Claimant: Scanlon, Michael; Application Date: 1886-08-06

  • Claimant Name: Scanlon, Michael
  • Claimant Name (Alternative):
  • Claimant Gender: Male
  • Claimant Race: Not
  • Address: Broken Bow, Custer County, Nebraska
  • Marital Status: Unmarried
  • Citizenship: Natural
  • Age: 34
  • Country of Origin or State of Birth: Great Britain
  • Application Number: 16865
  • Application Date: 1886-08-06
  • Application Land Office: Grand Island, Nebraska
  • Witness 1: Springstube, Albert
  • Witness 1 (Alternative):
  • Witness 2: Mohatt, Peter
  • Witness 2 (Alternative):
  • Final Certificate Number: 259
  • Final Certificate Application Date: 1892-06-14
  • Legal Description: Lots 3 and 4 Sec 7; Lots 1 and 2 Sec 18
  • Section: 7; 18
  • Township: 18N
  • Range: 20W
  • Principal Meridian: 6th
  • Acres: 151.73
  • Final Certificate Approval Date: 1892-08-13
  • Clerk: Norton, H. A.
  • Land Office Location: Broken Bow, Nebraska
  • Division: C
  • Patented Date: 1892-08-27
  • 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
  • Farming