Patents are deeds transferring land ownership from the U.S. Government to a buyer. A patent is the first record in a chain of title for a parcel of land.
Patents Ready. The following patents for residents of Platte county, have just been received at U.S. land office at Grand Island, and should be called for at once:
M. Boroviak, J. Boroviak, N. Gentleman, G. Rollman, J.B. Kyle, H. Greisen, M. Christmas, C.F. Kaul, Sr., C.F. Kaul, Jr., Mich. Kusz, Mary Kusz, M. McDonnell, J. Graham, C. Bump, John Olson, Peter Plant, E.A. Sage, Wm. Knight, H. Behrens, R. Gentleman, H.S. Redenbaugh, Wm. Lisco, Wm. O. Callaghan, Jas. T. Free, R.E. Wiley and H. Whitehead.[Columbus Journal, February 9, 1881]
List of Patents. Patents for the following persons in Platte county are in the U.S. land office at Grand Island, Neb.:
I Steiner, J Brugger, W J Belknap, C J Boe, Mary E Williams, R M Johnson, A Kreye, L Treinies, P Snyder, P Laughlin, P Henselert, L Pfeifer, P Zumbrunn, J Judd, J Zumbrunn, jr., J Daly, P H Carney, F Zack, M Froelick, J Rothlantner, A Pfeifer, M Fuchs, M Honger, T O'Neill, L H Jewell, Wm Smith, P O'Brien, M Schneider, W Paulsen, W Labenz, J Maher, J G Kummer, J Greisen, D Plexnies, W J Bransen, J A Wood, W Westphal, N Johnson, J C Loffins, M Karges, S Johnson, P Plant, N A Rich, M Morse, Ole Oleson, C J Snyder, E M Newman, D. Jenni, S J Cleveland, T Wenek, L Staab, J Wise, O Rose Anna Muller, H J Neisius, R W Young, F Muller, T J Ellis, J Widhalm, P Fahey, Wm Tiscutter, Wm Selsor, T O'Neill, W A Patterson, W Sohrwrid, P Ripps, A Papooski, Wm Kummer, James Harris, R P McKeown, H C Magoon, T M Arnold, M Farrell, J Rivet, J W Clark, N Miller, R Wiley, N Anderson, C Wooster, E C Shaw, T Thornton, J Hurner, N Peterson, P Swanson, R McLean, H Eley.[Columbus Journal, October 19, 1881]