Claimant: Babcock, Joseph; Application Date: 1891-01-31

  • Claimant Name: Babcock, Joseph
  • Claimant Name (Alternative):
  • Claimant Gender: Male
  • Claimant Race: Not available
  • Address: Broken Bow, Custer County, Nebraska
  • Marital Status: Head
  • Citizenship: Native
  • Age: 45
  • Country of Origin or State of Birth: New York
  • Application Number: 89
  • Application Date: 1891-01-31
  • Application Land Office: Broken Bow, Nebraska
  • Witness 1: Mohat, Peter
  • Witness 1 (Alternative):
  • Witness 2: Walter, Miles
  • Witness 2 (Alternative):
  • Final Certificate Number: 486
  • Final Certificate Application Date: 1894-02-10
  • Legal Description: E2 SW4 and Lots 3 and 4
  • Section: 19
  • Township: 18N
  • Range: 20W
  • Principal Meridian: 6th
  • Acres: 155.30
  • Final Certificate Approval Date: 1894-06-09
  • 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
  • Receiver's Receipt(s)
  • Records of Military Service
  • Miscellaneous

    Characters of the Land

  • Prairie
  • Grazing
  • Farming