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1883 PATENT HOLDERS - PLATTE COUNTY, NE


The Homestead Entry Act of May 20, 1862, authorized unrestricted settlement on public lands to all settlers, requiring only residence, cultivation, and some improvement to a tract of 160 acres. Any person was eligible who was head of a family or had reached the age of 21, who was a citizen or intended to become one, and who did not own as much as 160 acres. After living on the land and farming it for six months, he could buy the homestead at $1.25 an acre. But after five continuous years, he could apply for and receive a patent or title to the 60 acres for a filing fee of $15.

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.

Patents for the following named persons have been received at the U.S. Land Office, Grand, Island, Neb. Upon receipt of the final receiver's receipt the patents will be delivered.

Wm Hoefelmann,
F W Fromholz,
Joseph Shillito,
Gustav Schon,
Oliver Fenner,
John Jenkins,
Stephen Vanoosen,
Henry Lohans,
Mathias Winter,
Paul Tebes,
Frank Wassenberg,
J Honahan,
Josef Zeik,
John _ Rickly,
Paul Radferd,
Micheal Finnan,
James Castello,
Jacob Maurer,
Johan Zumbrumm,
Joseph Borvwick,
R Gentleman,
Micheal Reagan,
Cyrus D Kazen,
Reinhold Brandt,
Wm Lisco,
A T Simmonds,
Micheal Upton,
Micheal Dody,
J Zumbrunn, jr,
F Rohdr,
Franz Schon,
C O Biddlecorn,
James A Wilson,
S B Hunt,
Alivs Kosch,
P McDonald,
John Kubik,
Wm M Brown,
John E Dack,
Phillip Greisen,
C O Waterman,
Adolph Mausbach,
Henry Mausbach,
Jacob Eschler,
Jacob Labens,
John Melcher,
John Kizyhi,
Henry Fickle,
Frantz Waznika,
Peter Maag,
Joseph H Watts,
T O Neil,
Peter Reinheimer,
W Sohrneid,
William Routson,
Thomas M Olin,
J H Sloane,
J B Kyle,
Rodger Breheny,
P Plixnies,
W Paulussen,
Dyer W Olive,
L Widhalen,
Micheal Doody, jr,
Micheal Reagan,
James E Moncrief,
Joseph Kring,
Lewis White,
John S Wood,
John Pfeifer,
James W Zeighler,
D Eickmyer,
Samuel Maynard,
John A Maag,
James Carlick,
Chas Hiffenegger,
David Malloy,
Lars Larson,
George Kilton,
Charlotte V Kilton,
Jeheial J Judd,
Elihu B Hall,
Lars Magnuson,
J C Harley,
J W Dickenson,
M H Judd,
J S Murdock,
Henry F Bauer,
R E Wiley,
Adam Glasgow,
R F Cunningham,
Thomas Green,
L M Arnold,
H Johnson,
Mary Brady,
Micheal Deady,
N Anderson,
Patrick Delaney,
James Fry,
Simou Finton,
H Lee,
J W Robinson,
J W Robinson,
Maria North, widow of J S North,
Harriet _ Day,
L J Myers,
M J Clark,
Martin Burns,
Charles Walker,
Ed Rogan,
John Graham.

We publish the above as a matter of news to those of our readers interested. Send your receivers receipt to M.B. Hoxie, Grand, Island, inclosing a three cent stamp for return of patent.--Ed. Journal.


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