Claimant: Canter, Lewis G.; Application Date: 1896-05-23

  • Claimant Name: Canter, Lewis G.
  • Claimant Name (Alternative):
  • Claimant Gender: Male
  • Claimant Race: Not available
  • Address: Hyannis, Grant County, Nebraska
  • Marital Status: Head
  • Citizenship: Native
  • Age: 52
  • Country of Origin or State of Birth: West Virginia
  • Application Number: 830
  • Application Date: 1896-05-23
  • Application Land Office: Broken Bow, Nebraska
  • Witness 1: Merriman, Halsey C.
  • Witness 1 (Alternative):
  • Witness 2: Stuckey, Alfred B.
  • Witness 2 (Alternative):
  • Final Certificate Number: 737
  • Final Certificate Application Date: 1896-09-02
  • Legal Description: SE4 SW4, Lot 4 Sec 7; NE4 NW4, Lot 1 Sec 18
  • Section: 7; 18
  • Township: 23N
  • Range: 40W
  • Principal Meridian: 6th
  • Acres: 154.23
  • Final Certificate Approval Date: 1896-11-14
  • Clerk: C. S. M
  • Land Office Location: Broken Bow, Nebraska
  • Division: C
  • Patented Date: 1896-12-26
  • 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)
  • Records of Military Service

    Characters of the Land

  • Prairie
  • Grazing