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 |
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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 | ||||||||||||||
CFR0102 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Blakely, Samuel P. | 1852 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Douglas | Blakely, Robert P. | No | No | Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit; Typewritten letter. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
CFR0197 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Brock, Vineyard C. | 1854 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
T 13 S R 3 W |
Linn | No | No |
Applicant owns 40 acres of original DLC. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit; Typewritten letter. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | 0 | |||||||||||||||
CFR0208 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Crabtree, John J. | 1847 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
Sec 31 and 32 T 10 S R 1 W, W.M., containing 640 acres. |
Linn | Griffin, G. A. | No | No |
G. A. Griffin inherited 20 acres from his mother, Elizabeth Crabtree Griffin and later bought 15 and 28 acre tracts from his uncle, Newton Crabtree. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit; Typewritten letter. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | 0 | ||||||||||||||
CFR0229 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Robnett, William | 1848 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | cert. No. 2569 | No | No |
T 14 S R 1 W sections 8,9,16 and 17. -- 639.29 acres originally |
Linn |
one mile east of Crawfordsville |
Robnett, Ralph R. | No | No |
Applicant was deeded 127 acres of original DLC when his father, D. F. Robnett, died 15 March 1931. Applicant sold one acre, and had two acres taken by the state for a road, so currently owns 124 acres. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit; Typewritten letter. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | 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 | ||||||||||||
CFR0393 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Hill, Henry Washington & Martha Ann | 1851 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | Claim # 45, Notification # 1525 | No | No |
Sec 28, 33 T 8 S R 4 W, W.M., containing 540 acres. |
Polk |
Containing S part of town of Independence & and extending S 3/4 mile. |
No | First home was located at the... | Cherries. | No |
Existing farm is 90 acres 1/2 mile S of Independence and contains 40 acres of the original DLC. Chain of ownership: Henry & Martha Hill to their daughter & youngest child to Constance Henderson. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit; Typewritten letter. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | 0 | |||||||||||
CFR0227 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Rice, James Norval | 1853 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
Sec 23 of T 14 S R 1 W containing 2 parcels, to wit: 74.41 acres and 86.14 acres |
Linn | Rice, Jennie M. | No | No | Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit; Typewritten and handwritten letters. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | daughter-in-law | 0 | |||||||||||||||
CFR0399 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Walker, Claybourne C. & Louisa Walker | 1845 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | Notification # 151, Claim # 821 | No | No |
Sec 24, 19, 20 T 6 S R 4 W, W.M., containing 636.89 acres. |
Polk | No | No |
Chain of ownership: Louisa & Claybourne Walker, 441.74 acres; to C. M. Purvine (nephew of Louisa Walker), 238 acres; to Margaret M. Purvine(grandniece), 1/3 interest in the 238 acres. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit; Oregon State Archives record of DLC Certificates; Census record. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandniece | Virginia (C. C. Walker), Illinois (Louisa Walker) | 0 | |||||||||||||
CFR0221 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Montgomery, William G. & Mary L. | 1855 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | Notification # 2671 | No | No |
Sec 35 T 9 S R 1 W, W.M., containing 320 acres. |
Linn | Montgomery, Darrel C. | No | No |
Darrel Montgomery owns 170 acres of the original DLC. His sister, Maysel Montgomery Lyons owns 150 acres of the original DLC. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | 0 |