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1881 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.

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]

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