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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CFR0995 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Belshaw, Charles | 1864 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | No | Grant |
9 miles West of Mount Vernon. |
Belshaw, Virgil | No | An old stone building. | Cattle, hay, fruit, horses. | Cattle, hay, some fruit. | No | Monday, November 30, 1964 | 1965 |
Application; Newspaper articles. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Illinois | England | 1 | ||||||||||
CFR0344 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Hunt, George Washington | 1850 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
160 acres at section 23 T8 R 1 W |
Marion |
4 miles NE of Sublimity, Oregon |
Tate, Helen Hunt; Tate, Henry J. | No | At time of application:... | No |
120 acres of current land is seeded to Chewing Fescue and Highland Bent grass. Fifty hed of sheep are pastured. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1957 |
Application; Notarized ownership document (includes story of the family and how the property has been used). |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | 0 | ||||||||||||
CFR0281 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Anderson, James Mechlin | 1847 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | Claim # 50, Notification #631, Ded #777 | No | No |
T 9 S, R 3 W |
Marion |
5 miles W of Jefferson on Anberny Hill Road |
Anderson, James W.; Anderson, Ruth M. | No | House built in 1855 still... | Crop land (35 acres), Pasture... | No |
Current applicant ownes 91 acres. Part of the land is rented out. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Notarized ownership document.
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No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson (James) | Fairfield County, Ohio | 0 | |||||||||
CFR0290 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Coyle, Michael | 1855 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from Isaac N. Alawson and Ceriel and Sarah Bertrand. |
Marion |
1.5 miles S of St. Paul, Oregon on Runer Road. |
Coyle, Charles Herman | No | Grains, Seed crops, Pasture | No |
Original land purchased from Isaac Alawson was 318 acres. Current applicant owns 241 acres of original land. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Notarized ownership document.
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No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | 0 | ||||||||||||
CFR0287 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Caplinger, Jacob | 1845 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No | Marion |
4 miles E of Salem on East State St. |
Caplinger, Irvine | No | Barley, Timber, Pasture | No |
Current applicant owns 120 acres of original property. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Notarized ownership document. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | 0 | |||||||||||||
CFR0293 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Davenport, Benjamin and Sarah | 1854 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
section 2 T 7 R 1W |
Marion |
In the Waldo Hills area. |
Davenport, D. C. | No | Grass seed | No |
Current applicants owns 50 acres of original property. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Notarized ownership document. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | son | 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 | ||||||||||
CFR0347 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Jones, Fielding and Martha | 1847 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
sec. 4 T 5s R 1W a total of 5.5 acres |
Marion |
one mile south of Hubbard, Oregon |
Zeek, Rilla Jones | No | No |
Original DLC was 486 acres. 120 acres was passed down to the father of the applicant (Samuel R. Thurston Jones) and then 5.5 acres was passed down to applicant. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Notarized ownership document; 1960 state fair celebration registration form. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | 0 | |||||||||||||
CFR0294 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Davenport, Benjamin and Sarah | Kow Kamp Ranch | 1851 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
section 2 T 7 R 1W |
Marion |
In the Waldo Hills area. |
Davenport, Henry; Davenport, Eloise | No | At time of application:... | No |
Current property is 63.31 acres. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Notarized ownership document; 1960 state fair celebration registration form; Typewritten letters. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson (Henry) | 0 | |||||||||||
CFR0342 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Stout, Lewis | 1852 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
87 acres |
Marion |
2 miles west of Mehan |
Stout, Anna J.; Stout, Luther. | No | "general farming" | No |
Land is currently farmed by the brother of the applicant -- Luther Stout. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Notarized ownership document; Handwritten notes; Typewritten letter. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | daughter | 0 |