This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Sweet, Bookout, Vaughan, Swearengin, Barney, Brisbin, Lawson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HBRBAIB/1377.1 Message Board Post: Hello! You might want to checkout the Kansas Pioneer List. http://skyways.lib.ks.us/kansas/genweb/pioneers/piolst_s.html However, 1700' s is pretty early for Kansas. Kansas was part of the Louisiana Purchase when it became annexed to the United States in 1803. It was included in the Missouri Territory until 1821. For 33 years it was known as an unorganized territory, inhabited mainly by Indians. For many years there was constant trouble between the Indians and the settlers, until the Indians were gradually pushed into the Oklahoma area. Fort Leavenworth became the first community in the area in 1827. Yvonne http://www.rootsweb.com/~daisy/sweet.htm