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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CFR0569 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Jackson, Martin Joseph | Jackson Cattle Ranch | 1892 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Wheeler |
15 miles N of Mitchell, 5 miles S of ghost town of Richmond |
Carroll, Elizabeth J. | No | The house and some other... | Wheat rye, sheep, pigs,... | Oats, barley, cattle (cow/... | No | Thursday, November 30, 1995 | 1996 |
Application; Typewritten letter; Handwritten letter. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | daughter | Wisconsin | 0 | ||||||||||
CFR0115 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Stephens, Ebenezer | 1852 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Douglas | Stevens, R. O. | No | No | Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit; Handwritten note. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
CFR0485 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Harrison, Thaddus R. & Marie A | 1850 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
Sec 30, 25, 26 T 5 S R 4 W, containing 320 acres. |
Yamhill |
1 mile from Amity |
No | No |
87.77 acres in present farm. Portion of present farm originally donated as site for Bethel School. Once school is gone the land will revert back to the heirs. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Affidavit; Handwritten note. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great granddaughter ? | 0 | ||||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||
CFR1088 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Hobart, Josiah Wellington | Hobart Family Farm | 1905 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
T 5S, R 1E, S 34 |
Clackamas | Hobart, Lloyd D. | No | Grain; Hay; Beef and dairy... | No | Tuesday, November 30, 2004 | 2005 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Deeds; Family history; Photographs; Newspaper article. |
No | No | 0 | |||||||||||||||
CFR0314 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Looney, Jessie and Reuby | 1850 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | claim #53 | No | No |
sections 23, 24, 25, 26 T 9 S R 3 W |
Marion |
2.5 miles N of Jefferson |
Looney, Herbert; Renter. | No | No |
Original property contained 640 acres. Applicant owns 108 acres of the original land grant. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Notarized statement; 1960 state fair celebration registration form; Newspaper articles. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | unknown | 0 | ||||||||||||
CFR0226 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Sprenger, Nicholas B. | 1852 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
Sec 31 T 12 S R 3 W |
Linn |
1 1/2 miles N of Shedd |
Pugh, Lena Sprenger | No | No |
At the death of Nicholas Sprenger, the land was divided among his children. 35 acres went to his son Henry B. Sprenger |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | 0 | |||||||||||||
CFR0585 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Haase, Henry | 1897 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Washington | Haase, Alvin J. | No | Grain; Hay; Potatoes;... | At time of application:... | No | Saturday, November 30, 1996 | 1997 |
Application; Statement form; Deed; Typewritten letter. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | Germany | 0 | ||||||||||||||
CFR0924 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Shearer, James | 1883 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from J. F. Short |
Washington | Shearer, Rob; Shearer, Ron; Prichard, Arline E.; Forsberg, El | No | Prunes, Wheat | Christmas Trees | No |
This property has been divided twice. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Deeds; Probate records. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great granddaugther | Kansas | 0 | |||||||||||
CFR0131 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Dean, Nathaniel C. | Willow Springs Farm | 1851 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No | Jackson |
207-A located 3 miles W of Central Point |
Dean, Frank C.; Dean, Olive | No | At time of application: Hay;... | No |
"The Deans lived here on this farm 100 years. Nathaniel Dean and Annie Hoston were married here 15 Nov. 1852, the first white couple married in Jackson county Oregon." |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | 0 |