| 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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| CFR0489 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Lamson, Jeramiah | 1847 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
T 2 S R 7 W |
Yamhill |
1 mile W of Willamina |
Lamson, Edward D.; Lamson, Florence A. | No | Barn framed of hand hewn... | No | Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Affidavit. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | 0 | |||||||||||||
| CFR0402 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Smith, Absalom and Hylah Smith | 1848 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
Sec 11, 12, 13, 14 T 7 S R 5 W |
Polk |
7 1/2 miles NE of Dallas in the Smithfield community |
Smith, Hardin | No | Grain, cattle. | Grain; Cattle. | No |
Founder of Smithfield. 641.75 acres of original farm still in the family. Chain of ownership: Absalom & Hylah Smith; to Samuel Thurston Smith (son); to Hardin Smith (grandson). |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | 0 | |||||||||||
| CFR0318 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Skaife, John and Mariette | 1854 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No | Marion |
7 miles W of Gervais on Fairfield road |
Marthaler, Freeman | No | General farming, Cattle,... | No |
Applicant's mother Margaret Ann Skaife Marthaler was born in the log cabin on the property. Original owners came from Missouri by oxen wagon in 1854 and lived near Woodburn a short time before settling on the farm. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Notarized statement. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | 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 | ||||||||||||
| 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. |
T 37 R2W Sections 21, 22, 27,28 consists of about 197 acres |
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 | |||||||||||
| CFR0506 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Sawyer, Mark & Susannah James | 1847 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | Claim # 59 | No | No |
Sec 28 T 5 S R 3 W |
Yamhill | Shelburne, Erma S.; Warmington, Elsie S. | No | No |
29 acres in present farm. "Our great grandmother left her daughter, Evangeline's, share to her children, our father & his 2 sisters. After our grandfather's death the property was divided and our father left his share to us." |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Affidavit; 1960 state fair celebration registration form. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great granddaughters | 0 | |||||||||||||
| CFR0055 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Kirchem, Mathias and Elizabeth | 1869 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | No |
Section 34 and 35, T 2S R3E |
Clackamas | No | No | Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Typewrittten letter; Handwritten notes; 1960 state fair celebration registration form. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| CFR0335 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Riches, George P. S. and Mary J. | 1849 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
639.39 acres sections 26, 27, 34, 35 of T7S R1W |
Marion |
12 miles E of Salem in Waldo Hills |
No | No |
George Riches gave the land to his son Charles R. Riches, who became the owner of 373 acres. Applicant is his daughter, and owns 1/7 of original farm (53 acres). |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Notarized statement; Handwritten letter. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| CFR0154 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Benson, Sarah S. | 1851 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | Claim # 42 | No | No |
Sec 17 T 17 S R 3 W, W.M. |
Lane | Cox, Lillian Ayres | No | No |
40 acres of original DLC in present farm. Chain of ownership: Sarah S. Benson 1851-1899; Mary E. Ayres to 1927; Lillian Ayres Cox to date. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Letter of approval. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | 0 | |||||||||||||
| CFR0071 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Jackson, George W. | 1849 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Clackamas | No | No | Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 | No | No | 0 |
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