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Claimant Testimony, America Harrold, page 3.tiff

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QUES. 25. Did you and your family live in said house during all of each or any winter since the date of your filing or entry? If not, state the duration and causes of each absence. ANS. We did. QUES. 26. If your family has not lived with you on this claim since the date of your filing or entry, state the causes therein, where they did reside, and where they are now living. ANS. One child lives with me. The others lives with are married and live with & two haven’t any to themselves QUES. 27. Do you own any other residence house than the one now on your claim? If so, state where, and who occupies the same. ANS. No. QUES. 28. Describe fully the house on this claim, giving value thereof; also describe fully all other improvements thereon of whatever kind, giving the value of each and total value of all improvements. ANS. A log house 16 feet square, 3 corn cribs log. Value of dwelling $25.00. Value of corn cribs $30.00. cleared and farmed 15 acres of land value of $75.00. Total value of all $130.00. QUES. 29. What farm implements do you own and use on this claim? State kind and number, and how long you have owned the same. ANS. Plows & Hoes, 1 farming plow, 1 weeding, since 1885 QUES. 30. What domestic animals, livestock do you own and keep on this claim? State the kind and number of each kind. ANS. Horse and 3 head of cow and 2 donkey. QUES. 31. State the articles of furniture of every kind you keep and use in your residence on this claim, and how long you have had them there. ANS. Bed, Bureau, chair, 7 aba, since 1883. QUES. 32. Have you any personal property or livestock of any kind elsewhere than on this claim? If so, describe the same, and state where the same is kept. ANS. No. QUES. 33. How many seasons have you raised crops on this land, and what kind of crops have you raised each season? ANS. Seven. QUES. 34. How many acres have you put in crops each year, and how much did you raise? State the amount in bushels of each kind. ANS. 15 acres, 100 bushels of corn, 50 bushels of potatoes. QUES. 35. Have you the land in crop this year, or is it prepared for cropping the coming season? How much of the land is so cropped or prepared? ANS. It is being prepared - 15 acres. QUES. 36. Do you carry on any trade, profession, or business elsewhere than on this land? If so, state what business you have been engaged in while claiming this land, where it was carried on, and the distance from your claim. ANS. No. QUES. 37. If you have been employed and working for others away from this claim since you established residence thereon, state when, where, and for whom, in what occupation or capacity, how long you have so worked, and where you stayed and lived during that time. ANS. No.

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Homestead National Historical Park, Code: HOME

Homestead National Historical Park, Gage County, Nebraska
Latitude: 40.2879981994629, Longitude: -96.8339004516602

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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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