| 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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| CFR0017 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Henderson, Perman | 1858 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased 320 acres from Isaac Foster DLC #62 |
T 12S R6W |
Benton | Henderson, Earl Benton | No | No |
At the time of the application, the applicant was farming 175 acres of this original property. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Notarized ownership document |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | 0 | |||||||||||||
| CFR0379 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Blair, Thomas R. & Emmaline Buell Blair | 1848 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
Sec 16 & 17, 20 & 21 T 6 S R 6 W |
Polk |
on Mill Creek |
No | No | Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| CFR0298 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Doty, Nelson R. | 1853 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No | Marion |
5 miles NW of Jefferson |
Renter | No | No |
Current applicant owns 140 acres of the original homestead. Nelson Doty gave portion of original property to his son W. E. Doty (applicant) who expanded his holdings by purchasing more of the property from the other heirs. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Notarized statement. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | son | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| CFR0206 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Farwell, Richard & Esther | 1852 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
Sec. 5, 6, 7, 8 T 13 S R 3 W, W.M. |
Linn | Farwell, Mabel R. | No | No |
Property was divided equally between Richard Farwell's sons, E. D. Farwell and Hiram J. Farwell. Mrs. E. D. Farwell (Mabel Farwell) inherited from her husband. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit; Typewritten letter; Handwritten note. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | daughter-in-law | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| CFR0115 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Stephens, Ebenezer | 1852 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Douglas | Stevens, R. O. | No | No | Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit; Handwritten note. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| CFR0485 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Harrison, Thaddus R. & Marie A | 1850 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
Sec 30, 25, 26 T 5 S R 4 W, containing 320 acres. |
Yamhill |
1 mile from Amity |
No | No |
87.77 acres in present farm. Portion of present farm originally donated as site for Bethel School. Once school is gone the land will revert back to the heirs. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Affidavit; Handwritten note. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great granddaughter ? | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| CFR0035 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Harris, John | 1853 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | #43 | No | No | Benton | Whitby, Harold R.; Whitby, Jack | No | No |
Property was passed upon death of John Harris to daughter Mary Harris Whitby, then to the applicant, and then to his son and daughter (Jack Harold Whitby and Isabel Whitby Smith). |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit; 1960 state fair celebration registration form. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| CFR0398 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Walker, Clayebourne C.; Walker, Louisa | 1845 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | Notification # 151, Claim # 821 | No | No |
Sec 24, 19, 20 T 6 S R 4 W, W.M., containing 636.89 acres. |
Polk |
near Zena |
No | No |
Chain of ownership: Louisa & Claybourne Walker, 441.74 acres; to C. M. Purvine (nephew of Louisa Walker), 238 acres; to Byron J. Purvine (grandnephew), 1/3 interest in the 238 acres and bought another 1/3 interest from his brother Walker R. Purvine. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
1959 state fair celebration registration form; Affidavit; Oregon State Archives Record of DLC Certificates; Handwritten letters. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandnephew | Virginia (C.C. Walker), Illinois (Louisa Walker) | 0 | ||||||||||||
| CFR0314 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Looney, Jessie and Reuby | 1850 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | claim #53 | No | No |
sections 23, 24, 25, 26 T 9 S R 3 W |
Marion |
2.5 miles N of Jefferson |
Looney, Herbert; Renter. | No | No |
Original property contained 640 acres. Applicant owns 108 acres of the original land grant. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Notarized statement; 1960 state fair celebration registration form; Newspaper articles. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | unknown | 0 | ||||||||||||
| CFR0226 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Sprenger, Nicholas B. | 1852 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
Sec 31 T 12 S R 3 W |
Linn |
1 1/2 miles N of Shedd |
Pugh, Lena Sprenger | No | No |
At the death of Nicholas Sprenger, the land was divided among his children. 35 acres went to his son Henry B. Sprenger |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | 0 |
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