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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CFR0034 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Currier, J. M. | 1850 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | # 39 | No | No |
T 13 S, R 5 W |
Benton | No | No |
At the time of the application, the property consisted of over 500 acres still farmed by the applicant. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit; Typewritten letter. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | 0 | ||||||||||||||
SFR0002 | Download Application (PDF) | Sesquicentennial Farm | Coon, Washington L. | Coon Family Farm | 1850 | 320.00 | 4,000.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
T 125, R 4W, S 29,30,31,32 |
Linn |
31310 Peoria Road, Shedd, OR 97377 |
44 29' 32.69" N; 123 12' 46.60" W | 5.5 miles | Corvallis, OR | Coon, Donald; Coon, Dona M.; Coon, Mike; Coon, Tami | No | Grain; Vetch; Cattle; Dairy... | Clover seed; Grass seed; Peas... | No | Friday, October 26, 2007 | 2008 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family history narrative; Map of property; General land office certificate; Excerpt from Linn County Historical Society Journal |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Great-great grandsons of Washington Coon | 3 | ||||||||
CFR0413 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Vandevort, William | 1850 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | E 1/2 of Sec 7 in T 7 S R 3 W | No | No | Polk | Vaughn, Ruth E. | No | no | grain, hay, dairy, poultry | beef cattle, permanent pasture | No |
DLC deeded to Adam S. Hamilton in 1850. 320 acres in original farm. 23 acres in present farm. Original farm divided 4 times. |
Monday, November 30, 1964 | 1965 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Genealogy (for Addie Vandevort); Family birth record; Donation Land Claim deed (for Adam Hamilton). |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | great granddaughter | 1 | |||||||||||
CFR0485 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Harrison, Thaddus R. & Marie A | 1850 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
Sec 30, 25, 26 T 5 S R 4 W, containing 320 acres. |
Yamhill |
1 mile from Amity |
No | No |
87.77 acres in present farm. Portion of present farm originally donated as site for Bethel School. Once school is gone the land will revert back to the heirs. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Affidavit; Handwritten note. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great granddaughter ? | 0 | ||||||||||||||
CFR0314 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Looney, Jessie and Reuby | 1850 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | claim #53 | No | No |
sections 23, 24, 25, 26 T 9 S R 3 W |
Marion |
2.5 miles N of Jefferson |
Looney, Herbert; Renter. | No | No |
Original property contained 640 acres. Applicant owns 108 acres of the original land grant. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Notarized statement; 1960 state fair celebration registration form; Newspaper articles. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | unknown | 0 | ||||||||||||
CFR0267 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Hardman, Samuel and Mary | 1850 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No | Linn | No | no | Wheat, oats, cattle, horses,... | Grass seed | No |
640.74 in original farm. 246 acres in present farm. |
Sunday, November 30, 1969 | 1970 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandsons | Indiana | 1 | ||||||||||||
CFR0487 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Fendall, Charles E. & Amanda | 1850 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
T 5 S R 7 W |
Yamhill | Johnston, Ronald F.; Johnston, Marion E. | No | No |
Willamette River divided the farm in half. Chain of ownership: Charles Fendall (purchased from his father-in-law Bill Savage); 22 acres to daughter in 1911 to 1952; Ronald & Marion Johnston to date. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Affidavit. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | 0 | ||||||||||||||
CFR0268 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Coon, Washington L. | 1850 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Linn | Coon, H. C. | No | no | Grain | Seed, grain. | No |
320 acres in original farm. 320 acres in present farm. |
Sunday, November 30, 1969 | 1970 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Kentucky | 2 | |||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||
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 |