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 |
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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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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 | |||||
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 | ||||||||
SFR0052 | Sesquicentennial Farm | JJ Davis | Harnisch Farms Inc. | 1863 | 69.09 | 69.09 | 69.09 | No | No | Yes |
Deed records |
T10S R3W S8 |
Linn |
33153 Dever Conner Rd. NE Albany OR 97321 |
n/a | 3 miles | Jefferson OR | Harnisch Farms | Yes | First Dwelling a log cabin... | Wheat, barley, oats, flax,... | Hazelnuts in 2000 were... | No | Tuesday, April 4, 2023 | 2023 |
Narrative, extensive answers to all questions; map, photos digital |
Yes | Yes | OSU | Great Great Granddaughter | not given | 2 | ||||||
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 | ||||||||||
CFR0240 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Swank, Phillip | 1857 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased |
Original farm was 102.89 acres located in T 11 section 36 S R 3W |
Linn | Swank, J. P. | No | No | Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | son | 0 | ||||||||||||||
CFR1174 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Carpenter, Alfred; Carpenter, Leonard | Rocky Knoll-Carpenter Family Farm | 1909 | 150.00 | 180.00 | 140 | No | No | Yes |
Will |
T 37, R 1W, S 21 |
Jackson |
2881 Hillcrest Road
Medford, OR 97504 |
0 miles | Medford | Rocky Knoll LLC dba Dunbar Orchards, Dunbar Farms, Rocky Knoll Vineyard | No | Some buildings built 1909-1912 | Apples; Hay; Pears; Cattle;... | Grapes; Grains; Grass hay;... | No | Saturday, May 7, 2011 | 2011 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; List of attachments; Family and farm history narrative; Timeline of events;Copies of photographs; Deed records; Maps of property; Wine labels; Property ownership documents; Pear label; Cover and article from "Southern Oregon Heritage" |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | Created from estate of Dunbar and Jane Carpenter | Colorado | 0 | ||||||
CFR1034 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Ranch | Williams, Hyrum (Hyram Williams) | Dash W Bar Ranch | 1895 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased Homestead # 583 from James A. Gittings & a parcel from Ninian E. Duncan. |
Sec 19 & 30 T 20 S R 36 E |
Harney |
78435 Liberty Rd Drewsey OR 97904 |
Drewsey | Williams, Terry; Williams, Nancy; Williams, Travis | No | log cabin which was one of... | Sheep, cattle, hay. | Commercial cattle, hay. | No | Thursday, November 30, 2000 | 2001 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Deed; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | OHSField Services File | great grandson | Utah | 3 | |||||||
CFR0970 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Gooding, Nicholaus | Gooding Farms, Inc. | 1894 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from John Gooding |
Marion | Gooding, William E. | No | None of the original... | Wheat, Oats, Barley, Corn,... | Row crops (beans, corn,... | No |
Nicholaus Gooding also operated a blacksmith shop on the property. |
Tuesday, November 30, 1999 | 2000 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Deeds. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great grandson | Indiana | France (Alsace Lorraine) | 2 |