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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CFR0011 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Elliott, William H. | 1858 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | #40 | No | No |
T 11 S R 4 W |
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 | |||||||||||||
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 |
Sec 22 T 11 S R 3 W, containing 87.06 acres |
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 | |||||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||
CFR1164 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Vincent, George; Vincent, Mary | Brentano Farm | 1910 | 80.00 | 56.00 | 39 | Yes | 1222, Claim # 86 | No | No |
T 4S, R 4W, S 7 |
Yamhill |
10225 NW Brentano Lane, McMinnville, OR 97128 |
2 Miles | McMinnville | Schwartz, Allen L.; Schwartz, M. Susan | Yes | Original farmhouse built 1880... | Dairy cattle; Hogs | Grass seed | No | Saturday, May 1, 2010 | 2010 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family history narrative; Abstract of title; Warranty deed; Deed records; Photographs |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Great grand daughter | 3 | |||||||
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 | |||||||||||||||
SFR0038 | Download Application (PDF) | Sesquicentennial Farm | Mosby, David; Mosby, Isabelle Ann Small | Mosby Century Farm | 1852 | 283.00 | 262.00 | 262 (38 is what this application is for) | Yes | 60 & 65 | No | No | Lane |
78067 Layng Rd. Cottage Grove OR 97424 |
3 miles | Cottage Grove, OR | Colson, Carolyn D. | No | See application very... | Cattle; Horses; Pigs; Hay;... | Cattle; Hay; Grass | No |
Very complete application, CFR record 0164; needs ownership errors corrected; documentation attached |
Saturday, April 30, 2016 | 2016 |
Application; Application for National Register of Historic Places; Copies of photographs; Map; Aerial photograph; Plat maps; Deed records; Obituary; Copies of original century farm applications |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | GGG niece | Kentucky/Missouri | 1 | ||||||
CFR0496 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Murray, Charles | 1852 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
Sec 30 T 4 S R 5 W |
Yamhill | Murray, Orville L. | No | Timber, pasture for stock... | Sheep pasture. | No |
200 acres in present farm. Charles Murry to L. W. Murray (son) to Orville Murray (grandson). |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Affidavit. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | 0 | ||||||||||||
CFR0046 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Baker, Endymian and Sarah Jane | 1853 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
The N 1/2 of the N 1/2 and Lots one, two, three, and four of section 21 T3S R1W of W.M. |
Clackamas | Baker, Lowell D. | No | No |
Land passed from original pioneers to their son Allison Baker and his wife Florence. The current applicant owns 20 acres of the original DLC. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit; Letter of acknowledgement; 1960 state fair celebration registration form. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | 3 | ||||||||||||||
SFR0014 | Download Application (PDF) | Sesquicentennial Farm | Heater, Lorenzo Dow | Silver Mountain Enterprises, LLC | 1852 | 320.00 | 1,460.00 | 0 | Yes | DLC# (?) | No | No |
T 8S, R 1E, S 8 |
Marion |
4672 Drift Creek Rd. SE, Sublimity. Farm is located on the south end of Drift Creek Rd, 1/4 miles north of Hwy 214 |
7 miles | Sublimity | Heater, James M. | No | Grains; Hay; Hops; Cattle;... | Christmas trees; Grains;... | No | Friday, October 5, 2007 | 2008 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Letter; Family history narrative; Obituaries; Copies of photographs; Silver Mountain Nursery brochure; Christmas tree marketing materials; Article from "Farm Woman News"; Article from "Digger" publication; Article from "Christmas Tree Lookout"; Digital photographs |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Great-great grandson of Lorenzo Dow (James) and great-great-great grandson (Timothy) | Henry County, Iowa | Bavarian | 3 |