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    Claimant Name: Finch, David
    Claimant Name (Alternative):
    Claimant Gender: Male
    Claimant Race: Not available
    Address: West Union, Custer County, Nebraska
    Marital Status: Head
    Citizenship: Native
    Age: 65
    Country of Origin or State of Birth: New York
    Application Number: 16178
    Application Date: 1885-07-23
    Application Land Office: Grand Island, Nebraska
    Witness 1: Douglass, James
    Witness 1 (Alternative):
    Witness 2: Willhoit, Emanuel
    Witness 2 (Alternative): Willhoit, Emannuel
    Final Certificate Number: 269
    Final Certificate Application Date: 1892-07-16
    Legal Description: E2 SW4 Sec 23; E2 NW4 Sec 26
    Section: 23; 26
    Township: 19N
    Range: 19W
    Principal Meridian: 6th
    Acres: 160
    Final Certificate Approval Date: 1893-03-23
    Clerk: Norton, H. A.
    Land Office Location: Broken Bow, Nebraska
    Division: C
    Patented Date: 1893-04-08
    Patented Status: Approved

Initial Documents

    Application
    Affidavit
    Receiver's Receipt(s)

Final Application Type

    Homestead Proof

Final Documents

    Proof of Publication with Newspaper Clipping
    Final Certificate
    Final Affidavit
    Receiver's Receipt(s)

Characters of the Land

    Prairie
    Grazing
    Farming