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JACKSON County (formerly Calhoun), was one of the thirty-three counties organized by the first Territorial Legislature of Kansas, at its session in 1858, at the Shawnee Manual Labor School, in Johnson County. Calhoun County embraced upwards of 1,140 square miles. 1

Organized in 1873. County seat, Holton. Originally Calhoun, in honor of John C. Calhoun, of South Carolina, changed in 1859 to Jackson after Andrew Jackson, seventh President of the United States.2

1. William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas
published in 1883 by A. T. Andreas, Chicago, IL.
2. History of Kansas, Noble Prentis, (Winfield: E.P. Greer. 1899)

Biographies
Description File Size Date Submitter
Ernest, George W. 1881 - 3K Mar 2007 Joy Fisher The Registry
McClurkin, Hugh Park 1823 - 1905 5K Sep 2006 Joy Fisher The Registry
McKeever, Archibald 1830 - 8K Nov 2006 Joy Fisher The Registry
Menninger, C. F. 1862 - 4K Sep 2006 Joy Fisher The Registry
Cemeteries
Description File Size Date Submitter
Little Cross Creek Cemetery 11 kb Apr 1997 Carol Songs-Hansing
Census Records
Description File Size Date Submitter
1920
Partial 1 KB May 2005 Eric Smith
History - Directories
Description File Size Date Submitter
Jackson County Medical Directory 1920 3K Feb 2009 Joy Fisher The Registry
Miltary Records
Description File Size Date Submitter
1883 List of Pensioners on the Roll 10 kb Oct 1997 Rosana Whitenight
Newspaper Articles
Obituaries
Vital Records

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