Claimant: Gibbs, Charles W.; Application Date: 1887-01-27

  • Claimant Name: Gibbs, Charles W.
  • Claimant Name (Alternative):
  • Claimant Gender: Male
  • Claimant Race: Not available
  • Address: Broken Bow, Custer County, Nebraska
  • Marital Status: Head
  • Citizenship: Native
  • Age: 54
  • Country of Origin or State of Birth: New York
  • Application Number: 12285
  • Application Date: 1887-01-27
  • Application Land Office: Grand Island, Nebraska
  • Witness 1: Huckleberry, Alonzo R.
  • Witness 1 (Alternative): Huckleberry, A. R.
  • Witness 2: Phillipson, John
  • Witness 2 (Alternative):
  • Final Certificate Number: 292
  • Final Certificate Application Date: 1892-09-14
  • Legal Description: NW4
  • Section: 33
  • Township: 17N
  • Range: 21W
  • Principal Meridian: 6th
  • Acres: 160
  • Final Certificate Approval Date: 1893-03-23
  • Clerk: Norton, H. A.
  • Land Office Location: Broken Bow, Nebraska
  • Division: C
  • Patented Date: 1893-04-08
  • Patented Status: Approved

    Initial Documents

  • Application
  • Affidavit
  • Receiver's Receipt(s)

    Final Application Type

  • Homestead Proof

    Final Documents

  • Proof of Publication with Newspaper Clipping
  • Final Certificate
  • Final Affidavit

    Characters of the Land

  • Prairie
  • Farming