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Bourbon County borders on Missouri, and is in the third tier of Counties from the Indian Territory. The northern boundary of the county is three miles north of the 38th parallel of north latitude. It is bounded as follows: On the north by Linn County; on the east by Missouri; on the South by Crawford County and on the West by Neosho and Allen Counties. By the "Bogus Laws," its limits were defined as follows: beginning at the southeast corner of Linn County, thence south thirty miles; thence west twenty-four miles; thence north thirty miles; thence east twenty-four miles to the place of beginning. Within these limits were contained 720 square miles or 460,800 acres. _1.

Organized in 1855. County seat Ft. Scott. Received its name from Bourbon County, Ky., the latter having been one of the nine counties organized in 1785 by the Virginia legislature, before Kentucky became an independent state._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
Blair, Ed 1863 -	8K	Oct 2008	Joy Fisher
Canaday, Merrit D. 1841 -	3K	Mar 2007	Joy Fisher
Nall, John 1832 -	4K	Mar 2009	Joy Fisher
Cemeteries
History - Directories
Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
Bourbon County Medical Directory 1920	5K	Feb 2009	Joy Fisher
Military Records
Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
Bourbon County, KS 1883 List of Pensioners on the Roll	2 kb	December 1997	Carolyn Ward
Obituaries
Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
Jones, Lester P. - 1988	1 kb	May 2002	Susie Hastings
Linton, Richard Dean Carrell October 1, 2004	1K	Aug 2007	Oz
Merriam, Maria A. Barrett 1899	5K	Sep 2006	Jeanne Fontaine
Sheppard, Jacob Ingraham October 19, 1921	12K	Apr 2007	Barbara Snyder
Sheppard, James Gifford 1939	4K	Apr 2007	Barbara Snyder
Photos of Places
Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
Hatch Cemetery Overview	Image 67K	Jul 2009	Robin .
Marion Cemetery Gate	Image 44K	Jul 2009	Robin .
Marmaton Cemetery Gate	Image 56K	Jul 2009	Robin .
Turkey Creek Cemetery Gate	Image 91K	Jul 2009	Robin .
Photos of Tombstones
Barnesville Cemetery
Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
Overview Of Barnesville Cemetery	Image 243K	Jun 2009	Sandra Curtis
Overview Of Barnesville Cemetery Entrance Gate	Image 271K	Jun 2009	Sandra Curtis
Curtis, Isaac Joel	Image 256K	Jun 2009	Sandra Curtis
Maple Grove Cemetery (One Photo)
Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
McIntosh, William Alexander	Image 316K	Jan 2012	Robert Macoubrie
Mapleton Cemetery, Index
NOTE: Photos are available by emailing Karen Johnson-Heber
Mapleton Cemetery, Section 1 (Transcription)
Mapleton Cemetery, Section 2N (Transcription)
Mapleton Cemetery, Section 2S (Transcription)
Mapleton Cemetery, Section 3 (Transcription)
West Liberty Cemetery, Kansas (One Photo)
Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
McIntosh, Dougald Blue	Image 301K	Jan 2012	Robert Macoubrie
Vital Records
Marriage Records
Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
Branch, Annie - Johnson, W.m. January 3, 1883	1K	Oct 2009	Carla Leighton
Chambers, Nancy Ellen - Rucker, Clifton Tinsley October 16, 1856	1K	Oct 2009	Carla Leighton
Hewett, Arminda - Martin, Enos E. October 1, 1874	1K	Oct 2009	Carla Leighton
Hewett, Frances - Branch, William Andrew Jackson December 9, 1877	2K	Oct 2009	Carla Leighton
Hewett, Lucinda - Wolverton, John W. October 1, 1874	2K	Oct 2009	Carla Leighton
Hewett, Mary - Harryman, Thomas Benson August 27, 1871	1K	Oct 2009	Carla Leighton
Key, Lillie - Branch, Albert L. July 10, 1898	1K	Oct 2009	Carla Leighton
Prager, Minnie A. - Rucker, Lincoln A. November 20, 1889	2K	Oct 2009	Carla Leighton
Rucker, Dora A. - Fox, Burton E May 20, 1903	1K	Oct 2009	Carla Leighton
Rucker, Elisha Hurt - Clarke, Malissa March 13, 1871	1K	Oct 2009	Carla Leighton
Rucker, Eliza Jean - Stout, Joseph September 2, 1862	1K	Oct 2009	Carla Leighton
Rucker, Sophia J - McDonald, Emett January 14, 1904	2K	Oct 2009	Carla Leighton
Woverton, Lucinda Hewett - Rucker, Thomas Levi December 30, 1877	2K	Oct 2009	Carla Leighton

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