Barton County KS Archives History - Books .....Settlements - Walnut Township 1912
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Book Title: Biographical History Of Barton County

Walnut  Township

   In this township some of the first settlements in the county were made. It
was originally a part of Buffalo township. The first to take a filing in this
terriotry was Rudreas Albright, he having made his entry November 26, 1870, en
32-18-15. This entry was followed by those of Alex Kellar, on section 24;
Christian F. Brining, on section 30 and Narsene Graves on section 28. These
filings were made during the month of December, 1870. Those who came during the
following years were: Charles Roudebush, S. M. Basham, Martin Brining and Edwin
C. Rest, all of whom arrived in 1872. Adam Krause came in 1873. The year 1874
saw Henry Halderman, Sylvester E. Demming, C. E. Dean, Leonard Krause, Daniel
Leininger, Cyrus J. Fry and A. Kellar located in this township. In 1875 Joseph
Zimmer, Anton Springer, Ambrose Baier, .Tchann Schneider, Josef Baier, Karl
Kriessel, Francis Keast, Johan Zimmerman, Otto Burger and Henry Nordmann were
added to the township's population. Walnut township now has a population of 693
and contains among its list of residents some of the most enterprising and
successful farmers in the county.


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