Land Grants through the centuries of New Mexico History
by J. J. Bowden Tesuque, the southernmost of the pueblos occupied by the Tewa Indians, was originally located about nine miles north of Santa Fe near the main road to Taos. It was the seat of the Mission of San Lorenzo, which was probably established by Fray Alonso de…
by J. J. Bowden The heirs and legal representatives of Juan Luis Ortiz petitioned Surveyor General James K. Proudfit on September 2, 1872, seeking the confirmation of the Sierra Mosca Grant. The basis of the grant was a testimonio comprised of three instruments–a petition, decree, and Act of Possession….
By: J.J. Bowden Continuing Challenges Arising from the Southwestern Private Land Claims Notwithstanding the fact that its treaty obligations and the well accepted principles of International Law required the United States to respect valid land grants located in the territories ceded to the United States by Mexico in 1848…
by J. J. Bowden Jose Maria Nieto filed suit in the Court of Private Land Claims on March 2, 1893, seeking the confirmation of the Santa Fe Cañon Grant, which he estimated contained 6,000 acres of land. He alleged that the grant had been made to Jose Manuel Giltome…
The Santiago Ramirez Grant is found in Chapter Six, Part II, Volume Two. by J. J. Bowden Santiago Ramirez petitioned Governor Joaquin Codallos y Rabal for a grant covering “a piece of wooded land” which was situated above “the line of Simon Nieto and extending to the high rocks…
"Acquisitions from Spain and Mexico" is the title of Chapter One, Book I of Private Land Claims in the Southwest, submitted by J. J. Bowden in 1969 as partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Laws in Oil and Gas at Southern Methodist University. Transcript:…
by J. J. Bowden Early in the year 1824, Antonio Sandoval, a resident of the town of Los Padillos, New Mexico, petitioned the governor of New Mexico, Bartolome Baca, for a grant covering the four square leagues tract of land surrounding the Ojo del Agua Negra, which he had…
by J. J. Bowden Jose Sutton, a naturalized Mexican citizen and one of the leading merchants of Santa Fe, became very concerned over the marked decline in the economy of the department, particularly in the livestock industry, following the Revolution of 1837. He was convinced that the prosperity of…
by J. J. Bowden Manuel Rivera, on behalf of himself and thirty-six others, petitioned the Ayuntamiento of San Miguel del Vado for a grant covering a tract of land situated about 30 miles south of San Miguel del Vado on the Pecos River, which was known as Anton Chico….
by J. J. Bowden Jose Manuel Sanchez, for himself and on behalf of 53 other landless persons, registered a tract of vacant land on September 4, 1842, which was situated near the junction of the Pecos and Gallinas Rivers and known as the Angostura del Pecos. Their petition was…
