Claimant: Giles, Richard; Application Date: 1888-11-12

  • Claimant Name: Giles, Richard
  • Claimant Name (Alternative):
  • Claimant Gender: Male
  • Claimant Race: Not available
  • Address: Purdum, Blaine County, Nebraska
  • Marital Status: Unmarried
  • Citizenship: Native
  • Age: 28
  • Country of Origin or State of Birth: Illinois
  • Application Number: 8517
  • Application Date: 1888-11-12
  • Application Land Office: Valentine, Nebraska
  • Witness 1: Giles, Lawrence
  • Witness 1 (Alternative):
  • Witness 2: Oldham, Edward D.
  • Witness 2 (Alternative):
  • Final Certificate Number: 697
  • Final Certificate Application Date: 1896-01-10
  • Legal Description: Lot 3 and Lot 4 Sec 7; Lot 1 and Lot 2 Sec 18
  • Section: 7; 18
  • Township: 25N
  • Range: 24W
  • Principal Meridian: 6th
  • Acres: 159.68
  • Final Certificate Approval Date: 1896-02-25
  • Clerk: C. S. M.
  • Land Office Location: Broken Bow, Nebraska
  • Division: C
  • Patented Date: 1896-03-16
  • 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)

    Characters of the Land

  • Prairie
  • Grazing
  • Farming