Claimant: Erickson, Jacob; Application Date: 1888-02-01

  • Claimant Name: Erickson, Jacob
  • Claimant Name (Alternative):
  • Claimant Gender: Male
  • Claimant Race: Not available
  • Address: Gates, Custer County, Nebraska
  • Marital Status: Unmarried
  • Citizenship: Natural
  • Age: 50
  • Country of Origin or State of Birth: Norway
  • Application Number: 17518
  • Application Date: 1888-02-01
  • Application Land Office: Grand Island, Nebraska
  • Witness 1: Beckwith, Joseph
  • Witness 1 (Alternative):
  • Witness 2: Russell, Charles
  • Witness 2 (Alternative):
  • Final Certificate Number: 700
  • Final Certificate Application Date: 1896-02-21
  • Legal Description: W2 SE4
  • Section: 9
  • Township: 19N
  • Range: 20W
  • Principal Meridian: 6th
  • Acres: 80
  • Final Certificate Approval Date: 1896-03-27
  • Clerk: C. S. M.
  • Land Office Location: Broken Bow, Nebraska
  • Division: C
  • Patented Date: 1896-04-27
  • Patented Status: Approved

    Initial Documents

  • Application
  • Affidavit
  • Declaration of Intention to Become a Citizen
  • 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)
  • Certificate of Citizenship
  • Miscellaneous

    Characters of the Land

  • Prairie
  • Grazing