Land Grants through the centuries of New Mexico History
by J. J. Bowden Nicolas Pino filed suit in the Court of Private Land Claims On March 2, 1893, seeking the confirmation of the Ojito de Galisteo Grant under which he claimed an interest by inheritance from Juan Cruz Aragon in support of his claim, Pino filed a Spanish…
by J. J. Bowden Following the conquest of New Mexico in the summer of 1598, Governor Juan de Onate established his headquarters at the Pueblo of San Gabriel, which the Tewa Indians voluntarily gave to the Conquistadors. San Gabriel west bank of the Rio Grande not far from junction…
by J. J. Bowden Jose de Leyba, a resident of Santa Fe, appeared before Governor Juan Domingo de Bustamante on May 24, 1728, and registered a piece of vacant land and woods, enough for half a fanega of corn planting land somewhat more or less which he described as…
By J. J. Bowden Antonio Domínguez, a landless resident of Santa Fe, registered a tract of unoccupied wooded public land south of the Santa Fe River for the support of his family. His petition to the governor described the requested tract as being bounded:. On the north by the…
by J. J. Bowden Bartolome Marques and Francisco Padilla, residents of the Villa of Santa Fe, petitioned Governor Gaspar Domingo de Mendoza for a grant covering some “small spots” of uncleared land in order to plant a “small quantity of corn” for the support of their families. The requested…
by J. J. Bowden In or about the year 1731, the Governor of New Mexico granted a tract of land near Talaya Hill to Manuel Trujillo and ordered the Alcalde of Santa Fe to place the grantee in royal possession of his lands. In obedience to the governor’s order,…
by J. J. Bowden Jose Antonio Lucero, a resident of Santa Fe, petitioned Governor Gervasio Cruzat y Gongora for a tract of vacant land on the north side of the Santa Fe River “sufficiently large to permit the planting of two fanegas of corn”. He stated that he needed…
by J. J. Bowden Luis de Armenta, a resident of Santa Fe, petitioned Governor Gervacio Cruzat y Gongora, seeking a grant of a tract of about two fanegas of vacant agricultural land situated on the left side of the road leading to the Pueblo of Pecos and adjacent to…
Jose Pacheco, a soldier stationed at the royal garrison at Santa Fe, and his brother Salvador Pacheco, a resident of Rio Arriba, petitioned Governor Pedro Fermin de Mendinueta for the revalidation of the grant covering a tract of land “susceptible of being sown with one and a half fanegas…
by J. J. Bowden Squadron Corporal Juan Cayentano Lovato, who was stationed at the Presidio of Santa Fe, petitioned Governor Gaspar Domingo de Mendoza for a grant covering a tract of vacant public land located southeast of the capital in order to grow the food necessary for the support…
