Homestead Certificate
Paper Document, Early Nebraska Homestead Certificates
Original paper homestead certificate presented to Albert More of Grand Island in 1884, Nebraska from the General Land Office of the United States. Albert More is a familial ancestor of Sara and Terrence Holoubeck. The Homestead Act was passed by Congress and signed by President Abraham Lincoln on May 20, 1862 to encourage the rapid settlement of the western half of the United States. This certificate is no. 5296, application no. 11553.
General Land Office of the United States.
Sara and Terrence Holoubeck
General Land Office of the United States
Albert More
1884 (Certificate Issue Date)
May 20, 1862 (Homestead Act)
06/20/2015
April White
Dr. Jinny Turman
Sara and Terrence Holoubeck
University of Nebraska at Kearney (Images)
https://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/homestead-act/
https://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/Homestead.html
http://www.nebraskastudies.org/0500/frameset_reset.html?http://www.nebraskastudies.org/0500/stories/0501_0100.html
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Paper Document
English
Grand Island, Nebraska
Buffalo County, Nebraska
Washington D.C.
Land Ownership Deed
Paper Documents, Early Nebraska Deed
Original paper deed for land ownership presented to Roswell D. Gould of Buffalo County, Nebraska in 1879, ancestor to Sara and Terrence Holoubeck. The deed was presented to Gould by the General Land Office at Grand Island, Nebraska of the United States and states that Gould had paid in full for the land and thus given rights to ownership of the land. These deeds were issued after the Congressional Sale Act of 1820, which allowed settlers to purchase smaller areas of land for $1.25 per acre. An interesting aspect of this deed is that the two Presidential signatures by Rutherford B. Hayes do not match. The deed certificate is no. 1153 and has the United States seal.
General Land Office of the United States
Sara and Terrence Holoubeck
Roswell D. Gould
General Land Office of the United States
1879 (Deed Issue Date)
April 24, 1820 (Sale Act of Congress)
06/20/2015
April White
Dr. Jinny Turman
Sara and Terrence Holoubeck
University of Nebraska at Kearney (Images)
http://www.blm.gov/style/medialib/blm/wo/Law_Enforcement/nlcs/education__interpretation/homestead_graphics0.Par.57736.File.dat/Expanded%20Homestead%20Timeline%20final.pdf
http://www.blm.gov/es/st/en/prog/glo.html
https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-by-era/jackson-lincoln/timeline-terms/land-act-1820
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Paper Document
English
Grand Island, Nebraska
Buffalo County, Nebraska
Washington D.C.