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    Claimant Name: Giles, Richard
    Claimant Name (Alternative):
    Claimant Gender: Male
    Claimant Race: Not available
    Address: Purdum, Blaine County, Nebraska
    Marital Status: Unmarried
    Citizenship: Native
    Age: 28
    Country of Origin or State of Birth: Illinois
    Application Number: 8517
    Application Date: 1888-11-12
    Application Land Office: Valentine, Nebraska
    Witness 1: Giles, Lawrence
    Witness 1 (Alternative):
    Witness 2: Oldham, Edward D.
    Witness 2 (Alternative):
    Final Certificate Number: 697
    Final Certificate Application Date: 1896-01-10
    Legal Description: Lot 3 and Lot 4 Sec 7; Lot 1 and Lot 2 Sec 18
    Section: 7; 18
    Township: 25N
    Range: 24W
    Principal Meridian: 6th
    Acres: 159.68
    Final Certificate Approval Date: 1896-02-25
    Clerk: C. S. M.
    Land Office Location: Broken Bow, Nebraska
    Division: C
    Patented Date: 1896-03-16
    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