Jose Pacheco, a soldier stationed at the royal garrison at Santa Fe, and his brother Salvador Pacheco, a resident of Rio Arriba, petitioned Governor Pedro Fermin de Mendinueta for the revalidation of the grant covering a tract of land “susceptible of being sown with one and a half fanegas of corn” which previously had been granted to their father, Felipe Pacheco, by Governor Pedro Rodriguez Cubero. In a decree dated April 27, 1769, Mendinueta stated that he had investigated the matter and found that possession of the grant had not been delivered to Felipe Pacheco and, since, the concession was … Continue reading Bowden’s Research on the Pacheco Grant