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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CFR0314 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Looney, Jessie and Reuby | 1850 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | claim #53 | No | No |
sections 23, 24, 25, 26 T 9 S R 3 W |
Marion |
2.5 miles N of Jefferson |
Looney, Herbert; Renter. | No | No |
Original property contained 640 acres. Applicant owns 108 acres of the original land grant. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Notarized statement; 1960 state fair celebration registration form; Newspaper articles. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | unknown | 0 | ||||||||||||
CFR0715 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Madden, John | 1882 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Gilliam |
Lonerock Valley |
Campbell, Margaret A. | No | no | Horses, cattle, sheep, rye... | Cattle, alfalfa, grass, grain... | No | Monday, November 30, 1992 | 1993 |
Application; Statement form, Deeds. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | Grandson & granddaughter | Ireland via California | 1 | |||||||||||
CFR0001 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Osborn, Stephen | 1862 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | SW 1/4 of Sec. 29 T 5 S R 40 E | No | Baker | No | no | Livestock, cattle | Hay | No |
160 acres in original farm. 150 acres in present farm. |
Sunday, November 30, 1969 | 1970 |
2 pages of notes on the history of Stephen Osborn and farm ownership. Application; Farm history notes; Certification of ownership; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | daughter | Missouri | 1 | |||||||||||
CFR0131 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Dean, Nathaniel C. | Willow Springs Farm | 1851 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No | Jackson |
207-A located 3 miles W of Central Point |
Dean, Frank C.; Dean, Olive | No | At time of application: Hay;... | No |
"The Deans lived here on this farm 100 years. Nathaniel Dean and Annie Hoston were married here 15 Nov. 1852, the first white couple married in Jackson county Oregon." |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | 0 | |||||||||||||
CFR0281 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Anderson, James Mechlin | 1847 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | Claim # 50, Notification #631, Ded #777 | No | No |
T 9 S, R 3 W |
Marion |
5 miles W of Jefferson on Anberny Hill Road |
Anderson, James W.; Anderson, Ruth M. | No | House built in 1855 still... | Crop land (35 acres), Pasture... | No |
Current applicant ownes 91 acres. Part of the land is rented out. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Notarized ownership document.
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No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson (James) | Fairfield County, Ohio | 0 | |||||||||
CFR0414 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Griffith, B. L. | 1867 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Polk |
7 miles SE of Independence |
Wells, Perry A. | No | Hay, grain, cattle. Original... | Cherries, prunes, pears,... | No |
160 acres in original farm. 168 acres in present farm. A warehouse was located on the banks of the Willamette for shipping produce. |
Sunday, November 30, 1969 | 1970 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Illinois | 1 | |||||||||||
CFR0553 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Barrett, John | 1894 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
Sec 10 T 5 S R 4 W |
Yamhill | Schmitt, Robert W.; Schmitt, Mary E. Barrett | No | no | Dairy, beef, wheat, barley,... | Wheat, barley, oats, peas,... | No | Wednesday, November 30, 1994 | 1995 |
Application; Deed; Typewritten letter. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | Ireland | 3 | |||||||||||
CFR0415 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Fawk, John | 1868 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Polk | No | no | Grain, hay, livestock (horses... | Hay, grain, orchard. | No |
149.3 acres in original farm. 116 acres in present farm. The original house was located in the SW corner of the property, the point nearest the Salem-Tillamook Stage Road. |
Thursday, November 30, 1972 | 1973 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | England | 1 | ||||||||||||
CFR0554 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Smith, Darling | 1859 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Yamhill |
26351 Gerrish Valley Road NW, Yamhill, OR 97148 |
Bodeen, Perry L. | No | Remodeled 1881 barn. | Sheep, cattle, wheat, oats,... | cattle, sheep, hay. | No | Wednesday, November 30, 1994 | 1995 |
Application; Court summons; Deed; Handwritten letter. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | Dayton, Oregon | 3 | |||||||||||
CFR0813 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Bergstrom, Olof | 1887 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
T 3 S R 24 Sec 32 NWQ, Sec 29 SWQ, Sec 33 E1/2 |
Morrow | Becket, Ronald | No | no | Wheat, oats | Wheat | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Article. See "Stories of Century Farm Families in Morrow County" packet. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Sweden | 2 |