Kansas Prisons & Convicts
Leavenworth Prison
United States Penitentiary – History 1827 to Present
Leavenworth Penitentiary
Index of prisoners 1895 – 1931
Leavenworth County, Kansas
Fort Leavenworth Military Prison Cemetery
Kansas State Penitentiary
List of escapees and parole violators from the early 1900’s, includes mugshots of offenders.
Leavenworth Penitentiary
Mug shots
Kansas Department of Corrections
Kansas Outlaws & Criminals
The Dalton Gang
Biography of the Dalton brothers
William “Billy” L. Brooks
Following a siege near Caldwell, Kansas, Brooks, Charlie Smith and L. B. Hasbrouck were removed from jail by a large gang of silent men and taken to a large tree on the main road. Despite pleas for mercy and a fair trial, the three were hung. Brooks reportedly begged for mercy.
George Newcomb “Bitter Creek,” “Slaughter’s Kid”
Born 1866, Fort Scott, Kansas; Died May 2, 1895, Dunn Ranch, on the Cimarron River, Oklahoma, Cowboy and Robber Left home as a youth for Texas, where he worked for the famous “Texas John” Slaughter as a cowboy.
Kansas Court Records
Kansas State Historical Society
Information on court records
Kansas – Online Access to Court Records
Links to court web sites that provide online access to court records.
Civil Cases on file at Johnson County Archives in Olathe
1856 – 1969
Criminal Records on file at the Johnson County Archives in Olathe
1861 – 1969
Court, Government, & Criminal Records
Court records are an often overlooked, yet very valuable tool for finding information to assist you in your research. Land records, such as deeds, allow you to tie an ancestor to a specific place at a point in time. Other court records like those dealing with finances and estates often list related family members or give interesting details like the total value of property owned by your ancestors to add interest to your family history.
Kansas Executions
Executions in Kansas
1853 – 1965