I live in Hernando, DeSoto County, Mississippi. My GGF was Silas Bela Laymon, an early Kansas settler. Silas had a 160-acre farm in Waterloo Township, Emporia, Lyon County, Kansas, USA. Since his tract of land was 160-acres, one can reasonably deduce that he staked his land claim under one of the federal programs set up to encourage the population of the Kansas territory. My interest lies in the Laymon families that migrated to Kansas from areas of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois.

I live in Hernando, DeSoto County, Mississippi. My GGF was Silas Bela Laymon, an early Kansas settler. Silas had a 160-acre farm in Waterloo Township, Emporia, Lyon County, Kansas, USA. Since his tract of land was 160-acres, one can reasonably deduce that he staked his land claim under one of the federal programs set up to encourage the population of the Kansas territory. My interest lies in the Laymon families that migrated to Kansas from areas of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois.