Papers relating to pre-emption claims for land in Los Angeles Co., Calif., 1853-1858.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Papers relating to pre-emption claims for land in Los Angeles Co., Calif., 1853-1858.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26150923

Include affidavits and claims by Thomas Burdick, 1853; John G. Downey, 1854; José Joaquín Jimeno and Francisco de Jesús Sánchez for a portion of San Gabriel Mission, recorded by B.D. Wilson, 1857; and John Goller, 1858.

1 portfolio.

UC Berkeley Libraries

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7156857

UC Berkeley Libraries

Related Entities

There are 4 Entities related to this resource.

Wilson, Benjamin Davis, 1811-1878

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6nw0372 (person)

Benjamin Davis Wilson (1811-1878), a native of Tennessee, was a pioneer California rancher and businessman who came to California from New Mexico in 1841 as a member of the Rowland-Workman party. He purchased the Jurupa Rancho (Riverside, Calif.) in 1843. In 1851-52 Wilson was elected the second mayor of Los Angeles, in 1852 he served as U.S. Indian Agent under Superintendent Edward F. Beale, and in 1855-57 and 1869-72 he served as state senator. He purchased Rancho de Cuati and adjacent land to...

Jimeno, José Joaquín, 1804-1856.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pv9pr6 (person)

Downey, John Gately, approximately 1827-1894

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6v41kqs (person)

Downey served as governor of California, 1860-1862. From the description of ALS, 1858 December 24 : Los Angeles, to Hon. J.W. Denver, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Washington, D.C. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 16837960 Farmer, real estate broker, banker, 7th Governor of California (1860-1862). Downey came to Los Angeles and opened only drugstore between San Diego and San Francisco (1850). Became very wealthy, invested in land, eventually became a...

Sánchez, Francisco de Jesús.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zw3gnx (person)