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 propertysort ascending 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
CFR0123 Download Application (PDF) Century Farm Jones, Abraham 1852 0.00 0.00 0 No No No
Douglas
End of Calkins Road.
Moore, Harlan (Mr. and Mrs.) No no sheep No
Portions of the farm were rented. 104 acres in original farm. 35 acres in current farm.
Monday, November 30, 1964 1965
Application; Certification of ownership.
No Yes Mss 1604 granddaughter Indiana 1
CFR0130 Download Application (PDF) Century Farm Beeson, John Woodside Place 1853 0.00 0.00 0 No No Yes
Farm purchased from Mr. Watson
Jackson
Located in the Wagner Creek area, about 1 mile NW of Talent, Oregon.
Carter, Anna W. Beeson No This is a house still... No
John Beeson and wife Ann had a son, Welborn.
Saturday, November 30, 1957 1958
Affidavit; Application; Newspaper article; Handwritten and typewritten letters.
No Yes Mss 1604 granddaughter 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
CFR0133 Download Application (PDF) Century Farm Dunn, Patrick 1852 0.00 0.00 0 Yes Claim No. 56 No No
Jackson
4.5 miles SE of Ashland, Oregon. Located at 4224 Hgy. 66 Ashland Ave.
Dunn, George Edwin No At time of application: Grain... No
"My grandfather patrick Dunn took donation land claim. I think No. 56 in 1852. My father purchased land from him and still owns it. He retired from farm in 1920 and I have leased it and operated since then."
Saturday, November 30, 1957 1958
Application; Newspaper article.
No Yes Mss 1604 grandson 0
CFR0134 Download Application (PDF) Century Farm Hanley, Michael 1857 0.00 0.00 0 No No Yes
Purchased DLC rights from Clinton and Welton
Jackson
2.5 miles from Jacksonville on Hanley Road
Hanley, Martha, Mary; Hanley, Claire No UPDATE: Farmstead built in... Yes
"This farm has remained in the same family for 101 years. From Michael Hanley to a daughter Alice E. Hanley then to her brother's daughters Claire, Martha, and Mary Hanley."
Saturday, November 30, 1957 1958
Application
No Yes Mss 1604 0
CFR0137 Download Application (PDF) Century Farm Hanley, Michael Hanleylands 1857 0.00 0.00 0 No No Yes
Purchased from the Clinton and Welton Donation claims.
Jackson
about 3.5 miles NW from Jacksonville
Heffernan, Katheryn E. No No
"My father took this this land under the will of Michael Hanley, his father, and the property was given to me by my brother Edward B. Hanley Jr. In the fall of 1957 I deeded 28 acres of this land to my son Robert D. Heffernan Jr."
Saturday, November 30, 1957 1958
Application; Warranty deed; County records regarding boundary line.
No Yes Mss1604 granddaughter 2
CFR0138 Download Application (PDF) Century Farm Hanley, Michael Hanleylands 1857 0.00 0.00 0 No No Yes
Purchased from the Clinton and Welton Donation claims.
Jackson
about 3.5 miles NW from Jacksonville
Heffernan, Robert D., Jr. No No
"My mother, Katheryn E. Heffernan, deeded me 28 acres in the fall of 1957."
Saturday, November 30, 1957 1958
Application
No Yes Mss 1604 great grandson 2
CFR0139 Download Application (PDF) Century Farm Ross, Col. John England; Ross, Elizabeth 1854 0.00 0.00 0 Yes Claim No. 69 No No
Jackson
18 acres located in Jackson County; 2 miles westerly of Medford; on south side of Ross Lace at Griffin Creek
Ross, Frank E.; Ross, Jocelyn P. No Alfalfa No
"heavy black soil of the best Rogue River Valley quality. Owner plans home which will make on or two homes on each of 17 subdivisions/ now constituting the original DLC of 320 acres."
Saturday, November 30, 1957 1959
Application
No Yes Mss 1604 grandson 0
CFR0141 Download Application (PDF) Century Farm Chavner, Thomas 1856 0.00 0.00 0 Yes Sec 10 T 36 S R 1 E. No Yes
Purchased more land later and added it to original property.
Jackson
Thompson, Chavner No Hay, Grain, Cattle, Pasture No
Saturday, November 30, 1957 1958
Application; Newspaper article. Memo re: ownership.
No Yes Mss 1604 1
CFR0142 Download Application (PDF) Century Farm Chavner, Thomas 1856 0.00 0.00 0 Yes No Yes
More land was purchased at a later date.
Jackson
Thompson, Margaret Chavner No No
Saturday, November 30, 1957 1958
Application
No Yes Mss 1604 1

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