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 propertysort descending 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
CFR0139 Download Application (PDF) Century Farm Ross, Col. John England; Ross, Elizabeth 1854 0.00 0.00 0 Yes Claim No. 69 No No
Jackson
18 acres located in Jackson County; 2 miles westerly of Medford; on south side of Ross Lace at Griffin Creek
Ross, Frank E.; Ross, Jocelyn P. No Alfalfa No
"heavy black soil of the best Rogue River Valley quality. Owner plans home which will make on or two homes on each of 17 subdivisions/ now constituting the original DLC of 320 acres."
Saturday, November 30, 1957 1959
Application
No Yes Mss 1604 grandson 0
CFR0606 Download Application (PDF) Century Farm Amacher, Fred and Ernest F. Ricco, Sr. Ricco Ranches 1897 0.00 0.00 0 No No No
Grant
Approx. 4 miles NE of Prairie City, Oregon.
Voigt, Pat; Voigt, Hedy No Old blacksmith shop. Cattle, sheep, hogs, barley,... Cattle, sheep, hogs, barley. No
"In 1897 Fred Amancher acquired a homestead a few miles N of Prarie City. He convinced his sister and brother-in-law, Ernest R ico, in 1898, to come and partner up with him on the ranch. After two years or so Fred had had enough and left the country." (1)
Sunday, November 30, 1997 1998
Application; Deeds; Real property descriptions; Typewritten letter.
No No MISSING APPLICATION granddaughter & grandson-in-law Portland, Oregon Austrian 3
CFR0057 Download Application (PDF) Century Farm Kruse, John Walberta Farm 1852 0.00 0.00 0 No No Yes
Purchased from a homesteader
Clackamas
Kruse, Elmer W.; Kruse, Calvin W. No No
"John Kruse, a steamboatman, bought the 208-acre farm in 1852. It is now owned by three generations of his descendants: his son Homer A. Kruse's widow, Rosa A. Kruse; his grandson Elmer W. Krue & wife Anna; and his gr.gdson Roger Kruse."
Saturday, November 30, 1957 1958
Typewritten letter; Newspaper article.
No Yes Mss 1604 4
CFR0137 Download Application (PDF) Century Farm Hanley, Michael Hanleylands 1857 0.00 0.00 0 No No Yes
Purchased from the Clinton and Welton Donation claims.
Jackson
about 3.5 miles NW from Jacksonville
Heffernan, Katheryn E. No No
"My father took this this land under the will of Michael Hanley, his father, and the property was given to me by my brother Edward B. Hanley Jr. In the fall of 1957 I deeded 28 acres of this land to my son Robert D. Heffernan Jr."
Saturday, November 30, 1957 1958
Application; Warranty deed; County records regarding boundary line.
No Yes Mss1604 granddaughter 2
CFR0133 Download Application (PDF) Century Farm Dunn, Patrick 1852 0.00 0.00 0 Yes Claim No. 56 No No
Jackson
4.5 miles SE of Ashland, Oregon. Located at 4224 Hgy. 66 Ashland Ave.
Dunn, George Edwin No At time of application: Grain... No
"My grandfather patrick Dunn took donation land claim. I think No. 56 in 1852. My father purchased land from him and still owns it. He retired from farm in 1920 and I have leased it and operated since then."
Saturday, November 30, 1957 1958
Application; Newspaper article.
No Yes Mss 1604 grandson 0
CFR0011 Download Application (PDF) Century Farm Elliott, William H. 1858 0.00 0.00 0 Yes #40 No No
Benton
Elliott, Darrell No Yes
"My husband's great grandfather William H. Elliott traded a yoke of oxen for the Homestead rights to the original Donation Land Claim." Applicant still has 90 acres of the original DLC.
Saturday, November 30, 1957 1958
Affidavit; Typewritten letters.
No Yes Mss 1604 great grandson and his wife 0
CFR0138 Download Application (PDF) Century Farm Hanley, Michael Hanleylands 1857 0.00 0.00 0 No No Yes
Purchased from the Clinton and Welton Donation claims.
Jackson
about 3.5 miles NW from Jacksonville
Heffernan, Robert D., Jr. No No
"My mother, Katheryn E. Heffernan, deeded me 28 acres in the fall of 1957."
Saturday, November 30, 1957 1958
Application
No Yes Mss 1604 great grandson 2
CFR0309 Download Application (PDF) Century Farm Johns, John A. and Julia A. 1852 0.00 0.00 0 Yes No No
Marion
2 miles S. of Salem on South River Road.
Johns, Jesse J. No Apples, Pasture Farm, Pasture, Fruit, Apples... No
"Nathaniel Caldwell first took up sec. 33 640 acres. He was a single man so had to forfiet 1/2 section. A squater jumpt the 1/2 claim my grandparents gave him a yolk of oxen for his right and received a patent from US government."
Saturday, November 30, 1957 1958
Application; Notarized statement; 1960 state fair celebration registration form.
No Yes Mss 1604 grandson 0
CFR0063 Download Application (PDF) Century Farm Marquam, Alfred 1846 0.00 0.00 0 Yes No No
Clackamas
Marquam, Ross (Mr. and Mrs.); Marquam, Omar (Mr. and Mrs.) No No
"On Application letter: Clerk Records, Book M/365 Patent-Dated 1878, Dept. of Interior has witness affidavits back to 1846 therefore it is continuous ownership."
Saturday, November 30, 1957 1958
Handwritten letter
No Yes Mss 1604 0
CFR0982 Download Application (PDF) Century Ranch Messal Sr., William 1880 0.00 0.00 0 No No Yes
Purchased from Rosie Messal
Jackson
Peile, Maxine No Original barn is still... Hay, Cattle, Garden pigs Cattle, Sheep, Pasture No
"Over the generations the ranch has been added to. It began as 160 acres, and is now 880 acres. There are 3 generations here now -- yet only Maxine lives on the original 160."
Tuesday, November 30, 1999 2000
Application; Statement of affirmation; Handwritten letters; Newspaper article; Excerpt from "A History of Eagle Point"; Typewritten letter; Birth certificate; Marriage certificate; Chain of title; Deeds.
Yes Yes OHS Field Services Files great niece by marriage Germany ["Schwaben - Colonic - Prenfsen"] ["Bayern Province"] Germany 1

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