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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CFR0926 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Shearer, James N. | 1883 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchase from J. F. Shorb |
Washington | Shearer, Robert P. | No | None of the original... | Prunes, Cattle, Hay, Grain | Christmas Trees | No |
Property has been divided four times. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Handwritten letter; Typewritten letter; Deed; Shearer family history; Photocopies of photographs; Deed. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great grandson | Kansas | 3 | ||||||||||
CFR0927 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Bateman, Charles | 1884 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | Oregon City Homestead Cert. #2714, Application # 5457 | Yes |
Purchased from several persons |
Washington | Bateman, Charles R.; Bateman, Louis (Lewis) K. | No | None of the original... | Primarily Forest Products | No |
This property is still intact except for the highway right-of-way. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Deeds; Homestead certificate. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | grand nephew (settler was grandfather's brother) | Kansas | 1 | ||||||||||
CFR0928 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Demmin, Hulder J. | 1884 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from Jacob and Laura Slaughterback |
Washington | Muhly, Oscar; Muhly, Alda L. | No | None of the original... | Filberts | No |
This property has been divided once. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Affidavit; Deeds; Inventory and appraisement; Probate; Last will and testament of Charles Demmin. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | granddaughter | Ohio | 1 | |||||||||||
CFR0931 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Bateman, Swanton S. | 1885 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | Oregon City; Cert. # 2518; Application # 4851 | No | Washington | Bateman, Donald R. | No | None of the original... | Cattle, Timber. | Cattle, Timber, Christmas... | No |
This property has been divided once. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Deeds; Homestead certificate; Probate record; Newspaper article; Will of S. S. Bateman. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | grandson | Kansas | 1 | ||||||||||
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 | ||||||||
CFR0978 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Koehnke, John | 1898 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from Ludwig and Ida Schwanke |
1 S Range 5 W Section 27 |
Washington |
5.5 miles south of Cornelius on Dixon Mill Rd. |
Koehnke, John N. | No | None of the original... | Dairy cows, Grain, Oats,... | Wheat, Oats, Clover | No | Tuesday, November 30, 1999 | 2000 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Public notice; Deeds. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great grandson | Germany | Germany | 2 | ||||||||
CFR0979 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Zimmerman, George E. | 1884 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | Oregon City Homestead Cert # 3420 Application # 5852 | No |
T2N R2W Section 8 |
Washington | Tannock, Richard B. | No | None of the original... | Hay, Strawberries, Timber | Timber | No | Tuesday, November 30, 1999 | 2000 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family history; Obituary; Homestead certificate; Birth certificate; 1880 Census document; Deeds; Homestead papers. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great grandson | Germany | Germany | 1 | |||||||||
CFR0820 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Butler, Euphemia | Big Oak Butler (Clinton) Farm | 1878 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No | Multnomah | Clinton, Ralph N.; Clinton, Bessie M. | No | None of the original... | Fruit trees. | Pasture, Beef cattle, Horses... | No |
The application has extensive notes in each of the above categories. For the sake of space, I have not included those notes here. Please see original application. The property was divided once into 5 sections. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Handwritten letter; Typewritten letter; Land patent; Deed; Newspaper article; Extensive notes on the history of the property; Genealogical information. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | maternal great grandmother | "somewhere back East" | 1 | ||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||
CFR0949 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Zimmerman, Christian and Cecilia | 1883 | 0.00 | 41.00 | 41 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from N. N. Burton and May Burton |
Yamhill |
2 miles north of Yamhill on Hwy 47 at Cty Rd 273. Physical address of farm is 19035 NE Cove Orchard Rd. Yam hill 97148-3.9.16 |
2 miles | Yamhill OR | Dromgoole, Gordon C. | No | None of the original... | wheat, oats, clover, cattle,... | wheat, barley, oats, clover,... | No | Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Deed; Typewritten letter; Photocopy of photograph; Oregon Pacific Railroad advertisement; Newspaper article. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great grandson | Sebringsville, Ontario, Canada | Canada | 2 |