Definition of Homesteaded

1. Verb. (past of homestead) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Homesteaded

1. homestead [v] - See also: homestead

Lexicographical Neighbors of Homesteaded

homeslice
homeslices
homesourcing
homespun
homespun(p)
homespun fabric
homespuns
homestall
homestalls
homestand
homestands
homestay
homestays
homestead
homestead law
homesteaded (current term)
homesteader
homesteaders
homesteading
homesteads
homestretch
homestretches
homestyle
hometime
hometown
hometowned
hometowns
homeward
homeward-bound
homewards

Literary usage of Homesteaded

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Business Law for Business Men: A Reference Book Showing the Laws of by Anthony Jennings Bledsoe (1907)
"If land is more valuable for its timber than for agricultural purposes, it cannot be homesteaded. Mineral land cannot be homesteaded. Section 1085. ..."

2. History of Colorado by Wilbur Fiske Stone (1918)
"He first took up a tree claim and homesteaded eighty acres. Today he owns three hundred and twenty acres of rich and valuable land, thoroughly irrigated and ..."

3. Pioneer Tales of the Oregon Trail and of Jefferson County by Charles Dawson (1912)
"Came to Nebraska, and homesteaded on Cub creek in 1868. ... homesteaded on Cub creek, where he continued to reside until coming to live in Fairbury. ..."

4. Past and Present of O'Brien and Osceola Counties, Iowa by John Licinius Everett Peck, Otto Hillock Montzheimer, William J. Miller (1914)
"At the age of twenty-two he came to Iowa and homesteaded in Osceola county, settling on the northwest quarter of section 18, in Baker township, ..."

5. The Traverse Region, Historical and Descriptive, with Illustrations of (1884)
"Here he homesteaded the fractional west half of ... County and homesteaded 160 acres of land in Section 13, Town 28, Range 13, where he now resides. ..."

6. Hearings Before the Committee on the Public Lands of the House of by United States Congress. House. Committee on the Public Lands, William M. [from old catalog] Reece (1902)
"I will answer bv saying that the larger portion of the lands homesteaded are ... You do not wish us to understand that all of the lands homesteaded are ..."

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