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Testimony on Roy homestead dispute and improvements
In Roy, Jacob (Jake) recounts confrontations over a land contest with Will Brummage and others. He describes offers to settle, his financial struggles, family details, and improvements to the homestead including a June 1904 house, a 1907 addition, fencing, and cane cultivation. The cross examination probes residence dates, furniture value, and prior occupants of the Martinez house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Branch
Roy
Jake
Will Brummage
Sol Floersheim
Brummage
Rand
Melville
Floersheim
Europe
Pueblo
Floersheim Mercantile Company
Martinez
W. A. Brummage
Peron
William A. Brummage
U. S
Tyler
William C. Roy
A. Melville
Irwin
Hilda
Edgar
Sylvan
Lester
Etna
Martines
Galian Trujillo
Antonio Lucero
Pablo Branch
Speigelmier
F. B. Strong
M. W. H. Willcox
Mr. Montgomery
Mr. Brummage
Martinez House
Bushkevitz
W. H. Willcox
Roys