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Homestead Final Proof

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[stamp] PRINTED FOR JO BELL, LAND AGENT, JACKSON, MISS. Final Proof Required Under Homestead Act, MAY 20th, 1862. WE, Abraham Taylor & Adam Harness, do solemnly Swear that we have known Europe Bates for 15 years last past; that he is the head of a family consisting of a wife and three children and a citizen of the United States; that he is an inhabitant of the E½ NE¼ + NE¼ of SE¼ of Sect. 34 + SW¼ of NW¼ of Section No. 35 in Township No. 2 North, of Range No. 5 East, and that no other person resided upon the said land entitled to the right of Homestead or Pre-emption. That the said Europe Bates entered upon and made settlement on said land on the 6th day of December 1869, and has built a house thereon, and has lived in the said house and made it his exclusive home from the 6th day of December 1869, to the present time, and that he has, since said settlement, plowed, fenced, and cultivated about Fifty five acres of said land, and has made the following improvements thereon, to-wit: 1 Dwelling, 1 Corn Crib, Cotton House, Shop, + 1 fodder[?] House + Kitchen, + 2 small cabbins [sic]. And we are prevented from attending the Land Office by reason of distance and want of means, and said Europe Bates is prevented from attending the Land Office by reason of the great distance and want of means, [blank] Adam Harness X his mark [signature] Abraham Taylor I, C. E. Davis, do hereby certify that the above affidavit was taken and subscribed before me this 11 day of Sept 1876 [signature] C. E. Davis CLERK. I Certify that Adam Harness and Abraham Taylor whose names are subscribed to the foregoing affidavit, are persons of respectability. [signature] C.E. Davis CLERK.

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Homestead National Historical Park, Code: HOME

Amite County, Mississippi
Latitude: 40.2879981994629, Longitude: -96.8339004516602

Homesteader Case Files

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01/01/1869 - 12/30/1876

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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