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Patent Type:  Homestead
Claimant: Mary E.  (Swinford)  McKay
Buried: 
Greenwood Cemetery, Lexington, NE
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Land Office: North Platte
Application
4180
10/22/1883
Occupied Date
4/1/1881
Final Certificate
1019
3/5/1886

Legal Description
NW¼ of Sec 10 T10N R25W in Dawson county, Nebraska  (160 Acres)
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All information below from testimony taken at final filing

Age
46
Post Office
Humpback

Marital Status
Widow
Children
2

House
sod  16x26

Notes
Widow of James S. Brown who filed the original application and died 1/15/1886. Besides his wife, he left 3 children: Olive F., Ella M. & Gracie. Olive was over 21 and married to Jacob M. McKnight.

Witness
John C. Decker
Age
Post Office
Humpback
Lawson Bray Humpback
Samuel Bray Humpback
Henry W. Volk Humpback




County Plat Publication Dates: Lincoln—1907; Dawson—1904; Frontier—1905

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