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Land Grants in Taos County

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No Location Determined | Rio Arriba - Los Alamos | Taos | Colorado - Colfax - Mora
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Source abbreviations: SANM= State Archives of New Mexico, SG = Surveyor General, PLC=Court of Private Land Claims, PLB=Pueblo Lands Board, ICC=Indian Claims Commission, F=File J=Journal, (##/###)= reel & frame of microfilm at the New Mexico State Archive Land Grant Records in Santa Fé, NM.

Bowden reference: Page # of Mr. Jocelyn Jean (J. J.) Bowden's unpublished 1969 six volume Master's Thesis "Private Land Claims in the Southwest" available to view on microfilm at the the NM State Archive, or in bound form at the NM Supreme Court Law Library and Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX.

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Grant Name

Sources

Bowden

Grantee

Date

Type Grant

Grantor

County

Claimed
Acres

Confirmed
Acres

Arroyo Hondo

SG 159 (29/197) PLC 5 (33/652)

927-935

Neris Sisneros and others

4/2/1815

Hispano community

Gov Alberto Maynes

Taos

30,674

20,629

Cañada de los Mestaños

SG F 82 (31/242) PLC 163 (49/800)

913-915

Juan Gallegos et al

12/11/1828

Hispano community

Vincente Trujillo, Alcalde of Taos

Taos

16,000

0

Cañon del Rio Colorado (Antonio Elias Armenta)

SG 93 (22/447) PLC 166 (49/992)

919-927

Antonio Elias Armenta et al

6/23/1836

Hispano community

Antonio José Ortiz, Alcalde de Taos

Taos

162,939

47,939

Cebolla (Ceballa, Juan Carlos Santistevan)

SG 61 (19/519) PLC 108 (45/262)

903-912

Carlos Santistevan

12/31/1845

Hispano private

Gov Manuel Armijo

Taos

17,157

Chavéz, Miguel

PLC 186 (50/657)

Miguel Chavez

Taos

15,000

Cieneguilla, Town of

SG 62 (19/662) PLC 84 (42/735)

1015-1022

Jose Sanchez et al

2/12/1795

Hispano community

Gov Fernando Chacón

Taos

43,961

0

Conejos, Los

SG F 80 (31/209) PLC 109 (45/365)

1666-

Francisco Montes Vigil

2/23/1842

Hispano community

Colorado: Alamosa, Rio Grande, Mineral & Conejos, New Mexcio: Rio Arriba &Taos

2,500,000

Cristobal de la Serna

SG 158 (29/006) PLC 21 (35/006)

980-985

Cristobal de la Serna

4/8/1710

Hispano quasi-community

Gov Joseph Chacon Medina Salazar y Villsenor, Marquis de la Penuela

Taos

30,000

22,232

Dominguez, José

SG 120 (24/741-771)

954-957

Jose Dominguez

2/9/1702

Hispano private

Gov Pedro Rodriguez Cubero

Taos

Don Fernando de Taos

SG 125 (24/1123) PLC 149 (48/993

964-972

Tomas Montoya et al

5/1/1796

Hispano community

Gov Fernando Chacon

Taos

38,400

1,817

Embudo

SG 91 (31/283) PLC 173 (50/249)

1198

7/17/1725

Hispano quasi-community

Gov Juan Domingo de Bustamante

Rio Arriba & Taos

25,000

Fernández, Manuel

PLC 176 (50/333-342)

Taos

300

Gijosa (Rancho de Taos)

SG 109 (23/595) PLC 16 (34/1324)

972-980

Francisca Antonio de Gijosa

6/16/1715

Hispano quasi-community

Gov Juan Ignacio Flores Magollon

Taos

20,000

16,365

Guadalupe, Plaza of

SG F 105 (31/501-5

894-898

Jose Miguel Ortiz et al

1/1/1851

Hispano community

George Levy, Perfect of Taos

Taos

39,852

0

Las Trampas, Town of

SG 27 (16/068-200)

1009-1014

Juan de Arguello & 11 others

7/15/1751

Hispano community

Gov Tomás Veléz Cachupín

Taos & Rio Arriba

46,461

28,131

Leroux, Antoine (Los Luceros)

SG 47 (17/1012-eor)

935-948

Pedro de Santillana et al

8/12/1742

Hispano quasi-community

Gov Gaspar Domingo de Mendoza

Taos

126,024

56,428

Lovato, Salvador (Lorenzo Lobato)

PLC 93 (43/561-587)

1002-1004

Salvador Lovato and 2 sons

6/20/1793

Hispano private

Gov Fernando Chacon

Taos

2,500

0

Lucero de Godoi (Godoy or Antonio Martinez)

SG 116 (24/130) PLC 9 (34/682)

949

Antonio Martinez

10/26/1716

Hispano quasi-community

Gov Felix Martinez

Taos

67,480

61,605

Martín, Sebastian

SG 28 (16/443)

1202- 1205

Sebastian Martin

5/23/1712

Hispano quasi-community

Gov José Chacón Medina Salvador y Vallasenor

Rio Arriba & Taos

54,387

51,387

Martinez, Jose Ygnacio (Ignacio)

PLC 174 (50/311-321)

Taos

500

Maxwell (Carlos Beaubien and Guadalupe Miranda)

SG 15 (14/141-563)

850-864

Carlos Beaubien et al

1/11/1841

Hispano private

Gov Manuel Armijo

Colfax, Taos & Colorado: Las Animas

1,714,764

1,476,764

Medina, Felipe

PLC 175 (50/322-332)

Taos

300

Mora, Town of

SG 32 (16/852-1062)

811-816

Jose Tapia et al

9/28/1835

Hispano community

Gov Albino Perez

Mora, San Miguel, Colfax & Taos

827,631

827,631

Ojo Caliente

SG 77 (21/006) PLC 88 (43/006), 94

1190-1196

Antonio Jose Espinosa & 52 others

9/11/1793

Hispano community

Gov Fernando de la Concha

Rio Arriba & Taos

92,160

2,244

Orejas del Llano de los Aguages (Juan de Jesus Lucero)

SG 117 (24/222) PLC 169 (49/1471)

1022-1031

Juan de Jesús Lucero

7/28/1826

Hispano private

Gov Antonio Norbona

Taos

150,000

Paraje del Punche (Rancho, Hurraca)

PLC 241 (53/020-027)

892-894

Antonio Maestas Gomez de Costillo et al

12/7/1821

Hispano private

Gov Facundo Melgares

Taos

90,000

Petaca

SG 105 (23/222) PLC 99 (44/006), 153, 233

1035-1046

Jose Julian Martinez et al

2/25/1836

Hispano community

Gov Albino Perez

Rio Arriba & Taos

186,977

1,392

Picurís Pueblo

SG D (7/052-064)

1004-1009

Pueblo Picurís Pueblo

9/25/1689

Pueblo Cruzate

Domingo Jironza Petroz de Cruzate

Taos

14,953

Rancho del Río Grande

SG 58 (19/049) PLC 10 (34/756)

985-993

Jose Mirabal et al

2/4/1795

Hispano protective & grazing

Gov Fernando Chacón

Taos

109,043

91,813

Río del Picurís (Rio del Pueblo, J D Fernandez)

SG F 71 (31/070) PLC 65 (41/006)

997-1002

Rafael Fernandez et al

7/28/1832

Hispano community

Territorial Deputation

Taos

20,000

San Antonio del Rio Colorado (Rafael Archuleta)

SG 76 (20/1223) PLC 4 (33/521)

898-903

Rafael Archuleta et al

1/8/1842

Hispano community

Prefect Juan Andrés Archuleta

Taos

18,955

San Cristóbal (Domingo Fernandez)

SG 110 (23/775-830)

915-919

Severino Martinez

8/4/1815

Hispano private

Gov Alberto Maynes

Taos

5,000

Sangre de Cristo

SG 4 (12/683)

885-891

Luis Lee & Narciso Beaubien

12/30/1843

Hispano quasi-community

Gov Manuel Armijo

Taos, Colfax & Colorado: Costilla

998,780

Santa Barbara

SG 114 (23/1234) PLC 96 (43/729)

993-997

Valentin Martin et al

1/11/1796

Hispano community

Gov Fernando Chacón

Taos

31,084

31,084

Taos Pueblo

SG I (7/171) SANM I (6/1639)

957-964

Pueblo of Taos

4/18/1816

Pueblo community

Gov Alberto Maynez

Taos

17,360

Grant Name

Source

Bowden

Grantee

Date

Type Grant

Grantor

County

Claimed
Acres

Confirmed
Acres

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