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 |
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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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CFR0778 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Ryan, Joseph J. | 1875 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
See attachments for description. |
Marion | Ryan, Francis X. | No | no | Hops, grain. | Cannery crops, grain. | No |
222 acres in original farm. 125 acres in present farm. Farm divided twice. |
Sunday, November 30, 1975 | 1976 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Deeds; Title insurance. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | England | 1 | ||||||||||
CFR0645 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Gribble, John | 1846 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | Not. # 526. Claim # 38 | No | No |
Parts of Sec 15, 16, 21 & 22 in T4 S R 1 E. |
Clackamas | Grand, Paul J. | No | Family cemetary established... | Horses, cows, chickens, hogs... | Sheep, apples, prunes, pears. | No |
640 acres in original farm. 20 acres in present farm. |
Friday, November 30, 1973 | 1974 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Donation Land Claim map. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | great granddaughter | North Carolina & Missouri | 2 | |||||||||
CFR0357 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Esson, Alexander & Christina Stevens | Maple Hill Farm | 1866 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Marion | Ewing, Evanelle Esson; Renter. | No | No. Ida Esson Memorial... | beef cattle, pigs, corn, oats... | sheep, horses, strawberries,... | No |
In 1861 Alexander Esson purchased the first portion of this farm from Joseph & Virginia Cox. (This is different land) In 1866 he purchased additional land from Milton & Celia B. Young, which was a portion of the John C. Carey DLC. 320 acres in original and present farm. ***8/31/15 Update actual founding date is 1866, as the land purchased from Cox is different than the land from Milton Young (deed is being supplied for records which is the origination of the farm), the property purchased in 1861 was sold prior to purchase of this farm in 1866. |
Monday, November 30, 1964 | 1965 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Email correspondence; Handwritten notes; Deed. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1605 | granddaughter | Scotland via New York | 2 | ||||||||||
CFR0770 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Duncan, George W. and Susan D. | 1880 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from the Eastern Oregon Land Company |
Malheur | Oakes, Donald (Mr. and Mrs.) | No | None of the original... | Grass hay | Grass hay, Grain | No |
Nancy Duncan married Ed Oakes after the death of her husband, George Duncan. Nancy and Ed Oakes then sold the land to their son, Donald Oakes in 1959. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Excerpt from diary; Deeds. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | Donald is the grandson of George Duncan | Kansas | 2 | ||||||||||
CFR0696 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Gurney, Robert M. and Elizabeth | 1853 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Douglas | Lawrence, Stuart; Lawrence, Margaret | No | Building erected in 1872 and... | Cattle, oxen, wheat, oats,... | Oats, cattle. | No |
320 acres in original farm. 148 acres in present farm. |
Sunday, November 30, 1975 | 1976 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Family history. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | great great granddaughter. | Ohio | Robert was French/English; Elizabeth was Irish | 2 | ||||||||||
CFR0656 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Boring, William H. | 1876 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Clackamas | Boring, Willard | No | Potatoes | At time of application: Hay;... | No | Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Family history; Handwrittten letter; Typewritten letters; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | 0 | |||||||||||||||
CFR0177 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Hawley, Ira & Elvira | 1853 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
Lot # 4 & SW 1/4 of SW 1/4 of Sec 12 & Lots 2 & 3 & N 1/2 of the SW 1/4 of Sec 13 all in T 21 S R 4 W, 185.27 acres total. |
Lane |
About 4 miles South of Cottage Grove. |
No | No. Fire destroyed the house... | Fruit; Oats; Vegetables;... | At time of application:... | No | Monday, November 30, 1964 | 1965 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Family history; Land office receipt. |
Yes | Yes | Mss1604 | granddaughter | Galesburg Illinois | 0 | |||||||||||
CFR0721 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | McGirr, Frank and Henrietta McGirr | 1880 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Grant | McGirr, Leland Frank | No | Grain; Hay; Cattle; Sheep. | At time of application: Grain... | No | Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Family history; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | 0 | |||||||||||||||
CFR0867 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Temple, William P. | 1884 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from William and Alice Kreemer |
Umatilla |
Stage Gulch |
Cresswell, Robert Temple; Cresswell, Donald M. | No | "Not sure. There is a... | Wheat | Wheat, Barley | No |
The original property has been divided twice. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Family reunion brochure; Family history; Deed. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | grandson | Iowa | 1 | |||||||||
CFR0883 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | McDonald, Hiram | 1873 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Union |
3 1/2 miles NE of Summerville. |
Renter | No | yes | Sheep, cattle, horses, grain... | Hogs, cattle, wheat, barley,... | No | Sunday, November 30, 1975 | 1976 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Farm history. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Missouri to Willamette Valley to Union Co. | 3 |