Hell Wilda and Lincoln County researchers..... The earliest township map I can find of Lincoln County here at the State Library of Kansas is from the 1874 Report of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture. It shows seven townships in Lincoln County: Grant, Indiana, Salt Creek, Pleasant, Valley, Elkhorn and Colorado. Scanning this map would probably break the back of the book... something that I don't want to do. I can only guess that in 1870 Lincoln Township might have taken up most or even all of what later became Lincoln County. That's just a guess. I will check further on this. later Bill At 07:27 PM 6/10/00 -0500, you wrote: >When I was in Lincoln recently I discussed some related questions with Doris >White, the County Clerk. As I was already aware, township boundaries >changed fairly often in early Lincoln County. Ms. White suggested that the >changes often came just before elections and were primarily for political >reasons. The county has not preserved the records of township trustees, >etc. You might luck into a stray record which happened to survive, but it >isn't likely (one of my ancestors was a township trustee, so I was hoping >for more encouragement on that score!!). There may be maps of townships >from two or three different times (I'm not sure) but I don't think you will >find it easy to locate where they lived from that angle. > >If you have time to sit in the office of the Registrar of Deeds and can get >permission to study the early deed books, however, you may find where they >lived as defined on a county-wide basis, and can imagine township lines >which would include their property. > >Good luck! > >Wilda Morris > >Clarence Suelter wrote: > >> Thanks to Wilda and Muriel for their clear reply to my questions. I >> erred in not looking at the Kansas Historical Society list of newspapers >> more closely. >> >> I have another question: In examining my 1870 census records, I find >> that my ancester was living in Lincoln Township in Lincoln County. Can >> anyone tell me where Lincoln Township is located. I have a 1878 map of >> Lincoln County: I do not find a Lincoln Township. Does this mean that >> they were living in the town? My impression was that they were living >> in what is now indiana Township. >> >> Thanks >> >> Clarence > > 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/