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 |
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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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CFR0834 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Van Patten, Francies | 1885 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Sherman |
Farm located in Rufus, Oregon |
MacNab, Gary; McCullough, Kevin | No | Barn. | Chickens, turkeys, geese,... | Grain. | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Statement form; Farm and family histories (story of Mrs. Alex Bee MacNab); Genealogy of the Van Patten family; Typewritten letter; Handwritten letter. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great great grandchildren (Gary Macnab and Kevin McCullough) | Springfield, Illinois | Holland | 1 | ||||||||||
CFR0964 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Lieuallen, William | T.A. Lieuallen Century Farm / D&R&R Lieiallen | 1891 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | Certificate # 4922 | No |
NW 1/4 Sec 1 T 3 N R 35 E, W.M. |
Umatilla |
3 miles SE of Weston. |
Lieuallen, Donald; Lieuallen, Russell; Lieuallen, Robert | No | no | Beef cattle, small grains... | Beef cattle. | No | Monday, November 30, 1992 | 1993 |
Application; Statement form; Land certificate; Land grant application and affidavit; Typewritten letters. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | Missouri | 0 | ||||||||
CFR0271 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Jenks, James Benton | 1866 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | No. 52. Notification No. 2004. Homestead of Charles & Lucy Ann Williams. | No | Linn | Jenks, Marlowe D.; Jenks, Melvin C. | No | Part of original home | Wheat, oats, cheat, barley,... | Poultry, grass seed. | No |
139 acres in original farm. 215 acres in present farm. |
Sunday, November 30, 1969 | 1970 |
Applications; Certifications of ownership; Typewritten letter. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandsons | Fillmore, Missouri | 2 | ||||||||||
CFR0404 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Ridgeway, John | 1846 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | Claim # 43 | No | No |
Sec 20, 21, 28, 29 T 6 S R 6 W |
Polk |
Mill Creek |
No | No |
Chain of ownership: John Ridgeway to William Ridgeway (son) and Mary E. Ridgeway (daughter); to Mary C. Stewart (daughter of William). |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | Missouri | 0 | ||||||||||||
CFR0542 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Walker, Harvey and Hannah J. | 1889 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
T 6 S R 4 W. |
Polk |
S of Amity |
McKee, Alen | No | House still standing but not... | Grains, sheep, cattle, hay,... | Grass seed and grains. | No | Wednesday, November 30, 1994 | 1995 |
Land deeds. Letter outlining property history. Part of a will. Application. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | 0 | ||||||||||||
CFR0672 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Drescher, John | 1892 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Clackamas | Drescher, Edward | No | No. | Hay, grain, potatoes, cows,... | Row crops: beans, corn,... | No | Monday, November 30, 1992 | 1993 |
Application; Deed; Statement form; Typewritten letter. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Wisconsin | 1 | ||||||||||||
CFR0236 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Sprenger, Nicholas | 1852 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
section 31 T 12 S R 3 W -- 320 acres. |
Linn |
2 miles N of Shedd and east of highway 99 |
No | No |
Nicholas Sprenger died 8 Nov 1871, and passed 212 acres to this son Henry Sprenger. Henry (father of applicant) died 1938, and the applicant was heired 176 acres. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavits; Typewritten letter. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | 0 | ||||||||||||||
CFR0370 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Powell, Jackson | 1855 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | #53 | No | No |
sections 2 and 3, T 1 S, R 3 E -- 320 acres |
Multnomah |
downtown Gresham |
Powell, Fred | No | No |
Property passed from Jackson Powell to son Charles N. Powell to Carrie Powell (widow of Charles) to their son Fred. J. Powell |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Typewritten letters (includeing list of the transfer of property through family). |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | 0 | ||||||||||||
CFR0509 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Grahm, William & wife | 1849 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Paid $100 to Gen. Parmer for squatter's rights to Section. |
Yamhill |
7 miles SE of McMinnville. |
No | 1/2 in prairie and 1/2 on... | No |
200 acres in present farm. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Affidavit; 1959 and 1960 state fair celebration registration forms. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | 3 | |||||||||||||
CFR0640 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Skeels, Chester | 1875 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Benton | Hughson, Chester F. | No | no | 2 1/2 acres garden. Balance... | Alfalfa, grain, orchard,... | No |
72 acres in original farm. 33 acres 1/3 interest in 22 acres in present farm. |
Sunday, November 30, 1975 | 1976 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | Illinois | 2 |