There is currently no functioning Genealogy Society in Gray County.
GY Gray County, Kansas, was established in 1887. It was created out of Finney and Ford Counties, and named for Alfred Gray, who was Kansas Secretary of Agriculture at the time. The county seat of Gray County is Cimarron, Kansas.
Other Gray County Genealogical Resources
Cheyenne Saw Mill – 1857
WHITE CLOUD. Starting a Saw Mill.—On our way to Kansas, we met a young man on board the boat, who said he was from Wyandott County, Ohio, and was going to Kansas, to hunt a location for a saw mill, to be run by water. He designated a place, by stating its distance...
The Union Is In Danger!
WHITE CLOUD. The Union in Danger!—That prodigy of statesmanship and politeness, Thomas Jack-etc. Key, in eulogizing and commending the declaration of Senator Toombs, that Georgia would go out of the Union, if Congress refuses to admit Kansas with slavery, without...
Excitement In Atchison – 1857
ATCHISON. Excitement in Atchison. We learn from reliable authority that the town of Atchison was thrown into no little excitement on Saturday last, by the announcement that the renowned Jim Lane was expected in the town that day to deliver one of his blood and...
What Gammon!
WHITE CLOUD. What Gammon!--We notice that the Republicans of Ohio have taken up the cry of Free Kansas! As one of the leading mottoes of the present campaign for State officers. The preset Congress will settle that question, and the result of all the State elections...
Dog Eat Dog
WHITE CLOUD. Dog Eat Dog – Gen. Lane and the Doniphan Constitutionalist have got into a squabble. The Constitutionalist says that Lane’s band have been threatening to destroy that office, because the paper denounced Lane. To read the article from the...
What Gammon!
WHITE CLOUD - What Gammon! We notice that the Republicans of Ohio have taken up the cry of Free Kansas! As one of the leading mottoes of the present campaign for State officers. The preset Congress will settle that question, and the result of all the State elections...
Party Prejudice In The News
White Cloud, KS - In another part of the paper, we publish accounts of the affair of Gen. Lane, at Atchison, and the escape of Haller, the murderer of Lyle, from Fort Leavenworth, taken from the Leavenworth Herald. As usual, they are trimmed off with the usual amount...
Col. Summer & Indian Conflicts
WHITE CLOUD. Latest from the Plains The Westport Star of last Saturday says: The Santa Fe mail brings news of meeting Col. Sumner, on the 12th inst., a little above old Ft. Atchison, bound for Bent’s Fort. His command had a fight a few days previous,on the Smoky...
Haller, Murderer of Lyle, Escaped
FORT LEAVENWORTH - Haller, the Murderer of Lyle Escaped. From: Head Quarters, Troops serving in Kansas Fort Leavenworth, August 25, 1857. To: S W Tunnell, Esq. Sheriff of Leavenworth County. Leavenworth, K. T. Sir: -- I am instructed by Gen. Harney to acknowledge...
That’s Us!
WHITE CLOUD. That’s Us! – We received a letter the other day from a young man in Lykins County, whose acquaintance we formed on our way out here. He says:-- “I have started a store in Miami Village. The country around is filling up very fast, and we have no papers...