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Probate Case Files

Creator: Johnson County. District/Probate Court

Date: 1857-1917

Level of Description: Series

Material Type: Government record

Call Number: Unavailable

Unit ID: 59466

Restrictions: Restrictions: KSA 59-2122

Space Required/Quantity: Microfilm

Title (Main title): Probate Case Files

Scope and Content

Scope and content: Probate court case files can include inventories and appraisements, letters of guardians, administrators and executors, bonds, affidavits, court orders, journal entries, wills, and other original instruments. All of these documents were usually filed in a large cardboard enclosure known as a "jacket," which was labeled on the spine or front with the case number and plaintiff/defendant, then filed in sequential order.

The probate court had jurisdiction over marriages, town incorporations, estates, wills, adoptions, mental illness, delinquent and dependent children, and similar matters within the county.

Locators:

No Locators Identified

Microfilm:

  • AR 4511 no. 2: Nos. 1A-81A 1857-1917
  • AR 4512: 1857-1917 1857-1917
  • AR 4513: 1857-1917 1857-1917
  • AR 4514: 1857-1917 1857-1917
  • AR 4515: 1857-1917 1857-1917
  • AR 4516: 1857-1917 1857-1917
  • AR 4517: 1857-1917 1857-1917
  • AR 4518: 1857-1917 1857-1917
  • AR 4519: 1857-1917 1857-1917
  • AR 4520: 1857-1917 1857-1917
  • AR 4521: 1857-1917 1857-1917
  • AR 4522: 1857-1917 1857-1917
  • AR 4523: Nos. 99K-122K; 1L-128L 1857-1917
  • AR 4537: Nos. 1B-157B 1857-1901
  • AR 4538: 1857-1917 1857-1917
  • AR 4539: 1857-1917 1857-1917
  • AR 4540: 1857-1917 1857-1917
  • AR 4541: Nos. 265S-99T 1860-1917
  • AR 4821: Nos. 1M-142M 1859-1893
  • AR 4822: Nos. 143M-277M 1893-1914
Complete microfilm list

Index Terms

Subjects

    Johnson County (Kan.)
    Administration of estates -- Kansas -- Johnson County
    Estates (Law) -- Kansas -- Johnson County
    Guardian and ward -- Kansas -- Johnson County
    Probate courts -- Kansas -- Johnson County

Agency Classification:

    Local Government Agencies. Johnson County. Courts. District/Probate Court.

Additional Information for Researchers

Restrictions: Restrictions: KSA 59-2122