CFR1141

View Application: 
Original Owner: 
Knox, Mary Ellen and Arthur
Year of Property Acquisition: 
1900
Award Type: 
Century Farm
Donation land claim: 
No
Homestead: 
No
Other: 
No
County: 
Washington
Address physical location: 
50519 S.W. Scoggins Valley Rd, Gaston, OR 97119
Distance from nearest town: 
4.5 miles
Nearest town name: 
Gaston
Original buildings still in use: 
No
Crops or livestock historically raised on property: 
Hay; Oats; Turnips; Beef cattle; Chickens; Dairy cattle; Eggs
Crops or livestock currently raised on property: 
Timber
National register property: 
No
Contact first name: 
Doris
Date of application: 
2009-05-28 00:00:00
Date of award: 
2009
Please describe attachments: 
Handwritten family history narrative; Deed records; Tax lot map; Copy of aerial photo; Warranty deed; Crop boundary map; Land purchase contract; Copies of photographs
Genealogical information included: 
Yes
Application on file: 
Yes
Application location: 
MSS ORCFRP
Applicants relationship to original owners: 
Daughter of Fred & Clara Knox; granddaughter of Mary Ellen and Arthur Knox. Other legal owners are Doris' daughters - Karen Sue Childers and Carol Ellen Childers.
Origin of original owners: 
Buxton-Manning area (homesteaded in 1888.
Ethnic origin of original owners: 
N/A
How many generations still live on the farm or ranch: 
1
Original Acreage: 
141.0acres
Current Acreage: 
160.0
Acreage farmed or ranched today: 
0