Land Grants through the centuries of New Mexico History
by J. J. Bowden Jose Rafael Samora and twenty-five other residents of the Pueblo Santa Cruz petitioned the Alcalde of Abiquiu on February 23, 1824, for possession of a tract of land in the Vallecito de Lovato for agricultural purposes. The petition was referred by Alcalde Francisco Trujillo to…
by J. J. Bowden On January 29, 1836, Jose Julian Martinez together with his father, Antonio Martinez, and Francisco Antonio Atencio and his sons petitioned the Ayuntamiento of the Town of Ojo Caliente asking for a grant covering a piece of vacant land, known as the Petaca and situated…
by J. J. Bowden Sometime during the month of January or February, 1807, Juan Bautista Valdez, a loyal Spanish subject and resident of the Town of Abiquiu, presented a petition to the Alcalde of the Town of Abiquiu, Manuel Garcia, requesting that a grant be issued to him and…
by J. J. Bowden Nepumecena Martinez de Aragon, through his attorney, Maye Wieks of Los Angeles, California, filed suit in the Court of Private Land Claims against the United States on March 3, 1891, seeking the confirmation of the Rancho de Coyote Grant. He alleged that his ancestors had…
by J. J. Bowden Francisco Salazar, together with his two brothers and twenty-eight poor and needy citizens, petitioned Joaquin Alancaster, the governor of New Mexico, seeking a grant covering a tract of vacant land situated on the Chama River for agricultural and pastoral purposes. Alencaster, under date of July…
by J. J. Bowden Manuel Martinez, on behalf of himself, his eight sons and all other persons who might accompany him, petitioned the governor of New Mexico on April 23, 1832 for a grant covering a tract of land called Tierra Amarilla which was situated on the Chama River….
by J. J. Bowden Anastacio C. de Baca filed suit in the Court of Private Land Claims on February 17, 1893, seeking to obtain the recognition of the Barranca Grant. In his petition, Baca stated that on March 2, 1735, Geronimo Martin, Ignacio Martin, Juan de Gamboa, Pascual de…
by J. J. Bowden Juan Pablo Martin, a lieutenant in the militia company of the Pueblo of Abiquiu and Lieutenant Alcalde of Santa Cruz, petitioned Governor Tomas Velez Cachupin asking for a grant covering a tract of unappropriated land commonly known as the Polvareda. Martin stated there were a…
by J. J. Bowden Lieutenant Pedro Martin Serrano petitioned the Governor of New Mexico asking for a grant covering a tract of land in the valley known as Piedra Lumbre, in order that he might build a home thereon for his large family and a pasturage for “his extensive…
by J. J. Bowden Jose Garcia de la Mora and twelve associates petitioned Governor Joaquin del Real Alencaster for a colonization grant covering a tract of vacant land at the place called Vallecito, which was located on Vallecito Creek (Canon Seco) between the Santa Clara mountains on the east…
