Land Ownership Deed
Title
Land Ownership Deed
Subject
Paper Documents, Early Nebraska Deed
Description
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.
Creator
General Land Office of the United States
Source
Sara and Terrence Holoubeck
Roswell D. Gould
General Land Office of the United States
Date
1879 (Deed Issue Date)
April 24, 1820 (Sale Act of Congress)
06/20/2015
Contributor
April White
Dr. Jinny Turman
Rights
Sara and Terrence Holoubeck
University of Nebraska at Kearney (Images)
Relation
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
Format
JPEG
Paper Document
Language
English
Coverage
Grand Island, Nebraska
Buffalo County, Nebraska
Washington D.C.
Original Format
Paper Document
Files
Collection
Citation
General Land Office of the United States, “Land Ownership Deed,” History Harvest, accessed April 20, 2024, https://historyharvest.unl.edu/items/show/1059.