Multnomah County

Donation Land Claims

Donation Lands were given to Oregon Settlers who had arrived in Oregon prior to 1850. The full text of the act is found here.

There were requirements for obtaining land:

	The claimant must have been settled upon the land for and by a specified time.
	The claimant must have been a U. S. citizen, or have made a declaration of intent to become a citizen.
	The claimant must have been married in order to receive a double allotment.

Because of these requirements, claimants had to:

Have affidavits given attesting to when he settled upon the land, most usually by neighbors or family members.

Give an affidavit as to when and where he was born, and if not within the U.S. he would:

Give the date and place of naturalization or declaration of intentions.

$C:\Documents and Settings\Julie Kidd\My Documents\MULTCO\Land\1n1e.htm$ Give the date, place, and to whom he was married. Affidavits were given by family and acquaintances as to the marriage.

Follow the links below (laid out in a grid pattern) for the listing of claimants in that land township and range.

T3N R2W	T3N R1W
T2N R2W	T2N R1W	T2N R1E						T2N R7E
	T1N R1W	T1N R1E	T1N R2E	T1N R3E	T1N R4E	T1N R5E	T1N R6E	T1N R7E
	T1S R1W	T1S R1E	T1S R2E	T1S R3E	T1S R4E	T1S R5E	T1S R6E	T1S R8E	T1S R8E

No Donation Land Claims were taken up in the grayed out sections.