Claimant: Lawton, Jacob; Application Date: 1890-02-13

  • Claimant Name: Lawton, Jacob
  • Claimant Name (Alternative):
  • Claimant Gender: Male
  • Claimant Race: Not available
  • Address: Green, Custer County, Nebraska
  • Marital Status: Unmarried
  • Citizenship: Native
  • Age: 84
  • Country of Origin or State of Birth: New Hampshire
  • Application Number: 17985
  • Application Date: 1890-02-13
  • Application Land Office: Grand Island, Nebraska
  • Witness 1: Mosely, Evan M.
  • Witness 1 (Alternative):
  • Witness 2: Green, Perley G.
  • Witness 2 (Alternative):
  • Final Certificate Number: 833
  • Final Certificate Application Date: 1898-02-10
  • Legal Description: NE4 NE4
  • Section: 4
  • Township: 17N
  • Range: 19W
  • Principal Meridian: 6th
  • Acres: 40.56
  • Final Certificate Approval Date: 1898-10-15
  • Clerk: C. S. M.
  • Land Office Location: Broken Bow, Nebraska
  • Division: C
  • Patented Date: 1898-11-16
  • 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