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Louise Archer (Flint) – Lincoln County, Oklahoma

Homesteading patent issued to Loue Archer under Theodore Roosevelt's presidency.
Government Land Office

Louise Archer (Flint) was born on August 1844, in Virginia, a time when the country was grappling with enslavement. She married Allen Flint, and together they had two children, though one of them tragically passed, as noted in the 1900 census records. Throughout her marriage to Allen Flint, Louise dedicated herself to managing the household and nurturing her family.

On October 24, 1891, Allen Flint submitted an application for a homestead in Oklahoma City. He acquired approximately 162 acres of land near Chandler, Oklahoma, through the Homestead Act.

Three years later, in January 1894, Allen Flint lost his life in a gunfight stemming from a land dispute with a man named C. E. Emory. As a result, Louise asserted her rightful ownership of the land they had been cultivating since acquiring it in April 1892. The property, a mixture of prairie, timber, and farmland, included nearly thirty acres of cultivated land and a log house.

The property was located in the Northwest quarter of Section 30, Township 13N, Range 4E, in Lincoln County, Oklahoma.

The process was quite tedious and took several years for the federal government to confirm Louise as the rightful owner of the homestead. She first had to provide proof of ownership and documentation to the land office in Oklahoma City. Several witnesses provided testimonials and affidavits verifying the legitimacy of her land claims including, Archie Parker, Peter Webb, James Parker, and James Rankins.

After nearly seven years, the United States Department of the Interior, the Commissioners court in Oklahoma City, and the General Land Office certified Louise as the owner of the homestead.

Louise remarried in December 1899 to a farmer named David Archer who was originally born in Louisiana in August 1837.