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    Claimant Name: Smith, Amos
    Claimant Name (Alternative):
    Claimant Gender: Male
    Claimant Race: Not available
    Address: West Union, Custer County, Nebraska
    Marital Status: Head
    Citizenship: Native
    Age: 75
    Country of Origin or State of Birth: New York
    Application Number: 17909
    Application Date: 1889-08-23
    Application Land Office: Grand Island, Nebraska
    Witness 1: Sutton, Frank
    Witness 1 (Alternative):
    Witness 2: Wamsley, Lafayette B.
    Witness 2 (Alternative):
    Final Certificate Number: 606
    Final Certificate Application Date: 1894-11-19
    Legal Description: S2 NE4 and Lots 1 and 2
    Section: 6
    Township: 19N
    Range: 18W
    Principal Meridian: 6th
    Acres: 158.92
    Final Certificate Approval Date: 1895-01-17
    Clerk: M. B. C.
    Land Office Location: Broken Bow, Nebraska
    Division: C
    Patented Date: 1895-02-14
    Patented Status: Approved

Initial Documents

    Application
    Affidavit
    Receiver's Receipt(s)

Final Application Type

    Homestead Proof

Final Documents

    Proof of Publication with Newspaper Clipping
    Certificate as to Posting of Notice
    Final Certificate
    Final Affidavit
    Receiver's Receipt(s)

Characters of the Land

    Prairie
    Grazing
    Farming