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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CFR1223 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Gentle, Thomas H.; Gentle, Carrie M. | Gentleacres/Orion Farms | 1914 | 162.00 | 132.00 | 103 | No | No | Yes |
Land Deed Records |
T8S R4W S19 & R5W S24 |
Polk |
Northside of Monmouth; 879 Monmouth Ave. Monmouth OR |
Adjacent to | Monmouth OR on North side | Hall, Madeline J.; Fisher, Joseph P.; Ward, Caroline G. | Yes | First house built in 1880 by... | Chickens; Dairy cattle; Hogs... | Conservation; Chickens; Eggs... | No | Wednesday, April 29, 2015 | 2015 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family history narrative; Timeline of farm ownership; Land sale contract; Estate documents; Deed records; Certificate of farm name; Map of property; List of photographs; Letter; Copies of photographs |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | great granddaughter | Farmington, IL | unknown | 3 | |||||
CFR0485 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Harrison, Thaddus R. & Marie A | 1850 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
Sec 30, 25, 26 T 5 S R 4 W, containing 320 acres. |
Yamhill |
1 mile from Amity |
No | No |
87.77 acres in present farm. Portion of present farm originally donated as site for Bethel School. Once school is gone the land will revert back to the heirs. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Affidavit; Handwritten note. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great granddaughter ? | 0 | ||||||||||||||
CFR0828 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Gregg, Noah F. | 1884 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Polk |
8540 DeJong Rd. Amity, OR |
Scharf, John; Scharf, Jay | No | None of the original... | Grains, Hay | Wheat, Oats, Clover, Alfalfa | No |
The property has been divided twice. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Typewritten letters; Newspaper Articles. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | granddaughter | Ohio | 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 | ||||||||||||||
SFR0003 | Download Application (PDF) | Sesquicentennial Farm | Jenkins, Stephen | Ford Farms, Inc. | 1853 | 641.00 | 500.00 | 0 | Yes | DLC #44 | No | No |
T 18S, R 5W, S 22 |
Lane |
26900 Crow Rd., Eugene, OR 97402 |
8 miles | Eugene | Ford Farms Inc. | No | Family cemetery, with... | Corn; Grains; Grass; Hay;... | Pasture; Timber; Cattle;... | No | Monday, October 29, 2007 | 2008 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Map of property |
No | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | 5th - 7th generations (11 family shareholders) formed in family corporation, Ford Farms, Inc. | 3 | |||||||
CFR0398 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Walker, Clayebourne C.; Walker, Louisa | 1845 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | Notification # 151, Claim # 821 | No | No |
Sec 24, 19, 20 T 6 S R 4 W, W.M., containing 636.89 acres. |
Polk |
near Zena |
No | No |
Chain of ownership: Louisa & Claybourne Walker, 441.74 acres; to C. M. Purvine (nephew of Louisa Walker), 238 acres; to Byron J. Purvine (grandnephew), 1/3 interest in the 238 acres and bought another 1/3 interest from his brother Walker R. Purvine. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
1959 state fair celebration registration form; Affidavit; Oregon State Archives Record of DLC Certificates; Handwritten letters. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandnephew | Virginia (C.C. Walker), Illinois (Louisa Walker) | 0 | ||||||||||||
CFR0747 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Ferguson, John B. | 1875 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
S 1/2 of Sec 36 T 15 S R 6 W, W.M., containing 320 acres. |
Lane | McFadden, Burke Lane, Jr. | No | no | Cows, grain. | Cows, oats, tree farm. | No |
320 acres in original farm. 142 acres in present farm. Farm divided twice. |
Sunday, November 30, 1975 | 1976 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | Ohio | 2 | ||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||
CFR0666 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Johnson, Andrew | 1887 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Clackamas | Thronson, Ellen Johnson and family | No | Salt box house and granary. | Hay, oats, wheat, chickens,... | Sheep, beef cows, 15 chickens. | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Deed; Handwritten letter; Typewritten letter. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great niece | Sweden | 2 | ||||||||||||
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 |