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Santa Fe Grant

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…

Jose Leyba Grant

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…

Antonio Dominguez Grant

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…

Chamisos Arroyo Grant

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…

Talaya Hill Grant

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,…

Jose Antonio Lucero Grant

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…

Luis de Armenta Grant

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…

Bowden’s Research on the Pacheco Grant

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…

Juan Cayentano Lovato Grant

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…

Juan Felipe Rodriguez Grant

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…