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JACKSON County (formerly Calhoun), was one of the thirty-three counties organized by the first Territorial Legislature of Kansas, at its session in 1858, at the Shawnee Manual Labor School, in Johnson County. Calhoun County embraced upwards of 1,140 square miles. ₁

Organized in 1873. County seat, Holton. Originally Calhoun, in honor of John C. Calhoun, of South Carolina, changed in 1859 to Jackson after Andrew Jackson, seventh President of the United States.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
Ernest, George W. 1881 -	3K	Mar 2007	Joy Fisher
McClurkin, Hugh Park 1823 - 1905	5K	Sep 2006	Joy Fisher
McKeever, Archibald 1830 -	8K	Nov 2006	Joy Fisher
Menninger, C. F. 1862 -	4K	Sep 2006	Joy Fisher
Cemeteries
Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
Little Cross Creek Cemetery	11 kb	Apr 1997	Carol Songs-Hansing
Census Records
Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
1920
Partial	1 KB	May 2005	Eric Smith
History - Directories
Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
Jackson County Medical Directory 1920	3K	Feb 2009	Joy Fisher
Miltary Records
Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
1883 List of Pensioners on the Roll	10 kb	Oct 1997	Rosana Whitenight
Newspaper Articles
Obituaries
Vital Records

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