Title | View Application | Award Type | Original Owner | Name of farm or ranch | Year of Property Acquisition | Original Acreage | Current Acreage | Acreage farmed or ranched today | Donation land claim | Dlc num and registration location | Homestead | Homestead Information | Other | Please explain | Legal description for the farm or ranch headquarters | County | Address physical location | GPS location | Distance from nearest town | Nearest town name | Who farms or ranches today | Original buildings still in use | Building structures on property with date of construction | Crops or livestock historically raised on property | Crops or livestock currently raised on property | National register property | National register name | Notes and comments property | Date of application |
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Please describe attachments | Genealogical information included | Application on file | Application location | Applicants relationship to original owners | Origin of original owners | Ethnic origin of original owners | How many generations still live on the farm or ranch |
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CFR0444 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Denney, Thomas H. | 1848 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Washington | No | No | Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
1959 state fair celebration registration form; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
CFR0015 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Hayden, Thomas C. | 1855 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | #38 | No | No |
T 14 S R 8 W |
Benton | Hayden, Rufus | No | Yes |
At the time of application, the applicant still owned and farmed a good portion of the original DLC. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Notarized ownership document |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | 0 | |||||||||||||
CFR0377 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Phillips, John & Elizabeth | 1847 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | Claim # 50, Notification # 279 | No | No |
Sec 24 & 25 T 6 S R 3 W. |
Polk | No | UPDATE 8/01: Oregon National... | No |
640 acres in original farm. 230 acres in present farm. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; 1958 state fair celebration registration form. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | 0 | |||||||||||||
CFR0296 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Shaw, George W. | 1851 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Marion | No | No | Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 | No | No | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
CFR0203 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Parrish, Gamaliel | 1847 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | Claim # 45, Notification # 2060 | No | No |
Sec 6 & 7 T 13 S R 3 W, W.M., containing643.28 acres. |
Linn | No | No |
85 acres of original DLC in present farm. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | 0 | ||||||||||||||
CFR0113 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Gazley, James E. | 1851 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Douglas | Riddle, Glenn N. | No | No | Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
CFR0481 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Brutscher, Mary Everest & Sebastian Brutscher | 1850 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No | Yamhill |
1 mile E of Newberg on Portland Road |
Gumm, R. Kenneth | No | Fruit, nuts. | No |
40 acres in present farm. Founder had first post office in Newberg & named town after Neuberg, Germany. Chain of ownership: Sebastian Brutscher 1850 to 1895; Laura Brutscher Gumm (daughter) to 1958; R. Kenneth Gumm to date. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Affidavit. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | German | 0 | ||||||||||||
CFR0032 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Starr, Susan A. , Wesley Starr | 1847 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No | Benton | No | No |
See application for land details and complex family relationships. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandmother/ great great nephew | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
CFR0396 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Hill, Henry Washington & Martha Ann Hill | 1847 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
See application for full description. T 8 S R 4 W. |
Polk |
Henry Hill's Town of Independence. |
Hill, Orville H. | No | No | Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | 0 | ||||||||||||||
CFR0312 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Short, John W. | 1858 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from William Price for $1000. |
T 7 S, R 1 |
Marion |
10 miles E. of Salem |
Jones, Thomas; Meyer, Alice | No | None of the original... | Pasture, Timber, Brush | No |
Original proptery was 160 acres. Applicant owns 109 acres of which 59 acres is in cultivation. J. W. Short gave son-in-law T. A. Jones land in 1901. Son W. A. Jones received land in 1916, and in 1955 applicant Thomas Jones received land from estate. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Notarized statement. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | Great Grandchildren in law | 0 |