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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CFR0357 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Esson, Alexander & Christina Stevens | Maple Hill Farm | 1866 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Marion | Ewing, Evanelle Esson; Renter. | No | No. Ida Esson Memorial... | beef cattle, pigs, corn, oats... | sheep, horses, strawberries,... | No |
In 1861 Alexander Esson purchased the first portion of this farm from Joseph & Virginia Cox. (This is different land) In 1866 he purchased additional land from Milton & Celia B. Young, which was a portion of the John C. Carey DLC. 320 acres in original and present farm. ***8/31/15 Update actual founding date is 1866, as the land purchased from Cox is different than the land from Milton Young (deed is being supplied for records which is the origination of the farm), the property purchased in 1861 was sold prior to purchase of this farm in 1866. |
Monday, November 30, 1964 | 1965 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Email correspondence; Handwritten notes; Deed. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1605 | granddaughter | Scotland via New York | 2 | ||||||||||
CFR0179 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Cox, Solomon | 1852 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | Sec 34 T 15 S R 5 W | No | No | Lane |
Cox Butte Road |
Mikkelsen, Brochner; Mikkelsen, Arlene Cox | No | no | Oats; Wheat; Black Percheron... | At time of application: Alta... | No |
William T. and Nancy J. Roberson sold DLC to Solomon Cox in 1858. Benjamin Cox sold 80 acres to Solomon Cox in 1869. Diana Cox to J. D. Cox, the north portion of the Samuel Cox DLC in 1892. |
Monday, November 30, 1964 | 1965 |
Applications; Certifications of ownership; Map; Deed. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great granddaughter | Missouri | 2 | |||||||||
CFR0093 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Smith, William DeLaFletcher (W.D.L.F.) | George W. Smith Ranch | 1864 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Land grant. Lots 3 & 4 of Sec 27 $ Lot 5 of Sec. 26 in T 25 S R 12 W |
Coos | Smith, George William (Mr. and Mrs.) | No | no | Dairy stock, fruit, fish,... | Fruit, beef stock, hay,... | No |
95.39 acres in original farm. 286 acres in present farm. |
Sunday, November 30, 1969 | 1970 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Copy of land claim certificate; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | Connecticut | 2 | |||||||||
CFR0644 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Guttridge, Christopher Henney | 1874 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Clackamas |
4 miles SW of Estacada, 1/4 mile S of Springwater Store, Church & Grange. |
Guttridge, Joseph Z. | No | Barn on the property when he... | Grain, cattle, geese, prunes... | Chewings fescue for seed,... | No |
161 acres in original property. 60 acres in present farm. The farm was divided 3 times. Founder built a prune drier & packed & sold prunes to hotels in Portland. 2001, Joe & Wilma own 40 acres, 5 sons jointly own 20 ac. See file for more info. |
Friday, November 30, 1973 | 1974 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Kentucky | Scotland or England | 2 | |||||||||
CFR0126 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Beckley, Henry | 1859 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Douglas |
Farm at Mehl Creek on the Umpqua River |
Beckley, Henry | No | A springhouse. | Hay, grain, cattle. | Sheep, cattle, grain, hay. | No |
1287.48 acres in original farm. Approximately 2000 acres in present farm. |
Sunday, November 30, 1969 | 1970 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Missouri | 2 | ||||||||||
CFR0935 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Hahn, Marshall Washington | 1875 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
T 2 N R 3 W, Sec 28 |
Washington | Hahn, William Vernon | No | Barn, granary. | Hay, grain, seeds. | Hay, grain, seeds. | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Statement form. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Ohio | 2 | |||||||||||
CFR0871 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Newtson, Newt | 1887 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
N 1/2 Sec 13 T 4 N R 32 E of W.M. |
Umatilla |
North Juniper Canyon |
Newtson, Robert; Newtson, Colleen; Newtson, Larry; Newtson, Harry | No | Barn | Wheat; Livestock. | At time of application:... | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Statement forms; Deed. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Norway | 2 | ||||||||||
CFR0790 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Tate, William H. | W.H. Tate Farm | 1878 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
T 8 S R 1 E Sec 19 and T 8 S R 1 W Sec 24 & 25. |
Marion |
5 miles NE of Sublimity on Hwy 214 |
Tate, Thomas W.; Tate, David W. | No | House, barn, blacksmith shop. | Gray oats for feed & hay... | Grass seed, white oats for... | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Statement form; Newspaper article; Ownership notes. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Missouri via California to Oregon | 2 | |||||||||
CFR0358 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Keil, Fredrick | 1856 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | 160 acres homesteaded by Oscar Cone. Bought by Hugo Keil in 1856. | No | Marion | Keil, Hugo P. | No | None in use. House was built... | wheat, oats, apples, stock | grass, beef stock | No |
160 acres in original farm. 42 acres in present farm. |
Monday, November 30, 1964 | 1965 |
Application |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Missouri | 2 | ||||||||||
CFR0628 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | McEnroe, James Michael | 1872 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Baker | McEnroe, Joseph Patrick, Jr. | No | no | Cattle, horses, hay, pasture. | Wheat, oats, grass seed. | No |
300 acres in original property. 200 acres in present property. |
Sunday, November 30, 1975 | 1976 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great great nephew | County Cavin, Ireland | 2 |