Claimant: Calkins, Russell S. for heirs of Calkins, Levi; Application Date: 1885-05-08

  • Claimant Name: Calkins, Russell S. for heirs of Calkins, Levi
  • Claimant Name (Alternative): Calkins, Levi R.
  • Claimant Gender: Male
  • Claimant Race: Not
  • Address: Wescott, Custer County, Nebraska
  • Marital Status: Unmarried
  • Citizenship: Native
  • Age: 42
  • Country of Origin or State of Birth: New York
  • Application Number: 15982
  • Application Date: 1885-05-08
  • Application Land Office: Grand Island, Nebraska
  • Witness 1: Shoush, Edward J.
  • Witness 1 (Alternative):
  • Witness 2: Anthony, Homer G.
  • Witness 2 (Alternative):
  • Final Certificate Number: 262
  • Final Certificate Application Date: 1892-06-22
  • Legal Description: Lot 1 Sec 2 Town 18; S2 SE4 and NE4 SE4 Sec 35 Town 19
  • Section: 2; 35
  • Township: 18N; 19N
  • Range: 18W
  • Principal Meridian: 6th
  • Acres: 159.74
  • Final Certificate Approval Date: 1893-04-26
  • Clerk: Norton, H. A.
  • Land Office Location: Broken Bow, Nebraska
  • Division: C
  • Patented Date: 1893-05-16
  • 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