Claimant: Hicks, George W.; Application Date: 1885-07-21

  • Claimant Name: Hicks, George W.
  • Claimant Name (Alternative):
  • Claimant Gender: Male
  • Claimant Race: Not available
  • Address: New Helena, Custer County, Nebraska
  • Marital Status: Head
  • Citizenship: Native
  • Age: 55
  • Country of Origin or State of Birth: Pennsylvania
  • Application Number: 7928
  • Application Date: 1885-07-21
  • Application Land Office: North Platte, Nebraska
  • Witness 1: Bowman, Abram D.
  • Witness 1 (Alternative): Bowman, A. D.
  • Witness 2: Bell, Isaac P.
  • Witness 2 (Alternative):
  • Final Certificate Number: 70
  • Final Certificate Application Date: 1890-11-10
  • Legal Description: SE4 NW4 and Lot 3 and Lot 4 Sec 3; Lot 1 Sec 4
  • Section: 3; 4
  • Township: 19N
  • Range: 21W
  • Principal Meridian: 6th
  • Acres: 160.8
  • Final Certificate Approval Date: 1891-01-23
  • Clerk: Norton, H. A.
  • Land Office Location: Broken Bow, Nebraska
  • 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)
  • Miscellaneous

    Characters of the Land

  • Prairie
  • Grazing
  • Farming