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 ascending 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
CFR0489 Download Application (PDF) Century Farm Lamson, Jeramiah 1847 0.00 0.00 0 Yes No No
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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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