by J. J. Bowden Sabino Otero and the other heirs of Torivio Otero petitioned Surveyor General John Wasson on December 1, 1879, seeking the confirmation of their title to two tracts of farm land and a house lot located at the Presidio de Tubac and estimated to contain 400…
Transcript: by J. J. Bowden Francisco Gonzales obtained a grant covering nine sitios of land known as Rancho de Casita in 1742. As Gonzales prospered and his herds increased, so did his need for additional grazing land. Therefore, his stepson, Jose Elias, petitioned Jose Maria Mendosa, Treasurer General of…
by J. J. Bowden The only portion of the present State of Arizona permanently occupied by the white man during Spanish and Mexican times was a small area known as Pimeria Alta which was located in the northern province of Sonora and consisted of the lands lying in the…
by J. J. Bowden Francisco Jose de Jubera, a resident of Arispe, Mexico, petitioned the Treasurer General of the State of the West, Nicolas Maria Gaxiola, on September 30, 1826, seeking to purchase four sitios of vacant land at the place called Maria Santísima del Carmen or Buena Vista…
by J. J. Bowden Ignacio Elias, for himself, his sister Eulalia Elias, and a number of other ranchers petitioned the Treasurer General of Sonora, Nicolas Maria Gaxiola, on March 12, 1827, asking him to offer for sale a tract of vacant land lying between the Rancho of San Pedro…
by J. J. Bowden Antonio Sedillo petitioned Governor Pedro Fermin de Mendinueta asking for a grant covering a tract of land known as the Canada de los Apaches, which was bounded: On the north, by the grant to the settlers of the Rio Puerco; on the east, by the…
by J. J. Bowden Diego Trujillo was transferred to the Presidio of Santa Fe as a soldier in His Majesty’s Army in or about the year 1632. During the next thirty years he steadily advanced in both the military and civil service. He held numerous political offices and was…
by J. J. Bowden Leon Herreros, a resident of the Presidio of Tubac, petitioned the Governor of Sonora and Sinaloa, Antonio Codero, on May 29, 1821 asking for a grant covering two sitios of land at the place known as Sonoita, which was the site of an old abandoned…
by J. J. Bowden Juan, Rafael, and Ignacio Elias y Gonzales appeared before the Treasurer General of Sonora, Jose Maria Mendoza, on July 21, 1831, and filed an application to purchase the public lands located at the places and springs known as Santa Barbara, Naidenibacachi, Agua Prieta, and Coabuyona….
by J. J. Bowden Ignacio Perez petitioned the Governor of Sonora and Sinaloa, Antonio Cordero, on December 16, 1820, and denounced a four sitio tract of public land located at the depopulated town of San Bernardino for cattle breeding purposes. He stated that he needed the land as a…
