Claimant Name: Edwards, Sylvester
    Claimant Name (Alternative):
    Claimant Gender: Male
    Claimant Race: Not available
    Address: Arnold, Custer County, Nebraska
    Marital Status: Unmarried
    Citizenship: Native
    Age: 68
    Country of Origin or State of Birth: Massachusetts
    Application Number: 10765
    Application Date: 1886-06-24
    Application Land Office: North Platte, Nebraska
    Witness 1: Sauter, Jacob
    Witness 1 (Alternative):
    Witness 2: Ferguson, Alexander
    Witness 2 (Alternative):
    Final Certificate Number: 213
    Final Certificate Application Date: 1892-03-12
    Legal Description: SW4
    Section: 21
    Township: 17N
    Range: 25W
    Principal Meridian: 6th
    Acres: 160
    Final Certificate Approval Date: 1892-06-15
    Clerk: Gregory, C. S.
    Land Office Location: Broken Bow, Nebraska
    Division: C
    Patented Date: 1892-06-30
    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