Found this Homestead receipt in full
Receiver's office, Brownville, Nebraska on the Day 30th, 1868. Received of Daniel Freeman, the sum of six dollars and no cents, being the second half of compensation of Register and Receiver, and balance of payment required by law for the entry of (undeciperable plot) of Section Twenty-Six (26) in Township Town 4 north of Range five East containing 160 acres, under the acts of Congress approved. May 20, 1862, and March 21, 1864, entitled "An act to secure homesteads to actual settlers on the public domain" $6.00
Freeman was the first Nebraskan to meet the Homestead Act's requirement that a claim be occupied or farmed for 5 years.
Friday, September 18, 2009
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Did you know there is a National Park site devoted to telling the story of the Homestead Act of 1862? To learn more about what may be the most influential piece of legislation this country has ever created go to www.nps.gov/home or visit Homestead National Monument of America. Located in Nebraska, the Monument includes one of the first 160 acres homestead claims but tells the story of homesteading throughout the United States. Nearly 4 million claims in 30 states were made under the Homestead Act and 1.6 million or 40 percent were successful. The Homestead Act was not repealed until 1976 and extended in Alaska until 1986. Homesteads could be claimed by “head of households” that were citizens or eligible for citizenship. New immigrants, African-Americans, women who were single, widowed or divorced all took advantage of the Homestead Act. It is estimated that as many as 93 million Americans are descendents of these homesteaders today. This is a story as big, fascinating, conflicted and contradictory as the United States itself. Learn more!
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