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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CFR0197 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Brock, Vineyard C. | 1854 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
T 13 S R 3 W |
Linn | No | No |
Applicant owns 40 acres of original DLC. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit; Typewritten letter. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | 0 | |||||||||||||||
CFR0820 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Butler, Euphemia | Big Oak Butler (Clinton) Farm | 1878 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No | Multnomah | Clinton, Ralph N.; Clinton, Bessie M. | No | None of the original... | Fruit trees. | Pasture, Beef cattle, Horses... | No |
The application has extensive notes in each of the above categories. For the sake of space, I have not included those notes here. Please see original application. The property was divided once into 5 sections. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Handwritten letter; Typewritten letter; Land patent; Deed; Newspaper article; Extensive notes on the history of the property; Genealogical information. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | maternal great grandmother | "somewhere back East" | 1 | ||||||||||
CFR1162 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Milne, James; Milne, Maria | 1904 | 133.00 | 133.00 | 131 | Yes | # 32415 - Salem Oregon | No | No |
T 6 S, R 1 & 2 W |
Marion |
5781 Howell Prarie Rd, Silverton, OR 97381 |
3 miles | Silverton | Leighty, Glenn I.; Leighty, Ron; Leighty, Sharon | Yes | Pumphouse since electricity... | Corn; Grain; Wheat; Cattle;... | Corn; Green beans; Mustard;... | No | Wednesday, May 26, 2010 | 2010 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family history narrative; Copies of photographs; Copy of obituary; Handwritten letter; Probate documents; Maps of property; Abstract of title |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Great Nephew | Graden City, South Dakota | 1 | |||||||
CFR0216 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Kelly, J. J. | 1854 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
Sec 27 T 10 S R 2 W, containing 640 acres. |
Linn | No | No |
Current property a portion of original DLC. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | 0 | |||||||||||||||
SFR0011 | Download Application (PDF) | Sesquicentennial Farm | Brown, John; Brown, Nancy | Richardson Farm | 1848 | 640.00 | 185.00 | 0 | Yes | DLC#858 | No | No |
T 16S, R 5W, S 28,24,32,33 |
Lane |
91024 Kirk Rd., Junction City, OR 97448 |
11 miles | Junction City | No | A barn and shed exist from c.... | Grain; Hay; Orchard; Pasture... | Grain; Hay; Orchard; Pasture... | No | Thursday, October 18, 2007 | 2008 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Handwritten family history narrative; Copies of photographs; Newspaper articles; Land patent record; Donation Land Claim records; Copy of original plat map; Photographs |
No | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Great-great grandson | Missouri | 3 | |||||||
CFR0406 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Blair, Thomas R. & Emmaline Buell Blair | 1848 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
Sec 16, 17, 20, 21 T 6 S R 6 W |
Polk |
on Mill Creek |
No | No |
Chain of ownership: Thomas & Emmaline Blair to Cyrus Blair (son) to Velna Walker and three sisters and two brothers. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandddaughter | 0 | ||||||||||||||
CFR0407 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Billings, George & Emma | 1858 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
See application for additional info. |
Polk | No | No |
Chain of Ownership: George & Emma Billings; to Eudora Billings Bentley (daughter) to 1945; Ethel Bentley Winter (grandaughter) to date. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | 0 | |||||||||||||||
CFR0324 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Mulkey, Charles J. | 1850 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No | Marion |
6.5 miles SE from Silverton |
Mulkey, Ralph G.; Mulkey, Thelma L. | No | Original log house still... | Dairy cows (35 cows, Grade A... | No |
Father of the applicant (Mac Mulkey) was born in the original log house in 1865. Applicant was also born in this same house. Original land was 320 acres, but applicant currently owns 150 acres. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Notarized statement. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | 0 | ||||||||||||
CFR0238 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Tindall, Charles and Ruth Marion | 1953 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | Yes | No |
section 10 of T 10 S R 2 W |
Linn | Sims, Hazel; Standley, Venus; Bowman, Mabel; Rice; Pearl. | No | No |
Charles and Ruth Tindall passed land to children A.C. Tindall, Lloyd Tindall, and Marion Tindall (father of applicant). At the death of Marion Tindall in 1956, he heired 80 acres to four daughters: Hazel Sims, Venus Standley, Mable Bowman, and Pearl Rice. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit; Handwritten letter. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | 0 | ||||||||||||||
CFR0511 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Hewitt, Henry & Elizabeth Matheny | 1843 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | Notification # 1629, Claim # 56 | No | No |
T 5 S R 3 W |
Yamhill | Shelburne, Erma S.; Warmington, Elsie S. | No | No |
31 acres in present farm from original. "Our great grandparents, Henry & Elizabeth Matheny Hewitt, divided their DLC among their children - one daughter & 9 sons. Our grandfather, James Andrew Hewitt, made his home on this tract with grandmother until." |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Affidavit; 1960 state fair celebration registration form; Newspaper articles. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great granddaughters | 0 |