Claimant: Bowman, Samuel C.; Application Date: 1886-11-10

  • Claimant Name: Bowman, Samuel C.
  • Claimant Name (Alternative): Bowman, Joseph L.
  • Claimant Gender: Male
  • Address: Anselmo, Custer County, Nebraska
  • Marital Status: Head
  • Citizenship: Native
  • Age: 32
  • Country of Origin or State of Birth: Illinois
  • Application Number: 11887
  • Application Date: 1886-11-10
  • Application Land Office: North Platte, Nebraska
  • Witness 1: McDermott, Joseph M.
  • Witness 1 (Alternative):
  • Witness 2: McDermott, Bernard
  • Witness 2 (Alternative): McDermott B.
  • Final Certificate Number: 212
  • Final Certificate Application Date: 1892-03-11
  • Legal Description: E2 SE4 Sec 32, Town 18N; NW4 SW4 Sec 33, Town 19N; Lot 1 Sec 5, Town 18N
  • Section: 5; 32; 33
  • Township: 18N; 19N; 18N
  • Range: 22W
  • Principal Meridian: 6th
  • Acres: 159.33
  • Final Certificate Approval Date: 1894-08-11
  • Clerk: M. B. C.
  • Land Office Location: Broken Bow, Nebraska
  • Division: C
  • Patented Date: 1894-09-07
  • 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