Cleburne County AlArchives Deed.....Eatha M.  Langley - Homestead Acts of Congress approved May 20, 1862, and March 21, 1864 November 13 1869
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E ½ of NE ¼ of Section 36, & fract S ½ of SE ¼  of Section 25
Written: November 13 1869

Homestead of Eatha M. Langely

Receiver's Office, Montgomery, Ala, Nov 13th 1869
Receiver's Receipt No. 2214, Application No, 2214
Received of Eatha M Langley the sum of fourteen dollars (blank) cents; being 
the amount of fee and compensation of Register and Receiver for the entry of E 
½ of NE ¼ of Section 36, & fract S ½ of SE ¼ of Section Twenty five (25) in 
Township Sixteen (16) of Range Twelve (12) E 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  Signed Wm H. Dingley

Application No 2214, Land Office at Montgomery, Ala Nov 13, 1869

I, Eatha M Langely of Cleburne Co Ala, 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 fl E ½ NE ¼ 
Sect 34 fl S ½ SE ½ of Section 25 in Township 16 South of Range 12 East 
containing 130 26/100 Acres.
(signed) Eatha M (her mark) Langley

Land Office at Montgomery, Ala Nov 13, 1869 
I, P. J. Anderson Register of the Land Office, do hereby certify that the 
above application is the Surveyed Land 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) P. J. Anderson, Register


[Affidavit] Land Office at Montgomery, Ala., Nov 13, 1869

I, Eatha Langley of Cleburne County, Ala., having filed my application No. 
2214, for 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 a widow the head of a family dependent on 
my own resources for a live li house a citizen of the United States; that said 
Application No 2214 is made for the purpose of Settlement and Cultivation, and 
that said Entry is for my exclusive use and benefit, and not directly or 
indirectly for the use of benefit of any other person or persons whomsoever; 
and I have not heretofore had the benefit of this Act, and that I am unable to 
visit the office at Montgomery by reasons of Great Distance

(Signed) Eatha (her mark) Langley

Sworn to and subscribed, this 15th day of October 1869, before me James Baber, 
Clerk of the Circuit Court for Cleburne County; as witness my hand and the 
official Seal of the said Court, hereto affixed. 
My private seal there being no seal of said court.
(Signed) James Baber, Clerk of the Circuit Court

Homestead, Final Certificate, No 720

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,” Eatha M. Langley has made payment in 
full for fractional E ½ of NE ¼ of Section 36, and fractional S ½ of SE ¼ of 
section No 25 in township 16 South of range No. 12 east containing 130 26/100 
acres. 

Now, therefore, let it be known, That on presentation of this Certificate to 
the Commissioner of the General Land Office, the said Eatha M. Langley shall 
be entitled to a Patent for the Tract of Land above described. 
(signed) Pelham J. Anderson 

Final Receiver's Receipt, No 720      Application, No 2214

Receiver's Office, Montgomery, Ala, January 8th 1876

Received of Eatha M. Langley the sum of Four dollars (blank) cents, being the 
balance of payment required by law for the entry of Fractional East half of 
North East Quarter of Sec. 36, and fractional South half of South East Quarter 
of Section 25 in Township 16 South of Randge 12 East containing 130 26/100 
acres, under Section 2291 of the Revised Statutes of the United States. 
(signed) Peyton Finley, Receiver

Final Affidavit Required of Homestead Claimants

I, Eatha M. Langley, having made a Homestead entry of the fl. E ½ of NE ¼ of 
Sec. 36 and fl S ½ of SE ¼ section No 25 in township No 16S, of frange No 12 
East subject to entry at Montgomery, Ala under the first section of the 
Homestead Act of 1862, do now apply to perfect my claim thereto by virtue of 
the first probiso to the second Section of said act; and for that purpose do 
solemnly swear that I am a citizen of te United States; that I have made 
actual settlement upon and have cultivated said land, having resided thereon 
since the 13th day of November 1869, 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 ot the 
Government of the United States. 
(signed with her actual signature) Eatha M Langley

I, Pelham J, Anderson Register, of the Land Office at Montgomery, Ala, do 
hereby certify that the above affidavit was taken and subscribed before me 
this 8th day of 
January, 1876.
(signed) P. J. Anderson, Register

We, William J. Gentry and John J. Langley do solemnly swear that we have known 
Eatha M. Langley for 7 years last past; that she is the head of a family 
consisting of 10 children and is a citizen of te United States; that she is an 
inhabitant of the fl E ½ of NE ¼ of Sec 36, & S ½ of SE ¼ of section 25 in 
Township NO 16S of Range No 12 Et and that no other person resided upon the 
said land entitled to the right of Homestead or Pre-emption. 
That  the said Eatha M Langley entered upon and made settlement on said land 
on 
Or before the 13th day of November, 1869, and has built a house thereon and 
has lived in the said house and made it her exclusive home from & before the 
13th day of November 1869, to the present timem and that she has, since said 
settlement, plowed fenced, and cultivated about 50 acres of said land, and has 
made the following improvements thereon, to wit; a two room dwelling house, 
smoke house stable, corn crib, Cotton house, fodder house, shuck house, fruit 
orchard & vegetable garden.
(signed) William J. (his mark) Gentry, John J. Langley
I P.J. Anderson Register U.S. Land Office, Montgomery, Ala. do hereby certify 
that the above affidavit was taken and subscribed before me this 8th day of 
January, 1876.

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