Land Grants through the centuries of New Mexico History
by J. J. Bowden Cornelio Vigil and Ceran St. Vrain, two of the most prominent residents of Taos, petitioned the Governor of New Mexico, Manuel Armijo, on December 8, 1843 stating that they desired: to encourage the agriculture of the country to such a degree as to establish its…
Manuel Bustillo, a citizen of the Presidio of Santa Cruz, petitioned the Governor of Sonora and Sinaloa, Antonio Cordero, on July 21, 1821, and stated that he had a sizeable herd of livestock and needed a tract of land for their preservation. Therefore, he asked leave to purchase the…
by J. J. Bowden In response to a petition presented by Seladon Valdes “and other citizens of New Mexico,” the Governor of New Mexico, Francisco Sarrocino, gave them a colonization grant on the Conejos River in 1833. On account of the hostility of the Indians, which became much more…
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…
