Claimant: May, Cyrus; Application Date: 1888-11-22

  • Claimant Name: May, Cyrus
  • Claimant Name (Alternative):
  • Claimant Gender: Male
  • Claimant Race: Not available
  • Address: Purdum, Blaine County, Nebraska
  • Marital Status: Head
  • Citizenship: Native
  • Age: 50
  • Country of Origin or State of Birth: Missouri
  • Application Number: 8521
  • Application Date: 1888-11-22
  • Application Land Office: Valentine, Nebraska
  • Witness 1: Giles, Lawrence
  • Witness 1 (Alternative):
  • Witness 2: Stoll, John P.
  • Witness 2 (Alternative):
  • Final Certificate Number: 742
  • Final Certificate Application Date: 1896-10-03
  • Legal Description: W2 SE4 Sec. 22; N2 NE4 Sec. 27
  • Section: 22; 27
  • Township: 26N
  • Range: 25W
  • Principal Meridian: 6th
  • Acres: 160
  • Final Certificate Approval Date: 1896-11-27
  • 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)

    Characters of the Land

  • Prairie
  • Grazing