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 |
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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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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 | ||||||||||||
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 | |||||||||||||
CFR0474 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Everest, Richard | 1846 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | Notification # 1474, Claim # 52 | No | No |
T 3 S R 2 W |
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 | ||||||||||||
CFR0510 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Robinson, Benjamin M. & Elizabeth J. Chrisman Robinson | 1844 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | Notification # 1019, Claim # 52 | No | No | Yamhill |
3 miles S of Dayton |
No | 70 acres general farm land.... | No | Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Affidavit; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | 0 | ||||||||||||||
CFR0645 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Gribble, John | 1846 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | Not. # 526. Claim # 38 | No | No |
Parts of Sec 15, 16, 21 & 22 in T4 S R 1 E. |
Clackamas | Grand, Paul J. | No | Family cemetary established... | Horses, cows, chickens, hogs... | Sheep, apples, prunes, pears. | No |
640 acres in original farm. 20 acres in present farm. |
Friday, November 30, 1973 | 1974 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Donation Land Claim map. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | great granddaughter | North Carolina & Missouri | 2 | |||||||||
CFR0031 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Noble, Henry and Mercy | 1848 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No. 52 | No | No | Benton | No | No |
Land was sold by the Nobles to Noah A. Starr who gave it to his son Wilbur F. Starr, the father of the applicant. The land was then divided between the applicant and his sister, Claire W. Smith. There's 2 parcels of land. See application for description. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit; 1960 state fair celebration registration form. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
SFR0026 | Download Application (PDF) | Sesquicentennial Farm | Dobbins, Flemming; Corey, James Calvin | VanDomelen Family Farm | 1851 | 320.00 | 13.00 | 13 | Yes | No. 43, Notification Number 7851, Cert. No. 1315 | No | Yes |
Flemming Dobbins is said to be Father of John Dobbins father of Louisa Dobbins Corey who married George Corey (great grandparents of Melvin on mother's side) |
T2N R3 S27 |
Washington |
14650 NW Dairy Creek Road North Plains OR 97133 |
2 miles | North Plains | VanDomelen, Vanessa A.; Vandehey, Herman; North Valley Farms, LLC | Yes | First house on land claim by... | Barley; Beet seed; Carrot... | Apples; Beans; Blackberries;... | No | Wednesday, April 24, 2013 | 2013 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family history narrative; Maps of property; Handwritten letter; Email; Copies of photographs; Deed records; Legal records; Genealogy charts; State of Oregon land board records; Letters from Oregon Water Resources department; Water right certificate; Survey of property; Obituary; Timeline of property ownership; Mortgage records; Tax record; Birth certificate |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Flemmings Dobbins was Melvin's (father to owners) great great grandfather | Holland | 1 | |||||
CFR0230 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Russell, Newton & Susan L. | 1852 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No. 41 in Sec 33 & 34 T 13 S R 1 E and Sec 3 & 4 T 14 S R 1 E, W.M., containing 322 acres. | No | No | Linn | Russell, Edgar S. | No | No |
Oliver H. Russell, Newton Russell's son, was deed 119 acres; this was eventually purchased by his son, Edgar Russell. 19 acres of the original farm are still operated by the family. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit; 1960 state fair celebration registration form. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Illinois | 0 | |||||||||||||
CFR0527 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Crimmins, John | 1866 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | John B. Pennington DLC | No | No | Yamhill | Crimmins, Orval S. | No | House. | Livestock, grain. | Livestock, grain. | No |
140 acres in original farm. 87 acres in present farm. John Crimmins married the daughter of John B. Pennington, original DLC holder. |
Sunday, November 30, 1969 | 1970 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandchild | Ireland | 3 | ||||||||||
CFR0275 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Freeland, Edward A. | 1871 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | James M. Kennedy DLC. | No | No |
T 14 R 3 W Sec 9 |
Linn |
Lake Creek Road, Halsey |
Renter | No | no | Grain | Ryegrass seed | No |
160 acres in original farm. 137.04 acres in present farm. |
Thursday, November 30, 1972 | 1973 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Newspaper article. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | 1 |