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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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 | ||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||
CFR1153 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Neiger, Henry Sr. | Cherry Farm | 1909 | 360.00 | 158.00 | 100 | No | No | Yes |
Deed Record # 51 Polk County |
T 6S, R 3W |
Polk |
6490 Wallace Rd. Salem, OR |
4 miles NW | Salem | Cherry, Helen M.; Cherry, David | No | Corn; Grain; Hay; Hops; Dairy... | Grass hay; Sheep | No | Tuesday, May 25, 2010 | 2010 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family history narrative; Copies of photographs; Copies of aerial photographs; Deed records |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Granddaughter | Switzerland | Swiss | 2 | ||||||
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 | |||||
CFR0829 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Frizzell, G. L. and Alice A. | 1890 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
W 1/2 of the SE 1/4 of Sec 29 and the SW 1/4 of Sec 29 in T 6 S R 4 W of the W.M., containing 240 acres. |
Polk | Nielsen, Soren Dejgaard; Nielsen, Rose M. | No | no | Wheat, horses. | Wheat, oats, barley, hay,... | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Article; Deed; Typewritten letter.. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Green County, Missouri | 2 | |||||||||||
CFR0399 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Walker, Claybourne C. & Louisa Walker | 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 | No | No |
Chain of ownership: Louisa & Claybourne Walker, 441.74 acres; to C. M. Purvine (nephew of Louisa Walker), 238 acres; to Margaret M. Purvine(grandniece), 1/3 interest in the 238 acres. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit; Oregon State Archives record of DLC Certificates; Census record. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandniece | Virginia (C. C. Walker), Illinois (Louisa Walker) | 0 | |||||||||||||
CFR0830 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Fishback, John L. | 1890 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
See attached deeds. |
Polk |
3 miles W of Monmouth |
Fishback, Lois M. | No | no | Berries, grain, cows. | Cherries, pasture for horses. | No | Sunday, May 30, 1993 | 1993 |
Application; Statement form; Deeds; Farm history; Phone message memo. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | wife of grandson, V.Elton Fishback | Virginia | 1 | ||||||||||
CFR0400 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Savery, Green B. | 1853 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
Sec 25, 26, 30, 31, 36 T 6 S R 5 W. |
Polk |
8 miles N of Dallas |
No | Located in the oak timber... | Grain; Prunes. | No |
91.5 acres in present farm. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Handwritten note. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Iowa | 0 | |||||||||||
CFR0831 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Domes, Albert | 1892 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Polk |
5 miles S of Amity. McCoy-Lincoln Junction, Hwy 99 W. |
Domes, Jerry W. | No | Barn and house. | Ayrshire cattle, wheat, oats... | Wheat, alfalfa, clover,... | No | Monday, November 30, 1992 | 1993 |
Application; Statement form; Deed. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | North Dakota | 2 | |||||||||||
CFR0401 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Ball, Isaac & Abigail Ball | 1850 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | Notification # 1910, Claim # 38 | No | No | Polk | Sechrist, Cassie L.; Sechrist, John J. | No | Original farmstead located at... | No |
Chain of ownership: Isaac & Abigail Ball, 640 acres; to Lydia Elizabeth Ball Sears (12th daughter) and Van B. Sears; to Cassie L. Sechrist & John J. Sechrist. Of the 135 acres in present farm, 100 acres of the original farm are included. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit; Handwritten letters; Typewritten letter; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | 0 |