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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CFR0500 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Parrish, Jesse | 1853 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No | Yamhill | No | 30 acres in prunes, walnuts,... | No |
52 acres in present farm. Jesse Parrish to Jake Parrish (son) to William Parrish (grandson) to Ray Parrish (great grandson). |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Affidavit; Typewritten letter. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | 0 | |||||||||||||||
CFR0049 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Baker, Endymian and Sarah Jane | 1853 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
N 1/2 of the NE 1/4 of section 21, T 3 S, R 1 W |
Clackamas | Baker, William E. | No | No |
A portion of the original DLC was passed down to E. L. Baker and his wife, Emma E. Baker (son of Eudenian and Sarah). The applicant is the son of E. L. and Emma Baker. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | 0 | ||||||||||||||
CFR1177 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Chegwyn, Herbert | Chegwyn Farms | 1909 | 5.00 | 170.00 | 140 | Yes | No | No |
T 4S, R 4W, S 9 |
Yamhill |
2471 Grandhaven Dr.
McMinnville, OR 97128 |
Borders on NW Corner of town | McMinnville | Chegwyn, Charles | Yes | Two farm houses 1912 and 1929... | Alfalfa; Apples; Clover;... | Filberts; Grass seed; Hay;... | No |
Charles Chegwyn placed his land in a conservation easement to protect his land from a sub division in 2008 and established a life estate in 2009. The Yamhill County Soil and Water Conservation District is the legal owner of the farm as of 2009. |
Monday, May 16, 2011 | 2011 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Letter from Yamhill Soil and Water Conservation District; Family and farm history narrative; Strategic plan document; Copies of photographs; Property ownership documents |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Minneapolis, Minnesota | England | 0 | ||||||
CFR0697 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Davlin, James | Nichols Bros. Ranch | 1867 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
Sec 19 & 20 T 28 S R 6 W, W.M. |
Douglas | Nichols, J. Harold; Nichols, Cyril H. | No | Yes. | Wheat, oats, barley, corn,... | Beef cattle, hay. | No |
640 acres in original farm. 800 acres in present farm. Edmond Gage house used during Cow Creek Indian uprising. 4 horse stage stop until 1910. Brockway Postoffice on farm 1893-1956. |
Sunday, November 30, 1975 | 1976 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandsons | Illinois | 4 | |||||||||
CFR0445 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Fanno, Augustus J. | 1847 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | Certification # 1287 | No | No | Washington | No | No | Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Newspaper articles |
No | No | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
SFR0028 | Download Application (PDF) | Sesquicentennial Farm | Morris, Eliam; Morris, Susannah | Three Branches, LLC | 1852 | 318.00 | 68.40 | 60 | Yes | 1330 | No | No |
T2-R4-S6 |
Yamhill |
10670 Oak Ridge Rd. Yamhill OR |
1 1/2 miles | Yamhill, OR | Three Branches LLC | No | First house built in 1853-54... | Barley; Oats; Wheat; Cattle;... | Clover; Grass seed; Hazelnuts | No | Monday, April 28, 2014 | 2014 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Email to Oregon Century Farm and Ranch Program; List of family members; Maps of property; Yamhill County sales data; Copies of photographs; Family history information; Excerpt from "History of Oregon"; Newspaper articles; Farm history narrative; Original century farm application; Excerpt from "Genealogical Material in Oregon Donation Land Claims, Volume 1"; Map of property; Copy of original Donation Land Claim certificates; Architectural drawings; Index card for Historic American Buildings Survey; Photographs; Plat map |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Great great grandchildren | Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Oregon | Denmark | 0 | |||||
CFR0015 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Hayden, Thomas C. | 1855 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | #38 | No | No |
T 14 S R 8 W |
Benton | Hayden, Rufus | No | Yes |
At the time of application, the applicant still owned and farmed a good portion of the original DLC. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Notarized ownership document |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | 0 | |||||||||||||
CFR1151 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Bangs, Frederick E. and Daisy | 1903 | 200.00 | 115.00 | 115 | Yes | #57 notification 5348, in Section 8 | No | No |
T 17 South, R 5 West of Willamette Meridian, S 8 |
Lane |
4 Miles North of Elmira |
4 miles | Elmira | Bangs, Larry Lloyd; Bangs, Paula Beth | No | Original house on Territorial... | Alfalfa; Corn; Grass hay;... | Alfalfa; Corn; Grass hay;... | No | Friday, June 16, 2006 | 2006 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family history narrative; Copy of obituary; Warranty deed; Photographs |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Larry Bangs is (great?)grandson of Frederick Eli Bangs, son of Lloyd and Bernice Bangs. | Ottawa, Kansas | 1 | |||||||
CFR0377 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Phillips, John & Elizabeth | 1847 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | Claim # 50, Notification # 279 | No | No |
Sec 24 & 25 T 6 S R 3 W. |
Polk | No | UPDATE 8/01: Oregon National... | No |
640 acres in original farm. 230 acres in present farm. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; 1958 state fair celebration registration form. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | 0 | |||||||||||||
CFR0729 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | McKay, John W. | 1875 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | DLC 62 | No | No |
Sec 32 & 33 T 36 S R 2 W, W.M. |
Jackson |
Near Willow Creek. |
Saltsgaver, Lola Iris | No | 5300 year old clay pits.... | Cows, grain, grass. | Corn, wheat, alfalfa. | No |
160 acres in original farm. 160 acres in present farm. |
Sunday, November 30, 1975 | 1976 |
Land deed. DLC map. Deed record. Typewritten letters (including letter from the Museum of Natural History, Eugene, OR. Application. Certification of ownership. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | California | 1 |