Claimant Name: Gibbs, Charles W.
    Claimant Name (Alternative):
    Claimant Gender: Male
    Claimant Race: Not available
    Address: Broken Bow, Custer County, Nebraska
    Marital Status: Head
    Citizenship: Native
    Age: 54
    Country of Origin or State of Birth: New York
    Application Number: 12285
    Application Date: 1887-01-27
    Application Land Office: Grand Island, Nebraska
    Witness 1: Huckleberry, Alonzo R.
    Witness 1 (Alternative): Huckleberry, A. R.
    Witness 2: Phillipson, John
    Witness 2 (Alternative):
    Final Certificate Number: 292
    Final Certificate Application Date: 1892-09-14
    Legal Description: NW4
    Section: 33
    Township: 17N
    Range: 21W
    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

Characters of the Land

    Prairie
    Farming