Claimant: Downing, Josiah; Application Date: 1887-04-06

  • Claimant Name: Downing, Josiah
  • Claimant Name (Alternative):
  • Claimant Gender: Male
  • Claimant Race: Not available
  • Address: Mullen, Hooker County, Nebraska
  • Marital Status: Head
  • Citizenship: Native
  • Age: 42
  • Country of Origin or State of Birth: Not available
  • Application Number: 12807
  • Application Date: 1887-04-06
  • Application Land Office: North Platte, Nebraska
  • Witness 1: Downing, Henry
  • Witness 1 (Alternative):
  • Witness 2: Tucker, Chauncey
  • Witness 2 (Alternative):
  • Final Certificate Number: 376
  • Final Certificate Application Date: 1893-04-06
  • Legal Description: S2 SE4 Sec 35, Town 22N, Range 33W; Lots 1 and 2 Sec 2, Town 21N, Range 33W
  • Section: 35; 2
  • Township: 22N; 21N
  • Range: 33W
  • Principal Meridian: 6th
  • Acres: 161.13
  • Final Certificate Approval Date: 1894-05-02
  • 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
  • Certificate as to Posting of Notice
  • Final Certificate
  • Final Affidavit
  • Receiver's Receipt(s)
  • Miscellaneous

    Characters of the Land

  • Prairie
  • Grazing
  • Farming