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Cherokee County is situated in the southeast corner of the State. It is bounded on the north by Crawford County, on the east by Missouri, on the south by the Indian Territory, on the west by Labette County. It lies within what was originally McGee County, which according to the "Bogus Statutes," was bounded as follows: "Beginning at the southeast corner of Bourbon County; thence south to the southern boundary of this Territory: thence west on said boundary twenty-four miles; thence north to a point due west from the place of beginning; thence east twenty-four miles to the place of beginning." _1.

Organized in 1866. County seat Columbus. First named McGee in 1855, for E. McGee of Missouri, who was a member of the Territorial Legislature. In 1866 the name Cherokee was adopted..._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)

Bible Records
Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
Bible of Frances Jane (Dew) Huston	5 KB	Aug 2007	Mary Bittick Gallano
Biographies
Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
Folmer, George W. 1863 -	5K	Mar 2009	Joy Fisher
Garver, Martin L. 1844 -	3K	Mar 2007	Joy Fisher
Harrington, Thomas C. 1859 -	3K	Mar 2007	Joy Fisher
Keith, Henry H. 1867 -	3K	Sep 2006	Joy Fisher
Cemeteries
Census Records
Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
1880 - Cherokee Township, Weir City, page 15	5K	Mar 2008	Leigh Lunsford
1880 - Cherokee Township, Weir City, page 16	5K	Mar 2008	Leigh Lunsford
1880 - Weir City & Cherokee Township, ED 38, Pages: 431-433	61K	Mar 2008	Leigh Lunsford
History - Directories
Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
Cherokee County Medical Directory 1920	5K	Feb 2009	Joy Fisher
Military Records
Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
Cherokee County, KS 1883 List of Pensioners on the Roll	21 kb	Dec 1997	Carolyn Ward
Newspaper Articles
Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
Baldwin Independent October 26, 1871	1K	Apr 2011	Ken Wright
Cherokee County Republican: August 14, 1913 - Vol. XXI, NO. 28	10 KB	May 2002	M. La Nell Shores
The Blalock Boys March 22, 1888	3K	Mar 2008	Cic. Stetter
Obituaries
Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
Adams, Elizabeth January 24, 1930	1K	Feb 2008	Patricia Harney
Bond, Everett Jay 1918	1K	Dec 2007	Joy Fisher
Canfield, Alba Bashor 1918	1K	Dec 2007	Joy Fisher
Chase, Henry Newton 1918	1K	Dec 2007	Joy Fisher
Dickinson, R. M. July 1888	2K	Mar 2008	Cic. Stetter
English, Justus Marshall June 24, 1924	3K	Jul 2011	Theresa Lundberg
Huston, Benjamin, April 20, 1948	2.5 KB	Aug 2007	Mary Bittick Gallano
Huston, Mrs. Frances Jane, Jun, 1953	2 KB	Aug 2007	Mary Bittick Gallano
Huston, George W. Huston, Nov. 6, 1944	2.5 KB	Aug 2007	Mary Bittick Gallano
Keith, Absalom William February 21, 1912	1K	Jun 2007	Joyce Edwards
Keith, Oscar Leroy September 17, 1918	2K	Jun 2007	Joyce Edwards
Keith, Sarah Jane February 14, 1921	1K	Jun 2007	Joyce Edwards
Leamon, Millard Fillmore January 1938	2K	Apr 2008	Cic. Stetter
Parker, James November 11, 1912	1K	Feb 2008	Patricia Harney
Sanford, Burl K. April 25, 1991	5K	Sep 2007	Cic. Stetter
Sizemore (Maiden = Abbott), Mary Ann February 6, 1914	3K	Jun 2007	Joyce Edwards
Sizemore, James Clayton March 22, 1892	1K	Jun 2007	Joyce Edwards
Photos of Tombstones
Baxter Springs Cemetery Baxter Springs, Kansas
Galena Cemetery Also Known As: Galena City Cemetery Galena, Kansas
Hillcrest Cemtery, Galena, Kansas
Lowell Cemetery, Lowell, Kansas
Oak Hill Cemetery Also Known As: Empire City Cemetery Galena, Kansas
Vital Records
Birth Records
Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
Cade, Clifford October 10, 1889	1K	Oct 2007	Donald Heflin
Death Records
Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
Keith, Absalom William (App) February 21, 1913	2K	Jun 2007	Joyce Edwards
Keith, Sarah Jane January 14, 1921	2K	Jun 2007	Joyce Edwards
Sizemore (Maiden = Abbott), Mary Ann February 12, 1914	2K	Jun 2007	Joyce Edwards
Marriage Records
Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
Bell, Ethel - Keith, William Jefferson (Jeff) December 25, 1905	2K	Jun 2007	Joyce Edwards
Other Records
Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
Gandy Birth and Death Record 1885	2K	Aug 2007	Mary Bittick Gallano
Hamsher, Elva August 13, 1896	1K	Jun 2007	Joyce Edwards
Keith, William Steven January 7, 1914	1K	Jun 2007	Joyce Edwards

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