Daily AncestorEntryman
An entryman was a person who filed an entry, a claim to buy or homestead federal public land, at a land office.
Taking up federal land was called making an entry. The person who did so, under the cash, preemption, homestead or other land laws, is called the entryman in land office records.
An entry was "unperfected" until the entryman met all the requirements, such as residence or payment, and made final entry for the patent.
As seen in a recordHomestead entry case file, 1880s
Wm. Bell, entryman, appeared and made affidavit of continuous residence
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