Roque Jacinto Jaramillo Grant
:by J. J. Bowden Jose Pablo Jaramillo, the owner of an interest in the Roque Jacinto Jaramillo Grant, filed suit which recited that Governor…
Rio del Oso Grant
by J. J. Bowden Jose Luis Valdez filed suit in the Court of Private Land Claims on March 2, 1893 in an effort to secure the recognition of the Rio del Oso Grant. In his petition, Valdez alleged that some time prior to June 20, 1840 Jose Antonio Valdez…
Town of El Rito Grant
by J. J. Bowden Jesus Maria Vigil, a resident of the Town of El Rito, for himself, and on behalf of all other interested parties, petitioned Surveyor General Henry M. Atkinson on October 22, 1883, seeking the confirmation of a grant which had been given to his great grandfather,…
Pueblo of San Juan Grant
by J. J. Bowden When Don Juan de Oñate entered the Rio Arriba area of New Mexico in July, 1598, he discovered a group of Tewa Indians living in two pueblos near the junction of the Chama and Rio Grande rivers. The first was the Pueblo of Kaypa, which…
Juan Tafoya Grant
by J. J. Bowden Francisco Tafoya filed suit against the United States in the Court of Private Land Claims on March 3, 1893 seeking the confirmation of a grant which had been made to “Juan and Antonio Tafoya” on June 8, 1724 by Governor Juan Domingo de Bustamante. The…
Antonio de Salazar Grant
by J. J. Bowden Antonio de Salazar, for himself arid his brothers, petitioned Governor Juan Ignacio Flores Mogollon for a grant covering the tract of vacant land which their grandfather, Captain Alonzo Martin Barba, had owned prior to the Pueblo Revolt. He described the tract as being bounded: On…
Bartolome Sanchez Grant
by J. J. Bowden On July 27, 1707, Bartolome Sanchez, a sergeant in the militia, petitioned Governor Francisco Cubero y Valdes for a certain piece or parcel, of land described as being bounded: On the north, by the ancient Pueblo of Quemada; on the east, by the Mesa de…
Juan de Ulibarri Grant
by J. J. Bowden It was nine thirty on the night of March 3, 1893, the last day on which suit could be brought under the law of March 3, 1891, with the blanks hastily…
Cristoval Crespin Grant
by J. J. Bowden Cristóval Crespín, a resident of Santa Cruz, petitioned Governor Juan Ignacio Flores Magollón for a grant covering the surplus lands near the junction of the Rio Grande and Chama rivers remaining after the issuance of the grants which had been requested by Salvador de Santistievan…
Town of Chamita Grant
by J. J. Bowden Antonio Trujillo, a resident of the Villa of Santa Cruz, petitioned Governor Juan Domingo de Bustamante, seeking the revalidation of the grant which he had previously received from Governor Juan Flores Magollón. He stated that the boundaries of this grant were: On the north, a…
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