CFR0772

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Original Owner: 
Benson, Charles
Year of Property Acquisition: 
1848
Award Type: 
Century Farm
Donation land claim: 
No
Homestead: 
No
Other: 
No
County: 
Marion
Original buildings still in use: 
No
Building structures on property with date of construction: 
no
Crops or livestock currently raised on property: 
Sheep
National register property: 
No
Contact first name: 
Charles
Date of application: 
1973-11-30 00:00:00
Date of award: 
1974
Please describe attachments: 
Tax statements, family tree, and notes on the lives of Charles Benson and Absalom Greenstreet.
Genealogical information included: 
Yes
Application on file: 
Yes
Application location: 
Mss 1604
Applicants relationship to original owners: 
great grandson
Origin of original owners: 
Greenbrier County, Virginia
How many generations still live on the farm or ranch: 
1
Notes and comments property: 
640 acres in original farm. 57 acres in present farm. Farm was divided 3 times.
Original Acreage: 
0.0acres
Current Acreage: 
0.0
Acreage farmed or ranched today: 
0