by J. J. Bowden Alphonso Rael de Aguilar petitioned Governor Joaquin Codallos y Rabal on or about July 21, 1744, seeking the revalidation of a grant located south of the Santa Fe River, which originally had been granted to him in 1739, by Governor Gaspar Domingo de Mendoza but…
by J. J. Bowden Cristobal Nieto, a resident of Santa Fe, appeared before Governor Pedro Rodriquez Cubero seeking the revalidation of a grant which he had received on August 5, 1697, covering the land he was then occupying. He explained that the title papers which Cubero had given him…
by J. J. Bowden Roque Lovato, the armorer of the Presidio of Santa Fe, petitioned Governor Juan Bautista de Anza for a grant covering a “piece of public land in the northern suburbs” of Santa Fe which he had found. As justification for his request, Lovato stated, “I am…
by J. J. Bowden Archbishop John B. Salpointe and 13 others, as owners in severalty, petitioned Surveyor General George W. Julian on November 22, 1886, seeking the confirmation of their individual parcels of land which were located within the Ranchos of Juan Miguel Maes and Pedro Gallego. The two…
by J. J. Bowden Luis Ribera, for himself and in behalf of the other heirs and legal representatives of Felipe Pacheco, filed a petition in the Court of Private Land Claims on March 2, 1893, seeking the confirmation of the Felipe Pacheco Grant. Ribera claimed that a perfect and…
by J. J. Bowden Antonio Urban Montano, a resident of Santa Fe, appeared before Governor Velez Cachupin and registered the lands which formally had belonged to the ancient Pueblo of San Marcos. He described the tract as being bounded: On the north by a small rocky mountain on the…
by J. J. Bowden Pinito Pino instituted suit against the United States in the Court of Private Land Claims on March 2 1893, in an effort to obtain the recognition of the Hacienda del Alamo Grant under which he claimed an interest by inheritance and purchase. He alleged that…
Bowden’s San Pedro Grant by J. J. Bowden A group of landless citizens of New Mexico petitioned Governor Facundo Melgares on February 24, 1820, for a grant covering a tract of vacant land at the site called San Pedro which was bounded: On the north, by the terminus of…
by J. J. Bowden Prior to the Pueblo Revolt, Captain Francisco de Anaya Almazan and his family lived on his hacienda which was located about eleven miles west of Santa Fe at the place known as Cieneguilla. He was on patrol when the Santa Clara Indians attacked the hacienda…
by J. J. Bowden 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…
