By J. J. Bowden Antonio Domínguez, a landless resident of Santa Fe, registered a tract of unoccupied wooded public land south of the Santa Fe River for the support of his family. His petition to the governor described the requested tract as being bounded:. On the north by the…
by J. J. Bowden Bartolome Marques and Francisco Padilla, residents of the Villa of Santa Fe, petitioned Governor Gaspar Domingo de Mendoza for a grant covering some “small spots” of uncleared land in order to plant a “small quantity of corn” for the support of their families. The requested…
by J. J. Bowden In or about the year 1731, the Governor of New Mexico granted a tract of land near Talaya Hill to Manuel Trujillo and ordered the Alcalde of Santa Fe to place the grantee in royal possession of his lands. In obedience to the governor’s order,…
by J. J. Bowden Jose Antonio Lucero, a resident of Santa Fe, petitioned Governor Gervasio Cruzat y Gongora for a tract of vacant land on the north side of the Santa Fe River “sufficiently large to permit the planting of two fanegas of corn”. He stated that he needed…
by J. J. Bowden Luis de Armenta, a resident of Santa Fe, petitioned Governor Gervacio Cruzat y Gongora, seeking a grant of a tract of about two fanegas of vacant agricultural land situated on the left side of the road leading to the Pueblo of Pecos and adjacent to…
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…
by J. J. Bowden Squadron Corporal Juan Cayentano Lovato, who was stationed at the Presidio of Santa Fe, petitioned Governor Gaspar Domingo de Mendoza for a grant covering a tract of vacant public land located southeast of the capital in order to grow the food necessary for the support…
by J. J. Bowden Jose Antonio Rodriguez instituted a suit in the Court of Private Land Claims on February 23, 1893, for the confirmation of the Juan Felipe Rodriguez Grant in which he claimed an interest by inheritance. He described the grant as covering a 2,000 acre tract of…
By J. J. Bowden Esquipula Flores filed an action against the United States in the Court of Private Land Claims on February 23, 1893, in an effort to obtain the approval of the Juan Antonio Flores Grant which allegedly had been granted to one of his ancestors sometime prior…
by J. J. Bowden While searching the archives in the Surveyor General’s office, Alexander McK Irvine discovered the expediente for the Jose Duran Grant, This document is comprised of three instruments a petition, a granting decree, and an Act of Possession. The petition showed that Jose Duran had requested…
