Claimant: Westcott, Eliza C.; Application Date: 1892-07-16

  • Claimant Name: Westcott, Eliza C.
  • Claimant Name (Alternative):
  • Claimant Gender: Female
  • Claimant Race: Not available
  • Address: Wescott, Custer County, Nebraska
  • Marital Status: Unmarried
  • Citizenship: Native
  • Age: 35
  • Country of Origin or State of Birth: Wisconsin
  • Application Number: 292
  • Application Date: 1892-07-16
  • Application Land Office: Broken Bow, Nebraska
  • Witness 1: Comstock, William H.
  • Witness 1 (Alternative):
  • Witness 2: Gibbons, Edward C.
  • Witness 2 (Alternative): Gibbon, Edward C.
  • Final Certificate Number: 890
  • Final Certificate Application Date: 1898-08-29
  • Legal Description: Lot 5 Sec. 23, Lot 2 Sec. 26
  • Section: 23; 26
  • Township: 18N
  • Range: 17W
  • Principal Meridian: 6th
  • Acres: 58.40
  • Final Certificate Approval Date: 1898-11-16
  • Clerk: C. S. M.
  • Land Office Location: Broken Bow, Nebraska
  • Division: C
  • Patented Date: 1898-12-12
  • 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

  • Grazing