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Orange,CA92665 Committees MembershipAl~a Duncan Refreshments Goodwill Alta 'Duncan Ways· and Means Maxine Hougland calling Mary Lawson *~**************** The Douglas C~unty, Kansas, Genealogical Society is a non~profit organization with regularly scheduled meetings the second Tuesday. night of E~ach; month, 7:30 P.M., meeting place to be announced (usually the Lawrence Public Library). Afternoon meetings ,and occasional ar~a tours are held if possible. Membership Fees are $15.00 single; $2.00 for each additional member of the same household. Checks should be made payable to the Douglas County, Kansas Genealogical Society (DCGS) and sent to the address above. The fiscal yea+ is from January 1 to Demember 31 of the following year. Visitors are always welcome. ***************** The Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society Library is located in the Helen Osma room on the lower level of the Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont st., Lawrence, KS~ Hours are Monday through Friday 9:30 am ~ 9:00 pm; Saturday 9:30am - 6:00pm; Sunday 1:30PE 5:30 pm. Anyo~e may use our library but items may not be checked out. Users must check in at the Reference Desk. Microfilm readers ~re av~ilable a~ the library and materials may be reserved through lnterllbrary lo~n at the Reference Desk . . i I �P I ONE E R THE The Dou~las Published Quarterly by County, Kansas Genealogical Society, Inc. P. O. Box 3664 Lawrence, Kansas·66046-0664 ISSN 0739-4101 Winter 1992 Vol. XVI, No" 2 -------------~-------------------------------------------------I CONTENTS 'I PAGE SERIES DESCRI~TION To The Douglas County; Kansas Court Records ~ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cover Let ter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I In t roduc tI ion ......................................... . COURT JOURNALS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JUDGEMENT, DOCKETS .................................... CRIMINAL iTRIAL DOCKET ................................ CRIMINAL :APPEARANCE DOCKET ... ~ ....................... , CIVIL TRI:AL DOCKETS .................................. I CIVIL AP~EARANCE DOCKETS ............................. I JP.~IL ]~OOK'S . . . . . ••.••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• SHERI FF' S' ACCOUNT BOOK ................................ CRIMINAL JUDICIAL- DOCKETS ............................ CIVIL JUD:ICIAL DOCKETS ............................... . DOUGLAS COUNTY', RECORDS .......................... ~ ......... EXTRACTS FROM ~N ABSTRACT Lots 176 & 178 Rhode Island 36 36 36 40 41 41 42 42 42 43 43 44 . . . . 46 • S'S QUERIES . . . . . . . ~ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 INDEX on Names in Current Issue ............................ 60 , I Lawrertce. L• • • • • • • ~I • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 45 The Pioneer welcomes.articles and records for publication that are relevant to Douglas County family history, with the exception of published and copyrighted material. It is not necessary that articles be camera ready, but if you are typing for that purpose, be . sure and leave enough margin ~pace for binding. Send submissions to ~he PIONEER EDITOR at the address above, or sub~it to a Board member. I ADDRESS CORRECTioNS: If your PIONEER is returned to us by the Post Office for inc¢rrect address and you have not filed an address correct ion wi th the Douglas Co., Kansas Genealogical Society's Membership Chairman, the PIONEER will be remailed to you ONLY UPON RECEIPT Qf $4.00 to cover Post Office charges to us. �SERIES DESCRIPTION to The Douglas County, Kansas Court Records This 8!rticie was written by Craig CROSSWHITE in 1978 for a course at KU in Archiva.l Managem¢nt. Obviously it is a few years old by now but the information is stil.l relevant. The titles mentioned are housed in the Kansas Collection of Spencer Research, Library on the campus of the University of Kansas in Lawrence. They are not avallable for interlibrary loan and as far as we know they have not been microfilmed. Inquiries should be addressed to the Kansas Collection at Spencer Library" in Lawrence, 66045. They will give you what information they' can. Compiled by Craig S. CROSSWHITE Kansas Collection Kenneth Spencer Research Library University of Kansas December 15, 1978 I Cover Letter This project was:, performed in conjunction with History course 801, Archival Management wlder !Doctor Don MCCOY at the University of Kansas in the Fall Term of 1978. Half the time spent on .this project involved carting large volumes into different rooms, 'as major analysis and rearrarigement was necessary to identify : I I volumes by ty~e be attempted. . and series location before any description'and inventory could With this basic inventory and volume organization done ,the many volumes that must!be missing may be located, identified and recovered. This is the hope of the author. , , Craig S. CROSSWHITE Introduction 'I Court recorqs are often the most accurate diaries of country growth and I change. To unders~and and inte~pret their content, however, the research~r must :i be familiar with.tpe county of their inception. With the Sig~ing , foe Pioneer, '101. !'II, 80. 2 of the Kansas-Nebraska Act by President Franklin PIERCE , , I 36 �SERIES DESCRIPTI'ON, Introduction, continued , on May 30, 1854', settlers immediately began pouring into the territory where they formed pockl~ts' of resistance either for or against slavery. I One such group opposing sla~ery'was rushed to the present site of Lawrence by the Emigrant Aid I Company of ~[assachusetts. On July 30, 1854, barely two months after the bill's passage, this first group landed by steamboat on the shores of the Kansas River, , naming their new: town after the chief financial backer of the company, Amos A. I LAWRENCE. By the time of the assemble of the first territorial legislature near Fort Riley in July of' 1855, enough settlers had arrived in this area to allow for county chartl~ring. I Named in honor of Senator Stephen A. DOUGLAS of county was among, the first dozen to be created. Illinois~ the Lecompton, the westernmost township of Douglas County, was designated the county seat, because of the relocation of the legislature there and because of its pros lavery sympathies. Eventually the t,erritorial capital was moved again. This time, with the increase , of population in and about Lawrence, the county seat was moved there by I legislative enactment in January of 1858. One of the ~irst actions of every territory in the Union was to provide, through statutes, a framework by which county property, government, and court records should be created and maintained. These records were usually large b~und I volumes label.~d a~, mortgages, deeds, wills, commissioner books, tax rolls, court journals, jud.icial dockets, appearance dockets, and so forth. I This series description treats, the latter records created primarily by the district court of ! Douglas County sitting in "Lawrence. ,I Within the first law, The Statutes of the Territory of Kansas. 1855, Chapter 93, Article III, sec. 3 provides that every elected judge holding office in the district court shall keep a docket listing all civil and criminal cases that he tries, along with all orders and executions that he makes. In Chapter 90, sec. 25-30, an appointed court clerk is to enter flJe Pioneer, Pol. !PI, #0. 2 37 �I SERIES DESCRIPTIPN, Introduction, continued / all court ju.dgements in a docket book to be filed with the district court and , used as a public ,record. These early district court records were probably first kept at Lecompton, and then at Lawrence • . On August 21, 1863, Captain William Clark QUANTRILL and his partisan forces I struck Lawrence as part of the continued border warfare of the Civil War. this rai.d, the entire business district was set afire. and property were the majority of county court records. In Among the loses in life A few earlier records I did survive, butionly those dealing with property. A more complete -account of the early county 'government and court history, including a listing of county and , court officials, :is contained in A. T. ANDREAS' History of the State of Kansas, , Chicago, 1883 1976), pages (r~print Atchison County Historical Society, Atchison, Kansas, .\ 310~312. Kansas was ladmitted to the Union in 1861, but it was not until after the Civil War that !its laws were fully codified to include a more detailed , description of how county and district court records were to be maintained. Douglas County, I e~rly In property and government record books tend to be consistent in form of entry and style of writing. The court and judicial dockets, however, change and evolve' in form and style from 1863 to the middle 1880' s. The variety in docket style r~f1ects as much the individual skill and demands of the justice , . I - of the peace as it does the continued growth of the county and the demand in time for more detailed!records. , In the Compiled Laws of Kansas. 1868, Chapter 80, Article 34, sec. 703-707, the court clerk is required to keep up-to-date several record books - criminal and civil appE!aran~e dockets, criminal and civil trial dockets, court journals, , judgment books, execution dockets, and any other records that his particular , court should feel necessary. The earliest Douglas County records show a certain amount of confusion, especially in the criminal trial and appearance dockets. I tbe Pioneer, Vol. l'II, 80. 2 I 38 �SERIES DESCRIPTr'ON, Introduction, continued , In Chapter 81, Article 15, sec. 188-193 of the same statutes, the two elected " justices of the peace were required to keep a docket book, within which each case I tried was to have a full transcript recorded personally. Upon completion of his term, the judge 'turned his book over to his successor, who continued the case recordings on the following pages. Since two justices held court in tandem, these books often overlap as to the chronology of the cases tried. As the I researcher might: suspect, the judicial dockets have the greatest variety of I style, legibility, and detailed information, as suited the particular judge's whim or fancy. Upon completion of any bound volume, the court clerk or the judge filed the book with the district court where it was kept as a public recorq and ,I reference tool. " The duties bf the court clerk have survived the two major revisions of the statutes in 1923 and 1970. In the Kansas Statutes Annotated, 60-2601 (1976),' the clerk is no longer required to maintain the number of volumes that he was previously, but provisions are outlined as to the use of computer storage and retrieval. The keeping of the judicial docket survived the 1923 code revision, , but was repealed by the legislature in 1969 as no longer necessary, in view of 1 the extensive cas~ recordings performed today. I The Douglas iCounty District Court Records were kept in bound volume series I in the old courth~)Use in the eleven hundred block of Massachusetts Street. In ,I 1975, massive gutting and renovation was begun to allow for modernization of offices, air contrpl units, and safety standards. ,I The county commissioners took advantage of the s~tuation to employ Kansas Statute Annotated 19-254, whereby any II county records ov~r twenty years old, that have been offered to and rejected by the state histori:tl society. may be destroyed upon the approval of the district court. F'ortunat~~y 'the county commissioners, led by Arthur HECK and Peter WHITENIGH1', negoti~ted to have these records microfilmed and then turned over to. fbe Pioneer, '101, I'll, Do. 2 39 �SERIES DESCRIPTION, Introduction, continued the Kansas C:olle~tion of Kansas. of the Kenneth Spencer Research Library at the University In O~tober of 1975, the transfer was made by Board of Commissioners Resolution No. 75-6-1, after approval was granted from the state historical I I society in TopekC!-. Within the agreement are provisions to allow continued county 1 ownership a.nd use, I open research access, safe and secure maintenance, , , notification to, 'the board if the records be moved, and the attachment of this resolution and its provisions to any future transfer of records. I It is hoped (and anticipated) that in the near future this author and the Kansas CollectionI curator will search through the remaining court records in the remodeled courthouse with the desire to fill in the gaps evident in the collection's volUme series. At that time, the remaining property and government , , records of the county, already in complete series in the Kansas Collection, will be added to make 'a finished inventory of the older county court, property and I government records. 1. COURT JOURNALS. 1863-1901. 22 volumes. (Letters A-V). Average size: 32~m. , I' x 45cm. x 8cm. ,I These volumes contain the proceedings of the Douglas County district court for each day that ft met. Included are all civil and criminal trials, grand jury I proceedings, ordeFs from the judge in vacation or in chambers, jury selection proceedings, petitions from lawyers and parties, and all other in-court events I and matters. Abuddant i types and number 0i~ info~mation in available about county court procedure, different legal cases, city and county growth, and a listing I of many county residents. i There are no gaps in the series, and later additions of subsequent volumes are expected. II' very legible. Maintained by the court clerk, the text is An :dlphabetical index is included in the front of every volume, I :I listing most namesiof persons within. fhe Pioneer, Pol. PlI, 60. 2 I i , I Each volume covers about two years of 40 �:I SERIES DESCRIPTI.ON, Court Journals, continued court sessions. II. :I JUDGEMJOO DOCKETS. , 1870-1878. 1 volume. (No.2). Size 33cm. x 46 cm. x 6cm. This is a. ,general index in which the name of each person against whom a " judgment is rendered, appears in alphabetically ordered sections. I Listed under each entry are t~e parties to the case, the date, the number of pages filed with the clerk, the ~ount of money settled upon in the case, and the page and volume reference to th~ particular court journal that holds the text of the case. Entries were mad~ by the court clerk, so the text is uniform and legible. I per~on' volume allowed 9uick reference by any researcher as to a certain involvement at trial in court over a seven year span. i This s These dockets prov~dea handy research to~l in searching for county residents and their legal activities. , Volumes 1, 3" and 4 are probably in the county courthouse, and will be purs'ued. III. CRIMINAL TRIAL DOCKET. 1864-1878. 1 volume. (No.1) Size: 30cm. x 45cm. x 6 cm. This volume was used by the court clerk to. place upcoming criminal cases upon a case ca.1endar. Noted under each entry are the parties, the attorneys, the \ docket number, the charge, judicial orders, and final dispensation. An enclosed ~ alphabetical index covers those cases entered between 1874 and 1878. This volume appears to have been of limited use to the district court, and it is suspected that later volum~s were not created. Instead, Volume 2 of the Criminal Appearance Dockets lines up exactly in progressing docket number and trial dates 1 with this volume., It is possible that the trial docket entry was dropped in favor of the appearance docket entry system. researcher without, an early index.. The court journals and the judicial dockets .1 contain more infor~ation. fbe Pioneer, Pol. lVI, No.2 I This volume has limited use to the 41 �i SERIES DESCRIPTIPN, continued IV. CRIMINAL AP?EARANCE DOCKET. 1878-1907, 1945-1949, 1950-1951. ,, (nos. 2 1,3,1 ,2,C,E). Average size: 32cm. x 46cm~ 6 volumes. x 8cm. These volutnes list all legal actions in the order that they were filed in the court cl~:!rk"~ office. Entry information includes the date of summons and its , return, petition, and pleadings filed, judicial judgments and orders, and a , listing of the costs accrued during the action. I The entry served 'as a registry of all prior tri~,l activities of either party or the court in setting up the case , for trial. The ,first two volumes appear to, be successors of Volume 1 of, the I Criminal Appearance Docket. ! and latter four: volumes, Because of the length of time between the first two it is assumed that missing volumes exist at the courthouse. Each: volume includes an alphabetical index by parties to the actions , I in the front. These volumes contain information of interest to the researcher , about pretrial court procedure and filing costs and fees. V. CIVIL TRIAL DOCKETS. I Average size: 1864-1868,1874-1894. 9 volumes. (Nos. 1,2,6-11,14). 31'cm. x 46cm. x 7cm. i These volumes were used by the court clerk to place upcoming civil cases ,I upon a case calendar. Noted under each entry are the parties, the attorneys, the i ' docket number, the type of dispute, judicial orders, date of case, and fi,nal I . dispensation. Th~re are no indexes to any of these volumes. Volumes 3-6 are I missing and it isiuncertain that the court continued to keep such volumes after II 1894. The last \volume (H) has no entries or text. 1\' . Record," it is unClear what its use was to have been. II, use to the researrrer without any indexes. dockets contain VI. m~re I 1863-1901. 42 I I : I These volumes have limited The court journals and the judicial information. CIVIL APPEARMfCE DOCKETS. foe Pioneer, Pol. l'II, No.2 Although labeled "Final 16 volumes. (Letters A-O). Average �1 SERIES DESCRIPTION, Civil Appearance Dockets, continued I size: 32cm. x 4:7cm. x 7.5cm. These volumes list all legal actions in the order that they were filed in i the court clerk' ~ office. Entry information i~cludes the date of summons and its 1 return, petitiori and pleadings filed, judicial judgments and orders, and a I . I listing of the costs accrued during the action. .I . The entry served as a registry of all prior trial activities of either party or the court in setting up the case I for trial. Each1volume includes an alphabetical index by parties in the front. The series for the above years is complete, with one additional loose index for \ the years 1901-1903 as a part·of the series. In addition, a one volume inv~rse index is available listing defendant parties for the years 1863-1883 (Volumes AI) . Later volum~s and general indexes are probably in the courthouse. With the . . , \ aid of the volwJe indexes, this series' is a valuable aid to the resear,cher I , studying county business foreclosures, attachments, and other commercial legal problems. . I VII. size: JAIL BOOKS., 28cm. x 1867-1885, 1904-1911. I 41~m. 2 volumes. (Nos. 1 and 4). Average x 5cm. These volum~s list all male prisoners incarcerated in the county jai~ by I order of the cotirt. Kept by either the sheriff or the jailor, the entry information includes the prisoner's name, when committed, his place of origin, I his offense, terml length, by whose order, when discharged, the number of days ·1 served, and his physical description. front. Alphabetical indexes are included in the I Volumes 21 and 3 are missing, and later volumes are probably at the , courthouse. TheseI volumes are good sources for researchers interested in the number and kinds cif persons incarcerated, and for what offenses. I ,I I I VIII. SHERIFF'S ACCOUNT BOOK. 1864-1865. I foe Pioneer, Yolo fYI, 80. 2 \ I ,\ i .i 43 1 volume. Size: 27cm. x 39cm. x �I SERIES DESCRIPTION, Sheriff's Account Book, continued I i I 3cm. This volume was kept for the period after QUANTRILL's raid until the end I of the Civil Wari' Listed are all court cases by parties where the sheriff is owed a fee for 'his services, usually to serve a summons or writ. Also are I listings of fees pwed to the sheriff for the boarding of prisoners and the duties ~ I . requiring his travel in and out of the county. I There is no index. This volume is of limited us~ in the study of early county law enforcement. I ,I IX. CRIMINAL JUDICIAL DOCKETS. I numerical order)J Average size: 1874-1878, 1881-1945. 22 volumes. {Random 30cm. x 41cm. x 4.5-7.5cm. I By law, each district judge kept a docket case book of all court cases that I I he personally tried. Each page entry includes information as to case title, date of writ, date of case, party arrest record, property attached, facts stated, affidavits and bills of particular filed, appearing parties, adjoinments, jury ,I selections and verdicts, witnesses sworn, judicial orders and executions, final judgment, monies paid at court, and any continuances. Because justices stood, for ! re-election every,two years, several of the above volumes changed hands several I times. Each judge kept his personal case docket, which he would turn over to his I replacement upon retirement; This new judge in turn, would continue entr~ of cases until the volume was complete, when it was filed with the district court. Since two justices served at the same. time, the volumes from the 1890's onward I overlap in chronology, as each judge took his turn trying cases on differ'ent I days. There are gaps in the volume series between 1878 and 1881, and between I 1927 and 1932. Al{)habetical indexes are included in the front of each volume. A wealth of infor~ation about types of cases, frequency of crimes, judicial I orders and procedures, and kinds and severity of punishment meted out are of I I interest to the re~earcher. fhe Pioneer, Yolo PlI, 10. 2 ' i I Also included are many names of county residents. 44 �I SERIES DESCRIPTIPN, continued [I x. I numerical order)l. 37 volumes. 1873-1927, 1932-1961. CIVIL JUDICIAL DOCKETS. , I Average size: (Random 30cm. x 41cm. x 7cm. I There are many more civil than criminal cases, accounting for the size of , I this particular ~eries. By law, each district judge kept a docket case book of all court cases ,that he personally tried. Each page entry includes information as to case title', date of writ, date of case, property attached, facts stated, I , affidavits and bills of particular filed, appearing parties, adjoinments, jury I selections and verdicts, witnesses sworn, judicial orders and executions, final I judgement, monie~, paid at court, and any continuances. Because justices stood for re-election ;every two years, several of the. above volumes changed Qands \ , several times. Each judge kept his personal case docket, which he would ,turn I over to his replacement upon retirement. This new judge in turn, would cont,inue entry of cases until the volume was complete, when it was filed with the district I court. Since two: justices served at the same time, the volumes from the 1890's I onward overlap in chronology, as each judge took his' turn trying cases on "- different days. '~lphabetical indexes are included in the front of most volumes. Volumes 15 and 18: have bound alphabetical indexes standing beside them. Judge , I \ R. C. MANLEY's volume (1922-25) is mistakenly enclosed within a cover entitled , I \ "Criminal Docket, iVolume 9." Judge James BROOKS's volume (1907-12) has no index. ( , I Several volumes for the years 1927-1932 are missing. It is suspected that random ,I volumes are missing from 1920 on. These records are of particular interest to I the researcher st,\fdying business and county growth, frequency of such cases as , divorce and alimqriy , assault and defamation, and other 'civil actions. volumes contain ,II, tti~ [he Pioneer, Pol. [PI, No.2, names of many county residents. 45 , : I . These �DOUGLAS COUNTY RECORDS Many times we hear about all the records that the Kansas Collection has that pertain to Lawrence and Douglas County. In fact,' it seems to us that in many ways the Kansas Collection takes the place of a County Archives. As a service to our members the Society is publishing what the Kansas Collection has that pertains to 'Douglas County. This list was compiled by the Kansas Collection and we suspect represents what they have very accurately. As with the court records these records are not available on interlibrary loan but you may get in touch with the Kansas Co11e.ction and they will tell you what they can or cannot do for you. Of course if you can anddo choose to visit the collection in person you will be able to use these records. Most of them are not on open shelves but they will be retrieved for you. Record name, date Volumes Mortgage Records, vols.D-Z, 1-37 .......•.•.•••.................•.• 60 vols. General Index, Mortgages: ................................ ~ . . . . . . . .. 7 vals. vol.2-1860; vol.3-1869; vol.4-1874; vol.5-1882; vol.6-1886; vol. 7-1890; vol.8-1895 . Mortgage Record, 'vol. 1 (A-L). vol.2 (M-Z) .......................... 2 vols. General Index, Deeds, Lawrence, 1855-59 .........•••..•............. 1 vol. General Index, Deeds, Douglas County, 1857-60 •••••......••.•.•.... 1 vol. General Index, Deeds: .......... ~ .................................. . 17 vols. vol.1-1860; vol. 2-1860-63, orig.; vol.2-copy; vol.3-1863; vol. 4-1865; vol. 5-1868; vol.6-1870; vol. 7-1873; vol.8-1876; vol.9-1879; vol. 10-1882; vol.11-1883; vol.12-1886; vol.13-1887; vol.14-1893; vol.15-1896; vol.16-1900 Deeds Records, vols.A-Z, 1-64 ....•••••••......•••••.• : .•.•...•..... 90 vols'. Numerical Index:.' .................................................. 11 vols. North Lawrence & additions, 1917-47 Douglas County, 1925-50 Lawrence & Eudora, 1917-49 Douglas County Townships: 11 & 15, 1917-51, 1951-69, 2 vols. 12,13,14, 1917-58, 1958-69 (2 vols. ea township) Transfer Records: ............... 0 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 21 vols. Lands: 1872-1970, 10 vols.(overlap 1903-13,1910-21)(1921-70,vols.2-7) Lots: 1871-1966, 10 vols. (1918-66, vols.2-8) Lots Index: 1858-95, 1 vol. Commissioners' Records: ..•............................•.•.......... 18 vols" 1855-1939, A-M (no J); Index ea.-vols.A-F, 1855-94 only Taxes/Additional, ' 1924-49. . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1 vol. Assessments/1865: 'Eudora, Palmyra, Willpw Springs ...........•...•.• 1 vol. Marion, Clinton, Kanwaka, Lecompton ......•.•..... 1 vol. Wakarusa , Sarcoxie ............................... 1 vol. Assessment Rolls: ................................... ~ ............ . 417 vols. I Eudora, Baldwin, Lecompton, 1930-45, 4 vols. Baldwin, Vinland, 1916, 1918-21, 1926-29, 3 vols. Baldwin, 1912, 1914, 1922-25, 3 vols. Clint'on, 1863-64, 1866-76 anilUal, 1878-1916 biannual, 1918-45 triannual, 39 vols. Eudora, 1864 (to 1945, same), 39 vols. Grant, 1867 (to 1945, same), 38 vols. Kanwaka, 1864-80 annual (to 1945, same), 42 vols. fhe Pioneer, Vol. I'll, No.2, I : I 46 �Douglas County Records, continued Volumes Record name, dat'e Assessment Rolls" continued Lawrence, 1863-78 annual (to 1945, same), 44 vols. North Lawrence, 1969-70, 3 vols. Lecompton, 1864, 1866-69, 1872, 1874-76 annual (to 1945, same), 37 vols. Mar.ion, 1864 (to 1945, same), 40 vols. Palmyra, 1863,(no 1865)(to 1945, same), 42 vols. Wak~rusa, (identical-Palmyra), 42 vols. Willow Springs, (same-Palmyra), 41 vols. Civil Appearance' Dockets: .•.••••..••.••••.........•.....•..•....... 16 vols. 1863-1901, vols.A-O; Inverse Index, vols.A-I, 1863-84 Civil Trial Dockets: .................................. ~ ............ 8 vols. May 1864-May 1867; Sept. 1867-Nov. 1868; vol.6, April 1874-April 1876; , vol.7, Oct 1876-April 1882; vol.8, Oct. 1882-0ct. 1885; vol.9, Feb 1886-Feb. 1888; vol.10, May 1888-0ct. 1891; vol ~ 11, Feb. 1892-May 1894 , Lawrence Civil Dockets with Indexes: ....•...............•.•••••...• 8 vols. Vol.1, Case 1-257, April-Oct 1873 Vol.2, Case 257-736, Oct.1873-Sept.1874 Vol.3, Case 737-1214, Sept.1874-Jan.1876 Vol.4, Case 1214-1849, Feb.1876-May 1878 Lawrence Justice'Dockets (no Indexes): .•.........•..•.••......••.•. 3 vols. Vol.5, Feb.1878-Feb.1881 Vol.6, May 1881-April 1885 Vol. 7, Case 1~595, April 1885-Feb.1887 Lawrence Civil Dockets: ..........•....•.•••..•••.••..•.•..••..•••.. 28 vols',. Vol.8, Feb.1887-Jan.1890 Vol.9, June 1890-April 1892 (no#), July 1891-Dec.1894 Vol.l0, April 1892-Jul 1895 Vol.ll, July 1895-June 1898 Vol.G, Jan. 1898~Dec.1907 Vol.12, June 1898-July 1900 Vol.13, July 1900-Feb.1911 (no#), Dec.1907-July 1912 Vol. 15, Feb. 191'1-Jan. 1913, Index Vol.15, Feb.1911-Jan.1913 ' (no#), July 1912-Jan.1915 Vol.16, Jan.1913-May 1914 Vol.17, June 1914-0ct 1915 Vol.18, Oct.1915-0ct.1917, Index Vol.18, Oct.1915-0ct.1917 Vol.19, Feb.1917-April 1919 Vol.20, May 1919-Aug.1922 Vol.22, Sept.1925-June 1927 Vol.23, June 1927-Aug.1928 Vol.16, July 1931-Jan.1933 Vol. 27, Jan. 193'3-Sept. 1934 Vol.28, Sept.1934-Aug.1937 Vol.29, Aug.1937-April 1941 Vol.T, Mar.1938~Jan.1943 Vol.30, April 1941-Feb.1948 Vol.T, Jan.1943-Aug.1951 foe Pioneer, Yolo nI, No.2 47 .1 �Douglas County ~ecords, continued , Volumes Record name, dat'e Lawrence Civil Dockets, continued (noi!), Jan. 1949-May 1954 Lawrence Justice Civil Dockets, Mar.1959-0ct.1960-Sept.1961 .......• 2 vols; Douglas County R~cords, April 1874-0ct.1878 •.•........•..•.......•. 1 vol. Sheriff Docket, 1864-65 ........................................... . 1 vol. Jail Register, 1867-85, vol. I; 1904-11, vol.4 ..•••..•..•....••••.•. 2 vols. Lawrence Justices Docket: ......................................... . 2 vol's. (no#), Case 30?-507, Feb.1884-June 1885 Vol.3, Case 1-311, June 1885-Jan.1887 Cr iminal Appearap.ce Docket: •...............•...................... 7 vols. Vol.l, Case 1-628, Nov.1863-Feb.1878, Index Vol.l Vol.2~ Case 629-1266, April 1878-0ct.1893 Vol. 3, Case 1297-1805, Oct.1893-Sept.1907 Vol.l, Case 1-292, Jan.1945-April 1946 Vol. 2, Case 293-610, Aug.1946-Aug.1947 Vol.E, Case 1800-2438, 1950-51 Lawrence Criminal Docket: .•.....•••••••.••••.•................•.... 8 vols. (no#), Case 152-484, July 1910-Dec.1913 Vol.16, Case 1625-1947, Nov.1924-April 1927 Vol~19, Case 2639-2960, Oct.1932-May 1935 Vol.17, Case 1675-1915, April 1937-May 1939 Vol.18, Case 1'916-2157, May 1939-April 1941 Vol.22, Case 3450-3685, April 1939-April 1940 Vol.19, Case 2158-2427, April 1941-Feb.1943 Vol.20, Case 2428-2486, Feb.1943-Feb.1945 Douglas Co. Criminal Docket, Index, June 1874-0ct.1878 ••...•••.•... 1 vol. Douglas Co. Criminal Trial Docket,Case 1-628,May 1864-Feb.1878 ..... 1 vol. Douglas Co. Criminal Docket, Vol. 3, Case 110-307, July 1881Feb. 1884 • •.•••• '•••••••••••' ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 1 vol. Lawrence Criminal, Docket: ......................................... . 2 vols. Vol.4, Case 2-286, Feb.1887-0ct.1888 Vol.5, Case 1-288, April 1889-May 1893 Douglas Co. Criminal Docket: .......••.•.•.......••.•....•....••.... Vol.7, Case 1-152, July 1899-July 1910 (no#), Case 315-600, Mar.1899-Dec.1913 Vol.6, Case 1-294, June 1893-June 1899 (no#), Case 601-1014, Jan.1914-Aug.1918 (no#), Case 1015-1352, Aug.1918-Sept.1927 Vol.9, Case 624-923, Aug.1922-Sept.1925 Vol.l0, Case 1-333, May 1920-Sept.1923 Vol.11, Case 1353-1624, Oct.1922-Nov.1924 Vol.15, Case 1-337, Sept.1923-May 1926 Journal: ......... ' 24 vols. Vols. A-9, 1863~1974; Index, Vol.B. 1865-67, Vol.E, 1870-73 Delinquent Real Estate Tax Sales Record: •........•................. 9 vols. Vols. 19-25. 1926-41, (no Us), 1942-56 Judgement Docket, Vol.2, 1871-78 ................................... 1 vol. Embalmer License Register, 1910 .•..•................•.......•.••... 1 vol. Personal Tax Warrant Record, Vol.A, 1925-35 ...••..........•.•.•.... 1 vol. Mortgages/Fields Destroyed, Vol.1, 1885-95 •.•.•.................... 1 vol. Record of Cost & A:ttachment Bonds, Vol.A, 1901-05 .................. 1 vol. Record of Bonds, Vol. A, 1900-23 .................................... 1 vol. I I ,I • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • [he Pioneer, '101. 1'11, No.2 48 �Douglas County Records, continued Volumes Record name. date Record of Appeal & Replevin Bonds, Vol.A, 1900-16 ..•...•....•...••. 1 vol. Stock Lien Record, Vol. 1 , 1888-1940 ....••.....•...•.•..•.••...•.••• 1 vol. Welfare Fund & Warrant Register, Vol.2, 1945-47 •.•..•.•••••...•.••. 1 vol. Sheriff's Fee Book: ............................................ ···· 5 vols. Vol.A, 1898-1900; 1905-13; Vol.D, 1913-21; Vol.E, 1922-25; Vol.F, 1925-37; Fee Book, 1907-17 ................................................ ·· 1 vol. Douglas Co. Tax-:-Sale Record: •.•••..•••••..........•....•.•. "....••.• 38 vols. Lots, (duplicate), 1859-62 Lots, Lawrence, Index, 1859-65 Lots, Lawrence, 1859-65 (duplicate) Lots, 1860-65 Lots, Eudora/Franklin, 1861-65 Lots, 1862-65 ' Lots, 1868-73 (duplicate, 3 vols.) Lots, 1874-77 (duplicate, 2 vols.) Lots, 1878-82 (duplicate, 2 vols.) Lots, 1883-90 \ (duplicate) Lots, 1891-1902 (duplicate) Lots & Land, 1859-60 Lots & Lands, 1,859-62 Lots, 1903-15 : Lots & Lands 1861-65 (duplicate) Lots & Lands, 1865-67 (duplicate, 3 vols.) Lots & Lands, 1916-21 (duplicate) Lots & Lands, 1922-25 Lands, 1859-65 '\ Lands, 1868-77". Lots & Lands, 1922-25 (duplicate) Lands, 1891-1915 (duplicate) ! : Tax Roll, 1863-19~7 ...••.•••.•....•...•......•...••....•.•..•.••.• 324 vols. Annual records :begin with variable pattern: Lawrence, Lots,: 1863 Clinton, Lots,1863 Lots, 1863 ,I Lands, 1863 Lawrence, Lots, 11864 Lands, 1864 I Lots, 1864 Lands, 1865 Lots, 1865 (2 vdls.) Lands, Personal'Property, 1867 Lots, 1867 .I I • I " I I " rhe Pioneer, Yolo IPI, No.2 \ 49 �Douglas County Records, Continued Volumes Record name. date Tax Roll, 1863-1967, continued Continues 1867 pattern for ea. year (no Lots. 1869) through 1873 Lands, 1874 ; Lots, 1874 Personal Property, 1874 Lots, 1875 Lands, Personal Property, 1876 Lots, 1876 Lands, Person~l Property, 1877 Lands, Personal Property, 1875 Lots, 1877 Resumes 1867 Pattern (addtl. Lots Index for 1884) through 1886 Lands, Personal Property, 1887 Lots, Personal Property, 1887 Lands, Personal Property, 1887 Lots, Personal Property, 1888 Lands, Personal Property, 1888, Vols.1 & 2 Continues 1888,pattern through 1895 Lots, Personal.Property, 1896 Lands,Personal;Property, 1896 Continues 1896 pattern (Lots. Personal Property for 1900 says Lawrence) through 1906 Lawrence, Lots~ Personal Property, 1907 Lots, Personal:Property, 1907 Lands, Personai Property, 1907 Continues 1907 pattern. with variable filing of 3 vols. per year. (no Lots. Personal Property for 1920) through 1933 Lawrence, Lots,: Personal Property, 1934 Lots, Personal Property, 1934 Lands, Personal Property, 1934, Vols.1 & 2 Continues 1934 pattern through 1942 Baldwin, Eudora" Lecompton, 1943 Lawrence, 1943 North Lawrence,' 1943 Lands, 1943, Vols.1 & 2 Continues 1943'pattern through 1956 1949 on (1951 only adds Vols.1 & 2 to North Lawrence) Baldwin, Eudora,. Lecompton, 1957 Lawrence, Vols.1 & 2, 1957 North Lawrence,'1957 Lands, 1957, Vols. 1 & 2 Continues 1957.pattern (Lands. 1967. 1 Vol. only) through 1967 Commissioner RecQ~d of Allowances: .................•............... 10 vols., July 1872-July 1885 . , Vol.2, Oct.1885-Jan.1891 Vol.3, Mar. 1891-June 1895 Sept. 1895-Dec.1898 Vol.B, Jan.1899-Aug.1902 Vol.C, Aug.1902~July 1906 Vo1.D, Aug.1906'-Feb.1910 Vol.E, Mar.1910-Mar.1913 Vol.F, April 1913-Jan.1915 I I fbe Pioneer, Vol. lPI, No.2 I , I, 50 �Douglas County Records, continued 1 Volumes Record name. date I Delinquent Real,Estate Sales Record, Vols.19-23, 1926-37 •••....•... 5 vols. County Clerk Distribution Record: .....•.•......•••......•••.••.•... 9 vols. June 1904-0ct.1908 Nov. 1908-Feb. 1913 1875-79 Mar. 1913-Nov.1916 Jan.1917-Dec.1919 Dec.1919-June 1922 July 1922-Nov.1924 Dec. 1924-0ct. 1926 Nov. 1926-0ct .'1928 County Clerk Trial Balance, Jan. 1907 -Dec. 1909. • • • . . . . • . • • • • . • • • • • .. 1 vol. County Clerk Fee Books: ........................................... . 2 vols. Vol.A, Jan. 1898-Dec. 1909; Vol.B, Sept.1920-Dec.1926 County Clerk Check & Deposit ,Registration, 1911-38 •.•.....•........ 3 vol~. Redemption Book, 1879-91, 1910-34 •..•..•.................•.....••.. 2 vols. Tax Levies, VoL 1 , 1867-1916; Vol.2, 1910-34 ...................... . 2 vol~. Judgement Tax Roll, VoLe, 1893-98 ................................ . 1 vol,' General Abstract' of Tax Roll .....•.•.............•...........•..... 5 vols. Lawrence, 1903~15 Vol. 2, 1923-26; Vol. 1, 1909-211' 1927-30 1931-40 Abstract of Assessment Roll, Vol.1, 1913-43 ....................... . 1 vol. Omitted Personal 'Property Tax Roll, Aug.1903-Dec.1904 ............. . 1 vol. Railroad Tax Roll, 1874-79, 1882-1910 ............................ .. 4 vols. County Treasurer Recapitulation of Abstract of Tax Rolls,1927!...40 .•. 1 vol. Journal/Clerks Off ices: ........................................... . 2 vols. Vol.C, Nov. 1880-0ct. 1909; Vol.D, Oct.1910 County Clerk General Ledger, Vol.1, 1911-27 .....................•.. 1 vol. Recapitulation ofl County Expenditures, ,Oct. 1928-Dec. 1934 .....•..... 1 vol., County Clerk General Ledger, Vols.2-4, 1915-27 ..................... 3 vols. Record of County Orders, Vol.B, Jan.1867-Aug.1874 ....••••••..•..... 1 vol. County Clerk Bank Accounts, 1898-1909 ......••...•.••••.•........... 1 vol.' Daily Cash Book,' ,1886-96/Accounts of Banks, 1886-95 •.•............. 1 vol., Treasurer's Record of Payment for Floating Orders, 187- •••...•..... 1 vol.: Commissioners' Report on Fees, Feb.1921-May 1924 .............•.•... 1 vol. Ledger, Paid Out; 1914-19. " .................. -. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 3 vols. Peddler's License, Aug.1903-Sept.1942 .............................. 1 vol. Ledger, County Assistance to the Needy, 1912-14 .............•....•• 1 vol. Ledger, Meter Readings for County Offices, 1944,1946 ...•..•.•••... 2 vols. Ledger, Stamps for County Officials, 1955-58 .•..•••...•...•..... ~ .. 1 vol. Ledger, License Books, 1944-45, 1949-59, 1952-59 ................... 3 vols. Licenses Sold, Jan. 1958-Jan.1964 ................................... 1 vol. Ledger, Fees Paid 'for Licenses, Jan.1946-Jan.1951 ..........•.•....• 1 vol. Ledger, Amounts Paid by County Treasurer, Vol.B, 1868-78 ........... 1 vol. Ledger, County Fund Balances, 1884-1911 ............................ 2 vols. Estrays, 1864-66; Dec.1863-June 1866; Vol.C, 1875-1916 ............. 3 vols. Real Estate Index',. 1891............................................ 1 vol. Record of Physicians Authority to Practice, Oct.1901-Jun 1919 ...... 1 vol. Record of Blank Liquor Affidavits, April 1887-May 1909 ....•.•...... 1 vol. Census, 1870 ..... '. I••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• I [be Pioneer, Pol. l'II, No.2:' i! 51 '1 vol. �Douglas County Records, continued Volumes Record name, ,date Register of Schobl District Bonds, 1872-1922....................... 1 vol., Record of School Land Sales, 1866-1907 ...•........................• 1 vol. Register of Party Affiliation, prior to 1938, Douglas Co ..••....... 10 vols. First Precinct, Fourth Ward Kanwaka: Kanwaka, Stull Lecompton: Big Springs, Lecompton (2 vols.) Marion I Palmyra Palmyra: Black Jack, North Baldwin, Vinland (3 vols.) Wakarusa Road Tax Roll: . .' .. ' ................................................ . 42 vols. Eudora: 1879, 1880, 1882, 1891-92, 1893-94, 1899-1900, 1902-03 Clinton: 1891-:1902 (6 vols.) . Grant: 1890-9t, 1893-94, 1895-96 Kanwaka: 1891~92, 1897-98, 1902-03 Lecompton: 1879, 1891-92, 1897-98 Marion: 1~91-92, 1895-1900 (3 vols.), 1902-03 Palmyra: 1891-94 (2 vols.), 1898-1903 (3 vols.) Wakarusa: 1879, 1882, 1891-92, 1899-1900, 1902-03 Willow Springs: 1891-92, 1897-1903 (4 vols.) Minutes:Boards of Equalization & Commissioners, July 1870-July 1875.1 Ledgers: Cash Docket, Feb.-Oct.1882 •................................ 1 Jury Docket, Nov. 1928-Dec. 1932. . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1 Probate Record, Oct. 1855-Nov. 1958; Vol.3, June 1894-Dec.1904 .•...•. 2 vol. vol. vol. vols. Court Journal: ...........................·.......................... 3 vols. Nov.1904-March 1907; May 1907-Nov.1910; Nov.1910-March 1914 Description of Property for Tax Assessment ........................ . Lots Sales to County, 1858-1900 ..••...••.•..•..•................... Benefit District: Assessments/Kaw Drainage District,Vol.1,1937-58 ... Special Assessments, Highways, 1929-38 ................•...••....... Refunding Warrant:, Personal Property, Nov. 1924-June 1934-Feb. 1939 .• Certificate of Registration of Farm, June 1911-April 1968 .........• Coroner's Record,! Dec. 1960-Dec. 1964 ............................... . Receipts for Papers Taken from District Court Office, 1885-1900 ... . Board of Commiss~oner's Orders & Cancel County Taxes, 1933-40 .•.••. County Clerk Receipts & Disbursements, Vol.3, Jan.1954-May 1964 .... District Court Transcript: Stevensons vs. Consolidated Barb Wire Co., 1900~lVols. 1 & 2 .......•••.•..................... ·.... . Sheriff's Return on Execution, 1972-73 ............................ . 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 vol. vol.' vol.' vol. vols~ vol. vol. vols. vol. vol. 2 vols. 1 vol. . I nd ex .."' ~ ................................................ . Recel.vlng . 7 vols. . Vo1.2, Jan.18n'::'Dec.1877 Vol.3, Jan.1878~Dec.1885 Vol.4, Jan.1886-Dec.1897 Vol. 5, Jan. 1898,..,.May 1911 Vol.6, June 1911-June 1924 Vol.7, July 192~-Nov.1938 Vol.8, Nov.1938~Dec.1940 Chattel Mortgage Record ••.........••.....•••.•••...••••......• : .... 17 vols. Vol.R-Z, 1905-33, (Indexes follow ea. volume R-W); Vol.1 & 2, 1933-37 Field Book for Real Estate Assessment, 1934 ......•................. 43 vols. Baldwin, Vols.1"-17 Clinton .' , , ! fbe Piol1eer, Vol. lVI, No.2, 52 �Douglas County Records, continued Record name. date Volumes Field Book for Real Estate Assessment, 1934, continued Eudora, Vols.1-9 Grant Kanwaka Lawrence, Vols;.1-2, 4, 6, 8-10, 13-14, 17-18, (two nolF) Lecompton, Vols.1-2, (one noiF) Marion' Palmyra, 2 vors. Wakarusa, 2 vols.; Outlets, Vols.1 & 2 Willow Springs' Field Book for Real Estate Assessment, Lawrence, 1938 .............. 18 Vols.1-2, 4-12 (one extra, noil, after 11),14,16-18 Fairground, 1 'vol. Annual Report of County Superintendent, 1904-55 •................... 6 Register of Deeds Fee Book......................................... 7 Jan. 1903-0ct. 1909 Vol.A, Mar.1924-0ct.1925 Vol.B, Nov.1925-May 1927 Vol.C, May 1927-Feb.1929 Vol.D, Mar.1929-Dec.1930 Vol.E, Jan.1931-July 1935 Vol.F, Aug.1935-Dec.1940 Reception Record & Fee Book, Jan.1941-Dec.1945 ..................... 1 Lawrence Register of Claims, Vol.B,July 1903-Jan.1906 ....•........ 1 vols. vols. vols. vol. vol. Claim Register ............................... .'. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 5 vols. Jan.31-Dec.31 of these years: 1946-54;1960-64;1965-65;1966-66 Lawrence Record lof Claims .. ,...... e'. • • • • • • • • • .. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •• Jan. 1908-Jan. 1914; Feb. 1914-0ct.1918; Nov.1918-Sept.1922; Oct: 1922-Sept.1926 . Claim & Warrant Register, July-Nov. 1927; Dec.1927-Jan.1929 ......... Pay Roll Warrant Register, Jan.1943-Dec.1953 ........•............·.. Lawrence Unpaid Warrant Register, Feb.1931-July 1948 ............... Lawrence Warrant Register, Jan.-Aug.1935 ..........................• Lawrence Treasurer's Record, May 1922-May 1926 ....•.....•.•........ Treasurer's Journal, Lawrence, Nov.1957-Dec.1961 .•....•.•••........ Treasurer's Warrant Record, Feb.1915-April 1917 .....•..•........... Lawrence Journal" Feb. 1934-Jul 1946................................ Lawrence Ci viI Docket.............................................. Vol.R, Case 3502-3722 Case 1-110 4 vols. 2 vols. 1 vol. 1 vol. 1, vol. 1 vol. 1 vol. 1 vol. 1 vol. 5 vol.s. '( Nov.1931 Aug. 1934 Vol.S, Case 111-432, Aug.1934-Mar.1938 Lawrence Cr iminal ' Docket .•..............................•.••...••... 1 vol. Vo1.24, April 1943-Nov.1948, Case 225-536 Lawrence Register of Bond, April 1865-Mar.1875 ..........•...••....• 1 vol. Bond Record ...... '. ..................... ~ .......................... . 2 vols. April 1865-Jan.1883; May 1868-July 1886 Lawrence Bond Record, Jan.1883-July 1916 ..•.....••..••....•.•.....• 1 vol. Lawrence Register of City Orders: ................................. .. 2 vols. Vol.E, Oct.1897~Sept.1918; Vol.F, Oct.1913-Feb.1918 Invoices & Ordinances, Jan.5, 1910-Aug.25, 1915,524-1128 ...•...... 1 vol. Lawrence Ordinances, May 1866-0ct.1932 ...........••................ 1 vol. fhe Pioneer, Pol. IPJ, 10. 2' , , I 53 �Douglas County Records, continued Record name. date Volumes Lawrence Index to Petitions, Vol.A, May 1866-April 1948 ............ Lawrence Improvement Orders, Jan.1899-Sept.1913 .................... Lawrence Property Inventory, April 1, 1936 ....•....•...•........... Lawrence Register of Licenses, Vol.B, June 1875-Mar.1914 ........... Lawrence Sales, Tax Record, May 1858-Aug.1861 .•.•...•....•••.......• Lawrence Records of Communicable Disease: •.•......•.....•........•• Jan.1918-April 1942; June 1918-Dec.1938 1 1 1 1 1 2 vol; vol: vol. vol. vol. vols. Warsaw Water Co.................................................... 3 vols. Vol.1, Case 1-1000, Nov.1916-Dec.1917 Vol.2, Case 1001-1250, Nov.1917-Dec.1917 Vol.3, Case 1751-2498, Nov.1917-Dec.1917 Water Department, Mar.1918-April 1926 .•...........................• 1 vol. Lawrence Taxes Received, 1928-64 ............. ; ..................... 1 vol. Lawrence Newspaper Clippings, 1952-1977 •........................... 13 vols. Oct.10, 1952-Dec.28, 1956 Jan.1, 1957-0ct.2,1961 Oct.11,1961-Jan.9,1964 Jan.10,1964-Aug.31,1966 Sept.1,1966-Dec.20,1967 Dec.30,1967-Aug.16,1969 Aug.18,1969-May. 1,1971 May 1,1971-Dec;31,1971 Jan. 1., 1972-Sept. 20,1972 Sept. 21 , 1972-July 3, 1973 July 5,1973-Dec.30,1974 Jan.1,1975-Dec.31,1975 Jan. 1 , 1976-Jan.15, 1977 : , : I :. .! fhe Pioneer, Pol. IPI, No.2 54 �EXTRACTS FROM AN ABSTRACT Lots 176 and 178, Rhode Island Street, Lawrence, Ks Charles and Emma Worley submitted this original Abstract of Title to The PIONEER, which was sent to our Society by the Johnson County Genealogical Society, and was prepared by Frank E. BANKS, Abstracter, of Durfee's Improved System of Real $state Title Books, 19 Aug 1946. The Society at this point has Instead, we will publish no capacity for, making its abstracts available. references, where shown, so that anyone interested can go ~o the original records for further information. All references are to Douglas Co., Ks deeds unl~ss otherwise noted:. , I 1918, 15 Apr: . Lawrence Building & Loan Assoc., City, Gentlemen: At your request, I have examined the abstract of title to lots One hundred seventy-six (176) and One hundred seventy-eight (178) on Rhode Island Street in the City of Lawrence; and f~'om such examination, I find title to the same vested in Adam CARTER, free and clear of encumbrances. Yours respectfully, C. E. LINDLEY, Probate Judge. I 1855, 18 May: Deed in Trust, Wm H. R. LYKINS to Trustees of Lawrence in trust for Joseph N. MACE. For $1.00 Conveys Lots 176-178 R. I. St. (a partial ~ge). (Recorded 02 Jun", ' ·1855, Book A p. 1) 1910, 11 Mar: County of Douglas, State of Kansas/SS. Jacob PIKE, a resident of Douglas County, Kansas being duly sworn says, that he knew Ensebia FRAZEE December 11,1885 when she executed a Warranty Deed to Eva T. FRAZEE recorded in Book 39, p. 461 and knows said Ensebia FRAZEE to be one and the same person as Eusebia FRAZEE grantee in a deed recorded in Book 34, p.23; that Eva I. FRAZEE grantor in deed to Newton J. FLUKE recorded in Book 41, p.332 was known to this affiant who knows her to be one and the same person as Eva T. FRAZEE grantee in said above deed ,recorded in Book 39, p.461, all above deeds referred to and recorded in Records of Douglas County, Kansas. Jacob PIKE. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 11 Mar 1910. Frank BANKS, Notary Public. 1884, 04 Mar: Warranty Deed. Fidelia C. STURTEVANT formerly Fidelia C. MACE and Arthur STURTEVANT her husband to Eusebia FRAZEE. For $450 Conveys Lots no's 176 & 178 Rhode Island Street in the City of Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas. (Recorded 19 Mar '1884, Book 34, p.23) 1885, 11 Dec: Warranty Deed. Ensebia FRAZEE a widow to Eva T. FRAZEE. For $500 conveys Lots No's 176 and 178 Rhode Island Street in the City of Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas. (Recorded 12 Dec 1885, Book 39, p.461) 1886, 23 Sep: Warranty Deed. Eva 1. FRAZEE unmarried to Newton J. FLUKE. For $550 conveys Lots No's 176 & 178 Rhode Island Street in the City of Lawrence, Douglas Co., Ks. (Recorded 23 Sep 1886, Book 41, P.332) , 1888, 01 Nov: Warranty Deed. Newton J. FLUKE and Emma E. FLUKE wife to J .. N. ROBERTS. For $600. conveys Lots No's 176 and 178 Rhode Island St in the City of Lawrence, Douglas Co., Ks. (Recorded 12 Dec 1888, Book 49, p.100) 1893, 09 May: Mdrtgage. Adam CARTER a widower to Wm. T. SINCLAIR. Conveys Lots No's 176 & 178 R.I. St. to secure $400 Five yrs at Seven (7) per cent. (Recorded 10 May 1893, Book 28, p.219) I, The Pioneer, Pol. !'II, No.2, . II : I 55 �Extracts From An Abstract, Lots 176 & 178, Rhode Island St, continued 1896, 9 May: Assignment. Wm. T. SINCLAIR to F. W. BARTELDES. Lot 178 Rhode Island St, Lawrence, Douglas Co, Ks. Since 15 May 1893, '2 o'clock, P.M. For value received, sell and assign the mortgage made by Adam S. CARTER to secure payment of note for $400.00. Date. May 9, 1896. and recorded in Book 28 of Mortgages at page 219 in the off ice of the Register of Deeds, of Douglas Co., Ks. and the notes therein described. (Recorded 08 Sep 1897, Book 31, p.591) 1893, 09 May: Warranty Deed. J. N. ROBERTS and Emily S. ROBERTS, his wife, to Adam CARTER. ,For $600 Convey Lot 178 on Rhode Island St, and other property all in the City 'of Lawrence, Douglas Co, Ks. '(Recorded 07 July 1893, Book 58, p.310) , 1909 Taxes, 1st half $12.99 paid. , " 1893 to 1917, Taxes, paid. 1918, 15 Apr: W~rranty Deed. Adam CARTER and Lillie B. CARTER, his wife, t9 Ira C. STEVENSON. For $1.00 and exchange 'of properties convey Lots 176 and 178 on Rhode Island St.' in the City of Lawrence, Douglas Co, Ks. (Recorded 16 Apr 1918, Book 104, p.11)' ~ 1918, 08 Apr:M~rtgage. Ira C. STEVENSON and Gertrude E. STEVENSON, his wife, to The Lawrence Building & Loan Association. For $700 convey lots 176 and 178 on Rhode Island St in the City of Lawrence, Douglas Co, Ks to secure payment of $8.89 per month ftom April 1918 to March 1928 inclusive. (Recorded 08 Apr 1918, ' Book 56, p.503) , 1920, Taxes LotlF'176 $21.81 (1st 1/2 $10.91 paid). 1920, Taxes Lotfl178 $22.09 (1st 1/2 $11.05 paid). 1925, 30 Nov: Mortgage. Ira C. STEVENSON and Gertrude E. STEVENSON, his wife to The Lawrence Building and Loan Association. Convey $3000. on Lots 1}6 and 178 of Rhode Island St in the City of Lawrence, Douglas County, Ks to secure payment of $38.10 per month from December 1925 to November, 1935 both inclusive. (Recorded 03 Dec 1925, Book 68, p.148) 1926, 10 Apr: Mortgage. Ira C. STEVENSON and Gertrude E. STEVENSON, his wife to the Lawrence Building and Loan Association. Convey $500 on Lots 176 and 178 on Rhode Island St in the City of Lawrence, Douglas Co, Ks. to secure payment of note for'said sum. (Recorded 12 Apr 1926, Book 69, p.296) 1926, 17 Jun: Affidavit. County of Douglas, State of Kansas, SS: Jacob piKE, a resident of Douglas County, Kansas being duly sworn says, that he knew Ensebia FRAZEE December 111, 1885 when she executed a Warranty Deed to Eva T. FRAZEE recorded in Book :39, p.461 and knows said Ensebia FRAZEE to be one and the same person as Eusebia,FRAZEE grantee in deed recorded in Book 34, p.23; that Eva I FRAZEE grantor in:deed to Newton J. FLUKE recorded in Book 41, p.332 was known to this affiant who knows her to be one and the same person as Eva T. FRAZEE grantee in said above deed recorded in Book 39, p.461, all above deeds referred to and recorded in Records of Douglas County, Kansas. Jacob PIKE. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 11th day of March A. D. 1910. Frank E. BANKS. Notary Public. (Recorded 17 Jun 1926, Book 118, p.29) fbe Pioneer, Yolo IYI, 80. 2 ' ,I 56 ~' �Extracts From An Abstract, Lots 176 & 178, Rhode Island St, continued 1925, Taxes $28.22 (1st 1/2 $14.11 paid) 1943, 25 Jan, Probate Court, Douglas County, Ks, Estate of 1. C. ,STEVENSON, deceased. (Docket L, page 6525) 1943, 25 Jan, Petition for probate of will filed, reciting that I. C. STEVENSON died January 18, 1943 testate and left surviving him as his sole and surviving heirs at law, Gertrude E. STEVENSON, and Elbert K. STEVENSON, a son. 1943, 25 Jan, Waiver of heirs filed. 1943, 25 Jan, Hearing had and will admitted to probate. (Journal 28, p.661) 1943, 25 Jan. Will. "I, 1. C. STEVENSON, at this time residing at 825 Indiana St. in the City of Lawrence, Kansas, being of sound and disposing mind and memory, do make and publish this my last will and Testament: First: I direct that all my just debts, including funeral expenses· be paid by my executor. Second I give and bequeath to my wife, GertrudeE. STEVENSON, all of my property, both real and personal of which I may be possessed at the time of my death. Third I appoint my wife, Gertrude E. STEVENSON, all of my property, both real and personal of which I may be possessed at the time of my death. Third Ii appoint my wife, Gertrude E. STEVENSON, as executor of this my last will and testament and direct that she be not required to give bond for the execution of the same and that the court admitting this will to probate grant letters testamentary without bond. Witness my hand at Lawrence, Ks, this nineteenth day of July, 1934. (2 witnesses) I. C. STEVENSON." (Record 8, p. 11) . 1943, 25 Jan: Hearing had and Gertrude E. STEVENSON appointed Executrix without bond and Letters issued. (Journal 28, p.661) , 1943, 04 Feb: will. Widow Gertrude E. STEVENSON files her election to take under the 1943, 12 Feb: Inventory filed list land described in caption and other land. 1943, 15 Feb: Proof of publication of notice of appointment filed. 1943, 20 Apr: Finding of Inheritance Tax Division filed, No tax chargeable. 1944, 19 Jan: Petition for final settlement filed and hearing set for Feb 11, 1944. (Journal 29, p.212.) 1944, 07 Feb: Proof of publication of notice of final hearing filed. 1944, 11 Feb: Affidavit in proof of service of notice of final hearing filed. 1944, 11 Feb: Order of final settlement. "Now on this 11th day of February, 1944, at 2:00 o'clock P.M. comes on for hearing the petition of Gertrude E. STEVENSON, executrix of the estate of I. C. STEVENSON, Deceased for final settlement of said estate; said Executrix appearing in pers~n and by her attorney, Chas. A. SPRINGER, and also appearing Elbert K. STEVENSON and no other interested or concerned persons appearing. ' THEREUPON, the Court examined the Notice of final settlement, the publication flJe Pioneer, Vol. lVI, 80. 2 57 �Extracts From An Abstract, Lots J76 &178, Rhode Island St, continued. t":m~! 1'l1:#~'i~~<'c1:'$ thereof, and the proof of such publication; also examined the Affidavit in Proof of Mailing Copies of said Notices, and being duly advised in the premises, finds that notice of the time and place of this hearing has been given pursuant to Section 185 of the Kansas Probate Code, and the same is now and hereby approved. THEREUPON, said matter proceeds on for hearing, and the Court, upon examining the Petition of Final Settlement and the Executrix's Final Account, and after hearing the testimony given in support thereof and being duly advised in the premises, finds that the allegations contained in said petition are true, and the Final Account of said executrix is approved and allowed, and the Court further finds that said estate should now be finally settled, and it is therefore by the Court found and adjudged: 1. That the executrix has paid all the Court Costs, personal property taxes and attorney fees out of funds not chargeable to the estate and that receipts therefore have been filed herein, and there is on hand for distribution in said estate the total sum of $6902.68 in cash and sixty shares of the RobertsonShirley Lumber Company, Certificate No. 26, accounts receivable of unknown value, and a contract for sale of certain real estate made with Susie PRICE, by said decedent and also a Metropolitan Life Insurance co. Policy No. 4,472,256 C, in the sum of $1000.00 issued to Susie PRICE and assigned to the decedent; that all claims against said estate have been paid in full, and that all personal property taxes in said estate have been paid. 2. That said decedent, I. C. STEVENSON left surviving him as his sole heirs at law, Gertrude E. STEVENSON, his widow, and the executrix of this estate, and a son Elbert K. STEVENSON, and that under the terms of the will of decedent the said Gertrude E. STEVENSON, is the sole beneficiary thereof, and is entitled to receive all of decedent's estate. 3. That said decedent at the time of his death was the owner in fee simple. of the following described real estate situated in Douglas County, Kansas to wit: Lot No. 178 on Rhode Island Street, in the City of Lawrence, (and other land) IT IS THEREFORE CONSIDERED, ORDERED ADJUDGED AND DECREED, by the Court that all of the personal property now in the hands of the executrix in said estate and all of the above described real estate, be and is hereby a signed to Gertrude E. STEVENSON, the widow and sole beneficiary under the will of the decedent, IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that after said executrix has filed a receipt from Gertrude E. STEVENSON, the sole beneficiary she will be entitled to a discharge from all liability in said estate." (Journal 29~ p.258) 1944, 02 Jun. Final receipt filed as ordered. 1944, 02 Jun. Final order of Discharge of said Executrix made. (Journal 30, p.328) 1945, Taxes 1925 to 1945 both inclusive paid. 1946, 04 Sep: Warranty Deed. Gertrude E. STEVENSON, a single woman to Robert Milton ROSE and Marguerite M. ROSE, as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common. Grant and convey Lot 178 on Rhode Island St in the City of Lawrence, Douglas Co, Ks. (Recorded 05 Sep 1946, Book 155, p.153) 1946, 05 Sep: Mortgage. Robert Milton ROSE and Marguerite M. ROSE husband and wife to the Lawrence Building and Loan Association. Convey $4300. 'on Lot 178 of Rhode Island St, in the City of Lawrence, Douglas Co, Ks. (Recorded 05 Sep 1946, Book 91, p.418) foe Pioneer, Pol. !PI, No.2 -, 58 f �Queries are free to members. They should state at least two facts to gain best results. Queries are also free to nonmembers, but must concern Kansas related ancestors of fifty years or earlier. Please send queries and copies of replies to the Pioneer Editor. MARTIN, LEITH, BURROUGHS, SMITH I ,am seeking information on the family of Joseph Emanuel MARTIN, born 20 November 1859, Nicholas Co, WV. He married Mollie LEITH, about 1886. They lived in Kansas and Missouri, and they had four chi ldren, John MARTIN, Rozella Cather ine "Ka ty" MARTIN, born 05 April 1888, Drexel, Mo., Andrew B. MARTIN, born 13 Mar 1894, and Lou MARTIN, believed to have been born in the fall of 1896 or 1897. Moll ie LEITH died when Lou was born and Lou was adopted by a neighbor. John ran away from home after his mother died and even though many years were spent searching for him, he was never seen again. Andrew died at Temple, Tx, 08 Jan. 1917, aged 22, and is interred at Daugherty, Ok. Katy married Arthur J. "Art" BURROUGHS in Oklahoma City, OK, 09 Jan 1904. Art and Katy BURROUGHS had four children, Mabel Angeline BURROUGHS, born 22 Dec 1904, Guthrie, OK, Ralph Arthur BURROUGHS, born 17 Oct 1907, Joplin, Mo, Kirby Walter BURROUGHS, born 23 Feb 1911, Davis, Ok, and Ruth Vivian BURROUGHS, born about 1912. Katy and Lou lost contact with each other about 1940 somewhere in Oklahoma. It is believed Lou married Charlie Smith of Oklahoma and had a daughter named Rosalee SMITH. Will share information. Cora Wilson, 893 Rivercrest Rd, Valley Mills, Tx 76689-2632. Telephone (817) 932-6605. file Pioneer, Yolo IYI, 10. 2 59 �INDEX to VOLUME XVI, NUMBER 2 ANDREAS, A. T. 38 BANKS, Frank E. 55, 56 BARTELDES, F. W. 56 BROOKS, Judge James 45 BURROUGHS, Arthur J. "Art" 59 BURROUGHS, Katy 59 BURROUGHS, Kirby Walter 59 BURROUGHS, Mabel Angeline 59 BURROUGHS, Ralph Arthur 59 BURROUGHS, Ruth Vivian 59 CARTER, Adam S. 55, 56 CARTER, Lillie B. 56 CROSSWHITE, Craig 36 DOUGLAS, Senator Stephen A. 37 FLUKE, Emma E. 55 FLUKE, Newton J. 55, 56 FRAZEE. Ensebia 55, 56 FRAZEE. Eusebia 55. 56 FRAZEE. Eva I. 55 FRAZEE, Eva T. 55, 56 LAWRENCE, Amos A. 37 LEITH, Mollie 59 LINDLEY, C. E. 55 LYKINS. Wm. H. R. 55 MACE, Fidelia C. 55 MACE. Joseph N. 55 MANLEY, Judge R. C. 45 MARTIN. Andrew B. 59 MARTIN, John 59 MARTIN. Joseph Emanuel 59 MARTIN, Lou 59 MARTIN, Rozella Catherine "Katy" MCCOY, Doctor Don 36 PIERCE. President Franklin 36 PIKE, Jacob 55, 56 PRICE, Susie 58 QUANTRILL 44 QUANTRILL, Captain William Clark ROBERTS, Emily S. 56 ROBERTS. J. N. 55, 56 ROSE, Marguerite M. 58 ROSE, Robert Milton 58 SINCLAIR, Wm. T. 55, 56 SMITH. Cha~lie 59 SMITH, Rosalee 59 SPRINGER, Chas. A. 57 STEVENSON, Elbert K. 57, 58 STEVENSON, Gertrude E. 56-58 STEVENSON, I. C.· 57, 58 STEVENSON, Ira C. 56 STURTEVANT, Arthur 55 STURTEVANT, Fidelia C. 55 WILSON, Cora 59 WORLEY, Charles 55 WORLEY. Emma 55 rAe Pioneer, Yolo [YI, No.2 60 59 38 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Douglas County Genealogical Society Subject The topic of the resource Douglas County (Kan.) -- Genealogy Douglas County (Kan.) -- History Description An account of the resource This collection is comprised of the publications of the Douglas County Genealogical Society, including issues of The Pioneer (the quarterly newsletter of the Society) as well as directories, various indexes compiled by members of the Society, and other resources of interest to genealogists and researchers studying the history of Lawrence and Douglas County, Kansas. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Douglas County Genealogical Society (Lawrence, Kan.) Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Lawrence Public Library (Lawrence, Kan.) 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