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 | ||||||||
CFR0129 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Dyer, Moses T. | 1852 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Douglas | Dyer, Margaret H. | No | no | Hogs, cattle, sheep, grain,... | Cattle | No |
360 acres in original farm. 316.16 acres in present farm. "Moses T Dyer built and operated the first sawmill in Douglas Co. in 1852. It was situated on the left (north) bank of South Myrtle Creek just a few feet up stream from my bridge." |
Thursday, November 30, 1972 | 1973 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | daughter-in-law | Addison Co., Vermont | 1 | |||||||||||
CFR0279 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Settle, John | 1847 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Linn | Mitchell, W. M. | No | no | Small grains, cattle. | Small grains, seed. | No |
640 acres in original farm. 52 acres in present farm. |
Thursday, November 30, 1972 | 1973 |
Application; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | Tennessee | 2 | |||||||||||
CFR0412 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Allen, John Ceton | 1851 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Polk | Allen, J. Davis (Mr. and Mrs.) | No | At time of application: Grain... | No | Monday, November 30, 1959 | 1960 |
Application; Farm history; Typewritten letters; Handwritten letter; 1960 state fair celebration registration form. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
CFR0680 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Flam, John | 1872 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Coos |
Bear Creek |
Ertel, Edward (Mr. and Mrs.) | No | yes | Hay, corn, carrots,... | Sheep, cattle. | No |
160 acres in original farm. 320 acres in present farm. |
Friday, November 30, 1973 | 1974 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Typewritten letter. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | great great granddaughter | Pilgersdorf, Hungary | 1 | ||||||||||
CFR0809 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Devin, Mifflin Jay and Sara Elizabeth Devin | 1884 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Morrow |
8.5 miles NE of Heppner |
Robinson, Merlyn Kirk; Robinson, Donald O. | No | two barns | Cattle | Registered Polled Hereford... | No |
The property has never been divided. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Article. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | granddaughter | Bolivar, Missouri | 2 |