CFR0402
View Application:
Original Owner:
Smith, Absalom and Hylah Smith
Year of Property Acquisition:
1848
Award Type:
Century Farm
Donation land claim:
Yes
Homestead:
No
Other:
No
Legal description for the farm or ranch headquarters:
Sec 11, 12, 13, 14 T 7 S R 5 W
County:
Polk
Address physical location:
7 1/2 miles NE of Dallas in the Smithfield community
Who farms or ranches today:
Smith, Hardin
Original buildings still in use:
No
Crops or livestock historically raised on property:
Grain, cattle.
Crops or livestock currently raised on property:
Grain; Cattle.
National register property:
No
Contact first name:
Hardin
Date of application:
1957-11-30 00:00:00
Date of award:
1958
Genealogical information included:
No
Application on file:
Yes
Application location:
Mss 1604
Applicants relationship to original owners:
grandson
How many generations still live on the farm or ranch:
0
Notes and comments property:
Founder of Smithfield. 641.75 acres of original farm still in the family. Chain of ownership: Absalom & Hylah Smith; to Samuel Thurston Smith (son); to Hardin Smith (grandson).
Original Acreage:
0.0acres
Current Acreage:
0.0
Acreage farmed or ranched today:
0