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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CFR1006 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Papenberg, George | Elligsen Road Farm | 1866 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Washington | Elligsen, Ralph H. (Mr. and Mrs.) | No | Barn rebuilt in 1905. | Wheat, oats, hay, sheep,... | Hay, pasture, orchard, beef,... | No |
80 acres in original farm. 255 acres in present farm. Farm divided once. |
Sunday, November 30, 1975 | 1976 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grand nephew | Germany | 2 | ||||||||||
CFR0035 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Harris, John | 1853 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | #43 | No | No | Benton | Whitby, Harold R.; Whitby, Jack | No | No |
Property was passed upon death of John Harris to daughter Mary Harris Whitby, then to the applicant, and then to his son and daughter (Jack Harold Whitby and Isabel Whitby Smith). |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit; 1960 state fair celebration registration form. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | 3 | ||||||||||||||
CFR0168 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Thomas, Johnathan & Jeanette | 1853 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
Sec 33 T 16 S R 3 W, W.M., containing 320 acres. |
Lane |
300 yard S of Coburg on the Road to Eugene. |
Thomas, Lee B.; Thomas, Mabel A. | No | Survey notes show J. Thomas... | No |
12 acres of DLC in present farm. Chain of ownership: Johnathan & Jeanette Thomas 1853 to ?; Samuel H. Thomas & John J. Thomas to 1923; Albert M. Thomas to 1936; Lee B. Thomas to date. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Letter of approval. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | 0 | ||||||||||||
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 |