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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CFR0998 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Armstrong, George | 1873 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Benton | Plympton, Kathleen; Plympton, Fred G.; Renter | No | yes | Shopshire sheep (introduced... | Pasture. | No |
187.20 acres in original farm. 15 acres in present farm. |
Thursday, November 30, 1972 | 1973 |
Application; Handwritten notes. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | daughter | England | 1 | |||||||||||
CFR0127 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Fortin, Sr., Ferdinand | 1869 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Douglas | Fortin, Kenneth; Fortin, Violet | No | House & barn. | Grain, livestock. | Prunes, sheep. | No |
196 acres in original farm. 194 acres in present farm. |
Sunday, November 30, 1969 | 1970 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Canada | 1 | |||||||||||
CFR0147 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Payne, Champion T. | Payne Creek Ranch | 1869 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Jackson | Clawson, Leonard (Mr. and Mrs.) | No | A house and barn built c.... | Grain, cattle, poultry. | Cattle, sheep, apples. Owner... | No |
20 1/2 acres in present farm. See CFR0146 regarding Echo Alford's 1/2 of the farm. |
Sunday, November 30, 1969 | 1970 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Newspaper article. |
Yes | Yes | Mss 1604 | granddaughter | Missouri | 1 | ||||||||||
CFR0797 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Gerig, Peter | 1892 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Marion |
6 miles E of Salem |
Gerig, Raymond | No | House | Potatoes, hay, grain, horses... | Hay, grain, fruit, cattle. | No |
20 acres in the property purchased in 1892. |
Monday, November 30, 1992 | 1993 |
Application; Handwritten note; Deed. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Kansas | 1 | ||||||||||
CFR0755 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Cox, Lewis | 1848 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Linn |
8 miles NE of Albany |
Cox, Orie H. (Mr. and Mrs.) | No | One | Cattle, sheep, grain. | Hay, grain, cattle. | No |
200 acres in original farm. 85 acres in present farm. Farm was divided 3 times. |
Sunday, November 30, 1975 | 1976 |
Application; Certification of ownership. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Ohio | 1 | ||||||||||
CFR0777 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Schiedler, Joseph and Kathrina | 1875 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Marion |
1 mile SW of Scotts Mills |
Schiedler, Charles A. | No | No | This was almost all timber... | 67 acres is farm woodlot, the... | No |
200 acres in original farm. 97 acres in present farm. Farm divided once. |
Sunday, November 30, 1975 | 1976 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Wisconsin | 2 | ||||||||||
CFR0418 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Donaldson, Joseph G | 1864 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | No | Tillamook | Donaldson, Joseph W. | No | no | Grass, hay, sheep, cattle. | Grass, silage, cattle. | No |
200 acres in original farm. 162 acres in present farm. |
Thursday, November 30, 1972 | 1973 |
Application; Certification of ownership; Newspaper article. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | Georgia | 2 | |||||||||||
CFR1027 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Davenport, Joseph A. | 1900 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Purchased from Daniel Giles |
Sec 19 & 20 T 29 S R 12 W |
Coos |
1 mile W on Catching Creek, Myrtle Point. |
Children of Joseph A. Deavenport | No | Farm house built prior to... | Beets, timber, oats, corn,... | Hay, a few beef and sheep. | No |
200 acres in present farm of original 400. |
Thursday, November 30, 2000 | 2001 |
Application; Statement of affirmation; Deeds; Typewritten letter of family history. |
No | Yes | OHS Field Services File | grandson | England to Wisconsin to Ferndale, California | England | 2 | |||||||
CFR0509 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Grahm, William & wife | 1849 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | No | No | Yes |
Paid $100 to Gen. Parmer for squatter's rights to Section. |
Yamhill |
7 miles SE of McMinnville. |
No | 1/2 in prairie and 1/2 on... | No |
200 acres in present farm. |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Affidavit; 1959 and 1960 state fair celebration registration forms. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | 3 | |||||||||||||
CFR0496 | Download Application (PDF) | Century Farm | Murray, Charles | 1852 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | Yes | No | No |
Sec 30 T 4 S R 5 W |
Yamhill | Murray, Orville L. | No | Timber, pasture for stock... | Sheep pasture. | No |
200 acres in present farm. Charles Murry to L. W. Murray (son) to Orville Murray (grandson). |
Saturday, November 30, 1957 | 1958 |
Application; Affidavit. |
No | Yes | Mss 1604 | grandson | 0 |