CFR1027
View Application:
Original Owner:
Davenport, Joseph A.
Year of Property Acquisition:
1900
Award Type:
Century Farm
Donation land claim:
No
Homestead:
No
Other:
Yes
Please explain:
Purchased from Daniel Giles
Legal description for the farm or ranch headquarters:
Sec 19 & 20 T 29 S R 12 W
County:
Coos
Address physical location:
1 mile W on Catching Creek, Myrtle Point.
Who farms or ranches today:
Children of Joseph A. Deavenport
Original buildings still in use:
No
Building structures on property with date of construction:
Farm house built prior to 1900. It was known as "the old Slingby house" in 1932. It has been remodeled.
Crops or livestock historically raised on property:
Beets, timber, oats, corn, grass hay, dairy, beef, sheep, goats, horses. Primarily a dairy.
Crops or livestock currently raised on property:
Hay, a few beef and sheep.
National register property:
No
Contact first name:
Joseph
Date of application:
2000-11-30 00:00:00
Date of award:
2001
Genealogical information included:
No
Application on file:
Yes
Application location:
OHS Field Services File
Applicants relationship to original owners:
grandson
Origin of original owners:
England to Wisconsin to Ferndale, California
Ethnic origin of original owners:
England
How many generations still live on the farm or ranch:
2
Notes and comments property:
200 acres in present farm of original 400.
Original Acreage:
0.0acres
Current Acreage:
0.0
Acreage farmed or ranched today:
0