Land Grants through the centuries of New Mexico History
by J. J. Bowden Jose Antonio Rodriguez instituted a suit in the Court of Private Land Claims on February 23, 1893, for the confirmation of the Juan Felipe Rodriguez Grant in which he claimed an interest by inheritance. He described the grant as covering a 2,000 acre tract of…
By J. J. Bowden Esquipula Flores filed an action against the United States in the Court of Private Land Claims on February 23, 1893, in an effort to obtain the approval of the Juan Antonio Flores Grant which allegedly had been granted to one of his ancestors sometime prior…
by J. J. Bowden While searching the archives in the Surveyor General’s office, Alexander McK Irvine discovered the expediente for the Jose Duran Grant, This document is comprised of three instruments a petition, a granting decree, and an Act of Possession. The petition showed that Jose Duran had requested…
by J. J. Bowden On March 2, 1893, Francisca Lujan, for herself and the other heirs, assigns and legal representatives of Manuel Tenorio, filed suit against the United States in the Court of Private Land Claims praying for the confirmation of the Manuel Tenorio Grant. In her petition, Lujan…
By J. J. Bowden Jose A. Ribera instituted an action in the Court of Private Land Claims on March 2, 1893, in an effort to secure the approval of a grant covering a 2,000 acre tract lying southwest of Santa Fe. He claimed an interest in the tract by…
by J. J. Bowden Antonio Armijo, a resident of Santa Fe and son of one of the reconquerors of New Mexico, Jose Armijo, petitioned Governor Pedro Fermin de Mendinueta seeking a grant covering a tract of vacant agricultural land located south of Santa Fe River, which he described as…
by J. J. Bowden Juan Antonio de Archuleta and Leonardo Gonzales, two landless residents of Santa Fe, registered “a piece of vacant planting land” lying south of the Santa Fe River and extending from the wagon road which goes by the Alamo to the high land known as Serrita…
by J. J. Bowden Domingo Valdez, a resident of Santa Fe, appeared before Governor Gaspar Domingo de Mendoza complaining that the executor of his second wife’s mother’s estate had partitioned the lands within the estate amongst her devisees and orally assigned his wife a tract of land lying southwest…
by J. J. Bowden Vincente Velarde, for himself and the other legal representatives of Catarina Maese, filed suit against the United States in the Court of Private Land Claims on February 24, 1893, for the confirmation of the Catarina Maese Grant, which covered about 300 acres. The claim was…
by J. J. Bowden The Jose Romulo de Vera Grant was one of a number of small grants located within the Santa Fe League which was presented to the Court of Private Land Claims for confirmation in the closing days of the two-year period prescribed in Section 18 of…
