by J. J. Bowden Ana de Sandoval y Manzanares petitioned Governor Felix Martinez asking for a grant covering the tract of land known as San Clemente, which was bounded: On the north, by the lands of Cristobal de Tapia; on the east, by the Rio Grande; on the south,…
by J. J. Bowden Two hundred and forty-four persons, claiming to be the owners of a tract of land known as the Ranchos de Albuquerque Grant, petitioned Surveyor General George W. Julian on July 30, 1887 requesting him to examine and recommend their claim to Congress for confirmation. While…
by J. J. Bowden Juan Barela and twenty-eight other residents of the Villa of Albuquerque petitioned the alcalde of that town on July 2, 1739 seeking permission to form a new settlement upon the sitio of land which originally had been granted to Tome Dominguez but subsequently revoked due…
by J. J. Bowden On or about June 1, 1739 Nicolas Duran de Chaves appeared before Governor Gaspar Domingo de Mendoza to register a tract of land which he was than occupying. His petition described the requested tract as being bounded: On the north, by the lands of Bernabe…
by J. J. Bowden On March 19, 1881 the heirs and legal representatives of Jose Hurtado de Mendoza and other inhabitants of the Town of Atrisco filed a petition in Surveyor General Henry M. Atkinson’s office seeking the confirmation of a certain grant known as the lands of the…
by J. J. Bowden On January 9, 1872 the inhabitants of the Towns of Candelarios, Los Griegos, Los Gallegos, Los Pueblanos, Los Ranchos and El Rancho petitioned Surveyor General T. Rush Spencer, seeking the confirmation of their grants. They alleged that sometime during the latter part of the Sixteenth…
by J. J. Bowden While the instrumento de la fundación of the Villa of Albuquerque has been lost, there is a strong tradition that it received a grant in 1706, covering at least four square leagues at the Bosque Grande. One of the several documents in the archives which…
by J. J. Bowden When Texas sold the eastern portion of the present state of New Mexico to the United States on September 9, 1850, Spruce H. Baird, Judge of the Eleventh Judicial District of the State of Texas, was left without a job. Since he did not have…
by J. J. Bowden On March 21, 1887 Francisco Griego and fourteen other applicants petitioned Surveyor General George W. Julian seeking the confirmation of the Las Lagunitas Grant under which they claimed, in severalty, title to twenty individual tracts. The tract was described as being bounded: On the north,…
by J. J. Bowden Thomas C. Gutierrez and the sixteen other heirs and lineal descendants of Clemente Gutierrez petitioned Surveyor General George W. Julian on September 10, 1877 seeking the confirmation of their claim to the Pajarito Grant, which they described as being bounded: On the north, by the…
