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 claimsort descending 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
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
CFR0346 Download Application (PDF) Century Farm Brotl, Jacob and Virginia 1850 0.00 0.00 0 Yes #6030, cert. # 971 No No
Marion
4 miles E of Mt. Angel and 2 miles S of Monitor on the Scotts Mills-Monitor Road. On Butte Creek
No No
When Jacob Brotyl and wife Virginia divorced in 1858, land was re-deeded in wife's name and then she remarried and became Virginia White.
Saturday, November 30, 1957 1958
Application
No Yes Mss 1604 great grandson 0
CFR0167 Download Application (PDF) Century Farm McFarland, John Ward 1853 0.00 0.00 0 Yes Claim # 59 No No
Lane
Scott, Ethel Chrisman No Survey notes show the John W... No
280 acres of DLC in present farm. Chain of ownership: John Ward McFarland 1853 to 1880; Sophronia McFarland to 1932; Anna L. Chrisman to 1944; Ethel Chrisman Scott to date.
Saturday, November 30, 1957 1958
Application; Letter of approval; Newspaper article.
No Yes Mss 1604 great 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
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.
No Yes Mss 1604 grandson (James) Fairfield County, Ohio 0
CFR0464 Download Application (PDF) Century Farm Cummins, Erwin 1861 0.00 0.00 0 Yes No No
Washington
Fischbuch, Chester (Mr. and Mrs.) No No. hay, grain, cattle, onions onions, hay, grain, cattle No
320 acres in original farm. 100 acres in present farm.
Monday, November 30, 1964 1965
Application; Certification of ownership; Newspaper article.
Yes Yes Mss 1604 great grandson Illinois 2
CFR0379 Download Application (PDF) Century Farm Blair, Thomas R. & Emmaline Buell Blair 1848 0.00 0.00 0 Yes No No
Polk
on Mill Creek
No No
Saturday, November 30, 1957 1958
Affidavit
No Yes Mss 1604 grandson 0
CFR0298 Download Application (PDF) Century Farm Doty, Nelson R. 1853 0.00 0.00 0 Yes No No
Marion
5 miles NW of Jefferson
Renter No No
Current applicant owns 140 acres of the original homestead. Nelson Doty gave portion of original property to his son W. E. Doty (applicant) who expanded his holdings by purchasing more of the property from the other heirs.
Saturday, November 30, 1957 1958
Application; Notarized statement.
No Yes Mss 1604 son 0
CFR0206 Download Application (PDF) Century Farm Farwell, Richard & Esther 1852 0.00 0.00 0 Yes No No
Linn
Farwell, Mabel R. No No
Property was divided equally between Richard Farwell's sons, E. D. Farwell and Hiram J. Farwell. Mrs. E. D. Farwell (Mabel Farwell) inherited from her husband.
Saturday, November 30, 1957 1958
Affidavit; Typewritten letter; Handwritten note.
No Yes Mss 1604 daughter-in-law 0
CFR0485 Download Application (PDF) Century Farm Harrison, Thaddus R. & Marie A 1850 0.00 0.00 0 Yes No No
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
CFR0035 Download Application (PDF) Century Farm Harris, John 1853 0.00 0.00 0 Yes #43 No No
Benton
Whitby, Harold R.; Whitby, Jack No No
Property was passed upon death of John Harris to daughter Mary Harris Whitby, then to the applicant, and then to his son and daughter (Jack Harold Whitby and Isabel Whitby Smith).
Saturday, November 30, 1957 1958
Affidavit; 1960 state fair celebration registration form.
No Yes Mss 1604 grandson 3

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