons, Kansas.'' Parsons, Kan.?: s.n., 1970.  
*[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>


Nixon, Perry O. C. [''Civil War Memoir of Perry O.C. Nixon, Sergeant, Company C, 10th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment, 1861-1865'']. , 1907
For further information see [[Kansas Military Records]].


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


==== Newspapers  ====
*'''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


{{KS Newspaper abstracts|Labette}}  
===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]


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&nbsp;website].]
''Kansas Newspaper Catalogs''


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
*[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


==== Probate  ====


{{KS Probate Intro|Labette}}


The [http://www.kshs.org/p/local-records-microfilm-labette-co/11126 Kansas Historical Sociey ]has the following on microfilm:
Current newspapers in Labette include the Altamont Journal, Chetopa Advance, Labette Avenue, Oswego Independent-Observer, and Parsons Sun.


*Probate journals, 1868-1919
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].
*Will records, 1868-1921


==== Taxation ====
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


{{KS Tax Intro}}  
===Obituaries===
{{KS Obituaries Intro|Labette}}


==== Vital Records ====
===Other Records===
{{KS Other Records Intro|Labette}}
'''Voting Records'''<br>


{{KS Vital Intro}}
*'''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


The [http://www.labettecounty.com/clerk/ Labette County Clerk's Office ]&nbsp;holds the following records:
===Periodicals===
{{KS Periodicals Intro|Labette}}


*Birth records: 1885 to 1896
===Probate Records===
*Marriage records: 1867 to the present
{{KS Probate Intro|Labette}}
*Death records: 1885 to 1893
''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===
{{KS Schools Intro|Labette}}


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:
===Social Security Records===
*'''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


*Birth and death certificates: July 1, 1911 to the present
===Tax Records===
*Marriage licenses: May 1, 1913 to the present
{{KS Tax Intro|Labette}}
*Divorce certificates: July 1, 1951 to the present


The [http://www.kshs.org/p/local-records-microfilm-labette-co/11126 Kansas Historical Sociey ]has the following on microfilm:
===Vital Records===
{{KS Vital Intro|Labette}}


*Marriage records: 1867 to 1920
====Birth====
*Marriage register: 1885 to 1896
{{KS Birth Intro|Labette}}


The [http://www.worldcat.org/ WorldCat ]website has information on holdings of these published and archival materials:  
*'''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
*'''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 $


''Early Marriage Records, Labette County, Kansas: 30 October 1867-13 April 1878, 15 May 1880-27 March 1881''. Topeka, Kan: Topeka Genealogical Society, 1978.
====Marriage====
{{KS Marriage Intro|Labette}}


Grandle, Margaret, and Susan G. Tillman. ''Birth Records Labette County, [Kansas], 1885-1892''. Pittsburg, Kan: s.n, 1992.
*'''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] — ($), Index and images
*'''1811-1911''' {{RecordSearch|2381595|Kansas, Marriages, 1811-1911}} at [https://www.familysearch.org/hr/search FamilySearch] - [[Kansas, Marriages - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; Index
*'''1811-1911''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=61371 Kansas, County Marriages, 1811-1911] at Ancestry — ($), 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


''Labette County Early Births Early Deaths''. S.l: s.n, 1900.
The [http://www.labettecounty.com/clerk/ Labette County Clerk's Office] holds the following records:


''Protestant Episcopal Church, Kansas Parish Registers of Baptisms, Burials, Marriages, Etc: Chetopa, St. Paul's Church, 1889-1960''. , 1889.<br>
*Birth records: 1885 to 1896
*Marriage records: 1867 to the present
*Death records: 1885 to 1893


==== Societies, Libraries, and Museums ====
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:


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


Chetopa City Library <br>312 Maple <br>Chetopa, KS 67336 <br>(620) 236-7194 <br>Website
The [http://www.kshs.org/p/local-records-microfilm-labette-co/11126 Kansas Historical Society] has the following on microfilm:


Chetopa Historical Museum <br>419 Maple <br>Chetopa, KS <br>(620) 236-7121 <br>Website
*Marriage records: 1867 to 1920
*Marriage register: 1885 to 1896


Edna Historical Museum <br>101 S. Delaware <br>Edna, KS <br>(620) 922-3333 <br>Website
The [http://www.worldcat.org/ WorldCat] website has information on holdings of these published and archival materials:


Edna Public Library <br>105 N Delaware <br>Edna, KS 67342 <br>(620) 922-3470 <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.
*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.


Labette County Genealogical Society <br>1205 So. 32nd St <br>Parsons, KS 67357 <br>[http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/society/parsons/ Website]
====Death====
{{KS Death Intro|Labette}}


Mound Valley Library <br>411 Hickory <br>Mound Valley, KS 67354 <br>(620) 328-3411 <br>Website
*'''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
*'''1885-1930''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2570 Kansas, Deaths and Burials, Index, 1885-1930] at Ancestry — index $


Mound Valley Historical Museum <br>Mound Valley, KS <br>(620) 328-2811 <br>Website
====Divorce====
{{KS Divorce Intro|Labette}}


Mound Valley Historical Society <br>588 12000 Road <br>Mound Valley, KS <br>Website
==Research Facilities==
{{KS Research Facilities Intro|Labette}}


Oswego Historical Museum <br>410 Commercial Street <br>Oswego, KS <br>(620) 795-4500 <br>Website
===Archives===
{{KS Archives Intro|Labette}}


Oswego Public Library <br>704 Fourth Street <br>Oswego, KS 67356 <br>(620) 795-4921 <br>Website
=== FamilySearch Centers ===
{{FamilySearch Centers Intro}}


Parsons Historical Society Museum <br>401 South 18th <br>Parsons, KS 67357<br>(620) 421-2109 <br>[http://sites.google.com/site/parsonshistoricalsocietymuseum/ Website]  
*[https://locations.familysearch.org/en/us/ks/independence/507-w-mulberry-street Independence Kansas FamilySearch Center]
*[https://locations.familysearch.org/en/us/mo/joplin/2107-s-indiana-ave Joplin Missouri FamilySearch Center]


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]
===Libraries===
{{KS Libraries Intro|Labette}}


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


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


==== Family History Centers<br>  ====
'''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>


*[[Introduction to LDS Family History Centers]]
==Societies==
{{KS Societies Intro|Labette}}


== Web Sites  ==
'''Labette County Genealogical Society, Inc.'''<br>1205 S 32nd St<br>Parsons, KS 67357-4605<br>[http://www.ksgenweb.org/society/parsons/ Website]<br>
{{Block indent|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>


*[http://www.labettecounty.com Official Labette County, Kansas website]
==Websites==
*USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
{{KS Websites Intro|Labette}}
*{{FHL|Kansas%2C+Labette|subject|disp=FamilySearch Catalog}}  
*{{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
*[http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/KS/Labette/ Labette County, Kansas Genealogy and Family History] (Linkpendium)


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


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Latest revision as of 17:52, 19 August 2025


Guide to Labette County, Kansas ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.

County Facts
County seat: Oswego
Organized: February 7, 1867
Parent County(s): Neosho [1]
Neighboring Counties
Cherokee • Craig (OK) • Crawford • Montgomery • Neosho • Nowata (OK) • Wilson
See County Maps
Courthouse
KansasLabetteCourthouse.jpg
Location Map
200px-Map of Kansas highlighting Labette County svg.bmp

County Information

Description

The county gets its name from a creek which runs through the county and which was named for an early trader, Pierre LaBette.[2] The county is located in the southeastern area of the state.[3]

County Courthouse

Labette County Courthouse
501 Merchant Street
PO Box 387
Oswego, Kansas 67356
Phone: 620-421-5255
Labette County Website

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]

Labette County, Kansas Record Dates

Information for this chart was taken from various sources, often containing conflicting dates. This information should be taken as a guide and should be verified by contacting the county and/or the state government agency.

Known Beginning Dates for Government County Records[4]
Birth* Marriage Death* Court Land Probate Census
1885 1870 1885 1870 1875 1870 1855
*Statewide registration for births and deaths started in 1911. General compliance by 1917.[5]

Record Loss

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

Boundary Changes

Populated Places

For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit Hometown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:[7]

Cities
Unincorporated communities
  • Grove
  • Laneville
  • Montana
  • Orchard Park
  • Penfield
Townships
  • Canada
  • Elm Grove
  • Fairview
  • Hackberry
  • Howard
  • Labette
  • Liberty
  • Montana
  • Mound Valley
  • Mount Pleasant
  • Neosho
  • North
  • Osage
  • Oswego
  • Richland
  • Walton


History Timeline

Resources

Bible Records

Biographies

Business, Commerce, and Occupations

Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Labette County, Kansas online and in print
Tombstone Transcriptions Online
Tombstone Transcriptions in Print (Often more complete)
List of Cemeteries in the County
See Kansas Cemeteries for more information


Census Records

Historical populations
Census Pop. %±
1870 9,973 —
1880 22,735 128.0%
1890 27,586 21.3%
1900 27,387 −0.7%
1910 31,423 14.7%
1920 34,047 8.4%
1930 31,346 −7.9%
1940 30,352 −3.2%
1950 29,285 −3.5%
1960 26,805 −8.5%
1970 25,775 −3.8%
1980 25,682 −0.4%
1990 23,693 −7.7%
2000 22,169 −6.4%
2010 21,607 −2.5%
Source: "Wikipedia.org".

Kansas became a territory in 1854 and the first territory census taken was in 1855. It was also enumerated as Kansas Territory in the 1860 Federal Census, although there were 15 counties that were marked with "no population" in them. The state continued to take state censuses after it was admitted to the Union in 1861.[8] See links listed below.

State and Territorial Census Records

Federal Census Records

The 1870 Census was the first Federal Census taken for Kansas after it became a state in 1861.[9] For links to Federal Census indexes, see Kansas Census.

Church Records

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


List of Churches and Church Parishes

Court Records

Labette County Courthouse
501 Merchant Street
PO Box 387
Oswego, Kansas 67356
Phone: 620-421-5255
Labette County Website

Directories

Emigration and Immigration

Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups

Funeral Homes

Genealogies

Guardianship

Land and Property Records

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 FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City, Utah and FamilySearch Centers worldwide.

Online Land Indexes and Records

For more information see Kansas Land and Property

Local Histories

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.

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 and Gazetteers

Wilson CountyNeosho CountyCrawford CountyCherokee CountyMontgomery CountyNowata County, OklahomaCraig County, OklahomaOttawa County, OklahomaLabette CountyLabette, Kansas.JPG
Click a neighboring county
for more resources

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.

Migration

Military Records

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

Online Collections

These collections are unique to Kansas. You will find nationwide databases for military records on U.S. Military Online Genealogy Records and Kansas Military Records.

Collections Covering Multiple Wars

Civil War

Spanish-American War (1898)

World War I

World War II

Korean War

Vietnam War

For further information see Kansas Military Records.

Naturalization and Citizenship

Newspapers

For more information, see Kansas Newspapers.

Kansas Newspapers Online


Kansas Newspaper Catalogs


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-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

Other Records

Voting Records

Periodicals

Probate Records

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.


Online Probate Indexes and Records

School Records

Social Security Records

Tax Records

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

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.


Birth

Marriage

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 Society 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.

Death

Divorce

Research Facilities

Archives

Listed below are archives in Labette County. For state-wide archival repositories, see Kansas Archives and Libraries.

FamilySearch Centers

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Local Centers and Affiliate Libraries

Libraries

Listed below are libraries in Labette County. For state-wide library facilities, see Kansas Archives and Libraries.

Altamont Public Library
407 Huston Ave
Altamont, KS 67330
Phone: 620-784-5530
Email: library@altamontks.com
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Chetopa City Library
312 Maple
Chetopa, KS 67336
Phone: 620-236-7194
Email: chetopacitylibrary@gmail.com
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Edna Public Library
105 N Delaware
PO Box 218
Edna, KS 67342
Phone: 620-922-3470
Email: ednalibrary@yahoo.com
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Mound Valley Library
411 Hickory St
Mound Valley, KS 67354
Phone: 620-328-3411
Email: library@moundvalleyks.com
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Oswego Public Library
704 Fourth Street
Oswego, KS 67356
Phone: 620-795-4921
Email: library@oswegolibrary.org
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Parsons Public Library
311 S 17th Street
Parsons, KS 67357
Phone: 620-421-5920
Email: staff@parsonslibrary.org
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Museums

Chetopa Historical Museum
406 Locust Street
Chetopa, KS 67336
Phone: 620-236-7121
Email: chmuseum406locust@gmail.com
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Edna Kansas Historical Society Museum
224 West Marion Street
Edna, KS 67342
Phone: 620-515-1744
Email:svail7499@gmail.com
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Mound Valley Historical Museum
Mound Valley, KS
Phone: 620-328-2811

Oswego Kansas Historical Society Museum and Genealogy
410 Commercial Street
Oswego, KS 67356
Phone: 620-795-4500
Email: historyatoswego@gmail.com
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Parsons Historical Society Museum
401 South 18th Street
PO Box 540
Parsons, KS 67357
Phone: 620-777-1106
Email: parsonshistory@gmail.com
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Southeast Kansas Education Museum
402 Ohio St
Oswego, KS 67356
Phone: 620-795-2003
Email: info@sekemuseum.org

Societies

Listed below are societies in Labette County. For state-wide genealogical societies, see Kansas Societies.

Labette County Genealogical Society, Inc.
1205 S 32nd St
Parsons, KS 67357-4605
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Our collection is housed at the Parsons Public Library, Parsons, KS
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Mound Valley Historical Society
416 Hickory St #404
PO Box 236
Mound Valley, KS 67354
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Websites

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Research Guides

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Labette County, Kansas. At various libraries (WorldCat); FS Library Book 973 D27e 2002.
  2. ↑ Genealogy Trails History Group, “Labette, Kansas Genealogy and History”, http://genealogytrails.com/kan/labette/, accessed 8/16/2017.
  3. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Labette County, Kansas," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labette_County,_Kansas, accessed 8/16/2017.
  4. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Labette County, Kansas. Page 252 At various libraries (WorldCat); FS Library Book 973 D27e 2002.
  5. ↑ “Kansas Research Outline”, (Salt Lake City, Utah: Family History Department, 2000), 40.
  6. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Labette County, Kansas. At various libraries (WorldCat); FS Library Book 973 D27e 2002.
  7. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Labette County, Kansas," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labette_County,_Kansas#Communities, accessed 21 September 2017.
  8. ↑ William Thorndale and William Dollarhide, Map Guide to the U.S. Federal Censuses (Bountiful, UT: American Genealogical Lending Library, 1985), page 118-119.
  9. ↑ William Thorndale and William Dollarhide, Map Guide to the U.S. Federal Censuses (Bountiful, UT: American Genealogical Lending Library, 1985), page 119.
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