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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CFR0357 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Esson, Alexander & Christina Stevens | Maple Hill Farm | 1866 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Marion | Ewing, Evanelle Esson; Renter. | No | No. Ida Esson Memorial... | beef cattle, pigs, corn, oats... | sheep, horses, strawberries,... | No |
In 1861 Alexander Esson purchased the first portion of this farm from Joseph & Virginia Cox. (This is different land) In 1866 he purchased additional land from Milton & Celia B. Young, which was a portion of the John C. Carey DLC. 320 acres in original and present farm. ***8/31/15 Update actual founding date is 1866, as the land purchased from Cox is different than the land from Milton Young (deed is being supplied for records which is the origination of the farm), the property purchased in 1861 was sold prior to purchase of this farm in 1866. |
Monday, November 30, 1964 | 1965 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Email correspondence; Handwritten notes; Deed. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1605 | granddaughter | Scotland via New York | 2 | ||||||||||
CFR0275 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Freeland, Edward A. | 1871 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | James M. Kennedy DLC. | No | No |
T 14 R 3 W Sec 9 |
Linn |
Lake Creek Road, Halsey |
Renter | No | no | Grain | Ryegrass seed | No |
160 acres in original farm. 137.04 acres in present farm. |
Thursday, November 30, 1972 | 1973 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Newspaper article. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | 1 | |||||||||
CFR0969 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Cook, J. P. | 1900 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from Randolph and Celinda Shipley |
Clackamas |
Lake Oswego |
Cook, Rick | No | The barn and the house remain. | Cattle, Hogs, Sheep, Dairy... | Grapes | No | Tuesday, November 30, 1999 | 2000 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Deed; Newspaper article. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great grandson | Ohio | 1 | ||||||||||
SFR0026 | Download Application (PDF) | Sesquicentennial Farm | Dobbins, Flemming; Corey, James Calvin | VanDomelen Family Farm | 1851 | 320.00 | 13.00 | 13 | Yes | No. 43, Notification Number 7851, Cert. No. 1315 | No | Yes |
Flemming Dobbins is said to be Father of John Dobbins father of Louisa Dobbins Corey who married George Corey (great grandparents of Melvin on mother's side) |
T2N R3 S27 |
Washington |
14650 NW Dairy Creek Road North Plains OR 97133 |
2 miles | North Plains | VanDomelen, Vanessa A.; Vandehey, Herman; North Valley Farms, LLC | Yes | First house on land claim by... | Barley; Beet seed; Carrot... | Apples; Beans; Blackberries;... | No | Wednesday, April 24, 2013 | 2013 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family history narrative; Maps of property; Handwritten letter; Email; Copies of photographs; Deed records; Legal records; Genealogy charts; State of Oregon land board records; Letters from Oregon Water Resources department; Water right certificate; Survey of property; Obituary; Timeline of property ownership; Mortgage records; Tax record; Birth certificate |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Flemmings Dobbins was Melvin's (father to owners) great great grandfather | Holland | 1 | |||||
CFR1148 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Byron, Floyd and Mary Bell Jenks | Jenks Farm Group | 1882 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
T 12S, R 4W, S 12 |
Linn |
32800 Highway 99E, Tangent, OR |
1 mile | Tangent | Wirth, Maryanne; Wirth, Don; Goracke, Lisa; Goracke, Dave | No | Clover; Oats; Peas; Ryegrass... | Ryegrass; Cattle; Pigs; Sheep | No | Thursday, March 26, 2009 | 2009 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family history narrative; Deed records; Copies of photographs |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Great-grandchild and great-great grandchild | Fillmore, Missouri | 0 | ||||||||
CFR0645 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Gribble, John | 1846 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | Not. # 526. Claim # 38 | No | No |
Parts of Sec 15, 16, 21 & 22 in T4 S R 1 E. |
Clackamas | Grand, Paul J. | No | Family cemetary established... | Horses, cows, chickens, hogs... | Sheep, apples, prunes, pears. | No |
640 acres in original farm. 20 acres in present farm. |
Friday, November 30, 1973 | 1974 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Donation Land Claim map. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | great granddaughter | North Carolina & Missouri | 2 | |||||||||
CFR0985 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Ranch | Grant, Benjamin Franklin and Elijah Grant II | Grant Creek ranch | 1898 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | Part of the ranch was the homestead of Elijah Grant II in 1872 | Yes |
Purchased from Samuel D. Webb (section bought in 1898) |
Lincoln |
Harlan, Oregon |
Grant, Sterling L.; Grant, Timothy M.; Grant, Terrie; Grant, Cathy | No | 4 barns still remain. | Angora goats, Cattle, Sheep | Bison, Cattle, Sheep, Angora... | No | Tuesday, November 30, 1999 | 2000 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Deed; Family history. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great great grandson | Adair Cty KY to Lone Jack, Boone, MS to Volcano, CA to Oregon | 3 | ||||||||
CFR1218 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Fisher, Theodore; Fisher, Lucinda | Fisher Patterson | 1915 | 80.00 | 356.00 | 217 | No | No | Yes |
Warranty Deed records |
T8S R1W West of Willamette Meridian Section |
Marion |
13835 Waldo Hills Dr. SE Sublimity OR 97385 |
6 miles | Sublimity, OR | Patterson, Terry; Patterson, Katherine | Yes | First house built in 1917;... | Alfalfa; Clover; Grain;... | Grain; Grass Hay; Grass seed | No | Tuesday, April 28, 2015 | 2015 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family history narrative; Warranty deed; Map; Copies of photographs |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | granddaughter | 2 | |||||||
CFR1165 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Silbernagel, Joseph; Silbernagel, Frances | Silbernagel Farm | 1907 | 252.00 | 230.00 | 150 | No | No | Yes |
Estate transfer |
T 9S, R 1E, S 8 |
Marion |
10508 Silbernagel Rd., Stayton, OR 97383 |
4 Miles | Stayton | Silbernagel, Paul | Yes | Cowbarn for milking, pig barn... | Corn; Grain; Hay; Chickens;... | Grain; Grass seed; Hay; Cows... | No | Monday, May 10, 2010 | 2010 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family history narrative; Copies of photographs; Estate document |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Great great grandson | Perham, Minnesota | German | 1 | |||||
CFR0919 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Jackson, Ulyses | 1878 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from John and Mary Harrison |
Washington | Dersham, Harold C. | No | A cellar and a brick fruit... | Oats, Horses, Wheat, Hay,... | Dairy cows, Oats, Barley,... | No |
This property has been divided two times. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Deed; Probate record for Lydia Dersham; Court order. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great granddaughter | West Virginia | 3 |