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 propertysort ascending 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
CFR0398 Download Application (PDF) Century Farm Walker, Clayebourne C.; Walker, Louisa 1845 0.00 0.00 0 Yes Notification # 151, Claim # 821 No No
Polk
near Zena
No No
Chain of ownership: Louisa & Claybourne Walker, 441.74 acres; to C. M. Purvine (nephew of Louisa Walker), 238 acres; to Byron J. Purvine (grandnephew), 1/3 interest in the 238 acres and bought another 1/3 interest from his brother Walker R. Purvine.
Saturday, November 30, 1957 1958
1959 state fair celebration registration form; Affidavit; Oregon State Archives Record of DLC Certificates; Handwritten letters.
No Yes Mss 1604 grandnephew Virginia (C.C. Walker), Illinois (Louisa Walker) 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
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
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
CFR0403 Download Application (PDF) Century Farm Riggs, James B. and wife 1845 0.00 0.00 0 Yes Notification # 1907, Claim # 75 No No
Polk
6 1/2 miles NW of Dallas on Coast Hwy # 22
Starr, Silas E. (Mr. and Mrs.) No No
Chain of ownership: James B. Riggs; to nephew, South 1/2 of farm; to great niece to Silas Starr (great great nephew).
Saturday, November 30, 1957 1958
Application; Century Farm award certificate.
No Yes Mss 1604 0
CFR0404 Download Application (PDF) Century Farm Ridgeway, John 1846 0.00 0.00 0 Yes Claim # 43 No No
Polk
Mill Creek
No No
Chain of ownership: John Ridgeway to William Ridgeway (son) and Mary E. Ridgeway (daughter); to Mary C. Stewart (daughter of William).
Saturday, November 30, 1957 1958
Affidavit
No Yes Mss 1604 granddaughter Missouri 0
CFR0405 Download Application (PDF) Century Farm Gilliam, Andrew Jackson 1847 0.00 0.00 0 Yes No No
Polk
5 miles SW of Dallas on the Dallas-Falls City Road.
No No
Chain of ownership: Andrew Jackson Gilliam; to William Douglas Gilliam (son); to Annis Tilgner (granddaughter). 50 acres of original farm in present farm.
Saturday, November 30, 1957 1958
Affidavit; Handwritten letter; Typewritten letter; 1959 and 1960 state fair celebration registration forms; Newspaper article.
No Yes Mss 1604 granddaughter 2
CFR0406 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
Chain of ownership: Thomas & Emmaline Blair to Cyrus Blair (son) to Velna Walker and three sisters and two brothers.
Saturday, November 30, 1957 1958
Affidavit
No Yes Mss 1604 grandddaughter 0
CFR0407 Download Application (PDF) Century Farm Billings, George & Emma 1858 0.00 0.00 0 Yes No No
Polk
No No
Chain of Ownership: George & Emma Billings; to Eudora Billings Bentley (daughter) to 1945; Ethel Bentley Winter (grandaughter) to date.
Saturday, November 30, 1957 1958
Affidavit
No Yes Mss 1604 granddaughter 0
CFR0408 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
Chain of ownership: Thomas & Emmaline Blair to Cyrus Blair (son) to Velna Walker and three sisters and two brothers.
Saturday, November 30, 1957 1958
Affidavit
No Yes Mss 1604 granddaughter 0
CFR0409 Download Application (PDF) Century Farm Allen, John Ceton 1852 0.00 0.00 0 No No No
Polk
No No
Sunday, November 30, 1958 1959
1959 state fair celebration registration form.
No No 0

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