Homestead Claimant: Thomas Hoey in Ft. Dodge, Webster Co.,Iowa, 24 December 1969
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THOMAS HOEY HOMESTEAD CLAIM

AFFIDAVIT REQUIRED OF HOMESTEAD CLAIMANTS, ACTS OF MAY 20, 1862, AND JUNE 21, 1866.
I, Thomas Hoey having made a Homestead entry of the South West 1/4 section No. 31 in 
Township No. 93 N. of Range No. 27 W. subject to entry at Fort Dodge, Iowa under the 
first section of the Homestead Act of May 20, 1862, do now apply to perfect my claim 
thereto by virtue of the first provision to the second section of said Act; and for 
that purpose do solemnly swear that I have been naturalized as a citizen of the United 
States that I have made actual settlement upon and have cultivated said land, having 
resided thereon since the 27th day of May 1864, 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 have true allegiance to the Government of the United States. 
Signed Thomas Hoy
	
	I, A. M. Dawley, Register, of the Land Office at Fort Dodge, Iowa, do hereby 
certify, that the above affidavit was taken and subscribed before me this 24th day of 
December, 1869. Signed A. M. Dawley, Register.
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