Pre-emptions in Douglas County, Kansas
Overview
A record of land claims made in Douglas County, Kansas, prior to May 1854 when the county was removed from Shawnee Native American territory and opened for settlement by Anglo-Americans. The record is arranged by township/range and includes an appended index to the names.
Dates
- Creation: approximately 1854
Conditions Governing Access
No access restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.
Extent
1 folder
Language of Materials
English
Scope and Contents
This photocopy comes from a 1926 copy made of the original pre-emptions volume, the fourth copy made after the original was lost in Quantrill's raid on Lawrence in August 1863. A scanned copy in .pdf format is also available.
Physical Location
RH MS P446
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift, Douglas County Genealogical Society, January 1982
Source
- Douglas County, Kansas, Genealogical Society (Donor, Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Pre-emptions in Douglas County Collection
- Subtitle
- Pre-emptions in Douglas County, Kansas
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by lt and jss, 1982. Finding aid encoded by mg, 2004. Finding aid revised by mwh, 2016.
- Date
- 2004
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Finding aid written in English.
- Finding aid permalink
- http://hdl.handle.net/10407/4948805492
- Preferred citation
-
Pre-emptions in Douglas County collection, RH MS P446, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository