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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CFR0161 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Inman, Joel C. & Sophia | 1852 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | # 43, Notification # 4801 | No | No |
Sec 7 & 8 T 17 S R 5 W, W.M., containing 320 acres. |
Lane | Inman, Ira M. | No | J.C. Inman house was on... | No |
Chain of ownership: Joel & Sophia Inman 1852-1901; Benjamin P. Inman to 1940; Ira M. Inman to date. 180 acres of original DLC in present farm. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Letter of approval. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | 0 | ||||||||||||
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 | |||||||||
CFR0179 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Cox, Solomon | 1852 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | Sec 34 T 15 S R 5 W | No | No | Lane |
Cox Butte Road |
Mikkelsen, Brochner; Mikkelsen, Arlene Cox | No | no | Oats; Wheat; Black Percheron... | At time of application: Alta... | No |
William T. and Nancy J. Roberson sold DLC to Solomon Cox in 1858. Benjamin Cox sold 80 acres to Solomon Cox in 1869. Diana Cox to J. D. Cox, the north portion of the Samuel Cox DLC in 1892. |
Monday, November 30, 1964 | 1965 |
Applications; Certifications of ownership; Map; Deed. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great granddaughter | Missouri | 2 | |||||||||
CFR0011 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Elliott, William H. | 1858 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | #40 | No | No |
T 11 S R 4 W |
Benton | Elliott, Darrell | No | Yes |
"My husband's great grandfather William H. Elliott traded a yoke of oxen for the Homestead rights to the original Donation Land Claim." Applicant still has 90 acres of the original DLC. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit; Typewritten letters. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson and his wife | 0 | |||||||||||||
CFR0291 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Morris, William and Elizabeth | 1850 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No | Marion |
situated between Turner and Marion in Marion County |
No | No |
William Morris married for a second time to Martha Funston. They had a daughter Ada Crawford (applicant), who received a portion of the original DLC. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit; Typewrittten letters. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaugther (Ada), great grandson (E. L.) | Currituck, North Carolina | 0 | ||||||||||||||
CFR0199 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Froman, Isaac R.; Froman Eliza Jane | 1852 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
Sec 22 T 11 S R 3 W, containing 87.06 acres |
Linn | No | No |
7.5 acres in present farm. Applicant's sister, Zella M. Burkhart retains the balance of the original farm. Property inherited from Lola A. Burkhart, direct heir of founder. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit; Typewritten letter; 1960 state fair celebration registration form. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | 0 | |||||||||||||||
CFR0200 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Froman, Isaac R.; Froman, Eliza Jane | 1852 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
Sec 22 T 11 S R 3 W |
Linn | No | No |
87.06 acres in present farm. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Handwritten notes; Typewritten letters; Affidavit. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | 0 | |||||||||||||||
CFR0029 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Harris, John | 1853 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | #43 | No | No |
T 13 S R5W |
Benton | Smith, Isabel Whitby | No | No |
Current applicant owns 173 acres in section 4 of T 13S R5W. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Notarized ownership document |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great granddaughter | 0 | |||||||||||||
CFR0393 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Hill, Henry Washington & Martha Ann | 1851 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | Claim # 45, Notification # 1525 | No | No |
Sec 28, 33 T 8 S R 4 W, W.M., containing 540 acres. |
Polk |
Containing S part of town of Independence & and extending S 3/4 mile. |
No | First home was located at the... | Cherries. | No |
Existing farm is 90 acres 1/2 mile S of Independence and contains 40 acres of the original DLC. Chain of ownership: Henry & Martha Hill to their daughter & youngest child to Constance Henderson. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit; Typewritten letter. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | 0 | |||||||||||
CFR0309 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Johns, John A. and Julia A. | 1852 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
Sec 33 T 7 R 3 W |
Marion |
2 miles S. of Salem on South River Road. |
Johns, Jesse J. | No | Apples, Pasture | Farm, Pasture, Fruit, Apples... | No |
"Nathaniel Caldwell first took up sec. 33 640 acres. He was a single man so had to forfiet 1/2 section. A squater jumpt the 1/2 claim my grandparents gave him a yolk of oxen for his right and received a patent from US government." |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Notarized statement; 1960 state fair celebration registration form. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | 0 |