Claimant Name: Backes, John
    Claimant Name (Alternative):
    Claimant Gender: Male
    Claimant Race: Not available
    Address: Arnold, Custer County, Nebraska
    Marital Status: Head
    Citizenship: Naturalized
    Age: 39
    Country of Origin or State of Birth: Germany
    Application Number: 8318
    Application Date: 1885-09-17
    Application Land Office: North Platte, Nebraska
    Witness 1: Manion, Jesse G.
    Witness 1 (Alternative):
    Witness 2: Hill, Senate A.
    Witness 2 (Alternative):
    Final Certificate Number: 176
    Final Certificate Application Date: 1891-11-07
    Legal Description: SE4
    Section: 34
    Township: 17N
    Range: 25W
    Principal Meridian: 6th
    Acres: 160
    Final Certificate Approval Date: 1893-05-04
    Clerk: H.A.N.
    Land Office Location: Broken Bow, Nebraska
    Division: C
    Patented Date: 1893-06-13
    Patented Status: Approved

Initial Documents

    Application
    Affidavit
    Declaration of Intention to Become a Citizen
    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)
    Certificate of Citizenship

Characters of the Land

    Prairie
    Grazing
    Farming