CFR0285
View Application:
Original Owner:
Bacon, Henry Nieman; Bacon, Virginia Smithson Winniford
Year of Property Acquisition:
1890
Award Type:
Century Farm
Donation land claim:
No
Homestead:
No
Other:
No
Legal description for the farm or ranch headquarters:
T 26 R 6 along the Umpqua River.
County:
Douglas
Name of farm or ranch:
Turkey Crick Ranch
Who farms or ranches today:
Bacon, John Gerald
Original buildings still in use:
No
Building structures on property with date of construction:
no
Crops or livestock historically raised on property:
Apples, cherries, strawberries, prunes (and a dryer), hay, grain crops, horses, sheep, cattle, turkeys, chickens, hogs. Also had a fishing license to net fish out of the main Umpqua River.
Crops or livestock currently raised on property:
Purebred Polled Hereford cattle, hay crops.
National register property:
No
Contact first name:
Judith
Date of application:
1989-11-30 00:00:00
Date of award:
1990
Genealogical information included:
Yes
Application on file:
Yes
Application location:
Mss 1604
Applicants relationship to original owners:
grandson
Origin of original owners:
Greene County, Tennessee
How many generations still live on the farm or ranch:
3
Original Acreage:
0.0acres
Current Acreage:
0.0
Acreage farmed or ranched today:
0