Oct 1, 1869 L Carson Homestead Grant

Oct 1, 1869 L Carson Homestead Grant

Letitia Carson filed a Homestead Act claim for 160 acres on South Myrtle Creek in Douglas County, Oregon. She filed as a “widow” and mother of two children. Although the act included “freed slaves,” Letitia did not identify herself as such. On October 1, 1869, Letitia Carson’s Homestead claim was certified by President Ulysses S. Grant; it was one of the first 71 homestead claims–of 1.6 million total–ever certified in the United States. This document displays the signing of this land grant to Letitia Carson.

General Land Office of the United States

Oregon State Archives

LCLP

1869-10-01

Bob Zybach

No Copyright, Public Domain

This document is related to other documents concerning Letitia Carson's homestead in Douglas County, they're titled, "18630617 Letitia Carson Homestead application"
"18630617 Letitia Carson Receipt for Homestead Act filing fee of 11.92 dollars"
"18630617 Letitia Carson Affidavit with Homestead application" "18680619 Final Receiver Receipt"
"18680619 Letitia Carson Proof of required land improvements for Homestead describes home built"
"18680619 Homestead Affidavit"
"18680619 Letitia Carson Certificate of Homestead"
"18680619 Letitia Carson Affidavit to certify Homestead"

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Letitia Carson Homestead, Douglas County Oregon