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 awardsort descending 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
CFR0011 Download Application (PDF) Century Farm Elliott, William H. 1858 0.00 0.00 0 Yes #40 No No
Benton
Elliott, Darrell No Yes
"My husband's great grandfather William H. Elliott traded a yoke of oxen for the Homestead rights to the original Donation Land Claim." Applicant still has 90 acres of the original DLC.
Saturday, November 30, 1957 1958
Affidavit; Typewritten letters.
No Yes Mss 1604 great grandson and his wife 0
CFR0373 Download Application (PDF) Century Farm Jenne family 1858 0.00 0.00 0 No No No
Multnomah
No No
Saturday, November 30, 1957 1958
Typewritten letters.
No Yes Mss 1604 0
CFR0291 Download Application (PDF) Century Farm Morris, William and Elizabeth 1850 0.00 0.00 0 Yes No No
Marion
situated between Turner and Marion in Marion County
No No
William Morris married for a second time to Martha Funston. They had a daughter Ada Crawford (applicant), who received a portion of the original DLC.
Saturday, November 30, 1957 1958
Affidavit; Typewrittten letters.
Yes Yes Mss 1604 granddaugther (Ada), great grandson (E. L.) Currituck, North Carolina 0
CFR0199 Download Application (PDF) Century Farm Froman, Isaac R.; Froman Eliza Jane 1852 0.00 0.00 0 Yes No No
Linn
No No
7.5 acres in present farm. Applicant's sister, Zella M. Burkhart retains the balance of the original farm. Property inherited from Lola A. Burkhart, direct heir of founder.
Saturday, November 30, 1957 1958
Affidavit; Typewritten letter; 1960 state fair celebration registration form.
No Yes Mss 1604 granddaughter 0
CFR0109 Download Application (PDF) Century Farm Applegate, Jessie 1857 0.00 0.00 0 No No No
Douglas
McKirdy, Walter R. No No
Saturday, November 30, 1957 1958
Affidavit
No Yes Mss 1604 0
CFR0474 Download Application (PDF) Century Farm Everest, Richard 1846 0.00 0.00 0 Yes Notification # 1474, Claim # 52 No No
Yamhill
1/2 mile E of Newberg
Everest, Archie C.; Everest, Esther O. No No
Chain of ownership: Richard Everest 1846 to 1860; Reuben Everest (son) to 1895; part to Walter (grandson) to 1954; to Archie Everest (great grandson) and his 3 brothers to date.
Saturday, November 30, 1957 1958
Application; Affidavit.
No Yes Mss 1604 great grandson 0
CFR0028 Download Application (PDF) Century Farm Nobel, Henry & Mercy 1848 0.00 0.00 0 No No No
Benton
No No
Saturday, November 30, 1957 1958
No No 0
CFR0392 Download Application (PDF) Century Farm Blair, Thomas R. & Emmaline Buell Blair 1848 0.00 0.00 0 Yes No No
Polk
on Mill Creek
No No
Chain of ownership: Thomas & Emmaline Blair to Cyrus Blair to Madie Hayes and three sisters and two brothers.
Saturday, November 30, 1957 1958
Affidavit
No Yes Mss 1604 granddaughter 0
CFR0308 Download Application (PDF) Century Farm Hunt, Thomas J., Sr. 1847 0.00 0.00 0 No No No
Marion
Hunt, P. C.; Hunt, Ida No No
Applicant claims that the original property was 850 acres. Applicant currently owns 30 acres.
Saturday, November 30, 1957 1958
Affidavit; Handwritten letter.
No Yes Mss 1604 great grandfather 0
CFR0218 Download Application (PDF) Century Farm Hawley, Ira 1856 0.00 0.00 0 No No No
Linn
4 miles SE of Halsey on the "Twin Butte" Road
No No
Land deeded to Lena McFarland in 1892 when she was 12 years old. More land was purchased in 1866. Current deed under the name Lena S. Veatch, who remarried and is now Lena S. McFarland.
Saturday, November 30, 1957 1958
1959 state fair celebration registration form; Handwritten and typewritten letters; Notarized ownership document.
No Yes Mss 1604 granddaughter 0

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