County
Franklin County
Era Bleeding Kansas
Linked Lawrence
Linked Osawatomie
Linked Topeka
Linked Lecompton
Linked Fort Scott
Linked Lane
Linked Linn County
Linked Atchison
Linked Leavenworth
In May 1856, the Pottawatomie Massacre took place along Pottawatomie Creek in Franklin County during Bleeding Kansas. Free-state fighters under John Brown killed five proslavery settlers there. Exodusters arrived in the county in 1879.
Timeline
- 1856 On the night of May 24 to 25, 1856, John Brown and free-state associates killed five proslavery settlers along Pottawatomie Creek in Franklin County. (Pottawatomie Massacre)
Connected through
- Franklin County Bleeding Kansas Lawrence
- Franklin County Bleeding Kansas Osawatomie
- Franklin County Bleeding Kansas Topeka
- Franklin County Bleeding Kansas Lecompton
- Franklin County Bleeding Kansas Fort Scott
- Franklin County Bleeding Kansas Lane
- Franklin County Bleeding Kansas Linn County
- Franklin County Bleeding Kansas Atchison
- Franklin County Bleeding Kansas Leavenworth
Notes
On the night of May 24 to 25, 1856, John Brown and free-state associates killed five proslavery settlers along Pottawatomie Creek in Franklin County. (Pottawatomie Massacre)