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Beginning in 1855, the name of every person in the household is listed. [15] The 1855 to 1875 New York state censuses asked the person for the name of the county that one was born in if one was born in New York State. [15] Also, the 1865 New York state census asked many questions about military service. [15]
1855: Kansas Territory violence and some open battles rise. 1855, November 11: Topeka Constitution adopted by a convention of Free-Staters. 1855, December 1: Small army of Missourians, acting under the command of Douglas County, Kansas Sheriff Samuel J. Jones, laid siege to the Free-State stronghold of Lawrence in what would later become known ...
What Kansas Means to Me: Twentieth-Century Writers on the Sunflower State (University Press of Kansas, 1991) Cordier, Mary Hurlbut. Schoolwomen of the Prairies and Plains: Personal Narratives from Iowa, Kansas, and Nebraska, 1860S-1920s (1997) online; Missouri Pacific Railway Company. Facts about Kansas: a book for home-seekers and home-builders.
In 1854, the Kansas Territory was organized under the provisions of the Kansas-Nebraska Act. In 1855, Franklin County was established as one of the 33 original Kansas Territory counties created by the first Territorial Legislature of 1855. [5] The county was named after Benjamin Franklin. [6] In 1861, Kansas became the 34th U.S. state.
Lecompton (pronounced / l ɪ ˈ k ɒ m p t ə n /) [4] is a city in Douglas County, Kansas, United States. [1] As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 588. [3] Lecompton, located on the Kansas River, was the de jure territorial capital of Kansas from 1855 to 1861, and the Douglas County seat from 1855 to 1858.
Geary County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat and most populous city is Junction City. [4] As of the 2020 census, the county population was 36,739. [2] The county is named in honor of John Geary, the first mayor of San Francisco, a governor of the Kansas Territory, and the 16th governor of Pennsylvania.
In 1855, Bourbon County was established and named after Bourbon County, Kentucky, due to the significant number of settlers from that region. Its early history is tied to the establishment of Fort Scott in 1842 to manage relations with Indian tribes in the region, and particularly with the Osage. [3]
In 1803, most of the land for modern day Kansas was acquired by the United States from France as part of the 828,000 square mile Louisiana Purchase for 2.83 cents per acre. In 1854, the Kansas Territory was organized, then in 1861 Kansas became the 34th U.S. state. In 1855, Coffey County was established.