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 claimsort ascending 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 Date of award 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
CFR0034 Download Application (PDF) Century Farm Currier, J. M. 1850 0.00 0.00 0 Yes # 39 No No
Benton
No No
At the time of the application, the property consisted of over 500 acres still farmed by the applicant.
Saturday, November 30, 1957 1958
Affidavit; Typewritten letter.
No Yes Mss 1604 granddaughter 0
CFR0397 Download Application (PDF) Century Farm Ritner, Sebastian R.; Ritner, Sarah 1844 0.00 0.00 0 Yes Certification # 4582 & Certification # 4728 No No
Polk
No No
Chain of ownership: Sebastian & Sarah Ritner to John Ritner (son) to Rittie Kerber (granddaughter)
Saturday, November 30, 1957 1958
1959 state fair celebration registration form; Affidavit; Oregon State Archives Record of DLC Certificates; Handwritten letters.
No Yes Mss 1604 granddaughter Switzerland 3
CFR0313 Download Application (PDF) Century Farm Moisan, Thomas 1842 0.00 0.00 0 Yes No No
Marion
SE of Brooks, Oregon
Renter No The original house is still... Grain, Seed No
80 acres of grain and seed are currently raised. Applicant lives on the land, but the land is being rented.
Saturday, November 30, 1957 1958
Application; Notarized statement; Newspaper articles.
No Yes Mss 1604 grandson 0
CFR0224 Download Application (PDF) Century Farm Ketchum, Walter M. & Laura 1851 0.00 0.00 0 Yes No No
Linn
Mullen, Harold K.; Mullen, Lydia No No
On the death of Walter and Laura Ketchum the land went to C. S. Mullen, husband of Emma Ketchum.
Saturday, November 30, 1957 1958
Affidavit; Newspaper article.
No Yes Mss 1604 great grandson 2
CFR0050 Download Application (PDF) Century Farm Callahan, Clifton 1852 0.00 0.00 0 Yes No No
Clackamas
Durant, Edna M. No No
Clitfon Callahan's daughter Julia F. Staudinger was given 632 acres of land. Julia's daughter (applicant) was passed the property and she now owns 32.83 acres of land.
Saturday, November 30, 1957 1958
Affidavit
No Yes Mss 1604 1
SFR0018 Download Application (PDF) Sesquicentennial Farm Montgomery, William Grimes; Montgomery, Mary L. Montgomery Homestead Farm 1857 318.00 145.00 Yes Certificate #2671, Linn County No No
Linn
4111X block of Ridge Drive, Scio, OR, inside 90 degree turn of Ridge Dr from E to N.
6.5 miles Stayton Montgomery, Leland R. No Original house and other... Apples; Hay; Oats; Pasture;... Grass seed; Hay No
Saturday, October 18, 2008 2009
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
Yes Yes MSS ORCFRP Great-great-grandson of William Grimes Montgomery Kentucky
CFR0413 Download Application (PDF) Century Farm Vandevort, William 1850 0.00 0.00 0 Yes E 1/2 of Sec 7 in T 7 S R 3 W No No
Polk
Vaughn, Ruth E. No no grain, hay, dairy, poultry beef cattle, permanent pasture No
DLC deeded to Adam S. Hamilton in 1850. 320 acres in original farm. 23 acres in present farm. Original farm divided 4 times.
Monday, November 30, 1964 1965
Application; Certification of ownership; Genealogy (for Addie Vandevort); Family birth record; Donation Land Claim deed (for Adam Hamilton).
Yes Yes Mss 1604 great granddaughter 1
CFR0346 Download Application (PDF) Century Farm Brotl, Jacob and Virginia 1850 0.00 0.00 0 Yes #6030, cert. # 971 No No
Marion
4 miles E of Mt. Angel and 2 miles S of Monitor on the Scotts Mills-Monitor Road. On Butte Creek
No No
When Jacob Brotyl and wife Virginia divorced in 1858, land was re-deeded in wife's name and then she remarried and became Virginia White.
Saturday, November 30, 1957 1958
Application
No Yes Mss 1604 great grandson 0
CFR0167 Download Application (PDF) Century Farm McFarland, John Ward 1853 0.00 0.00 0 Yes Claim # 59 No No
Lane
Scott, Ethel Chrisman No Survey notes show the John W... No
280 acres of DLC in present farm. Chain of ownership: John Ward McFarland 1853 to 1880; Sophronia McFarland to 1932; Anna L. Chrisman to 1944; Ethel Chrisman Scott to date.
Saturday, November 30, 1957 1958
Application; Letter of approval; Newspaper article.
No Yes Mss 1604 great granddaughter 0
CFR0281 Download Application (PDF) Century Farm Anderson, James Mechlin 1847 0.00 0.00 0 Yes Claim # 50, Notification #631, Ded #777 No No
Marion
5 miles W of Jefferson on Anberny Hill Road
Anderson, James W.; Anderson, Ruth M. No House built in 1855 still... Crop land (35 acres), Pasture... No
Current applicant ownes 91 acres. Part of the land is rented out.
Saturday, November 30, 1957 1958
Application; Notarized ownership document.
No Yes Mss 1604 grandson (James) Fairfield County, Ohio 0

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