| 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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| CFR0153 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Stevens, William | 1847 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | Claim # 46 | No | No |
Sec 22 T 17 S R 3 W, W.M. |
Lane | Clemenson, Helen Stevens | No | No |
Chain of ownership: William M. Stevens & Hixey V. 1847; James A. Stevens & Emily F. (Greenwood); Welby Stevens & Ida E. (Goodale); Helen Stevens Clemenson. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Letter of approval; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great great granddaughter | 0 | |||||||||||||
| CFR0004 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Barclay, James E. | 1851 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | #42 | No | No |
T 14 S R 5 W |
Benton | Barclay, David Ross (Mr. and Mrs.) | No | No | Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Notarized ownership document; Postcard to the Oregon Historical Society; Postcard to the Oregon governor; Typewritten letters. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| CFR0284 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Brown, Samuel and Elizabeth | 1850 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | Yes |
Purchased land. |
Marion |
1/4 mile East of Gervais on Highway 99 E (cuts farm in two) |
Brown, Kenneth; Brown, Samuel (Mr. and Mrs.) | No | Original house built in 1858... | Wheat, Apples, Potatoes | Walnuts, Filberts, Dairy cows... | Yes |
Original property consisted of 1000 acres (DLC and land purchased with money raised in CA gold mines). |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Notarized ownership document; 1960 state fair celebration registration form.
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No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandchildren (Samuel Brown and Kenneth Brown) | 0 | ||||||||||
| CFR0468 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Allen, Solomon | 1847 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No | Yamhill |
3 miles SE of Amity on the Bethel Road. |
A renter | No | Two dwellings, a large barn... | Grain, hay, fruit, sheep. | No |
339 acres in present farm. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Affidavit; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | 0 | ||||||||||||
| CFR0021 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Locke, A. N. | 1857 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | #41 | No | No |
T 11S R5W |
Benton | Locke, Nelson | No | No |
At the time of the application, the applicant was farming the original 273 acres. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | 0 | |||||||||||||
| CFR0210 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Hamilton, Joseph & Caroline | 1848 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No | Linn | Hamilton, John; Hamilton, J.A. | No | No | Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 |
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