Claimant: Schuyler, Melvin D.; Application Date: 1897-08-23

  • Claimant Name: Schuyler, Melvin D.
  • Claimant Name (Alternative):
  • Claimant Gender: Male
  • Claimant Race: Not available
  • Address: Burwell, Garfield County, Nebraska
  • Marital Status: Head
  • Citizenship: Native
  • Age: 28
  • Country of Origin or State of Birth: Iowa
  • Application Number: 979
  • Application Date: 1897-08-23
  • Application Land Office: Broken Bow, Nebraska
  • Witness 1: Worden, Irwin I.
  • Witness 1 (Alternative): Worden, Irvin I.
  • Witness 2: Janicek, John
  • Witness 2 (Alternative):
  • Final Certificate Number: 1261
  • Final Certificate Application Date: 1902-12-29
  • Legal Description: SW4 NW4 and Lot 2, Lot 3, and Lot 4
  • Section: 1
  • Township: 20N
  • Range: 17W
  • Principal Meridian: 6th
  • Acres: 162.54
  • Final Certificate Approval Date: 1903-07-30
  • Clerk: C. S. M.
  • Land Office Location: Broken Bow, Nebraska
  • Division: C
  • Patented Date: 1903-09-11
  • 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

  • Grazing
  • Farming