Claimant: Metcalf, Walter S; Application Date: 1884-04-01

  • Claimant Name: Metcalf, Walter S
  • Claimant Name (Alternative):
  • Claimant Gender: Male
  • Claimant Race: Not available
  • Address: Gates, Custer County, Nebraska
  • Marital Status: Head
  • Citizenship: Native
  • Age: 30
  • Country of Origin or State of Birth: New York
  • Application Number: 14440
  • Application Date: 1884-04-01
  • Application Land Office: Grand Island, Nebraska
  • Witness 1: Doty, Frank
  • Witness 1 (Alternative):
  • Witness 2: Lyle, L. Perry
  • Witness 2 (Alternative):
  • Final Certificate Number: 68
  • Final Certificate Application Date: 1890-11-05
  • Legal Description: SE4 SW4 Sec 7; W2 NW4 and NE4 NW4 Sec 18
  • Section: 7; 18
  • Township: 19N
  • Range: 19W
  • Principal Meridian: 6th
  • Acres: 158.09
  • Final Certificate Approval Date: 1891-01-22
  • Clerk: Norton, H. A.
  • Land Office Location: Broken Bow
  • Division: C
  • Patented Date: 1891-04-08
  • 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