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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CFR0917 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Schmeltzer, Conrad K. | 1878 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | certificate #779, Oregon City | No | Washington | Schmeltzer, John Demory; Schmeltzer family | No | None of the original... | prunes, walnuts | At time of application:... | No |
Extensive notes for each question in the original application. Please see application for more details. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Homestead certificate; Deed; Typewritten letters. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great grandson | Pennsylvania | 2 | ||||||||||
CFR1038 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Weatherford, Francis M. | 1887 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Gilliam |
Shutler Flat. 12 1/2 mi. S of Arlington. |
Childs, David | No | Old shop is used for tack... | Wheat, peas, turnips, cattle. | No |
Farm acquired by pattent from US in 1883. Sold out of family 1886; bought back 1887; continuous family ownership since. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application |
No | Yes | grand nephew | Missouri | 1 | ||||||||||||
CFR0160 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Inman, Joel C. & Sophia | 1852 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | Claim # 43, Notification # 4801 | No | No |
Sec 7 & 8 T 17 S r 5 W, W.M., containing 320 acres. |
Lane |
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Inman, Ben W. | No | J. C. Inman house was located... | No |
Farm consists of 33 acres of original farm. Chain of ownership: Joel & Sophia Inman 1852-1895; Sarah Inman Zumwalt to 1940; Ira M. Inman to 1953; Ben Inman to date. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Letter of approval. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | 0 | |||||||||||
CFR0169 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Wilkins, Mitchel | 1847 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | Claim # 52, Notification # 3025 | No | No |
Sec 15 & 16 T 16 S R 3 W, W.M. |
Lane |
9 miles N of Eugene near Coburg |
Wilkins, Mrs. Amos | No | No |
Farm consists of 640 acres. Chain of ownership: Mitchel Wilkins to his son, Amos Wilkins to son's wife, Varian Babb Wilkins to their daughter. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 | No | Yes | Mss 1604 | daughter-in-law. | 0 | |||||||||||||
CFR0156 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Hale, Calvin T. | 1853 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | Claim # 37 | No | No |
Sec 23 T 17 S R 7 W, W.M. |
Lane | Hale, Farmer C. | No | No |
Farm consists of over 100 acres of original DLC. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Letter of approval; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | 0 | |||||||||||||
CFR0038 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Rickard, John & Sarah | 1852 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Benton | Tracer, Dan | No | yes | cattle, wheat | grain | No |
Farm in Benton County. 640 acres in original farm. 225 acres in present farm. |
Monday, November 30, 1964 | 1965 |
Application; Newspaper article. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | Indiana | 0 | |||||||||||
CFR0152 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Adkins, Edward S. | 1851 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | Claim # 1570 | No | No |
Sec 26 T 16 S R 5 W, W.M. |
Lane | Adkins, Jason A. (Mrs.) | No | No |
Farm is 154.47 acres of original DLC. Chain of ownership: Edward S. Adkins 1851-1888; Helen Adkins (wife) to 1894. Jason A. Adkins 1894; Josephine S. Adkins (wife of Jason A.) to date. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Handwritten note; Typewritten letter. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | Daughter-in-law | 0 | |||||||||||||
CFR0324 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Mulkey, Charles J. | 1850 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No | Marion |
6.5 miles SE from Silverton |
Mulkey, Ralph G.; Mulkey, Thelma L. | No | Original log house still... | Dairy cows (35 cows, Grade A... | No |
Father of the applicant (Mac Mulkey) was born in the original log house in 1865. Applicant was also born in this same house. Original land was 320 acres, but applicant currently owns 150 acres. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Notarized statement. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | 0 | ||||||||||||
CFR0674 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Dworschak, John Fredrich | 1893 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
NE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of Sec 36 T 4 S R 1 E |
Clackamas | Dworschak, Delbert | No | Fruit cellar, potato cellar,... | "stump wheat" | Cattle, hay, a few berries. | No |
Founder bought these 40 acres from John & Julia Kruxberger in 1893 (see CFR0673) |
Tuesday, November 30, 1993 | 1994 |
Application; Statement form; Deed. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | son | Mabren Trebau, Austria | 1 | ||||||||||
CFR0402 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Smith, Absalom and Hylah Smith | 1848 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
Sec 11, 12, 13, 14 T 7 S R 5 W |
Polk |
7 1/2 miles NE of Dallas in the Smithfield community |
Smith, Hardin | No | Grain, cattle. | Grain; Cattle. | No |
Founder of Smithfield. 641.75 acres of original farm still in the family. Chain of ownership: Absalom & Hylah Smith; to Samuel Thurston Smith (son); to Hardin Smith (grandson). |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | 0 |