SFR0028

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Original Owner: 
Morris, Eliam; Morris, Susannah
Year of Property Acquisition: 
1852
Award Type: 
Sesquicentennial Farm
Donation land claim: 
Yes
Dlc num and registration location: 
1330
Homestead: 
No
Other: 
No
Legal description for the farm or ranch headquarters: 
T2-R4-S6
County: 
Yamhill
Name of farm or ranch: 
Three Branches, LLC
Address physical location: 
10670 Oak Ridge Rd. Yamhill OR
Distance from nearest town: 
1 1/2 miles
Nearest town name: 
Yamhill, OR
Who farms or ranches today: 
Three Branches LLC
Original buildings still in use: 
No
Building structures on property with date of construction: 
First house built in 1853-54, another home was built in 1860 that is now Rollie Morris's half of land. Three Branches portion of original farm that is part of this award has no buildings, just bare land. The other half that is maintained by Ted Morris's brother Rollie has two house/outbuildings on it. Mitch Vandehey (Cherie Morris's husband, one of three girls farms entire property today), both Three Branches portion and Ted's brother Rollie's portion
Crops or livestock historically raised on property: 
Barley; Oats; Wheat; Cattle; Chickens; Hogs; Horses
Crops or livestock currently raised on property: 
Clover; Grass seed; Hazelnuts
National register property: 
No
Contact first name: 
Rich
Date of application: 
2014-04-28 00:00:00
Date of award: 
2014
Please describe attachments: 
Application; Statement of affirmation; Email to Oregon Century Farm and Ranch Program; List of family members; Maps of property; Yamhill County sales data; Copies of photographs; Family history information; Excerpt from "History of Oregon"; Newspaper articles; Farm history narrative; Original century farm application; Excerpt from "Genealogical Material in Oregon Donation Land Claims, Volume 1"; Map of property; Copy of original Donation Land Claim certificates; Architectural drawings; Index card for Historic American Buildings Survey; Photographs; Plat map
Genealogical information included: 
Yes
Application on file: 
Yes
Application location: 
MSS ORCFRP
Applicants relationship to original owners: 
Great great grandchildren
Origin of original owners: 
Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Oregon
Ethnic origin of original owners: 
Denmark
How many generations still live on the farm or ranch: 
0
Original Acreage: 
318.0acres
Current Acreage: 
68.4
Acreage farmed or ranched today: 
60