Caja del Rio Grant testimony, 1887-1914 (bulk 1904-1914).

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Caja del Rio Grant testimony, 1887-1914 (bulk 1904-1914).

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The bulk of this collection consists of testimonies in case 4123 of Aniceto Abeytia et al., Plaintiffs, vs. Willi Spiegelberg et al., Defendants in the District Court of Santa Fe, New Mexico from 1907-1908, regarding partitions of the Caja del Rio land grant. The testimonies contain extensive genealogies meant to establish heirs of the original grantee (Nicolas Ortiz II) and his wife (Juana Baca) as well as information regarding the boundaries of the land in question, which overlap to some degree with land in the La Majada Grant. Also includes genealogies and testinomies regarding the Antonio Ortiz grant (land granted to a grandson of Nicolas Ortiz II). Included is testimony about Ramon Ortiz and his prominence as a clergyman in New Mexico. Thomas B. Catron and L. Bradford Prince were both witnesses in the case and attorneys for various defendants.

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University of New Mexico-Main Campus

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University of New Mexico-Main Campus

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Spiegelberg, Willi.

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Catron, Thomas Benton, 1840-1921

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Thomas B. Catron, lawyer and politician, was born on October 6, 1840 in Lafayette County, Missouri. He arrived in New Mexico, 1866 and began a controversial career as lawyer, land speculator, and politician. Catron served in the New Mexico Legislative Assembly seven times between 1868-1910, in the U. S. House of Representatives, 1894-1896 and the U. S. Senate, 1912-1918. He died on May 15, 1921 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. From the guide to the Thomas B. Catron Papers, 1692-1934, (Univer...

Ortiz, Ramon Arigoni

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Prince, L. Bradford (Le Baron Bradford), 1840-1922

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L. Bradford Prince served as Chief Justice of the New Mexico Territorial Supreme Court (1879-1888) and as Governor of the Territory of New Mexico (1889-1893). He was also an historian who served on the Board of Regents for the New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (1902) and as President of the Historical Society of New Mexico (1923). From the guide to the L. Bradford Prince Papers, 1744-1922, (New Mexico State Records Center and Archives) Le Baron Bradford Pri...

Ortiz family.

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United States. Court of Private Land Claims

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The Court of Private Land Claims was established in 1891 to adjudicate title and ownership of Spanish and Mexican land grants in territories ceded by Mexico to the United States. From the description of Records relating to cases decided by the Court of Private Land Claims, Arizona District, 1800-1904 (bulk 1891-1904). (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 32197533 The Court of Private Land Claims was established by the United States in 1891. Its purpose w...