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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CFR0032 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Starr, Susan A. , Wesley Starr | 1847 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No | Benton | No | No |
See application for land details and complex family relationships. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandmother/ great great nephew | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
CFR0165 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Pitney, John P. & Elizabeth Pitney | 1855 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Pre-emption Claim, Notification # 6430 |
Sec 7 T 16 S R 4 W, W.M. |
Lane | Pitney, Clarence A.; Pitney, James B. | No | No |
171 acres in present farm. Chain of ownership: John & Elizabeth Pitney 1855 to 1873; William & Lucy J. Pitney to 1937; Clarence A. Pitney & James B. Pitney, each 1/2 interest, to date. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Letter of approval; 1960 state fair celebration registration form. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson and great grandson | 3 | |||||||||||||
CFR0312 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Short, John W. | 1858 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from William Price for $1000. |
T 7 S, R 1 |
Marion |
10 miles E. of Salem |
Jones, Thomas; Meyer, Alice | No | None of the original... | Pasture, Timber, Brush | No |
Original proptery was 160 acres. Applicant owns 109 acres of which 59 acres is in cultivation. J. W. Short gave son-in-law T. A. Jones land in 1901. Son W. A. Jones received land in 1916, and in 1955 applicant Thomas Jones received land from estate. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Notarized statement. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | Great Grandchildren in law | 0 | ||||||||||
CFR0445 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Fanno, Augustus J. | 1847 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | Certification # 1287 | No | No | Washington | No | No | Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Newspaper articles |
No | No | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
CFR0972 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Eggers, Henry G. F. | 1900 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from Bertha and Bernard Anderson |
T 4N, R 32 E, Sec. 21 and 28 |
Umatilla |
10 miles north of Pendleton |
Hawkins, Don | No | A small house still exists. | Wheat, Barley, Livestock,... | Wheat | No | Tuesday, November 30, 1999 | 2000 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Deeds. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | grandson | Illinois | Germany | 2 | ||||||||
CFR0280 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Ohling, Paul | 1871 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Linn | Ohling, Orville L. | No | yes | Horses, cattle, grain. | Dairy, hay, corn. | No |
601.08 acres in original farm. 106.48 acres in present farm. |
Thursday, November 30, 1972 | 1973 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | Free Port, Illinois | 3 | |||||||||||
CFR0413 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Vandevort, William | 1850 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | E 1/2 of Sec 7 in T 7 S R 3 W | No | No | Polk | Vaughn, Ruth E. | No | no | grain, hay, dairy, poultry | beef cattle, permanent pasture | No |
DLC deeded to Adam S. Hamilton in 1850. 320 acres in original farm. 23 acres in present farm. Original farm divided 4 times. |
Monday, November 30, 1964 | 1965 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Genealogy (for Addie Vandevort); Family birth record; Donation Land Claim deed (for Adam Hamilton). |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | great granddaughter | 1 | |||||||||||
CFR0552 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Jernstedt, Frank Theodore | 1885 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Yamhill | Jernstedt, Ernest F. | No | no | Wheat, oats, hops. | Primarily Wheat and crimson... | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Narrative (farm history narrative); Deeds, birth certificates; Map. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | Grandchildren | Sweden via Kansas and Colorado | 1 | ||||||||||||
CFR0681 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Catching, James Centers | 1872 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Coos | Browning, Doris M. (Crooks) | No | no | Dairy and other related... | Beef, hay. | No |
160 acres in original farm. 60 acres in present farm. Farm was divided once. |
Sunday, November 30, 1975 | 1976 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great granddaughter | Cayonville (Canyonville ?), Oregon | 2 | |||||||||||
CFR0811 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Huston, Luther | 1885 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Morrow | Rill, William | No | One outhouse | Wheat, rye, horses. | Grass, pigs. | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Statement form; Phone message memo; Article on Ninon Rill. See "Stories of Century Farm Families in Morrow County" packet. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | Willamette Valley, Oregon | 4 |