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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CFR0565 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Pratt, Ira C. | 1896 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
NE 1/4 Sec 33 T 1 S R 45 E, W.M., containing 160 acres. |
Wallowa |
7 1/2 miles E of Enterprise |
Pratt, Norman L. | No | Homestead kitchen area. | Beef and dairy cattle plus... | Alfalfa, barley, pasture. | No |
5 room frame house was on land when Ira C. Pratt filed claim. There was a stable and out buildings. |
Thursday, November 30, 1995 | 1996 |
Homestead certificate. Final affidavit required of homestead claimants. Homestead proof-testimony of claimant. Application; Statement form. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | Fredonia, Wilson County, Kansas | 1 | |||||||||
CFR0532 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Carl, Wilson | 1862 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Yamhill | Warner, Austin Carl | No | Grain, hay, Clydesdale horses... | Hay, grain, silage, pasture,... | No |
256 acres in original farm. 210 acres in present farm. |
Sunday, November 30, 1969 | 1970 |
Excerpt on life of Wilson Carl from "History of Oregon"; Application; Certification of ownership; Newspaper article. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | Amity, Pennsylvania to Ohio | German | ||||||||||||
CFR0791 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Fisher, Joseph | 1879 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Marion | Fisher, Lawrence E. | No | House and barn. | Oats, wheat, horses, dairy... | Sheep, oats, grass seed crops. | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Statement form; Typewritten letters; Deeds; Will. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | Appelton, Wisconsin | 3 | ||||||||||||
CFR0499 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Parrish, Jesse | 1853 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No | Yamhill |
Fernwood District, SE of Newberg |
Parrish, Elery A. | No | Prunes, walnuts, filberts,... | No |
45 acres in present farm. Jesse Parrish to Jake Parrish (son) to William Parrish (grandson) to Elery Parrish (great grandson). |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; 1960 state fair celebration registration form; Affidavit; Typewritten letter. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | 2 | |||||||||||||
CFR0630 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Perkins, E. P. | 1874 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Baker | Perkins, Eugene Brent, Jr. | No | Barn and granary. | grain, hay, cattle, sheep. | Hay, cattle, sheep. | No |
320 acres in original farm. 160 acres in present farm. Farm divided once. |
Sunday, November 30, 1975 | 1976 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | Kansas | 3 | |||||||||||
CFR0760 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Radir, Adam and Margaret | East River Farm | 1875 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Linn | Smith, Merle Richard; Renter | No | House, barn, granary built c... | Wheat, oats, barley. | Cattle and pasture. Renter... | No |
350 acres in original farm. 110 acres in present farm. Farm divided twice. |
Sunday, November 30, 1975 | 1976 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | 1 | ||||||||||
CFR0728 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Myer, W. C. | 1870 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Jackson | Billings, John S. | No | Barn with some additions.... | Jersey cows (first Jersey... | Hay crops, beef cattle. | No |
Possibly several 1000 acres in original farm. 150 acres in present farm. Farm divided once. |
Friday, November 30, 1973 | 1974 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Newspaper articles; "The Best Draft Horse", brochure by W. C. Myer. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | Kansas City, Missouri | 2 | |||||||||||
CFR1220 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Williams, Ben J.; Williams, Margaret E. | Christensen Farm | 1909 | 765.00 | 105.00 | 100 | No | No | Yes |
Mortgage title abstracts |
T15S R3W S08 |
Linn |
32803 Diamond Hill Dr. Harrisburg OR 97446 |
6 miles | Harrisburg, OR | Hubert Christensen & Dean Warden | Yes | First house built in 1914,... | Grain; Cattle; Chickens;... | Ryegrass | No | Tuesday, April 28, 2015 | 2015 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Map of property; Family history narrative; Title documents; Copies of photographs; Newpaper article |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Great grandson | Colorado | Denmark | 2 | |||||
CFR1182 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Sly, Frank E. | Sly Farms LLC | 1908 | 140.00 | 237.00 | 237 & 120 rented | No | No | Yes |
Deed Auction Courthouse Steps |
T 19S, R 3 W, S 1 |
Lane |
38727 Dale Kuni Road, Creswell, OR 97426 |
2.5 | Creswell | Sly, James R.; Sly, Barbara Jo | No | Grain; Hay; Dairy cattle | Hay; Cattle | No | Tuesday, May 1, 2012 | 2012 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; List of documents; Family and farm history narrative; Deed; Certificate of farm name; Copy of marriage certificate; Newspaper articles; Copies of photographs; Military documents |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Great Grandson | South Dakota | 2 | |||||||
CFR0395 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Read, Hankerson & Jane Read | 1853 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | Notification # 4971, Claim # 63 | No | No | Polk & Yamhill |
North Line of Polk County and South Line of Yamhill County |
No | Original homestead site. | No |
320 acres in original farm. 60 acres of original farm in present farm. Chain of ownership: Hankerson & Jane Read to Malinda Ann (daughter) & James Syron to Minnie Pearl Syron (granddaughter) & Alfred Hill to Glenn Hill (greatgrandson). |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | 0 |