Claimant: Elwood, Silvanus; Application Date: 1885-12-15

  • Claimant Name: Elwood, Silvanus
  • Claimant Name (Alternative):
  • Claimant Gender: Male
  • Claimant Race: Not available
  • Address: Anselmo, Custer County, Nebraska
  • Marital Status: Head
  • Citizenship: Native
  • Age: Not available
  • Country of Origin or State of Birth: Iowa
  • Application Number: 9191
  • Application Date: 1885-12-15
  • Application Land Office: North Platte, Nebraska
  • Witness 1: Adkins, Samuel
  • Witness 1 (Alternative):
  • Witness 2: Scott, Walter
  • Witness 2 (Alternative):
  • Final Certificate Number: 206
  • Final Certificate Application Date: 1892-02-13
  • Legal Description: NE4 NW4 Lot 1 Sec 31; Lots 3 and 4 Sec 30; NE4 NW4 Lot 7 Sec 31; Lots 3 and 4 Sec 30
  • Section: 31; 30
  • Township: 19N
  • Range: 22W
  • Principal Meridian: 6th
  • Acres: 170.14
  • Final Certificate Approval Date: 1892-03-26
  • Clerk: Gregory, C. S.
  • Land Office Location: Broken Bow
  • Division: C
  • Patented Date: 1892-04-09; 1896-07-28
  • 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

  • Prairie
  • Grazing
  • Farming