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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CFR0224 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Ketchum, Walter M. & Laura | 1851 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
Sec 8, 9, 10, 16, 17 of T 11 S R 2 W, containing 639.91 acres. |
Linn | Mullen, Harold K.; Mullen, Lydia | No | No |
On the death of Walter and Laura Ketchum the land went to C. S. Mullen, husband of Emma Ketchum. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | 2 | ||||||||||||||
CFR0226 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Sprenger, Nicholas B. | 1852 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
Sec 31 T 12 S R 3 W |
Linn |
1 1/2 miles N of Shedd |
Pugh, Lena Sprenger | No | No |
At the death of Nicholas Sprenger, the land was divided among his children. 35 acres went to his son Henry B. Sprenger |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | 0 | |||||||||||||
CFR0227 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Rice, James Norval | 1853 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
Sec 23 of T 14 S R 1 W containing 2 parcels, to wit: 74.41 acres and 86.14 acres |
Linn | Rice, Jennie M. | No | No | Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit; Typewritten and handwritten letters. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | daughter-in-law | 0 | |||||||||||||||
CFR0229 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Robnett, William | 1848 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | cert. No. 2569 | No | No |
T 14 S R 1 W sections 8,9,16 and 17. -- 639.29 acres originally |
Linn |
one mile east of Crawfordsville |
Robnett, Ralph R. | No | No |
Applicant was deeded 127 acres of original DLC when his father, D. F. Robnett, died 15 March 1931. Applicant sold one acre, and had two acres taken by the state for a road, so currently owns 124 acres. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit; Typewritten letter. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | 0 | ||||||||||||
CFR0230 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Russell, Newton & Susan L. | 1852 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No. 41 in Sec 33 & 34 T 13 S R 1 E and Sec 3 & 4 T 14 S R 1 E, W.M., containing 322 acres. | No | No | Linn | Russell, Edgar S. | No | No |
Oliver H. Russell, Newton Russell's son, was deed 119 acres; this was eventually purchased by his son, Edgar Russell. 19 acres of the original farm are still operated by the family. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit; 1960 state fair celebration registration form. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Illinois | 0 | |||||||||||||
CFR0231 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Knighten, Commodore P.; Knighten, Rosanna | 1853 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | number 71 and number 60 | No | No |
section 13 T 12 R 4 W and section 18 T 12 R 3 W - 640 acres originally |
Linn |
one mile south of Tangent, lying E and W of Pacific Highway |
Scott, W. C. | No | No |
When P. Knighton died 128 acres were heired and purchased by their daughter Sarah Knighton (d.1953) and her husband C. Scott (d. 1912). On their deaths, the property was purchased by their son, the applicant. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit; Typewritten letter. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | 0 | ||||||||||||
CFR0233 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Shelton, Haman | 1847 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
T 10 S R 1 E containing about 160 acres. |
Linn |
E. of Scio |
Shelton, Vardie E. | No | No |
Property was passed to Haman Shelton II, and then to applicant. The applicant has sold 5 acres of the original land, now owning 155 acres. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | 0 | |||||||||||||
CFR0235 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Slate, John T.; Slate, Frances | 1847 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | Notification 2002 claim No.59 | No | No |
township 12 south, R 4 W |
Linn | No | No |
John and Frances Slate heired property to Porter Slate, who then passed it to M. C. Slate (father of applicant) and then to applicant. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | 0 | ||||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||||
CFR0237 | 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 144 acres to this son Thomas B. Sprenger. Thomas (father of applicant) died 1956, but before this the applicant had purchased the property. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavits; Typewritten letter; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | 0 |