Hello Lincoln County researchers..... I've been forgetting to mention to all of you that a grand and glorious milestone was recently reached for Lincoln County Internet research recently. Ms Joan Stevenson completed the SOUVENIR HISTORY OF LINCOLN COUNTY ONLINE at: http://home.flash.net/~psdinc/History/ Very few county genealogy pages on the Internet can lay claim to having an entire county history online. Ours has two... the other being THE INDIAN RAIDS book... which was also transcibed by Joan. Joan... stand up in front of your computer screen..... Don't be shy! Now, I want everyone out there to give Joan a round of applause. YAY!!!!!!! Thanks, Joan.... you can sit down now. later Bill Bill Sowers (ksdocs@ink.org) Kansas Documents Librarian/Tech Services Librarian State Library of Kansas 300 SW 10th, Room 343-N -- Topeka, KS 66612 (In the State Capitol Building in beautiful downtown Topeka) (phone: 785-296-0265) (in-state WATS 800-432-3919) CHECK OUT THE TOPEKA LIBRARIES ONLINE "ATLAS" CATALOG at: http://lib.wuacc.edu/

Hello Lincoln County researchers.... I just sent the following message out to the Allen County KS list as they'd been discussing the online version of the 1883 book by Wm Cutler, A HISTORY OF KANSAS located on the University of Kansas' Kansas Collection website. There is a search engine for the material in the Kansas Collection and I thought I'd pass this info onto you all as well... just in case you weren't familiar with it. Bill Sowers - ------------------------------------- Hello Allen County researchers.... One more important thing about the Cutler History of Kansas and other books/articles in KU's Kansas Collection online. There is a search engine for this material. If you'll go to: http://www.ukans.edu/carrie/kancoll/index.html Scroll down a bit from the top and there is a box with a message above it saying "Search KanColl". You can put in a word or series of words for a search. Remember that if you put in one word like "Allen" or "Jones" you're gonna get a heck of a lot of stuff! Try to be more specific. If you use the word, and, between the words in your search the search engine will look for pages with all those words in it. I tried the following search: allen and county and johnson I brought up 400 pages! hmmmmm.... so I narrowed the search a bit more: allen and county and johnson and iola 35 pages... a bit easier to navigate! Also note that below the search engine box on the above page is an option to do an "advanced search." This should make narrowing things even easier. ONE MORE THING!!! (hope you're not tired of me yet!) The KanColl not only includes the Cutler History of Kansas and many other Kansas books/articles.... it also includes the Cutler History of NEBRASKA. So don't be suprised if you come up with pages from that book too. Hope this is of some help to you all in your research. Bill Bill and Diana Sowers - wrs@cjnetworks.com - check out our SCHREMMER-POLLOCK families page at: http://www.cjnetworks.com/~wrs/index.htm Lincoln County Kansas KSGenweb Project page at: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/lincoln/index.html Gove County Kansas KSGenWeb Project page at: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/gove/index.html Graham County Kansas KSGenWeb Project page at: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/graham/index.html Barton County Kansas ALHN web page at: http://www.geocities.com/irus86/

In cooperation with Bill Sowers, maintainer of the Lincoln County KS Genweb page, we have activated the queries and messages that are posted to the GenWeb Boards listed below. Messages post there will automatically be sent to this mailing list. http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ks/Lincoln http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ks/LincolnBibl http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ks/LincolnBios http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ks/LincolnWill http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ks/LincolnPens http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ks/LincolnObits http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ks/LincolnDeed Always feel free to post to these pages also.

Because I've moved and Gateway has no local access number, I've changed ISPs. My new address is TraceeHamilton@aol.com. Thanks!

Hello Lincoln County Researchers, I am wondering where I might be able to find the "Homestead" papers for my Step-Great-Great Grandfather, Louis Kirchner. Louis moved to Lincoln Co. in 1871 and settled on the SW 6-11-9. Does the Lincoln Courthouse have these papers? Thanks, Lori rastus@pld.com

Hello to all I just posted a couple of files to our family biography board at GenConnect if anyone is interested. It does have some mention of Lincoln County. One post was taken from: THE LINCOLN SENTINEL - REPUBLICAN LINCOLN, KANSAS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1939 (BY: THELMA J. MCMULLEN) And another taken from the Union Baptist Association minutes (Formed 1846) The URL to view is: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/woo/WoodyBios Have a great Sunday! It's "Spring Break" in Oregon and I suspect my children will awaken with many ideas to occupy my day off <BG>. All the Best, Mike Woody

Hello Lincoln County KS researchers... It was time to send the microfilm back to the Kansas State Historical Society on Thursday but I managed to get one more issue of the Lincoln County Beacon gleaned and it is now up online at: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/lincoln/glean80.htm The issue, May 12, 1881, contains the following surnames: ANDERSON, BALL, BEAL, BLAKE, BROOKS, CAMPBELL, CHEEZICK, COGSWELL, CRAWFORD, CUMMINS, DANLEY, ELY, FANCHER, FARLEY, FINCH, FLOOD, FRENCH, FRYE, GAYLORD, GILBERT, GROTT, HEMINGER, HOWEY, JOHNSTON, JONES, KINE, KLECKNER, KLEPPER, LANGLEY, LEGGETT, LLOYD, LUTES, LYDEN, McKINNEY, MERRITT, MINX, PARKHURST, PECK, PERMENTER, PRICE, RUNNELLS, SCHMIDT, SCHOFIELD, SHANNON, SHICK, STANFORD, STEWART, TATE, THURBER, TUSING, VALENTINE, WAIT, WALLS, WEBSTER, WELLMAN, WESTFALL, WISNER, WRIGHT Good luck in your research Bill Bill Sowers (ksdocs@ink.org) Kansas Documents Librarian/Tech Services Librarian State Library of Kansas 300 SW 10th, Room 343-N -- Topeka, KS 66612 (In the State Capitol Building in beautiful downtown Topeka) (phone: 785-296-0265) (in-state WATS 800-432-3919) CHECK OUT THE TOPEKA LIBRARIES ONLINE "ATLAS" CATALOG at: http://lib.wuacc.edu/

Hello all.... Once again we have added more gleanings from Lincoln County newspapers to the website... April 21, April 28, and May 5, 1881 gleanings from the Lincoln County Beacon are up online at: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/lincoln/glean80.htm Normally I add the surnames here, but this time I included names mentioned in the report on the county commissioners' meeting as well as reports on happenings at the District Court and there are many, many names.... too many for me to type out here. I'd suggest that you either use the search engine, in the red box at the top of the main page for Lincoln COunty, or go to the newspaper gleaning site (URL is above) and look through the dates mentioned. The report on the County Commissioners' meeting took up a few columns of the paper so I just listed the names mentioned. You have the option of checking out the microfilm of the newspaper from the State Historical SOciety through interlibrary loan through your local library. Just go to http://www.kshs.org/ and look for the link to "Collections". There you'll find the NEWSPAPERS on microfilm section and another link on how to get things on interlibrary loan. Print off the interlibrary loan page so you can take it to your library and show the staff how to request the film. And don't forget to write down the microfilm reel number of the film you want. The Kansas State Historical Society does a great service to researchers by providing microfilmed material on interlibrary loan. I had some personal issues with putting the District Court information from the newspaper up online. Some of this stuff is pretty heavy.... alas, much of human history is pretty heavy. If you have any sort of problem with the court cases being up online please let me know. They must have caused a bit of stir at the time as well as in a later issue of the paper the editor, Mr. Wait, defended his right to put up court information on an individual who had verbally attacked something he'd reported on a court case. Neither gentleman minced his words. At times I also include short articles in the gleanings that give no mention of names to give a picture of the times/settings as seen by the newspaper staff. There must have been a wild night in Lincoln the day before a prohibition law came into effect the next day and Mr. Wait's comments I put up online were indicative of the moral outrage of many of the time at "the whiskey party." Keep in mind that Mr. Wait was a strong prohibitionist, a devout Protestant and a Republican (though if memory serves me correct he became a Populist later on). His writing style, common at the time, would at times seem inflamatory now. But like most newspaper editors back then he was not only providing information to his readers but also promoting his ideas/ideals. And after years of looking through Kansas newspapers I'd add that he was much more ecumenical/broadminded than some of his colleagues in other parts of the state. Good luck with your research Bill Bill and Diana Sowers - wrs@cjnetworks.com - 1746 Fairmont Rd, Topeka, KS 66604 check out our SCHREMMER-POLLOCK families page at: http://www.cjnetworks.com/~wrs/index.htm Lincoln County Kansas KSGenweb Project page at: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/lincoln/index.html Gove County Kansas KSGenWeb Project page at: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/gove/index.html

does anyone know where the 1890 or 1900 census info for lincoln county may be posted on the web, or might anyone have it on hardcopy they could send via email or postal mail, i will be more than happy to compensate ones time and or expenses. thanks scott brockelman

Hello all.... Once again we have added more gleanings from Lincoln County newspapers to the website... April 7 and April 14, 1881 gleanings from the Lincoln County Beacon are up online at: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/lincoln/glean80.htm Surnames from these two issues are: BALL, BARNHART, BECK, BOBENRIETH, BONHAM, BOWEN, BUZICK, CHAPMAN, CLYNE, CROSBY, CULLUM, DARROW, DAVIS, DeFORREST, DENGATE, DICH, DRAPER, DUNLAP, DUNTON, EDWARDS, EVANS, FRANCIS, GILPIN, HARMAN, HARRIS, HARTLEY, HAWKINS, HEATON, HEDRICK, HOLCOMB, HORNER, JUDD, KIME, KINE, LA BAR, LEWIS, LYNES, McCLELLAND, McPHERSON, MANNING, MARSH, MATHEWS, MORAN, MORE, NEWLAND, NORDBOE, NORTON, NYGAARD, PERKINS, PERRY, PIERCE, PLEASANT, POWELL, PRIEST, RACKERBY, REES, RICKFORD, SANDERS, SCHINDLER, SHIRLEY, SHRADER, SHREVES, SHRINER, SKINNER, SMITH, SPERRY, SPRINGER, STAINBROOK, STEWART, THOMPSON, TOLIVER, TROUP, USHER, VON, WEBB, WELLMAN, WRIGHT Also added to the Lincoln County stories page at: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/lincoln/stories.htm ...are two stories from newspapers: --The first is the article submitted by Scott Holl to the list a few days ago (THanks, Scott). --The second is an article/editorial, probably written by Mr. WAIT, accusing city fathers (primarily those of the "whiskey party") of fixing a city election in 1881. The articles appear at the bottom of the "Stories" page. Happy hunting Bill Bill and Diana Sowers - wrs@cjnetworks.com - 1746 Fairmont Rd, Topeka, KS 66604 check out our SCHREMMER-POLLOCK families page at: http://www.cjnetworks.com/~wrs/index.htm Lincoln County Kansas KSGenweb Project page at: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/lincoln/index.html Gove County Kansas KSGenWeb Project page at: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/gove/index.html

Hello all.... Can anybody give me Lori Gilmore's current email address? I need to update her Lincoln County Kansas KSGenWeb query email address (a person wants to contact her). The address listed, RDTJ42A@prodigy.com, bounces. If you'll email me with it I'll update her query and tell the person how to contact her. Thanks Bill Bill and Diana Sowers - wrs@cjnetworks.com - 1746 Fairmont Rd, Topeka, KS 66604 check out our SCHREMMER-POLLOCK families page at: http://www.cjnetworks.com/~wrs/index.htm Lincoln County Kansas KSGenweb Project page at: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/lincoln/index.html Gove County Kansas KSGenWeb Project page at: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/gove/index.html

Last week I posted a message about an incident that happened in Shady Bend at the beginning of the 20th century involving a young school teacher who was tarred by a mob. I finally found a bunch of newspaper clippings handed down to me by my father that record the event and the subsequent trial. I thought I might post one article that seems to give the most complete facts about the case here. I do so only out of historical interest and hope that it does not offend anyone--the story is rather horrifying. Some of the people involved still have descendants in Lincoln Co. and some may even be on this list (one man involved was related to my family). That said, there are a number of familiar Lincoln Co. names mentioned in the articles. Interestingly enough, the newspaper clippings I have are mostly from a paper called the Oregonian and none from Lincoln Co. papers. One of the articles reports that there was an accusaton of a cover up of the incident by local law enforcement, though this was denied by the county sheriff in his court testimony. The articles mention a Jay Fitzwater, who is undoubtedly the long lost uncle of Marlin Fitzwater, whom I mentioned in my earlier post. Marlin Fitzwater, former press spokesman for Presidents Reagan and Bush, is from Abilene, by the way. _____________________________________ The Morning Oregonian November 17, 1911 MEN WHO TARRED WOMAN IN A PANIC Three of Band Suddenly Admit Guilt ANOTHER TRIO STAND TRIAL Jealous Wives Blamed for Attack on Schoolma’am VILLAGE GOSSIPS ACTIVE Prosecutor Says No Clemency Has Been Promised to Culprits Who Confessed—Change of Venue Plea Denied LINCOLN CENTER, Kan., Nov. 16—Sherrill Clark, a wealthy merchant; A. N. Simms, a millworker, and John Schmidt were placed on trial late today for "assault and battery" in connection with the tarring of Miss Mary Chamberlain, after Judge Grover’s denial of their application for a change of venue. Before court closed 12 jurors, all subject to preemptory challenges, were in the box. Earlier in the day Everett G. Clark, president of the Shady Bend Milling Company; Watson Scranton, a farmer, and J. Fitzwater, astonished the prosecution by entering pleas of guilty and throwing themselves on the mercy of the court. Previously Edward Ricord, a barber, had entered the same plea. Panic Seizes Culprits Panic seems to have seized upon the men who stripped and tarred the pretty schoolteacher, the night of August 7 last, after she had been lured to a lonely spot by the local barber, Ricord, who had invited her to a dance. At a spot in the woods, far from any habitation or chance that her screams would be heard, they were intercepted by a band of men who had an iron bucket of tar warming over a small fire. Miss Chamberlain was dragged from the buggy, her clothing stripped off, and, while two men held her down, another applied the tar from her waist to her knees. Meanwhile, other members of the tarring party, fearful of consequences, took no part in the actual work, but viewed it from a hedge beside the road. Twelve Men in Ambush There were 12 men in the ambush and they fled when the girl fainted. When she revived Ricord took her home and she managed to get into her room at the boarding house without awakening any member of the family. The next day she told her story to her brother, who immediately started the present action. Jealousy of the girl, who was more attractive and vivacious than the women and girls of Beverly and Shady Bend, was the sole cause for the outrage. Miss Chamberlain is 26 years old and last year taught school in Beverly, her home. When the Summer vacation began, she secured employment in L. V. Green’s store, and many friends in both towns visited her there and patronized the establishment. Tongues Begin to Wag Among the customers was a married man, and Miss Chamberlain had not been in the store two weeks until the wife of this man had started a campaign against her. Other women, jealous girls, snubbed suitors and ordinary run of small-town gossips, took up the secret hue and cry, and before long every smile, laugh and action of the girl were set down as damning evidence against her. There was laid the plot to disgrace her and give her a touch of vengeance. Judge Grover said tonight that he would pass sentence upon the men who confessed and pleaded guilty after hearing the other cases. No Leniency Agreed To That no leniency in sentence had been agreed to by the prosecution was declared by S. N. Hawkes Assistant Attorney-General of Kansas. "None of the men who have pleaded guilty," said Mr. Hawkes, "has any promise from the prosecution." He will prosecute the other accused men as vigorously as possible. A $500 fine and a sentence of a year in jail is the maximum sentence that can be passed upon the men. That the prosecution expects difficulty in proving the identity of the men who attacked Miss Chamberlain was admitted by one of the lawyers attached to the prosecution. He pointed out that the tarring was accomplished in silence, not a work being spoken by the mob. Even the men who tore Miss Chamberlain’s clothes and those who applied the tar to her body said nothing. Tar Meant as Hint The only conversation that passed was between Miss Chamberlain and Ricord, the girl’s escort, who was paid to decoy her to the spot. As the pair were driving home after the attack, Miss Chamberlain said: "What did they mean?" "I think," Ricord replied, "that they meant the tar as a hint for you to leave the country." The only excuse for the act, said the Assistant Attorney-General, "was that several meddling, suspicious women had whispered evil of the girl and incited their "men folks" to punish her. An investigation by the county prosecutor convinced him that the remarks about Miss Chamberlain were unfounded. Five men, Harry Armstrong, Fenton Hall, Alfa Lindermuth, Benjamin Painter and Roscoe Anderson, laborers of Beverly, have already paid fines of $1 each for their connection with the case. There were among those who witnessed the "tarring" from behind a hedge and were convicted and fined to prevent them from refusing to testify against friends.

Hello all.... OK.. disregard the previous message. I figured out how to fix the main page and add the search box back to Lincoln County. My apologies for all these messages about my inability to do html! Bill Bill and Diana Sowers - wrs@cjnetworks.com - 1746 Fairmont Rd, Topeka, KS 66604 check out our SCHREMMER-POLLOCK families page at: http://www.cjnetworks.com/~wrs/index.htm Lincoln County Kansas KSGenweb Project page at: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/lincoln/index.html Gove County Kansas KSGenWeb Project page at: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/gove/index.html

Hello all.... You'll not be able to search the Lincoln County Kansas KSGenWeb site for the next few hours. I was trying to delete the book offer at the top of the page and managed to delete part of the "freefind.com" apparatus. So... after moaning and sobbing on the phone to my charming spouse for five minutes (OK... seven minutes!) she agreed to see if she can put it back up when she gets home. I apologize for the mess-up Bill Bill and Diana Sowers - wrs@cjnetworks.com - 1746 Fairmont Rd, Topeka, KS 66604 check out our SCHREMMER-POLLOCK families page at: http://www.cjnetworks.com/~wrs/index.htm Lincoln County Kansas KSGenweb Project page at: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/lincoln/index.html Gove County Kansas KSGenWeb Project page at: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/gove/index.html

Hello all.... Two new queries and more additions to the newspaper site have been added to Lincoln County Kansas KSGenWeb. The two queries, also indexed on the surname page, can be found at: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/lincoln/queries.html Surnames within these two queries (at the bottom of the page) are TURNER, HORTON, McREYNOLDS, and LIMPUS We've added still more gleanings of the BEACON OF LINCOLN COUNTY newspaper from: March 10, March 17, March 24 and March 31, 1881 issues of the weekly newspaper. The site is located at: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/lincoln/glean80.htm Surnames within these four issues are: ALLEN, ALLSWORTH, ANDRESON (ANDERSON?), ATKINSON, BACON, BALL, BARNHART, BELL, BROWN, BUZICK, CAMPBELL, CHALFANT, CHAMBERLAIN, CHAPMAN, CHEENEY, CLARK, CLARRY, COGSWELL, COMPTON, COOK, COOLBAUGH, CORLISS, CRUSON, CUMMINS, DAVIS, DEITS, DILLINGER, DOBSON, DOOLITTLE, DOWNS, DUNLAP, FARNSWORTH, FLEMING, FRANCES, FRYE, GIBSON, GILKISON, GILMORE, GREEN, HARRIS, HAWKINS, HAYWOOD, HUDSON, JOHNSON, KING, LAWN, LEACH, LORD, LOWE, LYDEN, LYMPUS, LYONS, MALONE, MATTHEWS, METZGER, MILLSPAUGH, MINX, MORRISON, NELSON, NORTON, PERRY, PIERCE, PINKERTON, POTTER, PRICE, PRIEST, PROUTY, PURVIS, PUTNEY, RACKERBY, REED, RIDDLE, ROBERTSON, RYAN, SEIBERS, SHANNON, SHRINER, SKINNER, SMITH, SPRINGER, SPURGIN, STANFORD, STEARNS, STONER, STRANGE, TRUMAN, TYLER, WALLS, WATSON, WEGLEY, WELLMAN, WERD, WHITESIDE, WILD, WILKINSON, WILLIAMS, WILMARTH, WILSON, WITMER, WOOD, WRIGHT. Remember that some surnames appear more than once in the newspaper. Good luck in your research Bill Bill and Diana Sowers - wrs@cjnetworks.com - 1746 Fairmont Rd, Topeka, KS 66604 check out our SCHREMMER-POLLOCK families page at: http://www.cjnetworks.com/~wrs/index.htm Lincoln County Kansas KSGenweb Project page at: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/lincoln/index.html Gove County Kansas KSGenWeb Project page at: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/gove/index.html

Hello all.... We have some new information up on the Lincoln County Kansas KSGenWeb site that we want you to know about: REES FAMILY INFORMATION at: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/lincoln/rees.htm is donated by Michael Watson and has the following surnames: REES, REESE, AGIN, ANDERSON, ARTMAN, ASKEY, BENFRO, BLOYD, BOYLES, BRANN, CECIL, DANLEY, DUNTON, FORAN, GILPIN, GREEN, HARDINGER, HARRIS, HARRISON, HAZEN, HEDRICK, HINDS, HISLOP, HUNDERTMARK, JACKSON, JEFFERS, KEENAN, KNAOPP, LEWIS, McALLASTER, MAYFIELD, MILLER, MILLS, MINOR, MILSPAUGH, MOULTON, NICHOLS, NOBLE, PARKS, PRIEL, RANK, TRASK, VANALSTINE, WAIT, WALLS, and WOODY Also we've added gleanings of the February 17, 24 and March 3, 1881 issues of the weekly newspaper, The Lincoln County Beacon online at: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/lincoln/glean80.htm Surnames found within these three issues just put up online are: ALLEN, BECK, BIGGS, BINGHAM, BISCONER, BURD, CHADD, CHAMBERLAIN, CHRIST, CLIFTON, CLINE, COOPER, CRABTREE, CRAWFORD, DAVIS, DOTY, DOYLE, ERHARDT, ELLIS, ELLSWORTH, FLAKE, FLEMING, FORREST, FOULK, FRYE, GEHR, GILMAN, GILMER, GOFF, GRAHAM, GREEN, GROTT, HAMMER, HATHAWAY, HILL, HINDS, HORTON, JONES, LAMASTER, LAMONT, LENNON, LITZ, LYMPUS, McCLELLAN, McMUSTER, McREYNOLDS, MATHEWS, MATSON, MERRIMAN, MILLER, MINX, MORRISON, MONTGOMERY, MOSS, NELSON, NORTON, OVERTON, PARKHURST, PATTERSON, PETERS, PIERCE, PUTNEY, QUIMBY, ROBINSON, ROE, RYAN, SCHICK, SCHOFIELD, SKILES, SMITH, SPRAGUE, SPRINGER, STEWART, SWEET, TOWNSEND, TRUMAN, TUTTLE, WAIT, WALKER, WALLS, WEAVER, WEBSTER, WELLMAN, WIGHTMAN, WILDE, WILMARTH, and WRIGHT Good luck with your research Bill Bill and Diana Sowers - wrs@cjnetworks.com - 1746 Fairmont Rd, Topeka, KS 66604 check out our SCHREMMER-POLLOCK families page at: http://www.cjnetworks.com/~wrs/index.htm Lincoln County Kansas KSGenweb Project page at: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/lincoln/index.html Gove County Kansas KSGenWeb Project page at: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/gove/index.html

Thanks, Bill! You are a fountain of information! Wilda Bill Sowers wrote: > Hello Wilda and Lincoln County researchers..... > > The following is from the 1901 Kansas Statutes concerning Township > Trustees. This is only the "general duties" section. There are A LOT of > other laws governing just how the township trustee accomplishes all of the > following duties: > > § 7778. Duties of. § 22. The duties of the township trustee shall be: > --First, To divide his township into convenient road districts, and make > alterations in the same as may he necessary. > --Second, To fill all vacancies in the office of road overseer in his township > --Third, To see to a proper application of all moneys belonging to his > township for road or other purposes. > --Fourth, To have the care and management of all property, real and > personal, belonging to his township, and to superintend the various > interests thereof. > --Fifth, To cause a record to be made accurately defining the boundaries > and number of each road district, as well as the alterations made in such > district or districts in his township, and the number of road overseers in > each township. > --Sixth, Shall have power to administer all oaths in the necessary disharge > of the duties of his office. > --Seventh, Shall by virtue of his office be judge of elections and overseer > of the poor. > --Eighth, Shall superintend all the pecuniary concerns of his township, and > shall at the July session of the board of county commissioners, annually, > with the advice and concurrence of said board levy a tax on the property in > said township for township road and other purposes, and report the same to > the county clerk, who shall enter the same on the proper tax roll in a > separate column or columns, and the treasurer shall collect the same as > other taxes are collected; but in a failure of such trustee and > commissioners to concur, then the board of county commissioners shall levy > such township road and other taxes. > --Ninth, He shall discharge such other duties as may be imposed by law. > [G. S. 1868, ch. 110, § 22, as amended by L. 1885, ch. 194, § 1; March14.] > > Bill Sowers (ksdocs@ink.org) > Kansas Documents Librarian/Tech Services Librarian > State Library of Kansas > 300 SW 10th, Room 343-N -- Topeka, KS 66612 > (In the State Capitol Building in beautiful downtown Topeka) > (phone: 785-296-0265) (in-state WATS 800-432-3919) > CHECK OUT THE TOPEKA LIBRARIES ONLINE "ATLAS" CATALOG at: > http://lib.wuacc.edu/

Hello Wilda and Lincoln County researchers..... The following is from the 1901 Kansas Statutes concerning Township Trustees. This is only the "general duties" section. There are A LOT of other laws governing just how the township trustee accomplishes all of the following duties: § 7778. Duties of. § 22. The duties of the township trustee shall be: --First, To divide his township into convenient road districts, and make alterations in the same as may he necessary. --Second, To fill all vacancies in the office of road overseer in his township --Third, To see to a proper application of all moneys belonging to his township for road or other purposes. --Fourth, To have the care and management of all property, real and personal, belonging to his township, and to superintend the various interests thereof. --Fifth, To cause a record to be made accurately defining the boundaries and number of each road district, as well as the alterations made in such district or districts in his township, and the number of road overseers in each township. --Sixth, Shall have power to administer all oaths in the necessary disharge of the duties of his office. --Seventh, Shall by virtue of his office be judge of elections and overseer of the poor. --Eighth, Shall superintend all the pecuniary concerns of his township, and shall at the July session of the board of county commissioners, annually, with the advice and concurrence of said board levy a tax on the property in said township for township road and other purposes, and report the same to the county clerk, who shall enter the same on the proper tax roll in a separate column or columns, and the treasurer shall collect the same as other taxes are collected; but in a failure of such trustee and commissioners to concur, then the board of county commissioners shall levy such township road and other taxes. --Ninth, He shall discharge such other duties as may be imposed by law. [G. S. 1868, ch. 110, § 22, as amended by L. 1885, ch. 194, § 1; March14.] Bill Sowers (ksdocs@ink.org) Kansas Documents Librarian/Tech Services Librarian State Library of Kansas 300 SW 10th, Room 343-N -- Topeka, KS 66612 (In the State Capitol Building in beautiful downtown Topeka) (phone: 785-296-0265) (in-state WATS 800-432-3919) CHECK OUT THE TOPEKA LIBRARIES ONLINE "ATLAS" CATALOG at: http://lib.wuacc.edu/

Hi Wilda.... If I were at work!.... I'd get out the old Kansas Statutes from the turn of the century and see what it says that a township trustee does. I will be at work tomorrow night and will hopefully have some time to check. Bill At 08:57 PM 3/4/00 -0600, you wrote: >I read in the LINCOLN SENTINEL, March 24, 1904: > "Norman Webber our trustee is making his rounds finding out how much >of this worlds goods we have. Says he finds people who are kind of poor >when they come down to business." > >I have these questions: >1- Does this mean that Norman Webber was a township trustee? >2- Does it mean that township trustees were, by virtue of that office, >tax assessors? >3- What else might trustees have done besides assessing property for tax >purposes? >4- Are there still township trustee records from this period in Lincoln >County? If so, are they at the county courthouse? >5- This item comes under the heading of "West End." Is that the name of >a township? > >Thanks, >Wilda Morris > Bill and Diana Sowers - wrs@cjnetworks.com - 1746 Fairmont Rd, Topeka, KS 66604 check out our SCHREMMER-POLLOCK families page at: http://www.cjnetworks.com/~wrs/index.htm Lincoln County Kansas KSGenweb Project page at: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/lincoln/index.html Gove County Kansas KSGenWeb Project page at: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/gove/index.html

I read in the LINCOLN SENTINEL, March 24, 1904: "Norman Webber our trustee is making his rounds finding out how much of this worlds goods we have. Says he finds people who are kind of poor when they come down to business." I have these questions: 1- Does this mean that Norman Webber was a township trustee? 2- Does it mean that township trustees were, by virtue of that office, tax assessors? 3- What else might trustees have done besides assessing property for tax purposes? 4- Are there still township trustee records from this period in Lincoln County? If so, are they at the county courthouse? 5- This item comes under the heading of "West End." Is that the name of a township? Thanks, Wilda Morris