Claimant: Skinner, Robert S.; Application Date: 1889-01-11

  • Claimant Name: Skinner, Robert S.
  • Claimant Name (Alternative):
  • Claimant Gender: Male
  • Claimant Race: Not available
  • Address: Broken Bow, Custer County, Nebraska
  • Marital Status: Head
  • Citizenship: Native
  • Age: 35
  • Country of Origin or State of Birth: Pennsylvania
  • Application Number: 17765
  • Application Date: 1889-01-11
  • Application Land Office: Grand Island, Nebraska
  • Witness 1: Govier, Jack
  • Witness 1 (Alternative):
  • Witness 2: Lanterman, Daniel W.
  • Witness 2 (Alternative): Landerman, Daniel W.
  • Final Certificate Number: 374
  • Final Certificate Application Date: 1893-04-03
  • Legal Description: NE4 NE4 Sec 25 Town 18, Range 20; Lots 1, 2, and 3, Sec 30 Town 18, Range 19
  • Section: 25; 30
  • Township: 18N
  • Range: 20W;19W
  • Principal Meridian: 6th
  • Acres: 164.80
  • Final Certificate Approval Date: 1894-05-16
  • Clerk: Fraser, E. G.
  • Land Office Location: Broken Bow, Nebraska
  • Division: C
  • Patented Date: 1894-06-27
  • 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)
  • Miscellaneous

    Characters of the Land

  • Prairie
  • Grazing
  • Farming