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    Claimant Name: Govaerts, Peter
    Claimant Name (Alternative):
    Claimant Gender: Male
    Claimant Race: Not available
    Address: Elton, Custer County, Nebraska
    Marital Status: Head
    Citizenship: Natural
    Age: 46
    Country of Origin or State of Birth: Belgium
    Application Number: 590
    Application Date: 1894-05-23
    Application Land Office: Broken Bow, Nebraska
    Witness 1: Francois, Bartholomew
    Witness 1 (Alternative):
    Witness 2: Rysdors, Theodore
    Witness 2 (Alternative):
    Final Certificate Number: 961
    Final Certificate Application Date: 1899-06-08
    Legal Description: W2 SE4, NE4 SE4 Sec. 15; NW4 SW4 Sec. 14
    Section: 14; 15
    Township: 18N
    Range: 20W
    Principal Meridian: 6th
    Acres: 160
    Final Certificate Approval Date: 1900-07-31
    Clerk: C. S. M.
    Land Office Location: Broken Bow, Nebraska
    Division: C
    Patented Date: 1900-09-07
    Patented Status: Approved

Initial Documents

    Application
    Affidavit
    Declaration of Intention to Become a Citizen

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)
    Certificate of Citizenship
    Miscellaneous

Characters of the Land

    Grazing