https://kiakimamuseum.org/files/original/3236f99d018a471b1d305ede572928b5.pdf 43cf478e1bd43919fe9a8214c1dab513 PDF Text Text ~ ~=~--~. .,.-=.~-:.-=--=.-:.-:.-:.-:,~-:,-:.-=.-:..-==-==-==:_=:.-:...,~-:_-__-__-~-=-=-=-~ =""=~-~-,,~=~-~, - ,,. ·.·' ---= -=---. "A" - - ~ . I " Dear Patron: We regret that the enclosed photocopies are the best we were able to obtain using our normal reproduction process. This is caused primarily by the age and faded conditions. of some of the documents from which these. copies are made. BEST AVAILABLE COPY \..\Tl;.,RA. $'.CftJPTA ./ �• Firuqt;,lJ Oertiftoate Jf L(Z_Q__ )L_ _____ ,H-Homestead Application JV'o.d_o.d?:::_Q_~ �. Reproduced at the National Archives HOMESTEAD. ~and fffict FINAL CERTIFICATE llo .. -1 _L(L£2[ ____ _ --------------------- - ------------ ----------------------------------------------------------------t------------------------------------------------ of Section JVo. ______ d c.f~------~-----, in Township .;)u.___ 6_ _ _~---------, of the _______ Ranjfe .No. ________ ~__(!__ __!2_~--, of {:ff__~----------------------- Principal Meridian---~~-~----------, containinJ! ---------~c;!______________ ~ c r e s . Jl,ow, therefore, be it !-mown, That on presentation of this certificate to the • /~ COMMISSIONER ~F THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE, the said__________ t-7------- -------~~------------shall be entitled to a patent for the tract of land above described. Register. �Reproduced at the National Archives • ( 4-007.) '. ./ _Jt::;iL~&~c~ __ :_____ c_--~--~, do {iel'e ~:£'.'__ : . ' • ,· ' •·iimd eJ/fi!:~ .• aJ~~~-~~J-!9.~~•-~ .. •·- .• "''.·· *·;i1ii,~ f::• •• •I, ____ ~ 0 . _J:_ t_J~E::~YJ~~JtSa _____ ,-·-"------~--------------------, • fi£{JJST£R , • j J ' OF TJ1E/il~/f0 •OFF/q£; I - , . . do_ hereby cer-tify that the above application is for Sirveyed Lands of the. class .• . ' ' .· which the applicant is leg-allyentitled- to enter under .Section 2289; Revised $tatutes of the United States, a~'a, that•th;re is;no prior valid adverse. right to . . the.same: 8361 b~5om •\•;-.;; • •,/ �(4-00'l',) HOMESTEAD APPLICATION. ,f(L;fwrLU.A(//j_l . . . d£!JJ7iz!hz;(U •a(,d I'. . '_.,_ ,· ~. .. ?!le. ... 189,d �. Reproduced at the National Archives • 4-369. t- HOMESTEAD PROOF-TESTIMONY OF WITNESS. ~ ~_dL/ 1 • --~----------&---~------------------------------fe~! 1· d ca le ·t • • f t11''1eJI ;;. W1 ::1;s~~.r·t. o ~-r~ead e J c . t r y ~ ~ ~ - ~ f e ; r -;;_---------~~-~-~ __'zy ___________':.'.Jfustifies as rnllows: . ~:::~-Z~:~~r:~-:t c:i~--- ~ _ Ques. 2.-A~cquainted with the claimant in this case and the land embraced in his cJaim? Ans. ______ ____ ____________ _ e,t ______________________._____________________________________________ ---~---·------------- __________________ _ Ques. 3.-Is said tract within the limits of an incorporated town or selected site of a city or town, or used in any way for trade or business? (/_/_ ' Ans. ·-----------~- -AB • ~ . -------------------------------------------------------------------------·----------- ___________________ _ Ques. 4.-State specifically the character of this land-whether it is timber, prairie, grazing, farming, coal,ormineral~d. ~ ~ . , Ans. ____ p _ ~ _ / 2 /.. ___________ . ~---------------------------------------------------------------------------Ques. 5.-When did clai ant settle upon t{e homestead, and at what date did ·he establish actualresidence thereon ? /4 . ~ • • .. • ~~z::!:~=k "~ rr----~cu/4 d.a,,; ~~ ------------------------------------------------------ ------~--------·· • ~ -··--------------------------. ------------------ ' ----------------------------------Ques. 6.-Have claimant and_ family resided continuously on the homestead since first establishing residence the~of? (If sewer is unm_71ied; sta~e the fa~t.) Ans.·--~----~-~~~--· _____ --------------------------------------------------------------- ., ·------------·---------· Ques. 7.~For what period or periods has the settle~ ~een absent from the land since making settlement, and for what purpose; and if temporarily absen-t, did claimant's family reside upon and cultivate the land during such absence ?L .• ~ /~ ~ i. •• Ans. ________________________. __. --------------------------··-------------·-----------------------------------------·----·---------________ . __ _ - - - - - --------------------- --------------------------------------------------------Ques. 8.-How much of the homestead has the settler cultivated, and for how many seasons did he raise crops then,on ? f . . .. . i ::!;~::!:::::~2:::::~:::::.:e:;,:,~ -~~,,,,,,. --~~~142:2,~:Ef:?~~?✓ so, describe what they are, and state whether the land is more valuable for agricultural than for mineral ;j.. purposes.) ~ ___d___ p_ ~· '"• _ _ . Ans. -------------------~-------2.~-~ ___________________________________ -----------------------· Ques. rr.-Has the claimant mortgaged, sold, or con/2rac_:ed to ~ n y portion of said homestead? Ans. _____ ~ ___ ;{;;__ ~ - ~ ~ - - - - - - - · . - •_______________________________________ _ Ques. rz.-Are you interested in this claim; and do you think the settler· has acted in entire good faith in perfecting this entry() _ ~ Ans. ----------------~------ , ~ . ______ ·@_i . --------------·-------..,---------------------. ------ (Sign plainly with full christian name.) - - ~ " J : 2 ~ __"<__J.(d4.4~-------- I HEREB~l' CERTIFY that !~e foregoi1;f testimony was r~:\d to the witness before being subscribed :::f, ~at my a - -~::::~-':'-""~ and was sworn to b e f ~ i s ______________ (;__ ~------------ d . • Y ~ ~ - - - - - - - - - - - - 7 } office at ---- -J---------------------0 ;::e : :~~n: m _________ g ---- ::~~~~:~~ :::~t::,::~ must be taken at the wme claimant's final affida"vit. The answers must be full and complete to each and every question asked, and officers taking testimony will be expected to make no mistakes in dates, description of laud, or otherwise.) 6-577 �Reproduced at the National Archives 4-369. HOMESTEAD PROOF-TESTIMONY OF WITN,E Ques. 3.-Is saiq. tract within the limits of an incorporated town or selected site of a city or town,,or ~ used in any way for trade or business? _J,,f-~~ Ans. --------------~------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------,c------ ---- - ----- - --- ------ ---- _-------· ' ,11 Ques. 4.-State specifically the character of this land-whether it is timber, prairie, grazing, farming, coal, or mineral~- , ~ ~ ~ Ans. ______Q ~ A / __ ------------ --··· . ------------------- . - -~- --,. ,,-----------------. ---------------------------Ques. 5 -When did clai ant settle upon the homestead, and at what date did he establish actual 1:esi0 Ques. 6.-Have claimant and family resided continuously on the homestead since first establishing residence thereo/,IJ.,,J'-f settler ~nmarried~ate the fact.) Ans. ------~~---~----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- __ Ques. 7.-For what period or periods has the settler been absent from the land since making settle1neiif, a~d. for what-purpose; ~nd .if temporarily ~bsent, did cia:iman t's family reside 'npdu and cu1i:fvate-fi:ti•'" ' --'""''"""" "': , land during such absenc/? . L _ £ ~ ~ ~ £JZAJ4? ~ Ans. _____________________________________________________ --------------------------------------______________ . •__________________________ _ Ques. 8.-How much of the homestead has the settler cultivated, and for how many seasons did he raise e = s t ~ ~ /:?;J/Ji / 6 , ~ ;t{ ~ ~~ ~ ::s;~mz:;;~~;r;;;::a,;z~Z«,.,/~ ~~L _____ /;;.,, ~ , ~ /?~-/4 - ~ M n J __ ~ I C ~ ~o~ Ques. 10,-Are there any indications of coal, salines, or minerals of any kind on the homestead? (If so, describe what they are, and state whether the_ land is more valuable for agricultural than for mineral purposes.) • ~ ;Q ~~ ~------------------------------------------------------------- Ans.---~ Ques. Ir.-Has the claimant mortgaged, sold, or contracted to sell, any portion of said homestead? Ans,-~--------~ - ~ ~ ~£4-/Wf ________________________________ . ____________________ _ Ques. 12.-Are you interested in this claim; and do yon thirik-:the settler has acted in entire good faith in perfecting this entr~ . ~ ~ . _ Ans. _____________________ /(.µ,v_ ______________ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(Sign pfaifily with full cbrisfun o=c.) ·----~---~~----- 1 HEREBY CERTIFY that the fore~fg t e s t i m o n ead y~ to w the a witness_ before being subscribed a _1l.;:;:;:~~ a~d was sworn to before me this-----------"---=-_--------- da~£ ---------~ ________________________________ :, r9o /, at my office at ·- Jtdu«, -- - --------- m _______ j±__ [SEE NOTE ON FOURTH PAGE.] ---T----~--------------------- ~ -----------~~--!!±:--~----- (The testimony of witnesses must be taken at the same time and place and before the same officer as claimant's final affidavit. The answers must be full and complete to each and every question asked, and officers taking testimony will be expected to make no mistakes in dates, de;3cription of land, or oth~rwise. )' �Reproduced at the National Ai-chives 4--369. ,, -HOMESTEAD PROOF-TESTIMONY OF CLAIMANT ~~~~~ called as a witn= in his o~ behalf in suppo,t of homestead entry, No. _____ testifies as follows: :J-o -~- Y_, ---, for .£rr/4~ X ~_#/rj~ ~J-1/(h; ~ti!, GYY · ~:':'~"'~,!;'.•~o&y~.~•.;~ ~ .... --Ques. z.-Are you a natz"ve-born citizen of the United States, and if so, in what State or Territory we;e you bol::_*_______ -!}__ __ ~ ____ j __~-~ k'u_,__ L~tff-~--£/-~~------- ·- -~--tz;;0 t~e i ~ pe~::~ ,:~c:_::e ::;estead_entry, N o._?;_~_2Q_~--------,da:;:: ---~~---------------------;---, 18f7, an~~a~is the true ~cdption of the land now ~med by you? ~~~~~~~Eit!e~f (Describe said house and other improvements which you have placed on the land, giving total value thereof.) I An~z:::::r~/tf~~ · ~ /h. ~ ~ 7 ' 7 _l~~~cfil~ ~ -·~·. Ques. 5.-Of whom does you; familylPlonsist; and have you and yo'ctr family resided continuously on th£:4st~es~~~~fo/ii~~ < ~ ~ /O /[f4 ~---'--~'-=----?-v~~ <0t., ~~. ~-~ Q;;1-es. 6.-For what period-or periods have you been absent from the homestead since making settlement, an<f'for what purpose; and if temporarily absent, did your family reside upon and cultivate the land du.ring such absence~s....41..d ~ ~ Ans. --------------'-~~--------------------------------- ~ ------------------------------------------------------~ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ---------------------------------------------·-- ""'·---------------------------- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Ques. 7.-How much of the land have you cultivated each season, and for how many seasons have you raised crops thereon ? ~ : s . t : ; : ; p ~ ~ t ! : h ! i f r n i t ~ c o ; ~ ~ ~ - : ~ f - a city-or town,_o_ r used in a113'i '!ay fqr trade and business? . ~ A_--fJ ~ •• ' Ans. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- __ ---------------------------------------Ques. 9.-What is the character of the land? Is it timber, mountainous, prairie, grazing, or ordinary agricultural land ? State its kind nd quality, and for what purpose it is most valuable. Ans. - - - - ~ k _ __ ----------------~---------------· ------------------~-------------------------------------Ques. 10.-Are there a indications of coal; salines, or minerals of any kind on the land? (If so, describe what they are, and state whether the land is more valuable for agricultural than for mineral purposes.) ~ ✓ £ . ~:;_·;;:···~·~~.;;~~ ~d~~;;:,,z:.-(lf ~~:·;;~;,~:~~~;,:;;~J-·· ····-··-· Ans ... ~ ?L&:/A ~ ~ J b i _ - - - - - - - - - - - ~ - ~ / J t w ~ ~ o { Ques. 12.-Have you sold, conveyed, or mortgaged any portion of the land; and if so, to whom and for what purpose•? ~ ~ Ans. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Ques. 13.~Have you any personal property of any kind elsewhere than on this claim? (If so, describe the same, and sta~~here t h ~ Ans. _____d ~ - . _____________________________________________________ -----------------------------------Ones. 14.-Describe by legal subdivisions, .or by. number, kind of entry, and office where 1Y1.ade, any = . _. m i n e r a ~ you since August 30, 1890. • •·. • ,;' Ans. -----------, .. ---··---------------------------~ -------------------------------------------------------------------. --- - ~~ -~~-~.~~ ~--__t£--~-~ (Sign plainly with full christian name.) ---~----17(_ *(In case the party is of foreign birth a certified transcript from the court records of his declaration of intention to become a citizen, or of his naturalization, or a ·copy thereof, certified by the officer taking this proof, must be filed with the case. Evidence of naturalization is only required in final (flve-yeai·) homestead cases.) 6-577 �Reproduced at the National Archives NOTE.-The officer befi,ri;e whom tl;le testimony is taken should call, .the attention of the witness to the following section of the Revised Statutes, and state to him that it is the purpose of the Govern merit if it be ascertained that he testifies falsely, to prosecute him to the full extent of the law. ' ,~. Title LXX.-CRI.MES.-Ch. 4. ' ' SEc. 5392, Every person who, having taken an oath before a competent tribunal, officer, or person, in any case in which a law of the United States authorizes an oath to be administered, that he will testify, declare, depose, or certify truly, or that any written testimony, declaration, deposition, or certificate by hirn subscribed is true, willfully and contrary to such oath states or subscribes any material matter which he does not believe to be true, is guilty of perjury, and shall be punished by a fine of not more than two thousand dollars, and by imprisonment, at hard labor, not more than five years, and shall, moreover, thereafter be incapable of giving testimony in any court of the.United States i;mtil such time as the judgment agaµ:ist hi.n;t is r.eversed. (See s 1750.) '; ". ....,, ' __ :;.: I-< ' ''' '' Q) +-> UJ .bi) ~ Q) i:i:::: ",i '~,,fa. 1 • ;_; Q) :> ·a3 (.) Q) ,-l: i:i:::: 'O Q) ?· 0 I-< p., p., <r1 FINAL AFFIDAVIT REQUIRED OF HOMESTEAD CLAIMANTS. SECTION ____________ OF THE REVISED STATUTES OF THE .UNITED STATES. ~~-~ ______ /;;::_a;ff : f f : : : x ~ d e a Homestead entry of the-d:ll_;,/:6~ ----~/rzf /Y -----------------------· Section No _______§~-.:---;-~ in Township No·---~---~-----~) of Range No .. ____ &£~---------, subject to entry at ·------~----~la.-----~~-------------under section No. 2289 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, do now apply to perfect my claim thereto ' . by virtue of section No.______________ •• _____ of the Revised Statutes of the United States; and for that purpose do solemnly----------~------------------- that I - - ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ ~ ~ _ -------------------------------- ----------------------~itizen of the United States; that I hav;;J;_de actual _settlement upon and have cultivated a~1.d re~ided upon said land since the -~-----·day of--------~-~-~-, 13.fd, to the present time; that no part of said land has been alienated, except as provided in section 2288 of ,the Revised Stat4tes, but that I am the sole bona fide owner as an actual settler; that I will bear true allegiance to the Government of the United States; and, further, that I have not heretofore perfected or abandoned an entry made under the h o ~ w s of the United States,~----~-------.------------------------------- ~ a_ a __ • I, .&(Signpl"1nly~~i'·) &~,,£,~--- __ f ! l _ ~ - - ~ - ~ < : , , , of ---'"~-~~---an~------------"--"A;-------------, do hereby certify that the above affidavit was subscrib~d and sworn to before me this _______{;__=---- day 0£ --~---------------, r 90 /, at my office at County, - - ~ ~ • • • _#_~---------------------- in _____'f![i}__~---- a"-_(!fl_~ _________::_- ' .- ~ ______ GO �Reproduced at the National Archives ,, 4-063. HOMESTEAD AFFIDAVITe d I, _ ___ fi::~-t• --- -- , 189 ---?i._ , of _______ -_________ •___ . ____ _ having filed my app!ication No._;&:O ~-If __________________ r'.., for an entry under section 2289, Revised Statutes of the United States, do solemnly swear that I am not the'proprietor of more thim one hundred and sixty acres t ~~ .. -·--·-·- Jr" --- £~,,. __,£ .<.i:" __ .1: __ J,1'. _..-/~. _____ /,,_/L.. ·.1:,& ✓ ..r__ ··· ' _,&,k~d.:::/:_~#-~--· __ __ ___ .__ --.--------------------- . --------------- _______________ _ that my said application is ifonestly and in good faith made for the purpose of actual settlement and cultivation, and not for the benefit of any other person, persons, or.corporation, and that I will faithfully and honestly endeavor to comply with all the requirements of 'law as to settlement, residence, and cultivation necess,try to acquire title to the land applied for; that I am not acting as agent of any person, corporntiou, or syndicate in making such entry, nor in collusion_ with any person, corporation, or syndicate to grve them the benefit of the land entered, or any part thereof, or the timber thereon; that I do not apply to enter the same fo1: the purpose of speculation, but in good I*i,th to obtain a home for myself, and that I have_ not directly or indirectly made, and will not make, auf·31greeinent or contract in any way or manner, with any person or. persons, corporation, qr syndicate whatsoever, by which the title which I might acquire from the Government of the Urii,.tfd States should inure, in whole or in part, to the benefit of a.ny·person except.myself, and further, that since August 30, 1890, I have not entered under the land laws of the United States, or filed upon, a quantity of land, agricultural in character, and not mineral, which, with the tracts now applied for, would make more than three hundred an~ t_wenty acres, ~xcept and that I have not heretofore made any entry under the homestead layVs, e:i.gep;t _____ _ * Here insert statement that afliant is a citizen of the United States, or that he has filed his declaration of intention to become such, and that he is the head of a family, or is over twenty-one years of age, as the case may be. It should be stated whether applicant is 1,ative-born qr not, and if not, a pertified copy of his certificate of naturalization, or declaration of intention, as the case may be. must be furnis~ed. (See page 45, cirpular of January l; 1889.) o---4 14102 b-25 m �Reproduced at the National Archives (4-138.J 2_J! 2--- Receiver's Duplicate Receipt No. 2t!___ HOMESTEADe of -----~L--v--Ud./ _____________________________________ dollars ------------- ______ __________________ cents; beinJl the amount of fee and compensation of register and receiver for the entry of ~J¥5'l;j?J(J"~Jljf Section Township __ 2._l!__ ______ } J _ ~ - - - - - - - - of Range ___ {p .J~- ........................ in __uL_d_~--------, under Section 2290, Revised Statutes of the United States. ro a ~ «/-,//~'____ NoTE,-It is required of the homestead settler that he shall reside upon and cultivate the land embraced in his homestead entry for a perio,l of five years h"◊ID the time of filing the affidavit, being also the-date of entry. An abandonment of the land for more than six months works a forfoiture of the claim. Further, witliin two years from the expiration of the said five years he must file proof of his ac.tual settlement and cultivation, failing to do which, his entry will be canceled_ If the settler does not wish to remain five years on his tract he can, at any time after fonrteen months, pay for it with cash or land-warrants, upon making proof of settlement and cultivation from date of filing affidavit to the ti me of payment. 0-4 12725 b--50 m �Reproduced at the National Archives [4-062.] NON-MINERAL AFFIDAVIT. . This affidavit.can be sworn to only on.·personal knowledge, .;i,nd cannot.be made On informatibn ;~d b~lief. • •- T:q_e.non-mineral affid3:vit .accompanying an entry of public land m1.1st be n1ade by the :party making the entry, and only before the officertaki~g the .ot~ei affidavits req-µiretl: of the entryman. • - • ' - - --------- '- • -~ . -------------- • ---· -------------------------------------------------~---- ----------------------------------------~. - ~ •• that he is .well acquainted 1Nii:hthe:.character of said. described land, and with ea® lj,nctte;z~ryJeg-al . subt', .• ', {:, ,. , ; ·t cti'vision thereof, having frequently passed over the same; that his pe:tsonal knowledge ofsaid. land.is such enable him to testifJ; understartding}y wit~7egard theret9; ~hap .phere is nq.t,,to h:¼; k;p.o;)yle9,;ge, within ' ' '•hr lode orother rock in pia-~~, bearing gold., silver, cinnabar;'read., tin, <tTI,ir' ,'iPT)()"'-r of = withi,n.. the limits .of. saidJap.d, to his o:fsaid 'l ' .' . '. ' · I • • ' ' . uu,,~~ .u...LJU,vL•~ land, tnerett)r 1iotmade for the purpose of fraudulently- obtaining titli . llliheral land, but with the obj~ct of ~curing said land. 101; agric~ltural purposes, and that his· post-office address i~ ____2~~~~~~-~_JJ/;;_'k£t:,~-~:~,l?_~ • - ~:~s__ ___ f?J~~: _____(:]d;~~;t(:;:__"------- {,,. I "HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing affidavit .was. read to affiant in my presence before he. signed his name theret?; that said affiant js to me perfonally k11own (or-has:-laeeBr-sati-s-fucto;rily-id.BntiJie4-be:&rre me,h-y --~------------"-c-----~-~"------c--------~"--~------"--------), and that I ✓~rily believe him to be'. a er.edible •per-:son and the person voT,-..o,,on·co himself to be, and affidavit was subscribed and sworn: to a dmLinJcect~:il~~te:rlt tribnnal, officer, or pemon, in any case in he will testify, declare, depose, or certify subscribed is· true, willfully and conto be true, is guilty of perjury, and by imprisonment, at hard. labor, not _more tlian testimony in any court of the .United States: until sp-ch �Reproduced at the National Archives 4-140. Appiication No. ,:1=.__a__L:_{)____Z:-::-_ HOMESTEADo - I. of Section $~'__ ,__ in Township _;2£J -~- of Range ___0 __ ~ c9ntaininjf _____________________________ .£z2_ ___________________________ acres, _under Section &-2-91,ok• th(!-:,,;; Revised Statutes of the United States. re, ,CJ ______________ Testimony fee received. Rate per 100 words ______ /~------ cents.- Jvum,ber of written words, ----_-¥cl-~-- o-4 �Reproduced at the National Archives I I J, /,I/ ' ~ JtvQ J "'1/1,,,' If 11, , I y Vv~ 11 a /) 1 ,,/}_' , 1.--t{_/4_;,t-ffV 'In r/h'r 11. ,' , / , e~, u,,IL.=, Cllcccv..,u.v,cG'S~, 7 ~ , ~ ' ,, ' ~ ~ !' - c~ / .(i•Lttv l)(,_/:1-,,__-v<--- ~,~ ,~":{~;-t~ , yr~c;,l~ ~ c ~ ~ - > ., a,, ✓--::-t·,:;, /1,,£- ~"'.""',:!'.,," ~~' ·,• h~~L<u ~v--tL,{' 61 ' ' : ~ ~~\., ~~ell , ~ ~~ 1 ~ :f~0 L'<-(, t,c:C~{h_,• ~~ l,,v--q..A ·du_ r ~~~} 71.~~ ~ · C ~' L ~ ~ -~~.,,-:c<..-::..~ ~'o ~~, V .- ' V t.Arr-0 w, r v--A ~~ I NL-v,,..r,,, ' /,, 1 ' l?L~t So,, /tJ o;, n l 'I .tP-G·~~ , r7~/1.,<_- •& / // JS I ,, ___ _.., /I r, (! /! cf;o ,, // .. lb) / I // /; &.---Ly �Reproduced at the National Archives ' ~~~~.,.-.'-.,.,. ., . -...-.., . ,. . ' ' • ' .·,, '' .'. · .·.· ' ~ · · °F· Q.-u' . :~=✓e.: ' . yzxc~ .·_~·~ ' . �4-227. CERTIFICATE AS TO POSTING OF NOTICE. UNITED ST AT LAND OFFICE, - U~?;~r - - - ¾ / ,_____,, ___________ / /b/G . /.. . . ;2_ _____•------------·, 190/ . I, __________ _________________________________________ ---------------------------------, Register, do hereby certify that a notfoe, a Zed copy of whioh is hereto attached, was by rne posted in a conspicuous place in my office for a period of thirty days, I having first posted saU notice on, the.------~-- J ~ ___ da,y o f - - ~ ~ - , 190-/ Register. �Reproduced at the National Ai-chives �Reproduced at the National Archives /1;H L .ll J.-z; to '!"i:suppott off sa1d; proof l the Olerkof/ at 8aJem, Ark. ·, Reily 1 w, :.l\,. i· r~ ~ }.1 ri Nw1-4 Se1-41 J Sw1 4 sec.: N.., I/.1 • •• ··•, , .35 ·. .r_p, 20 . . , p ames tne .following- wit- l, • Drove bis continuous J, •• and cultivation f' ~vi.z:, '. Thomas r b:rey,Jo?Irbyi-/ t, worK,, 1 oi .. . I .L r ,r l �Reproduced at the National Archives N"" o_ i_ --:S:0:r✓-[ESTE..A..D_ land ,,ffi:;~ cxi~(Jfcc:,i-, ~ , d' 1 • /( _______ ·- ,, ✓ y c:·/. _____________ /tZCL;I _ ~ t?:::!cd&;~ (l~~_J-(L~1 --rlt -----------· A_ ·-- -----------1 · -----·/ l(JJ :Jl: _____ .tlclc ? - - - - - - - - - ~ _______________ I _________ { -7 wk ~nack $cmMtead ~Jltdcal'anz ~- ·-------~-p_-~__9_~----- -----------------··-fa I~ •.../ f0)_1t____d_~J__ j____ !l__~_t_ __ ::=-~~--f;_ ___ J _ ~ _ f __ a6 ~t~:___ l;___ ~--~_;__)J_, /! Z, 6 ~{:___________ _ cy1 m;, intentcbn to ;na/te /fiial /iwry/ lo et1tatfdj£ ?JZJ! chtni to l/2e /4nd a&;ve ckac1titc;{ and that f ec:yf/ct to jitove ~ kat~nce Aeie17 7 cve no/tee ancl m/=thm d ; 4 , e f ~ {tlLvk ; :~de~::,;-:.;,,=: on f ~l~rcv- f!~uA:{r r- ~. ---. - ., ' i 1 I IM. / •• l $~ l~JL - - - - - - - - - ' - - - - - - - - - - - ~j~---(Signatm({of Claimant.) Notice to Clavniant.-Give time aml place of proving up and name the title of the officer before whom proof is to be made; also give names and post-office a(ldress of four neighbors, two of whom must appear as your witnesses. 0 �Reproduced at the National Archives Ii' �Reproduced at the National Archives JIECEIVER' S RECEIPT, No.2-/J~_J__ ,,, -o· APPLICATION, No.%.~_Z_rz_z__- HOMESTEAD. t::: .!!! ... .8 t::: .8 -+-' o! -~ ci. g, b.O t::: J;J o! E t::: .,... 0 <1) • Po .....0 ::,. . ,-i ··;:a (!I ::i 0 ~ 0 ;:a being the am/ount of fee and conipensation of Register and Receiver for the (-< z :;;:i entry of .•. ,-l Pa' ix: ~ "Cl ·i:: o! dD:45!--.S)d.0h~V@41;;_N/-Rdhfr . ~ + ·~ •, • .,,;~~ ----- I l __, __ •• _ .------. ·----. ----- ·----~---------- ··-----·-------------------------' -- ,__ --- - ..,. -~ -- - _. ,- - . o! <1) ~ . rJ) <1) . ~a.= .?:., u Q) t:: <!) ........... o1. (/) <1) 0 -·ti"~"F.c_g Bection No; 2290; Revised fjtatwtes of the United States.· (fO aCt.M cJ_:_ /f /~.- ~., OJ~- {if ·-'2 ~Ji -0 .l,4'"Cli ....: ao! .., II.I f· f f·;:::~ }•'"' l:i Q)"CI 'b!f:l t=l«l (!) <1) <!.).>:I {/l.;., ~ .,::e Q) . ~ NOTE.-It is required of the homestead settler that he siiall reside upo:h and cultivate the land embraced in his homestead entry for a period of :five years from the time of filing the iffidavit, being also the date of entry. An abandonment of the land for.more than six months works a forfeiture of the cla.im. Fmther;·within two years from the expira, tion of the said :five years heniust file proof of his actual settlement.and cultivation, failing to do which, his entry will' 1Je canceled. If the settler does ·:not·wISh to remain five years'on his tr'act, he ca:ri, at any time after fourteen months, pay for it with cash or iattd w'arrants,"upon making proof of settlement and of residence and cultivation from date of filing ~ffidavit to the tirne of payment. "· '• • 0 13568b-20m 6-012 �ee 2III! i · 224 lk&iiJ&LJiiMii • Reproduced at the National Archive$ -- Dear Patron: We regret that the enclosed photocopies are the best we were able to obtain using our normal reproduction process. This is caused primarily by the age and faded conditions of some of the documents from which these copies are made. BEST AVAILABLE COPY \.JT1ERA SCRlPTA < ~ 1981 a: ,._.. �Form 84 Land Entry Files-Packing Slip NATIONAL ARCHIVES ORDER FOR COPIES OF LAND ENTRY FILES 1. FILE TO BE SEARCHED: General Land Entry File 2. NAME OF ENTRYMAN (Last, First, and Middle names): 3. LAND LOCATED IN STATE OF: 4. APPROXIMATE DATE OF ENTRY: Arkansas Before 1908 Flinn Kelly 5. PRE-1908 GENERAL LAND ENTRY FILES: 5a. SECTION NUMBER: 5b. TOWNSHIP NUMBER: 5c. RANGE NUMBER: 020N 35 006W 6. TYPE OF GENERAL LAND ENTRY: POST-1908 GENERAL LANO ENTRY FILES: Homestead Act 7. PATENT FINAL CERTIFICATE OR DOUCMENT NUMBER: 10071 8. TYPE OF GENERAL LAND ENTRY: BOUNTY LAND WARRANT: 10. YEAR OF AUTHORIZING WARRANT: 9. SERIAL PATENT NUMBER: Little Rock 11.WARRANT NUMBER: 12. NUMBER OF ACRES: Comments: !tern# FORM84 i .. , • Item Description Quantity Ordered Quantity Balance Quantity Fulfilled Total Amount$ $50 0 Land Entry File For issues or questions regarding your completed order you may contact TrustFundSupport@nara.gov. Please review NARA's return policy available under the FAQ section on https://eservices.archives.gov/orderonline before initiating your request. Order Information (NARA use only}: Service Ticket#: E11-787908244E Customer Name: Andrew Schrack Customer Email: Order Date: 10/24/2022 23:56:20 Prepared By: RDT1F Unit Phone: E11-787908244E 4/7/2023 RDT1F Mai! 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Dear Patron: We regret that the enclosed photocopies are the best we were able to obtain using our normal reproduction process. This is caused primarily by the age and faded conditions. of some of the documents from which these. copies are made. BEST AVAILABLE COPY \..\Tl;.,RA. $'.CftJPTA ./ • Firuqt;,lJ Oertiftoate Jf L(Z_Q __ )L_ ____ ,H-- Homestead Application JV'o.d_o.d?:::_Q_~ Reproduced at the National Archives .. HOMESTEAD. ~and fffict FINAL CERTIFICATE -1 llo .. _L(L£2[ ___ _ --------------------- - ------------ ----------------------------------------------------------------t------------------------------------------------ of Section JVo. ______ d c.f~------~-----, in Township .;)u. __ ~ __ (!__ __ !2_~--, of Ranjf e .No. ________ 6 ____ ~---------, of the _______ {:ff__~----------------------- Principal Meridian---~~-~----------, containinJ! ---------~c;!_ ____________ ~cres. Jl,ow, therefore, be it !-mown, That on presentation of this certificate to the • /~ COMMISSIONER ~F THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE, the said __________ t-7------- -------~~------------shall be entitled to a patent for the tract of land above described. Register. Reproduced at the National Archives • ( 4-007.) - '. ./ ~:£'.'__ _Jt::;iL~&~c~ _ : ____ c_--~--~, do {iel'e : ' . ' ,· • •·iimd eJ/fi!:~ .• aJ~~~-~~J-!9.~~•-~ .. • • • ·- .• "''.· *·;i1ii,~ f::• • I, ____ 0 _J:_ t_J~E::~YJ~~JtSa _____ ,-·-"------~--------------------, •• fi£{JJST£R OF TJ1E/il~/f0 •O FF/q£; • •,/ ~ , • j J ' I - , . . . do_ hereby cer-tify that the above application is for Sirveyed Lands of the. class .• . ' ' .· which the applicant is leg-allyentitled- to enter under .Section 2289; Revised $tatutes of the United States, a~'a, that•th;re is;no prior valid adverse. right to . •\•;-.;; . the.same: 8361 b~5om (4-00'l',) HOMESTEAD APPLICATION. ,f(L;fwrLU.A(//j_l .... . d£!JJ7iz!hz;(U ~ ... . • a(,d ?!le . ... 189,d I'. . '_.,_ ,· Reproduced at the National Archives • 4-369. t- HOMESTEAD PROOF-TESTIMONY OF WITNESS. ~ ~_dL/ 1 • 1· d ·t • • f t11''1eJI --~----------&---~------------------------------fe~! ca le ;;. W1 ::1;s~~.r·to. ~-r~ead eJc.try~~~-~fe;r -;;_---------~~-~-~ __ 'zy ___________ ':.'.Jfustifies as rnllows: . ~:::~-Z~:~~r:~-:t c:i~---~ _ Ques. 2.-A~cquainted with the claimant in this case and the land embraced in his cJaim? Ans. ______ ____ ____________ _ e,t ______________________ . _____________________________________________ ---~---·-------------__________________ _ Ques. 3.-Is said tract within the limits of an incorporated town or selected site of a city or town, or used in any way for trade or business? • . (/_/_ ' ~ Ans. ·-----------~--AB -------------------------------------------------------------------------·----------- ___________________ _ Ques. 4.-State specifically the character of this land-whether it is timber, prairie, grazing, farming, coal,ormineral~d. ~. ~ , Ans. ____ p_~_/2/ .. ___________ . ~---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ques. 5.-When did clai ant settle upon t{e homestead, and at what date did ·he establish actualresidence thereon ? • • /4 . ~ .. • ~~z::!:~=k rr----~cu/4 d.a,,; ~~ ------------------------------------------------------"~ ------~--------·· • ~-··--------------------------. ------------------ ----------------------------------- ' Ques. 6.-Have claimant and_ family resided continuously on the homestead since first establishing residence the~of? (If sewer is unm_71ied; sta~e the fa~t.) Ans.·--~----~-~~~--· ____ --------------------------------------------------------------- ., ·------------·---------· Ques. 7.~For what period or periods has the settle~ ~een absent from the land since making settlement, and for what purpose; and if temporarily absen-t, did claimant's family reside upon and cultivate the land during such absence ?L .• ~ /~ ~ i. •• Ans. ________________________ . __ . --------------------------··-------------·-----------------------------------------·----·- -------- ________ . __ _ ----------------------------- -------------------------- ----------------------------- Ques. 8.-How much of the homestead has the settler cultivated, and for how many seasons did he raise crops then,on ? . . . .. f . i ::!;~::!:::::~2:::::~:::::.:e:;,:,~ -~~,,,,,,. --~~~142:2,~:Ef:?~~?✓ so, describe what they are, and state whether the land is more valuable for agricultural than for mineral purposes.) ~ ___d___ ;j.. p_ ~· '"• _ _ . Ans. -------------------~-------2.~-~ ___________________________________ -----------------------· Ques. rr.-Has the claimant mortgaged, sold, or con/2rac_:ed to ~ny portion of said homestead? Ans. _____ ~ __ ;{;; _ ~ -~ ~-------·.- • ______________________________________ _ Ques. rz.-Are you interested in this claim; and do you think the settler· has acted in entire good faith in perfecting this entry() _ ~ ~ Ans. ----------------~------ , . ______ ·@_i .. --------------·-------.. ,---------------------. ------ - (Sign plainly with full christian name.) --~"J:2~ _ "<__J.(d4.4~-------- I HEREB~l' CERTIFY that !~e foregoi1;f testimony was r~:\d to the witness before being subscribed and was sworn to bef~is ______________ (; __ ~------------ d.•Y~~------------7} :::f, ~ at my office at ---- -J- --------------------- m _________ g ----a - -~::::~-':'-""~ ;::e :::~~n:0 :::~t::,::~ must be taken at the wme ::~~~~:~~ claimant's final affida"vit. The answers must be full and complete to each and every question asked, and officers taking testimony will be expected to make no mistakes in dates, description of laud, or otherwise.) 6-577 Reproduced at the National Archives 4-369. HOMESTEAD PROOF-TESTIMONY OF WITN,E Ques. 3.-Is saiq. tract within the limits of an incorporated town or selected site of a city or town,,or ~ used in any way for trade or business? _J,,f-~~ Ans. --------------~------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------,c---------- - ----- - -------------_ -------· - ' ,11 Ques. 4.-State specifically the character of this land-whether it is timber, prairie, grazing, farming, coal, or mineral~- , ~ Ans. ______ Q~A/ __ -----------~ -- ~ --··· .. ------------------- . - -~- --,. ,,-----------------. ---------------------------- Ques. 5 -When did clai ant settle upon the homestead, and at what 0 date did he establish actual 1:esi- Ques. 6.-Have claimant and family resided continuously on the homestead since first establishing residence thereo/,IJ.,,J'-f settler ~nmarried~ate the fact.) Ans. ------~~---~----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- __ Ques. 7.-For what period or periods has the settler been absent from the land since making settle- 1neiif, a~d. for what-purpose; ~nd .if temporarily ~bsent, did cia:iman t's family reside 'npdu and cu1i:fvate-fi:ti•'" ' --'""''"""" "': , land during such absenc/? . L _ £ Ans. _____________~________________ ~__________ __~____ -------- ---£-J-Z--A-J--4-?- -~----------- ------ ______________ . •_ _________________________ _ Ques. 8.-How much of the homestead has the settler cultivated, and for how many seasons did he raise e=st~ ~ /:?;J/Ji /6,~ ;t{ ~ ~~ ~ ::s;~mz:;;~~;r;;;::a,;z~Z«,.,/~ ~~L _____ /;;.,, ~, ~ /?~-/4 -~MnJ _ ~IC~ ~o~ Ques. 10,-Are there any indications of coal, salines, or minerals of any kind on the homestead? (If so, describe what they are, and state whether the_ land is more valuable for agricultural than for mineral purposes.) ~ Ans.---~ ;Q ~~ ~------------------------------ ------------------------------- • Ques. Ir.-Has the claimant mortgaged, sold, or contracted to sell, any portion of said homestead? Ans,-~--------~ -~ ~ ~£4-/Wf ________________________________ . ____________________ _ Ques. 12.-Are you interested in this claim; and do yon thirik-:the settler has acted in entire good faith in perfecting this entr~ . ~ ~ . _ Ans. _____________________ /(.μ,v_ ___ ___________ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Sign pfaifily with full cbrisfun o=c.) ·----~---~~----- 1 HEREBY CERTIFY that the fore~fg testimoneayd ~to wthe awi tness_ before being subscribed a~d was sworn to before me this-----------"---=-_--------- da~£ ---------~ ________________________________ :, r9o /, at my office at ·- Jtdu«, -- - --------- m _______ j±__ a _1l. ;:;:;:~ ~ [SEE NOTE ON FOURTH PAGE.] ---T----~---------------------~- -----------~~--!!±:--~----- (The testimony of witnesses must be taken at the same time and place and before the same officer as claimant's final affidavit. The answers must be full and complete to each and every question asked, and officers taking testimony will be expected to make no mistakes in dates, de;3cription of land, or oth~rwise. )' Reproduced at the National Ai-chives 4--,,3 69. -HOMESTEAD PROOF-TESTIMONY OF CLAIMANT ~~~~~ called as a witn= in his o~ behalf in suppo,t of homestead entry, No. _____ :J-o -~-Y_, ---, for .£rr/4~ X ~_#/rj~ ~J-1/(h; ~ti!, G YY testifies as follows: · ~:':'~"'~,!;'.•~o&y~.~ • .;~ ~ .... --- Ques. z.-Are you a natz"ve-born citizen of the United States, and if so, in what State or Territory we;e you bol::_* ______ -!}__ _ ~ __ j __ ~-~ k'u_, __ L~tff-~--£/-~ ~------- ·- -~--tz;;0t~e i~ pe~::~ ,:~c:_ ::e ::;estead_ entry, N o._?;_~_2Q_~--------,da:;:: ---~~---------------------;---, 18f7, an~~a~is the true ~cdption of the land now ~med by you? ~~~~~~~Eit!e~f (Describe said house and other improvements which you have placed on the land, giving total value thereof.) I An~z:::::r~/tf~ ~ 7_l~~~cfil~ ·~ /h. ~~7' ~ -·~·. Ques. 5.-Of whom does you; familylPlonsist; and have you and yo'ctr family resided continuously on th£:4st~es~~~~fo/ii~~ ~~. < ~ ~ /O /[f4 ~---'--~'-=----?-v~~ <0t., ~-~ Q;;1-es. 6.-For what period-or periods have you been absent from the homestead since making settlement, an<f'for what purpose; and if temporarily absent, did your family reside upon and cultivate the land du.ring such absence~s....41..d ~ ~ Ans. --------------'-~~---------------------------------~ ------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------·-- "-"'~ -------------------- --------------------- ·---------------------------- --------------------------------------- Ques. 7.-How much of the land have you cultivated each season, and for how many seasons have you raised crops thereon ? - ~:s.t:;:;p~ ~t!:h!ifrnit~co;~~~-:~f-a city-or town,_o_ r used in a113'i '!ay fqr trade and business? .. ~ A_--fJ ~ •• ' Ans. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- __ ---------------------------------------- Ques. 9.-What is the character of the land? Is it timber, mountainous, prairie, grazing, or ordinary agricultural land ? State its kind nd quality, and for what purpose it is most valuable. Ans. ----~k_ _ ----------------~---------------· ------------------~-------------------------------------- Ques. 10.-Are there a indications of coal; salines, or minerals of any kind on the land? (If so, describe what they are, and state whether the land is more valuable for agricultural than for mineral purposes.) ~ £ . ✓ ~:;_·;;:···~·~~.;;~~ ~d~~;;:,,z:.-(lf ~~:·;;~;,~:~~~;,:;;~J-·· ····-··-· Ans ... ~ ?L&:/A ~~Jbi_-----------~-~/Jtw~~o{ Ques. 12.-Have you sold, conveyed, or mortgaged any portion of the land; and if so, to whom and for what purpose•? ~ ~ Ans. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ques. 13.~Have you any personal property of any kind elsewhere than on this claim? (If so, describe the same, and sta~~here th~ Ans. _____ d~-- . _____________________________________________________ ------------------------------------ Ones. 14.-Describe by legal subdivisions, .or by. number, kind of entry, and office where 1Y1.ade, any = . _. minera~ you since August 30, 1890. • •·. • ,;- ' Ans. -----------, . . ---··---------------------------~ -------------------------------------------------------------------. --- - ~~ -~~-~.~~ (Sign plainly with full christian name.) ---~----17(_ ~--__t£--~-~ *(In case the party is of foreign birth a certified transcript from the court records of his declaration of intention to become a citizen, or of his naturalization, or a ·copy thereof, certified by the officer taking this proof, must be filed with the case. Evidence of naturalization is only required in final (flve-yeai·) homestead cases.) 6-577 Reproduced at the National Archives NOTE.-The officer befi,ri;e whom tl;le testimony is taken should call, .the attention of the witness to the following section of the Revised Statutes, and state to him that it is the purpose of the Govern merit if it be ascertained that he testifies falsely, to prosecute him to the full extent of the law. ' Title LXX.-CRI.MES.-Ch. 4. ,~. ' ' SEc. 5392, Every person who, having taken an oath before a competent tribunal, officer, or person, in any case in which a law of the United States authorizes an oath to be administered, that he will testify, declare, depose, or certify truly, or that any written testimony, declaration, deposition, or certificate by hirn subscribed is true, willfully and contrary to such oath states or subscribes any material matter which he does not believe to be true, is guilty of perjury, and shall be punished by a fine of not more than two thousand dollars, and by imprisonment, at hard labor, not more than five years, and shall, moreover, thereafter be incapable of giving testimony in any court of the.United States i;mtil such time as the judgment agaμ:ist hi.n;t is r.eversed. (See s 1750.) '; ". ....,, ' __ :;.: ",i '~,,fa. 1 • ' '' '' ' ~ 'O Q) ?· 0 I-< p., p., <r1 I-< ;_; Q) Q) +-> :> .bUJi ) ·a3 (.) Q) Q) i:i:::: i:i:::: ,-l: FINAL AFFIDAVIT REQUIRED OF HOMESTEAD CLAIMANTS. SECTION ____________ OF THE REVISED STATUTES OF THE .UNITED STATES. ~ ~~- ______ / ;;::_a;ff :ff:::x~de a Homestead entry of the-d:ll_;,/:6~ ----~/rzf /Y -----------------------· Section No ______ §~-.:---;-~ in Township No·---~---~-----~) of Range No .. ____ &£~---------, subject to entry at ·------~----~la.-----~~-------------- under section No. 2289 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, do now apply to perfect my claim thereto ' . by virtue of section No.______________ •• _____ of the Revised Statutes of the United States; and for that purpose do solemnly----------~------------------- that I--~-~-~-~~~ _ -------------------------------- ----------------------~itizen of the United States; that I hav;;J;_de actual _settlement upon and have cultivated a~1.d re~ided upon said land since the -~-----·day of--------~-~-~-, 13.f d, to the present time; that no part of said land has been alienated, except as provided in section 2288 of ,the Revised Stat4tes, but that I am the sole bona fide owner as an actual settler; that I will bear true allegiance to the Government of the United States; and, further, that I have not heretofore perfected or abandoned an entry made under the ho~ws of the United States,~----~-------.------------------------------- ~ a_ .&(Signpl"1nly~~i'·) &~,,£,~--- __ • I, a __ f!l_~--~-~<:,,, of ---'"~-~~---an~------------"--"A;-------------, do hereby certify that the above affidavit was subscrib~d and sworn to before me this _______ {; __ =---- day 0£ --~---------------, r 90 /, at my office at _#_~---------------------- in _____ 'f![i}__~---- County, --~~ • • • ______ a"-_(!fl_~ _________ ::_- ' . -~ GO Reproduced at the National Archives ,, 4-063. HOMESTEAD AFFIDAVITe d --- -- , 189 ---- I, _ _ __ fi::~-t• ?i._ , of _______ -_________ • ___ . ____ _ _ ________________ _ having filed my app!ication No._;&:O ~-If r'.., for an entry under section 2289, Revised Statutes of the United States, do solemnly swear that I am not the'proprietor of more thim one hundred and sixty acres t ~~ .. -·--·-·- Jr" --- £~,,. .<.i:" __ .1: __ J,1'. _..-/~. _____ /,,_/L.. ·.1:,& ✓ .. r _ ··· __, £ ' _, &,k~d.:::/:_~#-~--· ___ _ _ ___ ._ _ --.--------------------- . --------------- _______________ _ that my said application is ifonestly and in good faith made for the purpose of actual settlement and cultivation, and not for the benefit of any other person, persons, or.corporation, and that I will faithfully and honestly endeavor to comply with all the requirements of 'law as to settlement, residence, and cultivation necess,try to acquire title to the land applied for; that I am not acting as agent of any person, corporntiou, or syndicate in making such entry, nor in collusion_ with any person, corporation, or syndicate to grve them the benefit of the land entered, or any part thereof, or the timber thereon; that I do not apply to enter the same fo1: the purpose of speculation, but in good I*i,th to obtain a home for myself, and that I have_ not directly or indirectly made, and will not make, auf·31greeinent or contract in any way or manner, with any person or. persons, corporation, qr syndicate whatsoever, by which the title which I might acquire from the Government of the Urii,.tfd States should inure, in whole or in part, to the benefit of a.ny·person except.myself, and further, that since August 30, 1890, I have not entered under the land laws of the United States, or filed upon, a quantity of land, agricultural in character, and not mineral, which, with the tracts now applied for, would make more than three hundred an~ t_wenty acres, ~xcept and that I have not heretofore made any entry under the homestead layVs, e:i.gep;t _____ _ * Here insert statement that afliant is a citizen of the United States, or that he has filed his declaration of intention to become such, and that he is the head of a family, or is over twenty-one years of age, as the case may be. It should be stated whether applicant is 1,ative-born qr not, and if not, a pertified copy of his certificate of naturalization, or declaration of intention, as the case may be. must be furnis~ed. (See page 45, cirpular of January l; 1889.) o---4 14102 b-25 m Reproduced at the National Archives (4-138.J Receiver's Duplicate Receipt No. 2t!_ _ 2_J! 2--- HOMESTEADe of -----~L--v--Ud./_ ____________________________________ dollars ------------- _ __ __________________ cents; beinJl the amount of fee and compensation of register and receiver for the entry of ~J¥5'l;j?J(J"~Jljf Section .J~- ........................ in Township __ 2._l!__ ______ }J_~-------- of Range ___ {p __u L_d_~--------, under Section 2290, Revised Statutes of the United States. ro a ~ «/-,/ /~'____ NoTE,-It is required of the homestead settler that he shall reside upon and cultivate the land embraced in his homestead entry for a perio,l of five years h"◊ID the time of filing the affidavit, being also the-date of entry. An abandonment of the land for more than six months works a forfoiture of the claim. Further, witliin two years from the expiration of the said five years he must file proof of his ac.tual settlement and cultivation, failing to do which, his entry will be canceled_ If the settler does not wish to remain five years on his tract he can, at any time after fonrteen months, pay for it with cash or land-warrants, upon making proof of settlement and cultivation from date of filing affidavit to the ti me of payment. 0-4 12725 b--50 m Reproduced at the National Archives [4-062.] NON-MINERAL AFFIDAVIT. . This affidavit.can be sworn to only on.·personal knowledge, .;i,nd cannot.be made On informatibn ;~d b~lief. • • - T:q_e.non-mineral affid3:vit .accompanying an entry of public land m1.1st be n1ade by the :party making the entry, and only before the officertaki~g the .ot~ei affidavits req-μiretl: of the entryman. • - • ' - - --------- '- • -~ . -------------- • ---· -------------------------------------------------~---- - --------------------~. --------------------- ~ •• that he is .well acquainted 1Nii:hthe:.character of said. described land, and with ea® lj,nctte;z~ryJeg-al . sub- 'l ' .' . '. · t', .• ', {:, ,. , ; ·t cti'vision thereof, having frequently passed over the same; that his pe:tsonal knowledge ofsaid. land.is such enable him to testifJ; understartding}y wit~7egard theret9; ~hap .phere is nq.t,,to h:¼; k;p.o;)yle9,;ge, within ' ' '•hr lode orother rock in pia-~~, bearing gold., silver, cinnabar;'read., tin, ' I • • ' ' . <tTI,ir' ,'iPT)()"'-r of uu,,~~ = withi,n .. the limits .of. saidJap.d, to his o:fsaid .u...LJU,vL•~ land, tnerett)r 1iotmade for the purpose of fraudulently- obtaining titli .. llliheral land, but with the obj~ct of ~curing said land. 101; agric~ltural purposes, and that his· post-office address i~ ____ 2~~~~~~-~_JJ/;;_'k£t:,~-~:~,l?_~ • - ~:~s__ __ f?J~~: _____ (:]d;~~;t(:;: __ "------- {,,. I "HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing affidavit .was. read to affiant in my presence before he. signed his name theret?; that said affiant js to me perfonally k11own ( or-has:-laeeBr-sati-s-fucto;rily-id.BntiJie4-be:&rre me,h-y --~------------"-c-----~-~"------c--------~"--~------"--------), and that I ✓~rily believe him to be'. a er.edible • per-:- son and the person voT,-..o,,on·co himself to be, and affidavit was subscribed and sworn: to a dmLinJcect~:il~~te:rlt tribnnal, officer, or pemon, in any case in he will testify, declare, depose, or certify subscribed is· true, willfully and conto be true, is guilty of perjury, and by imprisonment, at hard. labor, not _more tlian testimony in any court of the .United States: until sp-ch Reproduced at the National Archives 4-140. Appiication No. ,:1=.__a__L:_{)_ __ Z:-::-_ HOMESTEADo - I. of Section $~'__ , __ in Township _;2£J -~-of Range ___ 0 __ ~ c9ntaininjf _____________________________ .£z2_ __________________________ acres, _ under Section &-2-91,ok• th(!-:,,;; Revised Statutes of the United States. re, ,CJ ______________ Testimony fee received. Rate per 100 words ______ /~------ cents.- Jvum,ber of written words, ----_-¥cl-~-- o-4 Reproduced at the National Archives I I J, /,I/ ' "'1/1,,,' If 11, 11 , a /) 1 ,,/}_' , n ✓--::-t·,:;, r/h'r 11. / , / , ~ I y Vv~ 1.--t{_/4_;,t-ffV 'I /1,,£- .(i•Lttv l)(,_/:1-,,__-v<--- JtvQ ~c~~-> ., a,, yr~c;,l~ ~,~ ,~":{~;-t~ , J Cllcccv..,u.v,cG'S~, 7~ e~, u,,IL.=, ~"'.""',:!'.,," ,~' ,, '~~! -c~ ~v--tL,{' h~~L<- ~~' ·,• ' u ,' 61 ' ' : ~ ~~\., ~~ell ,~ ~~1 ~ :f~0 L'<-(, t,c:C~{h_,• ~~ ·du_ ~~~} 71.~~ r .tP-G·~~ , l,,v--q..A ~·C~L ~ ~'o ~~, &.---Ly ~ ' V V .- ' -~~.,,-:c<..-::..~ t.Arr-0 w, r v--A NL-v,,..r,,, ' - /,, ' ~~ 1 l?L~t So,, /tJ o;, l n 'I I r7~/1.,<_- • & / // ___ _.., /I /! JS I ,, r, ,, cf;o / // (! // lb) .. I /; Reproduced at the National Archives ' ' ' . • ' .·,, '' ~·· °F· Q.-u' ~~~~.,.-.'-.,., ... ,, .. -... -.. ,, .. ,. . :~=✓e.: ' . . ' . · .·.· yzxc~ .·_~·~ ' ' . 4-227. CERTIFICATE AS TO POSTING OF NOTICE. UNITED ST AT LAND OFFICE, - U~?;~r ---¾/ ,_____,, __________ / ;2_ _____ • ------------·, 190/ /b/G . /.. . . . I, __________ _________________________________________ ---------------------------------, Register, do hereby certify that a notfoe, a Zed copy of whioh is hereto attached, was by rne posted in a conspicuous place in my office for a period of thirty days, I having first posted saU notice on, the.------~--J ~ ___ da,y of--~~-, 190-/ Register. Reproduced at the National Ai-chives Reproduced at the National Archives l /1;H L .ll J.-z; to '!"i:- suppott off sa1d; proof l the Olerkof/ at 8aJem, Ark. ·, Reily 1 w, :.l\,. r~ 1 i· ri ~ }. Nw1-4 Se1-41 J Sw1 4 sec.: 35 r_p, 20 N. / 1 • •• ··•, , . ·. . . ., I. . ,, p ames tne .following- wit- l, • Drove bis continuous J, • • and cultivation f' ~vi.z:, '. Thomas r b:rey,Jo?Irbyi-/ t, w 1 oi .L . . . orK,,I r , Reproduced at the National Archives N"" o_ i_ --:S:0:r✓-[ESTE..A..D_ land ,,ffi:;~ cxi~(Jfcc:,i-, ~, _____________ /tZCL;I _ d' 1 • /( _______ ·- ,, ✓ y c:·/. l(JJ t?:::!cd&;~ (l~~_J-(L~1 ~ .tlclc :Jl: _____ --rlt -----------· -7 A_ ·-- -----------1 · -----·/ ?---------~ _______________ I _________ { wk ~nack $cmMtead ~Jltdcal'anz ~-·-------~-p_-~ __ 9_~----- -----------------··-fa I~ •.. . /f0 )_1t_ ___d _~J _ j_ __ !l__~_t_ __ ::=-~~--f;_ ___ J_~_f _ ~t~: __ l;_ _ ~--~_;__)J_, /! Z, 6 ~{: __________ _ a6 Aeie17 7 cve no/tee cy1 m;, intentcbn to ;na/te /fiial /iwry/ lo et1tatfdj£ ?JZJ! chtni to l/2e /4nd a&;ve ckac1titc;{ and that f ec:yf/ct to jitove ~ kat~nce ancl m/=thm d;4,ef~ {tlLvk f ~l~rcv- f!~uA:{r ; :~de~::,;-:.;,,=: on r-~. ---. -- ., IM. / ' I •• l i ----~j~1--l~--J $~ L---------'-------- (Signatm({ of Claimant.) Notice to Clavniant.-Give time aml place of proving up and name the title of the officer before whom proof is to be made; also give names and post-office a(ldress of four neighbors, two of whom must appear as your witnesses. 0 Reproduced at the National Archives Ii' f · f Reproduced at the National Archives ,,, -o· t::: .!.!.!. .8 t::: .8 -+-' o! -~ ci. g, b.O t::: J;J o! E t::: ..0., . <1) • Po ..0.. . ::,. . ,-i ··;:a (!I ::i 0 ~ 0 ;:a (-< z :;;:i ,-l Pa' ix: ~ "Cl ·i:: .o.,! . o! <1) .. ~ rJ) .. <1) .?.,: u . Q) ~a t:: <!) o1 . .= (/) ........... <1) 0 -·ti"~- "F.c_g ~OJ.~,- {if ·-'2 ~Ji -0 .l,4'"Cli ....: ao! .., II.I f·- ;:::~ }•'"' l:i Q)"CI 'b!f:l t=l«l (!) <1) <!.).>:I {/l.;., ~ e Q) . .,:: ~ JIECEIVER' S RECEIPT, No.2-/J~_J__ APPLICATION, No.%.~_Z_rz_z__- HOMESTEAD. being the am/ount of fee and conipensation of Register and Receiver for the entry of .•. dD:45!--.S)d.0h~V@41;;_N/-Rdhfr .. ~ + ·~ •, • .,,;~~ ----- I l __, __ •• _ .------. ·----. ----- ·----~---------- ··-----·-------------------------' -- ,__ --- - -~ -- - _. ,- - Bection No; 2290; Revised fjtatwtes of the (fO aCt.M cJ_:_ /f /~.- United States.· NOTE.-It is required of the homestead settler that he siiall reside upo:h and cultivate the land embraced in his homestead entry for a period of :five years from the time of filing the iffidavit, being also the date of entry. An abandonment of the land for.more than six months works a forfeiture of the cla.im. Fmther;·within two years from the expira, tion of the said :five years heniust file proof of his actual settlement.and cultivation, failing to do which, his entry will' 1Je canceled. If the settler does ·:not·wISh to remain five years'on his tr'act, he ca:ri, at any time after fourteen months, pay for it with cash or iattd w'arrants,"upon making proof of settlement and of residence and cultivation from date of filing ~ffidavit to the tirne of payment. "· '• • 0 6-012 13568b-20m 2III! i · 224 lk&iiJ&LJiiMii • Reproduced at the National Archive$ -- ee Dear Patron: We regret that the enclosed photocopies are the best we were able to obtain using our normal reproduction process. This is caused primarily by the age and faded conditions of some of the documents from which these copies are made. < ~ BEST AVAILABLE COPY \.JT1ERA SCRlPTA 1981 1. FILE TO BE SEARCHED: General Land Entry File Form 84 Land Entry Files-Packing Slip NATIONAL ARCHIVES ORDER FOR COPIES OF LAND ENTRY FILES 2. NAME OF ENTRYMAN (Last, First, and Middle names): 3. LAND LOCATED IN STATE OF: 4. APPROXIMATE DATE OF ENTRY: Arkansas Before 1908 Flinn Kelly 5. PRE-1908 GENERAL LAND ENTRY FILES: 5a. SECTION NUMBER: 5b. TOWNSHIP NUMBER: 5c. RANGE NUMBER: 35 020N 6. TYPE OF GENERAL LAND ENTRY: Homestead Act 7. PATENT FINAL 8. TYPE OF GENERAL LAND ENTRY: CERTIFICATE OR DOUCMENT NUMBER: 10071 Little Rock BOUNTY LAND 10. YEAR OF AUTHORIZING WARRANT: WARRANT: Comments: !tern# Item Description FORM84 Land Entry File For issues or questions regarding your completed order you may contact TrustFundSupport@nara.gov. Please review NARA's return policy available i .. , • under the FAQ section on https://eservices.archives.gov/orderonline before initiating your request. E11-787908244E RDT1F 4/7/2023 006W POST-1908 GENERAL LANO ENTRY FILES: 9. SERIAL PATENT NUMBER: 11.WARRANT 12. NUMBER OF ACRES: NUMBER: Quantity Ordered Quantity Balance Quantity Fulfilled Total Amount$ Mai! Immediate! 0 $50 Order Information (NARA use only}: Service Ticket#: E11-787908244E Customer Name: Andrew Schrack Customer Email: Order Date: Prepared By: 10/24/2022 23:56:20 RDT1F Unit Phone: Page 1 of 1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1901 Kelly Flinn Homestead Land Entry Case File Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived National Archives and Records Administration Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Andrew Schrack Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1901 Description An account of the resource Homestead Land Entry Case File for land that eventually became part of Kia Kima Scout Reservation. Includes information on structures and farming. Hardy Kia Kima Legal