| 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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| CFR1223 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Gentle, Thomas H.; Gentle, Carrie M. | Gentleacres/Orion Farms | 1914 | 162.00 | 132.00 | 103 | No | No | Yes |
Land Deed Records |
T8S R4W S19 & R5W S24 |
Polk |
Northside of Monmouth; 879 Monmouth Ave. Monmouth OR |
Adjacent to | Monmouth OR on North side | Hall, Madeline J.; Fisher, Joseph P.; Ward, Caroline G. | Yes | First house built in 1880 by... | Chickens; Dairy cattle; Hogs... | Conservation; Chickens; Eggs... | No | Wednesday, April 29, 2015 | 2015 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Family history narrative; Timeline of farm ownership; Land sale contract; Estate documents; Deed records; Certificate of farm name; Map of property; List of photographs; Letter; Copies of photographs |
Yes | Yes | MSS ORCFRP | great granddaughter | Farmington, IL | unknown | 3 | |||||
| CFR0829 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Frizzell, G. L. and Alice A. | 1890 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
W 1/2 of the SE 1/4 of Sec 29 and the SW 1/4 of Sec 29 in T 6 S R 4 W of the W.M., containing 240 acres. |
Polk | Nielsen, Soren Dejgaard; Nielsen, Rose M. | No | no | Wheat, horses. | Wheat, oats, barley, hay,... | No | Thursday, November 30, 1989 | 1990 |
Article; Deed; Typewritten letter.. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Green County, Missouri | 2 | |||||||||||
| CFR0399 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Walker, Claybourne C. & Louisa Walker | 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 | No | No |
Chain of ownership: Louisa & Claybourne Walker, 441.74 acres; to C. M. Purvine (nephew of Louisa Walker), 238 acres; to Margaret M. Purvine(grandniece), 1/3 interest in the 238 acres. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit; Oregon State Archives record of DLC Certificates; Census record. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandniece | Virginia (C. C. Walker), Illinois (Louisa Walker) | 0 | |||||||||||||
| CFR0830 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Fishback, John L. | 1890 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
See attached deeds. |
Polk |
3 miles W of Monmouth |
Fishback, Lois M. | No | no | Berries, grain, cows. | Cherries, pasture for horses. | No | Sunday, May 30, 1993 | 1993 |
Application; Statement form; Deeds; Farm history; Phone message memo. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | wife of grandson, V.Elton Fishback | Virginia | 1 | ||||||||||
| CFR0400 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Savery, Green B. | 1853 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
Sec 25, 26, 30, 31, 36 T 6 S R 5 W. |
Polk |
8 miles N of Dallas |
No | Located in the oak timber... | Grain; Prunes. | No |
91.5 acres in present farm. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Handwritten note. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Iowa | 0 | |||||||||||
| CFR0831 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Domes, Albert | 1892 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Polk |
5 miles S of Amity. McCoy-Lincoln Junction, Hwy 99 W. |
Domes, Jerry W. | No | Barn and house. | Ayrshire cattle, wheat, oats... | Wheat, alfalfa, clover,... | No | Monday, November 30, 1992 | 1993 |
Application; Statement form; Deed. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | great grandson | North Dakota | 2 | |||||||||||
| CFR0401 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Ball, Isaac & Abigail Ball | 1850 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | Notification # 1910, Claim # 38 | No | No | Polk | Sechrist, Cassie L.; Sechrist, John J. | No | Original farmstead located at... | No |
Chain of ownership: Isaac & Abigail Ball, 640 acres; to Lydia Elizabeth Ball Sears (12th daughter) and Van B. Sears; to Cassie L. Sechrist & John J. Sechrist. Of the 135 acres in present farm, 100 acres of the original farm are included. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Affidavit; Handwritten letters; Typewritten letter; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | 0 | |||||||||||||
| CFR0402 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Smith, Absalom and Hylah Smith | 1848 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
Sec 11, 12, 13, 14 T 7 S R 5 W |
Polk |
7 1/2 miles NE of Dallas in the Smithfield community |
Smith, Hardin | No | Grain, cattle. | Grain; Cattle. | No |
Founder of Smithfield. 641.75 acres of original farm still in the family. Chain of ownership: Absalom & Hylah Smith; to Samuel Thurston Smith (son); to Hardin Smith (grandson). |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | 0 | |||||||||||
| CFR0403 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Riggs, James B. and wife | 1845 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | Notification # 1907, Claim # 75 | No | No |
T 6 S R 5 W, W.M., contatining 640 acres. |
Polk |
6 1/2 miles NW of Dallas on Coast Hwy # 22 |
Starr, Silas E. (Mr. and Mrs.) | No | No |
Chain of ownership: James B. Riggs; to nephew, South 1/2 of farm; to great niece to Silas Starr (great great nephew). |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Century Farm award certificate. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| CFR1061 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Tharp, Abraham; Tharp, Margaret | Tharp Family Farm | 1866 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No |
T 6, R 7, S 15 |
Polk | Tharp, Virgel Alvin; Tharp, Timothy | No | No | Saturday, November 30, 2002 | 2003 |
Photo; Short family history; Homestead certificate. |
No | No | 0 |
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