Claimant: Story, Housten; Application Date: 1887-06-15

  • Claimant Name: Story, Housten
  • Claimant Name (Alternative):
  • Claimant Gender: Male
  • Claimant Race: Not available
  • Address: Somerford, Custer County, Nebraska
  • Marital Status: Head
  • Citizenship: Native
  • Age: 64
  • Country of Origin or State of Birth: Kentucky
  • Application Number: 17303
  • Application Date: 1887-06-15
  • Application Land Office: Grand Island, Nebraska
  • Witness 1: Pierce, Janes
  • Witness 1 (Alternative):
  • Witness 2: Andrews, William H.
  • Witness 2 (Alternative): Andrews, Wm. H.
  • Final Certificate Number: 441
  • Final Certificate Application Date: 1893-09-25
  • Legal Description: NE4 NW4 and Lot 1 Sec 31; SE4 SW4 and Lot 4 Sec 30
  • Section: 31; 30
  • Township: 19N
  • Range: 18W
  • Principal Meridian: 6th
  • Acres: 165.10
  • Final Certificate Approval Date: 1894-05-21
  • 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