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    Claimant Name: Elwood, Silvanus
    Claimant Name (Alternative):
    Claimant Gender: Male
    Claimant Race: Not available
    Address: Anselmo, Custer County, Nebraska
    Marital Status: Head
    Citizenship: Native
    Age: Not available
    Country of Origin or State of Birth: Iowa
    Application Number: 9191
    Application Date: 1885-12-15
    Application Land Office: North Platte, Nebraska
    Witness 1: Adkins, Samuel
    Witness 1 (Alternative):
    Witness 2: Scott, Walter
    Witness 2 (Alternative):
    Final Certificate Number: 206
    Final Certificate Application Date: 1892-02-13
    Legal Description: NE4 NW4 Lot 1 Sec 31; Lots 3 and 4 Sec 30; NE4 NW4 Lot 7 Sec 31; Lots 3 and 4 Sec 30
    Section: 31; 30
    Township: 19N
    Range: 22W
    Principal Meridian: 6th
    Acres: 170.14
    Final Certificate Approval Date: 1892-03-26
    Clerk: Gregory, C. S.
    Land Office Location: Broken Bow
    Division: C
    Patented Date: 1892-04-09; 1896-07-28
    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)
    Miscellaneous

Characters of the Land

    Prairie
    Grazing
    Farming