CFR0713
View Application:
Original Owner:
McKinney, James Madison and Polly Elmira McKinney
Year of Property Acquisition:
1888
Award Type:
Century Farm
Donation land claim:
No
Homestead:
Yes
Homestead Information:
Sec 2 T 2 N R 19 E
Other:
No
County:
Gilliam
Name of farm or ranch:
James Madison McKmney & Polly Elmira Mckmney Farm
Address physical location:
West of Blalock Canyon
Who farms or ranches today:
Anderson, Don E.; Anderson, Patricia A.
Original buildings still in use:
No
Building structures on property with date of construction:
House built in 1913 (original house at same site burned in 1913)
Crops or livestock historically raised on property:
Cattle, sheep. Wash McKinney son of James McKinney began raising wheat. Purchased first Hereford cattle in 1927 and raised 50 or more horses each year.
Crops or livestock currently raised on property:
Wheat, barley, commercial Hereford cattle and a few quarter horses.
National register property:
No
Contact first name:
Don
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:
great grandson
Origin of original owners:
Mitchell County, North Carolina
How many generations still live on the farm or ranch:
1
Notes and comments property:
Trees from the "Timber Culture" application (see attachment) in SE 1/4 of Sec 2 still stand along the edge of the wheat fields.
Original Acreage:
0.0acres
Current Acreage:
0.0
Acreage farmed or ranched today:
0