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 |
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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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CFR0154 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Benson, Sarah S. | 1851 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | Claim # 42 | No | No |
Sec 17 T 17 S R 3 W, W.M. |
Lane | Cox, Lillian Ayres | No | No |
40 acres of original DLC in present farm. Chain of ownership: Sarah S. Benson 1851-1899; Mary E. Ayres to 1927; Lillian Ayres Cox to date. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Letter of approval. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | 0 | |||||||||||||
CFR0005 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Belknap, Ransom A. | 1847 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No | Benton |
near the town of Monroe |
Belknap, Foster G. | No | House built in 1855 remains,... | No |
Part of the farm was sold during the years, but the 40 acres where the original home was placed is owned by applicant. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
There is a letter by M. M. Belknap who supports his brother's claim to Century Farm status. Letter contains some family history information. Notarized ownership document; Letter from M. M. Belknap; 1959 and 1960 state fair celebration registration forms. |
Yes | No | Mss 1604 | grandson | 0 | |||||||||||||
CFR0468 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Allen, Solomon | 1847 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No | Yamhill |
3 miles SE of Amity on the Bethel Road. |
A renter | No | Two dwellings, a large barn... | Grain, hay, fruit, sheep. | No |
339 acres in present farm. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Affidavit; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | 0 | ||||||||||||
CFR0021 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Locke, A. N. | 1857 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | #41 | No | No |
T 11S R5W |
Benton | Locke, Nelson | No | No |
At the time of the application, the applicant was farming the original 273 acres. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | 0 | |||||||||||||
CFR0022 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Norton, Lucius C. and Hopestill Norton | 1846 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | #43 | No | No |
T 10 S R 6W |
Benton | Lyday, Leone Price | No | No |
At the time of the application, this property consisted of 160 acres farmed by the applicant. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Notarized ownership document |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great granddaughter | 0 | |||||||||||||
CFR0386 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Blair, Thomas R. & Emmaline Buell Blair | 1848 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
Sec 16 & 17, 20 & 21 T 6 S R 6 W |
Polk |
on Mill Creek |
No | No | Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | 0 | |||||||||||||||
CFR0212 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Brock, Vineyard C. | 1854 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | Notification # 2044 | No | No |
T 13 S R 3 W |
Linn |
1 1/2 miles NE of Shedd, along the Calapooia River |
No | No |
209 acres of original DLC in present farm. Vineyard C. Brock is buried at the Riverside Cemetary in Albany, OR. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit; Typewritten letter; 1960 state fair celebration registration form. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great granddaughter | 0 | |||||||||||||
CFR0490 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Laughlin, William & Phoebe Laughlin | 1858 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | Hutt DLC Notification # 1511, Claim # 63, 196.75 acres | No | No |
T 2 S R 4 W |
Yamhill | Laughlin, Charles Fredrick; Laughlin, Carrie M. | No | House built c. 1858. Still... | Seeded pasture, Hereford... | No | Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Affidavit; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | 2 | |||||||||||||
CFR0403 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Riggs, James B. and wife | 1845 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | Notification # 1907, Claim # 75 | No | No |
T 6 S R 5 W, W.M., contatining 640 acres. |
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 | |||||||||||||
CFR0319 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Minto, John and Martha Ann | 1850 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No | Marion |
23 acres lying on Sunnyside Road, South of Salem 5 miles. |
McNerney, Ernestine M. | No | Pasture, Dairy cows (... | No |
Land was passed to applicant's mother Mary Minto Halley and then to the applicant. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Notarized statement. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | 0 |