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 attachmentssort ascending 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
CFR0485 Download Application (PDF) Century Farm Harrison, Thaddus R. & Marie A 1850 0.00 0.00 0 Yes No No
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
CFR0508 Download Application (PDF) Century Farm Conner, Nathan & Elizabeth Buell Conner 1848 0.00 0.00 0 Yes No No
Yamhill
4 miles SE of Sheridan in both Polk & Yamhill County on Ballston & Sheridan Road.
Smith, Robert C.; Smith, Goldia A. No Second Conner home built in... No
640 acres in original farm divided into 6 "home" farms. Nathan & Elizabeth Conner to N. M. (son) & Clara B. Conner to N. E. Conner (grandson) to Robert C. Smith (great grandson).
Saturday, November 30, 1957 1958
Application; Affidavit; Handwritten note.
No Yes Mss 1604 great grandson 0
CFR0478 Download Application (PDF) Century Farm Goodrich, William 1848 0.00 0.00 0 Yes No No
Yamhill
3 1/2 miles SW of Dayton
Goodrich, Leonard No No
120 acres of original farm in present farm.
Saturday, November 30, 1957 1958
Application; Affidavit; Handwritten letter; Typewritten letter; Newspaper articles.
No Yes Mss 1604 great grandson, grandsons 0
CFR0494 Download Application (PDF) Century Farm Fendall, Charles E. & Amanda Fendall 1857 0.00 0.00 0 Yes No No
Yamhill
4 miles NW of Willamina
Mendenhall, Riley Ward; Mendenhall, Elizabeth No Buildings on an adjoining... No
628 acres in original farm. 113 acres in present farm. Charles Fendall; to W. E. Fendall (son) & Philip R Fendall (son); Richard Fendall (Philip's son); to Riley Ward Mendenhall (son of Roxie Fendall, daughter of Riley Fendall, brother of Philip).
Saturday, November 30, 1957 1958
Application; Affidavit; Handwritten letter; Newspaper articles.
No Yes Mss 1604 0
CFR0511 Download Application (PDF) Century Farm Hewitt, Henry & Elizabeth Matheny 1843 0.00 0.00 0 Yes Notification # 1629, Claim # 56 No No
Yamhill
Shelburne, Erma S.; Warmington, Elsie S. No No
31 acres in present farm from original. "Our great grandparents, Henry & Elizabeth Matheny Hewitt, divided their DLC among their children - one daughter & 9 sons. Our grandfather, James Andrew Hewitt, made his home on this tract with grandmother until."
Saturday, November 30, 1957 1958
Application; Affidavit; 1960 state fair celebration registration form; Newspaper articles.
No Yes Mss 1604 great granddaughters 0
CFR0483 Download Application (PDF) Century Farm Owens, Thomas 1850 0.00 0.00 0 Yes No No
Yamhill
6 miles SW of McMinnville, just off the Muddy Valley Road.
Handley, Bessie Blanche No No
161 acres in present farm, 1/4 of original DLC. Chain of ownership: Thomas Owens; to Nellie Owens Handley; to Byrd O. and Bessie Blanche Handley to 1958; Bessie Blanche Handley to date.
Saturday, November 30, 1957 1958
Application; Affidavit; 1960 state fair celebration registration form; Newspaper article.
No Yes Mss 1604 granddaughter-in-law 1
CFR0505 Download Application (PDF) Century Farm Rowland, Jeremiah 1858 0.00 0.00 0 Yes No No
Yamhill
3 1/2 miles NE of Carlton
No 42 acres in cultivation and... No
57.85 acres in present farm "Jeremiah Roland, father of Green L. Rowland, took up DLC. 30 acres of this was donated to Green L. Rowland who later purchased 340 acres (1847)
Saturday, November 30, 1957 1958
Application; Affidavit; 1960 state fair celebration registration form.
No Yes Mss 1604 2
CFR0506 Download Application (PDF) Century Farm Sawyer, Mark & Susannah James 1847 0.00 0.00 0 Yes Claim # 59 No No
Yamhill
Shelburne, Erma S.; Warmington, Elsie S. No No
29 acres in present farm. "Our great grandmother left her daughter, Evangeline's, share to her children, our father & his 2 sisters. After our grandfather's death the property was divided and our father left his share to us."
Saturday, November 30, 1957 1958
Application; Affidavit; 1960 state fair celebration registration form.
No Yes Mss 1604 great granddaughters 0
CFR0488 Download Application (PDF) Century Farm Everest, Richard 1846 0.00 0.00 0 No No No
Yamhill
E of Newberg
Jones, Elva O. No At time of application:... No
10 acres in present farm. Chain of ownership: Richard Everest to Ruben Everest (son) to Laura Everest Green (granddaughter) to Emery A. Jones (her nephew) to Elva O. Jones his wife.
Saturday, November 30, 1957 1958
Application; Affidavit; 1959 state fair celebration registration form; Typewritten letter.
No Yes Mss 1604 1
CFR0469 Download Application (PDF) Century Farm Martin, Nehemiah and Eliza Lois 1848 0.00 0.00 0 Yes No No
Yamhill
on Three Mile Lane Hwy about 1 mile from McMinnville on road going to Dayton
Altimus, Muriel Martin; Altimus, Thomas J. No Filberts Grain No
640 acres in original farm.
Saturday, November 30, 1957 1958
Application; Affidavit; 1959 and 1960 state fair celebration registration form; Newspaper article.
No Yes Mss 1604 1

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