Land Grants through the centuries of New Mexico History
by J. J. Bowden On December 6, 1823, Juan Estevan Pino, a resident of Santa Fe, New Mexico, petitioned Bartolome Baca, acting governor or New Mexico, for a grant covering the lands surrounding the Ojito de las Gallinas, which is located about 85 miles southeast of Santa Fe on…
by J. J. Bowden Pedro Jose Perea, a resident of the Pueblo of Sandia, petitioned the Territorial Deputation of New Mexico, on November 30, 1824, for a grant covering a tract of land on the Pecos River known as Los Esteros which he had been occupying and farming since…
by J. J. Bowden Ventura Trujillo, a resident of San Miguel del Vado, appeared before the Alcalde of that town, Damaiso Salazar, soliciting a grant covering a tract of farm land at Ojo del Apache in order that he might earn a living for his large family and pay…
by J. J. Bowden Santiago Martin and eighteen other inhabitants of the Town of Cuesta petitioned the Alcalde of Las Vegas, Juan de Dios Maese on February 4, 1846, for a grant covering a tract of vacant land known as “El Chaperito.” The petitioners assured Maese that the tract…
by J. J. Bowden Antonio Ortiz, a resident and merchant of Santa Fe, petitioned Governor Facundo Melgares on December 18, 1818, seeking a grant covering a tract of table land on the Gallinas River in order to support his large family and pasture his growing herds of livestock. The…
by J. J. Bowden Pablo Montoya, a resident of the Pueblo de Cienega, petitioned the Territorial Deputation of New Mexico on November 8, 1824, seeking a grant covering a tract of vacant land situated on the Colorado River as a pasturage for his livestock. The requested tract was described…
by J. J. Bowden Salvador Montoya, for himself and five associates, petitioned Diego Padilla, the Alcalde of San Miguel del Vado, on October 8, 1824, requesting that they be granted for agricultural purposes a tract of land having the following boundaries: On the north, the Cueva; on the east,…
by J. J. Bowden Jacob Gold, for himself and on behalf of the other heirs of Joseph Manuel Mestas, filed suit in the Court of Private Land Claims on February 23, 1893, seeking the confirmation of the Bernal Spring Grant. In support of their claim, the plaintiffs attached an…
by J. J. Bowden Ponciano Lucero and the other heirs of Lorenzo Lucero filed suit in the Court of Private Land Claims on February 21, 1893 praying for the recognition of the Chupaderos de la Lagunita Grant. The plaintiffs attached a copy of an instrument to their petition which…
by J. J. Bowden In prehistoric times, Indians of the Tanoan culture occupied a number of pueblos scattered along the upper Pecos River Valley. By the time of the arrival of the first Spaniards under Coronado in 1540, the Indians had concentrated in the Pueblo of Pecos, which was…
