Claimant: Body, Oliver J.; Application Date: 1895-10-22

  • Claimant Name: Body, Oliver J.
  • Claimant Name (Alternative):
  • Claimant Gender: Male
  • Claimant Race: Not available
  • Address: Compton, Cherry County, Nebraska
  • Marital Status: Unmarried
  • Citizenship: Natural
  • Age: 32
  • Country of Origin or State of Birth: England
  • Application Number: 761
  • Application Date: 1895-10-22
  • Application Land Office: Broken Bow, Nebraska
  • Witness 1: Sheik, George
  • Witness 1 (Alternative):
  • Witness 2: Lotzien, Carl
  • Witness 2 (Alternative):
  • Final Certificate Number: 1113
  • Final Certificate Application Date: 1901-01-21
  • Legal Description: Lot 4 and Lot 5 SE4 NW4 sec 6, town 26N, range 25W ; Lot 1 Sec 1, town 26N, range 26W
  • Section: 6; 1
  • Township: 26N
  • Range: 25W; 26W
  • Principal Meridian: 6th
  • Acres: 153.20
  • Final Certificate Approval Date: 1901-12-04
  • Clerk: C. S. M.
  • Land Office Location: Broken Bow, Nebraska
  • Division: C
  • Patented Date: 1901-12-30
  • Patented Status: Approved

    Initial Documents

  • Application
  • Affidavit
  • Declaration of Intention to Become a Citizen
  • 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)
  • Certificate of Citizenship
  • Miscellaneous

    Characters of the Land

  • Prairie
  • Grazing