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James Thomas Final Proof 001

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[stamp] Orig. Fees $ Orig. Com. $ Final Com. $6.00 Pur. Mon. $ Test Fees $2.00 Excess $ [red stamp] JAN 13 1915 [Hand written note] 8.00 4-369. Form approved by the Secretary of the Interior, November 23, 1908 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR HOMESTEAD ENTRY U.S. LAND OFFICE Denver, Colo., No. 013968 FINAL PROOF. Receipt No. 1400666 [typed note] 160 A. 1.25 per TESTIMONY OF CLAIMANT QUESTION 1. What is your full name, age, and post-office address? ANSWER. James M. Thomas, about 66 years, Masters, Colo. QUESTION 2. Are you a native-born citizen of the United States, and if so, in what State or Territory were you born? (If foreign born, see Note 1.) ANSWER. Native, Alabama QUESTION 3. Are you the same person who made Homestead Entry No. 013968, at the Denver Land Office on the 8/30/10 day of__, 19__, for the NW ¼ , Section 32, Township 4N, Range 61W 6th P. Meridian? ANSWER. Yes Question 4. (a) Are you married or single? ANSWER. Married (b) If married, of whom does your family consist? ANSWER. Wife & 2 children (c) If a married woman, state whether your husband now has an unperfected homestead entry, and during what time he has resided on this land with you? ANSWER. Question 5. (a) When did you first establish actual residence upon theis land? ANSWER. Dec. 17, 1910 (b) When was your house built on this land? ANSWER. Nov. 1913; we lived in a house tent until we finished the house. (c) Have either you or your family ever been absent from the homestead since establishing residence? ANSWER. Have not been away since I filed nor my family (d) If there has been such absence give the dates covered by each absence; and as to each absence state whether you, your family, or both, were thus absent and the reason for each such absence? ANSWER. c 6-1524

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Land Entry Case Files: Homestead Final Certificates. Record Group 49: Records of the Bureau of Land Management. National Archives and Records Administration.

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