Claimant: Ferguson, Bessie W.; Application Date: 1891-03-16

  • Claimant Name: Ferguson, Bessie W.
  • Claimant Name (Alternative):
  • Claimant Gender: Female
  • Claimant Race: Not available
  • Address: Brewster, Blaine County, Nebraska
  • Marital Status: Unmarried
  • Citizenship: Native
  • Age: 28
  • Country of Origin or State of Birth: Nebraska
  • Application Number: 99
  • Application Date: 1891-03-16
  • Application Land Office: Broken Bow, Nebraska
  • Witness 1: Ferguson, John R.
  • Witness 1 (Alternative):
  • Witness 2: Sadler, William G.
  • Witness 2 (Alternative):
  • Final Certificate Number: 837
  • Final Certificate Application Date: 1898-02-22
  • Legal Description: E2 SE4 Sec. 35 Tp 23N; Lot 1 SE4 NE4 Sec. 2 Tp 22N
  • Section: 2; 35
  • Township: 22N; 23N
  • Range: 21W
  • Principal Meridian: 6th
  • Acres: 159.57
  • Final Certificate Approval Date: 1901-01-04
  • Clerk: Walker, F. B.
  • Land Office Location: Broken Bow, Nebraska
  • Division: C
  • Patented Date: 1901-02-20
  • 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