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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CFR0337 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Anderson, James Mechlin | 1847 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | #777 Oregon City | No | No |
181 acres |
Marion |
5 miles NW of Jefferson, 12 miles S of Salem |
No | No | Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Notarized statement; 1959 state fair celebration registration form. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | 0 | ||||||||||||||
CFR0025 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Sylvester, Mary | 1849 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | # 47 | No | No |
T 11 S R 4 W |
Benton | Reynolds, Minerva Kiger | No | No | Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Notarized ownership document; Newspaper articles. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | 0 | ||||||||||||||
CFR0405 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Gilliam, Andrew Jackson | 1847 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No | Polk |
5 miles SW of Dallas on the Dallas-Falls City Road. |
No | No |
Chain of ownership: Andrew Jackson Gilliam; to William Douglas Gilliam (son); to Annis Tilgner (granddaughter). 50 acres of original farm in present farm. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit; Handwritten letter; Typewritten letter; 1959 and 1960 state fair celebration registration forms; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | 2 | |||||||||||||||
CFR0899 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Chenoweth, James Wesley | 1893 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | Yes | Certificate # 1265, Application # 1951. Also, Cert. # 2329, App. # 2712 | No |
NW 1/4 of Sec 9 T 2 S R 44 E, W.M., containing 160 acres. Also, E 1/2 of the W 1/4 and E 1/2 of the NW 1/4 Sec 11 T 2 S R 44 E, W.M., containing 160 acres. |
Wallowa |
Farm located at 82029 Black Marble Lane |
McCormack, Reatha; McCormack, Jim | No | Part of the house and the... | Beef cattle, registered... | Commercial and registered... | No | Monday, November 30, 1992 | 1993 |
Application; Statement form; Family history; Deeds; Homestead certificates; Estate documents (Legal document for the final estate of James Chenoweth); Typewritten letter. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | Bedford, Iowa | 2 | |||||||||
CFR0123 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Jones, Abraham | 1852 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Douglas |
End of Calkins Road. |
Moore, Harlan (Mr. and Mrs.) | No | no | sheep | No |
Portions of the farm were rented. 104 acres in original farm. 35 acres in current farm. |
Monday, November 30, 1964 | 1965 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | Indiana | 1 | |||||||||||
CFR0510 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Robinson, Benjamin M. & Elizabeth J. Chrisman Robinson | 1844 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | Notification # 1019, Claim # 52 | No | No | Yamhill |
3 miles S of Dayton |
No | 70 acres general farm land.... | No | Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Affidavit; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | 0 | ||||||||||||||
CFR0197 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Brock, Vineyard C. | 1854 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
T 13 S R 3 W |
Linn | No | No |
Applicant owns 40 acres of original DLC. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit; Typewritten letter. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | 0 | |||||||||||||||
CFR0472 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Chapman, William | 1852 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Yamhill |
1/2 mile SW of Sheridan |
Dickey, Helen E.; Dickey, Glen | No | Dairy, grain | No |
640 acres in original farm. Chain of ownership: William Chapman, 1852 to 1911; Frank Chapman (son) to 1934; Glen & Helen E. Dickey (granddaughter) to date. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Affidavit. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | 0 | |||||||||||||
CFR0027 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Rickard, John | 1854 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No | Benton |
12 miles S. of Corvallis on the old Territorial Road. 25450 Starr Creek Road, Corvallis. |
Scruggs, Thella Rickard | No | Peter Rickard Farmstead built... | Yes |
At the death of John Rickard, a portion of the property passed to "my father, Peter Rickard
I inherited 107 acres of the original DLC." |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | 0 | |||||||||||||
CFR0407 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Billings, George & Emma | 1858 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
See application for additional info. |
Polk | No | No |
Chain of Ownership: George & Emma Billings; to Eudora Billings Bentley (daughter) to 1945; Ethel Bentley Winter (grandaughter) to date. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | 0 |