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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CFR0610 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Benfield, Frederick and Charlotte | Benfield Family Farm | 1877 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Multnomah | Benfield, Shelley Vera | No | Hay; Percheron horses;... | At time of application: Hay;... | No | Sunday, November 30, 1997 | 1998 |
Application; Farm business card; Handwritten note; Abstract of title; Receipts; Homestead certificate. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | 0 | ||||||||||||||
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 | |||||||
CFR0160 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Inman, Joel C. & Sophia | 1852 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | Claim # 43, Notification # 4801 | No | No |
Sec 7 & 8 T 17 S r 5 W, W.M., containing 320 acres. |
Lane |
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Inman, Ben W. | No | J. C. Inman house was located... | No |
Farm consists of 33 acres of original farm. Chain of ownership: Joel & Sophia Inman 1852-1895; Sarah Inman Zumwalt to 1940; Ira M. Inman to 1953; Ben Inman to date. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Letter of approval. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | 0 | |||||||||||
CFR0529 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Davis, Thomas Crawford | 1849 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Yamhill | Renter | No | no | Wheat, oats, Cheatgrass,... | Wheat, oats, barley, clover,... | No |
640 acres in original farm. 40.10 acres in present farm. |
Sunday, November 30, 1969 | 1970 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Missouri | 1 | |||||||||||
CFR0869 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Elam, Andrew Martin | 1880 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
NW 1/4 of SW 1/4 of Sec 12 T 5 N R 35 E, W.M. except a piece of land sold to the Trustees of the Milton Burying Ground. |
Umatilla |
west of city limits, Milton-Freewater, OR |
Piper, Richard Elwood | No | no | Wheat, cattle, horses. | Wheat, barley | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Application; Statement form; Deed; Abstract of Title; Family history; Photocopy of photograph. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | Texas | 2 | ||||||||||
CFR0076 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Baker, Endymion | 1852 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Clackamas | Baker, Sidney E. | No | Filberts; Grain; Hops. | Alta Fescue, Grass. | No | Monday, November 30, 1959 | 1960 |
Application; Typewritten letter. |
No | No | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
CFR0440 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Hayward, James | 1853 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Washington | No | No | Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Handwritten note |
No | No | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
CFR0788 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Goodknecht, Peter | 1881 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from Thomas Miller |
Marion |
1078 Cascade Hwy NE, Silverton, OR |
Riches, Robert L. | No | Barn | Hops, Wheat, Oats, Cattle,... | Grass seed, Wheat, Sugar... | No |
Property was divided once. |
Friday, November 30, 1984 | 1985 |
Application; Farm history; Deeds. |
Yes | Yes | OHS Field Services Files | great grandson | Switzerland, Kansas | Switzerland | 3 | ||||||||
CFR0356 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Eoff, John Leonard | 1848 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | Parts of # 8, 46 & 90. | No | No | Marion | Eoff, Asel C. | No | no | grain, purebred work horses,... | grain, hay | No |
640 acres in original farm. 126 acres in present farm. |
Monday, November 30, 1964 | 1965 |
Application; General Land Office document; 1959 Obituary for J. L. Eoff; Deed of DLC of George & Nancy Eoff. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | Iowa | 1 | ||||||||||
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 |