Claimant: Smith, Jay; Application Date: 1887-06-18

  • Claimant Name: Smith, Jay
  • Claimant Name (Alternative):
  • Claimant Gender: Male
  • Claimant Race: Not available
  • Address: Omega, McPherson County, Nebraska
  • Marital Status: Head
  • Citizenship: Native
  • Age: 33
  • Country of Origin or State of Birth: Illinois
  • Application Number: 13336
  • Application Date: 1887-06-18
  • Application Land Office: North Platte, Nebraska
  • Witness 1: Clouse, William J.
  • Witness 1 (Alternative): Clouse, W. J.
  • Witness 2: Wisner, Ernest E.
  • Witness 2 (Alternative): Wisner, E. E.
  • Final Certificate Number: 300
  • Final Certificate Application Date: 1892-09-28
  • Legal Description: Lots 1 and 2 Sec 6, Town 19; SW4 SE4 and SE4 SW4 Sec 31, Town 20
  • Section: 6; 31
  • Township: 19N; 20N
  • Range: 31W
  • Principal Meridian: 6th
  • Acres: 159.89
  • Final Certificate Approval Date: 1894-10-23
  • Clerk: M. B. C.
  • Land Office Location: Broken Bow, Nebraska
  • Division: C
  • Patented Date: 1894-11-20
  • 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
  • Publication Notice
  • Final Certificate
  • Receiver's Receipt(s)
  • Miscellaneous

    Characters of the Land

  • Prairie
  • Farming