| Title | View Application | Award Type | Original Owner | Name of farm or ranch | Year of Property Acquisition | Original Acreage | Current Acreage | Acreage farmed or ranched today | Donation land claim | Dlc num and registration location | Homestead | Homestead Information | Other | Please explain | Legal description for the farm or ranch headquarters | County | Address physical location | GPS location | Distance from nearest town | Nearest town name | Who farms or ranches today | Original buildings still in use | Building structures on property with date of construction | Crops or livestock historically raised on property | Crops or livestock currently raised on property | National register property | National register name | Notes and comments property | Date of application | Date of award | Please describe attachments | Genealogical information included | Application on file |
Application location |
Applicants relationship to original owners | Origin of original owners | Ethnic origin of original owners | How many generations still live on the farm or ranch |
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| CFR0745 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Gray, Frederick L. | 1861 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Lane | Gray, Hubert | No | House and barn built c.1861. | Hogs, cattle, oats, wheat. | Cattle, sheep, hay. | No |
320 acres in original farm. 42 acres in present farm. Farm divided twice. |
Sunday, November 30, 1975 | 1976 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Newspaper article. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Pennsylvania | 1 | |||||||||||
| CFR0874 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Jack, Marion | Jack Duff Ranches Inc | 1889 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Umatilla |
5 miles East of Pendleton on Walla Walla Hwy. |
Duff, James; Duff, Sally | No | 1 residence. | Mules, chickens, barley,... | Wheat, barley, cattle, peas. | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Statement form; Typewritten letter. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | Brownsville, Oregon | 3 | ||||||||||
| CFR1004 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Brooks, David | 1876 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Multnomah | Motz, Donald L. | No | House built c. 1898. | Potatoes, grain, milk cows,... | Hay, grain, nursery stock. | No |
160 acres in original farm. 25.36 acres in present farm. Farm was divided 3 times. |
Sunday, November 30, 1975 | 1976 |
Tax statement. Application. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great granddaughter | Iowa | 3 | |||||||||||
| CFR0032 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Starr, Susan A. , Wesley Starr | 1847 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No | Benton | No | No |
See application for land details and complex family relationships. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandmother/ great great nephew | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| CFR0165 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Pitney, John P. & Elizabeth Pitney | 1855 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Pre-emption Claim, Notification # 6430 |
Sec 7 T 16 S R 4 W, W.M. |
Lane | Pitney, Clarence A.; Pitney, James B. | No | No |
171 acres in present farm. Chain of ownership: John & Elizabeth Pitney 1855 to 1873; William & Lucy J. Pitney to 1937; Clarence A. Pitney & James B. Pitney, each 1/2 interest, to date. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Letter of approval; 1960 state fair celebration registration form. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson and great grandson | 3 | |||||||||||||
| CFR0312 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Short, John W. | 1858 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from William Price for $1000. |
T 7 S, R 1 |
Marion |
10 miles E. of Salem |
Jones, Thomas; Meyer, Alice | No | None of the original... | Pasture, Timber, Brush | No |
Original proptery was 160 acres. Applicant owns 109 acres of which 59 acres is in cultivation. J. W. Short gave son-in-law T. A. Jones land in 1901. Son W. A. Jones received land in 1916, and in 1955 applicant Thomas Jones received land from estate. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Notarized statement. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | Great Grandchildren in law | 0 | ||||||||||
| CFR0713 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | McKinney, James Madison and Polly Elmira McKinney | James Madison McKmney & Polly Elmira Mckmney Farm | 1888 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | Sec 2 T 2 N R 19 E | No | Gilliam |
West of Blalock Canyon |
Anderson, Don E.; Anderson, Patricia A. | No | House built in 1913 (original... | Cattle, sheep. Wash McKinney... | Wheat, barley, commercial... | No |
Trees from the "Timber Culture" application (see attachment) in SE 1/4 of Sec 2 still stand along the edge of the wheat fields. |
Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
2 page history of farm ownership; Wills; Application; Statement form; Homestead receipt; Typewritten letters; Timber culture application; Deeds. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | Mitchell County, North Carolina | 1 | ||||||||
| CFR0842 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Pinkerton, Robert W. | Pinkerton Ranch | 1893 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
Sec 32 T 1 N R 17 E |
Sherman |
3 1/2 miles N of Moro |
Pinkerton, Bruce R.; Pinkerton, David C. | No | no | Wheat, barley, oats, grain,... | Wheat, barley, oats. | No | Monday, November 30, 1992 | 1993 |
Application; Statement form; Certification of ownership; Typewritten letter; Deed. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandsons (Bruce R. & David C. Pinkerton) | Clarinda, Page County, Iowa | 3 | |||||||||
| CFR0129 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Dyer, Moses T. | 1852 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Douglas | Dyer, Margaret H. | No | no | Hogs, cattle, sheep, grain,... | Cattle | No |
360 acres in original farm. 316.16 acres in present farm. "Moses T Dyer built and operated the first sawmill in Douglas Co. in 1852. It was situated on the left (north) bank of South Myrtle Creek just a few feet up stream from my bridge." |
Thursday, November 30, 1972 | 1973 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | daughter-in-law | Addison Co., Vermont | 1 | |||||||||||
| CFR0279 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Settle, John | 1847 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Linn | Mitchell, W. M. | No | no | Small grains, cattle. | Small grains, seed. | No |
640 acres in original farm. 52 acres in present farm. |
Thursday, November 30, 1972 | 1973 |
Application; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | Tennessee | 2 |
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