----- Original Message ----- From: Joan Stevenson <rlsteven@flash.net> To: Bill Sowers <ksdocs@ink.org> Sent: Monday, June 12, 2000 9:03 AM Subject: Re: [KSLINCOL] Reply > In the same vein - I only find 4 pages of census data for 1870 and all > listed as Lincoln Township - approx 160 individuals but I am suspicious that > there is more because the 4th page is full and there is no statement that it > is the "Complete Enumeration" with a signature. If anyone has access to the > actual records (I am working from the CD I got from Heritage Quest) maybe > you could check it out and advise. If there are more pages I will do what I > can to get the film into the FHC near me and make copies of the other > pages - there probably won't be very many more. I am also going to try and > get the film of the 1880 pages for Logan Township as I have discovered that > the CD pictures are impossible to read and I know that the FHC film should > be better. At least I should be able to manipulate the contrast and such. > Only problem is that the FHC here is not very active and many of the > volunteers are inexperienced so getting things is sometimes a challenge. I > suppose I could always go to the library in downtown Dallas but the traffic > is awful and there is very limited parking (sigh!!) This could be the excuse > I have been waiting for to try our new rapid transit system!! (SCARY) > lol..... > > Joan > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Bill Sowers <ksdocs@ink.org> > To: <KSLINCOL-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, June 12, 2000 8:55 AM > Subject: Re: [KSLINCOL] Reply > > > > 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/ > > > > >