REBECCA TAYLOR HOMESTEAD RECORD

REBECCA TAYLOR HOMESTEAD RECORD
Contributed by Richea Brigance

Note: Rebecca (GIPSON) TAYLOR was the widow of William "Henry" Taylor. Their son Berry Taylor married Mary Dickerson. Berry's daughter, Ollie married William Andy Brigance. That couple was my husband's grandparents.

Note: These are printed forms and all handwritten information is underlined.

HOMESTEAD

Receiver's Office, Clarksville, Ark., Sept. 22d, 1870
Receiver's Receipt No. 5329 Application No. 5329
Received of Rebecca Taylor the sum of Fourteen dollars (blank) cents; being the amount of fee and compensation of Register and Receiver for the entry of NW fcl of SE fcl and S 1/2 & NE fcl of SW fcl of Section 4 in Township 4 N of Range 28 W 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."

$14.00
Wm. S. Hutchinson Receiver

HOMESTEAD

APPLICATION NO. 5329
LAND OFFICE at Clarksville, Ark., Sept. 22, 1870

I, Rebecca Taylor, of Scott Co., Ark. do hereby apply to enter, under the provisions of the Act of Congress approved May 20, 1862, entitled "An Act to secure homesteads to actual settlers on the public domain," the NW fcl of SE fcl & S 1/2 & NE fcl of SW fcl of Section 4 in Township 4 N of Range 28 W, containing 160 Acres.
(Signed) Rebecca (her x mark) Taylor

LAND OFFICE at Clarksville, Ark.
I, James A. Shrigley(?), Register of the Land Office, do hereby certify that the above application is for Surveyed Lands of the class which the applicant is legally entitled to enter under the Homestead Act of May 20, 1862, and that there is no prior, valid, adverse right to the same.
(Signed) James A. Shrigley(?) Register

HOMESTEAD

[AFFIDAVIT] 5329
LAND OFFICE at Clarksville, Ark.
Sept. 22, 1870

I, Rebecca Taylor, of Scott Co., Ark. having filed my Application No. 5329, for an entry under the provisions of the act of Congress approved May 20, 1862, entitled "An act to secure Homesteads to actual settlers on the public domain," do solemnly swear, that I am the head of a family - a citizen of the United States - that I have not heretofore had the benefit of this Act - that I make my application No. 5329 for my exclusive use and benefit - for actual settlement and cultivation, and not directly or indirectly for the use or benefit of any other person or persons whomsoever
(Signed) Rebecca (her x mark) Taylor

Sworn to and subscribed this 22d day of Sept. 1870 Before James A. Shrigley(?), Recvr of the Land Office

NON-MINERAL AFFIDAVIT

County of Yell
State of Arkansas

Rebecca Taylor being duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that she is the identical person who is an applicant for Government title to the NW fcl of SE fcl & S 1/2 of NE fcl of SW fcl Section 4, Tp 4 N R 28 W that she is well acquainted with the character of said described land, and with each and every legal subdivision thereof, having frequently passed over the same; that her knowledge of said land is such as to enable her to testify understandingly with regard thereto; that there is not, to her knowledge, within the limits thereof, any vein or lode of quartz or other rock in place, bearing gold, silver, cinnabar, lead, tin, or copper, or any deposit of coal; that there is not within the limits of said land, to her knowledge, any placer, cement, gravel, or other valuable mineral deposit; that no portion of said land is claimed for mining purposes under the local customs or rules of miners or otherwise; that no portion of said land is worked for mineral during any part of the year by any person or persons; that said land is essentially non-mineral land, and that her application therefor is not made for the purpose of fraudulenty obtaining title to mineral land, but with the object of securing said land for agricultural purposes.
(Signed) Rebecca (her x mark) Taylor

Subscribed and sworn to before me this First day of Sept, A.D. 1876 and I hereby certify that the foregoing affidavit was read to the said Rebecca Taylor previous to her name being inscribed thereto; and that deponent is a respectable person to whose affidavit full faith and credit should be given.
(Signed) T.M. Gibson, Reg.

FINAL AFFIDAVIT REQUIRED OF HOMESTEAD CLAIMANTS
Act of May 20, 1862

I, Rebecca Taylor, having made a Homestead entry of the NW fcl of SE fcl & NE fcl of SW fcl section No. 4 in township No. 4 N of range No. 18 W (sic) subject to entry at (blank) under the first section of the Homestead Act of (blank), do now apply to perfect my claim thereto by virtue of the first proviso to the second section of said act; and for that purpose do solemnly swear that I am the head of a family a citizen of the United States; that I have made actual settlement upon and have cultivated said land, having resided thereon since the 22d day of September, 1870, to the present time; that no part of said land has been alienated, but that I am the sole bona fide owner as an actual settler; and that I will bear true allegiance to the Government of the United States and that I have not heretofore perfected or abandoned an entry made under this act.
(Signed) Rebecca (her x mark) Taylor

I, T.M. Gibson, Register, of the Land Office at Dardanelle, Ark., do hereby certify that the above affidavit was taken and subscribed before me this First day of September, 1876.
(Signed) T.M. Gibson, Reg.

Final Proof required under Homestead Act May 20, 1862

We, R.M. Johnson & Henry Taylor do solemnly swear that we have known Rebecca Taylor for 6 years last past; that she is head of a family consisting of four children a citizen of the United States; that she is an inhabitant of the NW fcl of SE fcl & S 1/2 & NE fcl of SW fcl of Section 4 in Township 4 N of Range 28 W and that no other person resided upon the said land entitled to the right of Homestead or Pre-emption.

That the said Rebecca Taylor entered upon and made settlement on said land on the 22d day of September, 1870, and has built a house thereon and has lived in the said house and made it her exclusive home from the 22d day of September, 1870, to the present time, and that she has, since said settlement, plowed, fenced, and cultivated about 25 acres of said land, and has made the following improvements thereon, to wit built a dwelling house, Corn Smoke HOuse.
(Signed) R.M. Johnson
(Signed) Henry Taylor

I, T.M. Gibson, Reg. do hereby certify that the above affidavit was taken and subscribed before me this 1st day of September, 1876
(Signed) T.M. Gibson, Reg.

We certify that R.M. Johnson & Henry Taylor whose names are subscribed to the foregoing affidavit, are persons of respectability.
(Signed) T.M. Gibson, Register
(Signed) M.M. Freed, Receiver

Final Receiver's Receipt, No. 1357 Application No. 5329
HOMESTEAD

Receiver's Office, Dardanelle
September 1st 1876

Received of Rebecca Taylor the sum of Four Dollars (blank) Cents, being the balance of payment required by law for the entry of NW fcl of SE fcl & S 1/2 & NE fcl of SW fcl of Section 4 in Township 4 N of Range 28 W containing 160 acres, under Section 2201 of the Revised Statutes of the United States.
$4.00
(Signed) M.M. Freed Receiver

HOMESTEAD

Land Office at Dardanelle
September 1st, 1876
FINAL CERTIFICATE,
No. 1357
APPLICATION,
No. 5329

It is hereby certified, That, pursuant to the provisions of the act of Congress approved May 20, 1862, entitled "An Act to secure homesteads to actual settlers on the public domain," Rebecca Taylor made payment in full for NW fcl of SE fcl & S 1/2 & NE fcl of SW fcl of Section No. 4 in township No. 4 N of range No. 28 W containing 160 acres.

Now, therefore, be it known, That on presentation of this Certificate to the Commissioner of the General Land Office, the said Rebecca Taylor shall be entitled to a Patent for the Tract of Land above described.
(Signed) T.M. Gibson Register