SFR0018

View Application: 
Original Owner: 
Montgomery, William Grimes; Montgomery, Mary L.
Year of Property Acquisition: 
1857
Award Type: 
Sesquicentennial Farm
Donation land claim: 
Yes
Dlc num and registration location: 
Certificate #2671, Linn County
Homestead: 
No
Other: 
No
County: 
Linn
Name of farm or ranch: 
Montgomery Homestead Farm
Address physical location: 
4111X block of Ridge Drive, Scio, OR, inside 90 degree turn of Ridge Dr from E to N.
Distance from nearest town: 
6.5 miles
Nearest town name: 
Stayton
Who farms or ranches today: 
Montgomery, Leland R.
Original buildings still in use: 
No
Building structures on property with date of construction: 
Original house and other structures were on the 'north part', which was sold out of family in 1960
Crops or livestock historically raised on property: 
Apples; Hay; Oats; Pasture; Prunes; Wheat; Cattle; Pigs; Sheep
Crops or livestock currently raised on property: 
Grass seed; Hay
National register property: 
No
Contact first name: 
Leland R.
Date of application: 
2008-10-18 00:00:00
Date of award: 
2009
Please describe attachments: 
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family history narrative; Letter from Oregon Historical Society; Handwritten family history narrative; Copies of photographs; Copy of original Donation Land Claim certificate; Metsker maps
Genealogical information included: 
Yes
Application on file: 
Yes
Application location: 
MSS ORCFRP
Applicants relationship to original owners: 
Great-great-grandson of William Grimes Montgomery
Origin of original owners: 
Kentucky
Original Acreage: 
318.0acres
Current Acreage: 
145.0