Posted on: Palo Alto Co. Ia Deeds Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ia/PaloAltoDeed/10010 Surname: Joynt, Finn ------------------------- FINAL PROOF REQUIRED UNDER HOMESTEAD ACT OF MAY 20, 1862 AND ACT OF JUNE 18, 1874 We, Patrick Joynt and John Joynt do solemnly swear that we have known David Finn for 5 years last past; that he is the head of a family consisting of a wife and 3 children and that he is over the age of 21 years and a citizen of the United States; that he is an inhabitant of the East half of the Northwest qr of Section No. 20 in Township No. 96 of Range 33, and that no other person resided upon the said land entitled to the right of Homestead or Pre-emption. That the said David Finn entered upon and made settlement on said land on or about the 2nd day of June, 1869 and has built a house thereon 14 by 18 feet, One and a half stories high, built good stablery & sheds, dug a well, built a corn crib, &c and has lived in the said house and made it his exclusive home from the 2nd day of June, 1869 to the present time; and that he has, since said settlement, plowed, fenced and cultivated about 25 acres of said land, and has made the following improvements thereon to wit: Set out about half acres of trees, &c. That notice of this intention to make final homestead proof on said land was posted on the land and on the door of the Court-House of Palo Alto county, Iowa, from the 23rd day of January to the 15th day of February, 1875; and that in consequence of the ravages of the grasshoppers we are satisfied he is unable, without serious loss and inconvenience, to defray the expense of a personal attendance at the District Land Office. [signed] Patrick Joynt and John Joynt I, Thos. J Prouty, do hereby certify that the above affidavit was taken and subscribed before me this 15th day of February, 1875; and I further certify that Patrick Joynt and John Joynt whose names are subscribed to the foregoing affadavit, are persons of respectability, and residents in the neighborhood of the above-described land. [signed] T.J. Prouty, Clerk [Note: David Finn was the husband of Honora Joynt] Link: Palo Alto County, Iowa USGenWeb Project URL: <http://www.rootsweb.com/~iapaloal/paloalto.htm>