Scanned image of a Homestead final proof form. See description for text.
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Fees $
Comm. $ 12.
Pur. Mon. $
Test Fees $ 2.
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Oct 23 1917
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Form approved by the Secretary of the Interior November 14, 1914
Department of the Interior.
HOMESTEAD ENTRY.
U.S. Land Office Denver, Colo, No. 019242 020047
Receipt No. [black stamp] 1957792
[hand written] 1124697 139910 State Capital, Denver
FINAL PROOF
[typed note] BDW 320 A. $1.25 per
Testimony of Claimant
Question 1. What is your full name, age and post-office address?
Answer. Oliver T. Jackson, 54 years, Masters, Colo.
Question 2. Are you a native -born citizen of the United States, and if so, in what State of Territory were you born? (If foreign born, or if native born and later naturalized in a foreign country, see Note 1.)
Answer. Native, Ohio
Question 3. Are you the same person who made Homestead Entry No. 019242 020047 at the Denver Land Office on the 11/24/13 6/18/14 day of, 19, for the S1/2, Section 29, Township 4N, Range 61 W 6th P Meridian?
If not, give relationship to entryman.
Answer. Yes
Question 4. Are you married or single? Answer. Married
Question 5. If married, of whom does your family consisit?
Answer. My wife
Question 6. 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. Also state his citizenship qualifications.
(See Note 1 at bottom of third page.)
Answer.
Question 7. When did you first establish actual residence upon this land?
Answer. This was formerly my D L E and I have lived on it since 1910
Question 8. When was your house built on this land?
Answer. Fall of 1910
Question 9. Have either you or your family ever been absent from the homestead since establishing residence?
Answer. My wife has not been
Question 10. 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. My work keeps me away a great deal of the time, but my wife remains there always. Some times I am able to go home every week then again only every other week.
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