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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CFR0339 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | King, Thomas and Harriette | 1849 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
214 acres. Sections 16 and 17, T 8, R 1 E |
Marion |
7 miles NE of Sublimity on Hgwy. |
Scott, Verny D.; Scott, Vera M. | No | No |
Thomas King passed land to John Downing (brother in law of King). He then sold the land to Jacob Scott, then it went to Jacob Scott Jr., then to George Scott then to H. B. Scott and George D. Scott. Present owners are relatives. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Notarized statement. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | distant relatives | 0 | |||||||||||||
CFR0231 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Knighten, Commodore P.; Knighten, Rosanna | 1853 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | number 71 and number 60 | No | No |
section 13 T 12 R 4 W and section 18 T 12 R 3 W - 640 acres originally |
Linn |
one mile south of Tangent, lying E and W of Pacific Highway |
Scott, W. C. | No | No |
When P. Knighton died 128 acres were heired and purchased by their daughter Sarah Knighton (d.1953) and her husband C. Scott (d. 1912). On their deaths, the property was purchased by their son, the applicant. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit; Typewritten letter. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | 0 | ||||||||||||
CFR0027 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Rickard, John | 1854 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No | Benton |
12 miles S. of Corvallis on the old Territorial Road. 25450 Starr Creek Road, Corvallis. |
Scruggs, Thella Rickard | No | Peter Rickard Farmstead built... | Yes |
At the death of John Rickard, a portion of the property passed to "my father, Peter Rickard
I inherited 107 acres of the original DLC." |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | 0 | |||||||||||||
CFR0401 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Ball, Isaac & Abigail Ball | 1850 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | Notification # 1910, Claim # 38 | No | No | Polk | Sechrist, Cassie L.; Sechrist, John J. | No | Original farmstead located at... | No |
Chain of ownership: Isaac & Abigail Ball, 640 acres; to Lydia Elizabeth Ball Sears (12th daughter) and Van B. Sears; to Cassie L. Sechrist & John J. Sechrist. Of the 135 acres in present farm, 100 acres of the original farm are included. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit; Handwritten letters; Typewritten letter; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | 0 | |||||||||||||
SFR0037 | Download Application (PDF) | Sesquicentennial Farm | Esson, Alexander; Esson, Christina | Maple Hill Farm | 1866 | 320.00 | 290.00 | 220 | No | No | No |
T6 R1W S05 |
Marion |
10705 Waypark Dr. Salem, OR 97305 |
5 miles | Salem, OR | Seifer, Stan | No | First house was log cabin by... | Wheat; Oats; Logging; Fruit... | Row crops, including corn,... | No | Thursday, March 24, 2016 | 2016 |
Application; Family history narrative; Map; Plat map; Copy of original century farm application; Deed records; Copy of a photograph |
No | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Great Great Grandsons | Iowa | Scottish | |||||||
CFR1045 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Shannon, Francis Marion | 1884 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
T 4S, R 21, S 26 |
Gilliam | Shannon, John D. | No | No | 2002 |
Family history; Land deed; Photos. |
No | No | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
CFR0879 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Shaw, Daniel | 1890 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
E 1/2 of the NE 1/4 of Sec 23 T 1 N R 33 E, W.M., containing 138 acres. |
Umatilla |
10 miles S of Pendleton above McKay Dam on McKay Creek. |
Shaw, Daniel Herbert; Shaw, Jeffrey Raymond | No | 1/2 barn removed in 1950.... | 1400 apple trees, 300 hogs,... | Barley, wheat, cattle. | No | Tuesday, November 30, 1993 | 1994 |
Application; Statement form; Typewritten note; Deed, Land certificate; Family history; Map. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | North Carolina | 2 | ||||||||||
CFR0571 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Shaw, Daniel Wesley and Martha Jane | 1876 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Grant | Shaw, Wynton; Shaw, Leland C.; Spaulding, Sarah Shaw | No | Hay; Cattle; Horses. | At time of application: Hay;... | No | Saturday, November 30, 1996 | 1997 |
Application; Statement form; Typewritten letter. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | California | 0 | ||||||||||||||
CFR0924 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Shearer, James | 1883 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from J. F. Short |
Washington | Shearer, Rob; Shearer, Ron; Prichard, Arline E.; Forsberg, El | No | Prunes, Wheat | Christmas Trees | No |
This property has been divided twice. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Deeds; Probate records. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great granddaugther | Kansas | 0 | |||||||||||
CFR0926 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Shearer, James N. | 1883 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchase from J. F. Shorb |
Washington | Shearer, Robert P. | No | None of the original... | Prunes, Cattle, Hay, Grain | Christmas Trees | No |
Property has been divided four times. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Handwritten letter; Typewritten letter; Deed; Shearer family history; Photocopies of photographs; Deed. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great grandson | Kansas | 3 |