Land Grants through the centuries of New Mexico History
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…
by J. J. Bowden Rafael Elias petitioned the Treasurer General of the State of Sonora, Nicolas Maria Gaxiola, on March 12, 1827 denouncing a tract of public land adjacent to the Rancho de San Pedro for ranching purposes. On July 1, 1827 Gaxiola ordered the Alcalde of Santa Cruz,…
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 Jose Antonio Crespo, a resident of Guaymas, petitioned the Governor of the State of Sonora, on September 10, 1852, and asked for a grant covering ten square leagues of vacant agricultural and pasture land at the place known as Tres Alamos, for the purpose of…
Explanation of Types of Land Grants in New Mexico by Malcolm Ebright and Robin Collier Hispano Community Grants made to a group of Hispanos that included common lands in the grant at the outset. Settlers would receive small tracts of private land for their houses and garden plots…
Explanation of Types of Land Grants in New Mexico by Malcolm Ebright and Robin Collier Congressional Grants Congressional grants were made after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo by Congress when there was no basis for the grant under Spanish or Mexican law. For example, the Benjamin E. Edwards grant…
by William H. Wroth In January 1841, Guadalupe Miranda of Santa Fe and Charles Beaubien of Taos petitioned Governor Manuel Armijo for possession of a large tract of land east of Taos along the Cimarron and Canadian Rivers, extending westward to the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Beaubien, a French…
by Malcolm Ebright Galisteo Pueblo was the largest of the several occupied pre-Revolt pueblos in the Galisteo Basin with a population of about 800 Tano Indians at the time of the Pueblo Revolt in 1680. Other well known Galisteo Basin Pueblos included San Cristobal, San Marcos, and San Lazaro….
