OREGON DONATION LAND CLAIMS
AND PATENTS
The following are a collection of Donation Land Claims, Homestead Claims and Land Patents, for the State of Oregon. Some include a copy of the actual certificate. Included are the following surnames: BALL, GUNN, HAGEY, HAMPTON, OWENS, PUTNAM, RAFFETY, RAGSDALE, SHERMAN, SPRINGER, WALLER, WILSON and YOUNG.
The Donation Land Act - Ownership of Property in Oregon Territory. It granted every white settler and "American half-breed Indian" above the age of 18 already living in Oregon a free half-section of land if single or a full section (640 acres) if married, with half in the wife's name. Residence and cultivation for four years was required. Settlers arriving after 1850 were granted half a section if married, or one-quarter of a section if single.
Homestead Land Act - Congress passed the Homestead Act to encourage the settling of the Great Plains. However, the law applied to Oregon, as well. Any head of a family of any age, or a single person over 21 who was or who intended to become a US citizen could claim 160 acres (one-quarter of a section) of public land by paying a $34 fee then residing on and cultivating the property for five years. After five years, they received legal title to their claim.
Cash Sale - Alternatively, after six months of occupation they could purchase the property for $1.25 an acre.
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Ball
Land Claim, Halleck Ball, Josephine County,1920, Homestead. (Image) Land Claim, Elmer A Ball, Tillamook County, 1908, Cash Sale. (Image)
Land Claim, Huldah J Ball, Gilliam County, 1912, Cash Sale. (Image) Land Claim, James William Ball, Yamhill County, 1900, Homestead. (Image)
WilsonLand Claim, Firmon L Wilson, Baker County, 1923, Cash Sale. Land Claim, Firmon L Wilson, Baker County, 1923, Cash Sale, Certificate. (Image)
YoungLand Claim, Joseph Young, Lane County, 1874, Donation Land Claim. (Image)
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Gunn
Land Claim, Timothy Gunn, Clackamas County, 1919, Homestead. (Image)
Hampton
Land Claim, Claud Hampton, Umatilla County, 1920, Cash Sale.(Image)
Land Claim, Francis M Hampton, Sherman County, 1891, Cash Sale.(Image) Land Claim, Thomas R Hampton, Umatilla County, 1891, Homestead.(Image)
Land Claim, John H Putnam, Wheeler County, 1891, Cash Sale.(Image)
Land Claim, Commodore P Ragsdale, Sherman County, 1892, Cash Sale.(Image)
Land Claim, William H Ragsdale, Sherman County, 1901, Cash Sale.(Image)
Land Claim, Frank Sherman, Umatilla County, 1891, Cash Sale. (Image)
Land Claim, Andrew & Catharine Hagey, Marion County, 1866, Donation Land Claim. (Image)
Land Claim, Levi & Elizabeth Hagey, Yamhill County, 1874, Donation Land Claim. (Image)
Land Claim, Peter H Hagey, Marion County, 1873, Donation Land Claim. (Image)
Land Claim, Andrew Shuck, Yamhill County, 1858, Donation Land Claim. (Image)
Land Claim, Thomas & Emeline Owens, Yamhill County, 1866, Donation Land Claim. (Image)
Land Claim, Evan J Owens, Yamhill County, 1910. (Image)
Land Claim, Vernon R Owens, Yamhill County, 1920. (Image)
Land Claim, Samuel B Raffety, Washington County, 1866, Donation Land Claim. (Image)
Land Claim, Guyon Springer, Jefferson County, 1895, Homestead. (Image)
Land Claim, Reason R Boothby, Polk County, 1873, Donation Land Claim. (Image)
Land Claim, George T Waller, Polk County, 1873, Donation Land Claim. (Image)
Land Claim, Hugh McNary Waller, Polk County, 1873, Donation Land Claim. (Image)
Land Claim, Thomas O Waller, Polk County, 1866, Donation Land Claim. (Image) |
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