Spanish and Mexican Land Grants of
South Texas
ARISPE, MARIANO Santa
Maria de los Angeles de Arriba
Webb, Duval Counties at 22140, 9448 acres respectively
Granted: 1835
BALLI CABAZOS, JUAN ANTONIO El
Paistle
Kenedy County at 25790 acres
Granted: 1834
Assignees: Cabazos, Jorge, Kenedy, Mifflin (1866)
BALLI, JOSE FRANCISCO La
Barreta
Kenedy County at 124297 acres
Granted: 1804
BALLI, JOSE NICOLAS AND JUAN JOSE
Padre Island
Kenedy, Kleberg, Cameron, Willacy, Nueces Counties at 19927,
13285, 7971, 7528, 2214 acres respectively
Granted: 1829
BALLI, JUAN JOSE San
Salvador del Tule
Hidalgo, Brooks, Kennedy, Willacy Counties at 315391, 21768,
71955, 9358 acres respectively
Granted: 1797
Ranches: 1. Meladas 2. Sal Del Rey 3. El Agostadero de San Juan
de Carracitas 4. La Cardeneña
BALLI, ROSA MARIA HINOJOSA La
Feria
Cameron, Hidalgo Counties at 53140, 919 acres respectively
Granted: 1777
Sub or Related Grants: Las
Mesteñas, Pititas, La Abra
BARRERA, MANUEL La
Tinaja De Lara
Jim Wells County at 25684 acres
Granted: 1836
BENAVIDES, JESUS El
Pedernal
Zapata County at 9809 acres
Granted: 1848
BUSTAMANTE, PEDRO Las
Comitas
Zapata County at 22142 acres
Granted: 1848
CABAZOS GUERRA, RAMON Santa
Quinteria
Brooks, Kenedy Counties at 16140, 6000 acres respectively
Granted: 1833
Assignees: Gonzalez, Martha A, Devine, Joseph H. (1855)
CABAZOS, JOSE ANTONIO Santa
Petronila
Nueces County at 28437 acres
Granted: 1834
Assignees: Lee, William H., Kelly, Ann J.
CABAZOS, JOSE NARCISO El
Agostadero de San Juan de Carricitos
Willacy, Kenedy, Hidalgo Counties at 340967, 248690, 12000 acres
respectively
Granted: 1792
Settlements/Towns: some detailed info on 220-54/55
CABAZOS, LINO La Blanca
Hidalgo County at 24060 acres
Granted: 1834
Sub or Related Grants: Sacatosa
CANALES SALINAS, JOSE ANTONIO
Sacatosa
Starr County at 8856 acres
Granted: 1834
CANALES, JOSE MARIA El
Socorro
Zapata County at 8856 acres
Granted: 1835
CHAPA, JOSE MANUEL, AND LUCIANO
La Encantada
Brooks County at 39855 acres
Granted: 1832
CHAPA, LUCIANO El Encino
del Pozo
Hidalgo, Starr Counties at 8856, 8856 acres respectively
Granted: 1832
CORDENTE, FRANCISCO Agostadero
de la Santa Cruz de la Concepcion
Duval, Brooks Counties at 21621, 519 acres respectively
Granted: N/A/Spain
CUELLAR, JOSE La Huerta
Zapata County at 2756 acres
Granted: N/A/Mex
CUELLAR, JOSE ANTONIO Palo
Blanquito
Duval County at 8856 acres
Granted: 1835
Assignees: Cuellar, Nepomuceno
CUELLAR, JOSEFA La
Cabecera de Los Angeles
Webb County at 8856 acres
Granted: 1835
DAVILA, EDUARDO San
Antonio de Miraflores
Zapata County at 22453 acres
Granted: N/A/Mex
Assignees: Cuellar, Fernando
DOMINGUEZ, MAXIMO Agostadero
de los Toritos
Hidalgo County at 8856 acres
Granted: 1834
ELIZONDO, ANTONIO El
Lucero
Brooks County at 13358 acres
Granted: 1835
ELIZONDO, DIONICO El
Señor de la Carrera
Duval County at 10078 acres
Granted: 1835
ENRIQUEZ, RAFAEL Balconcitos
Webb County at N/A acres
Granted: 1812
FALCON, BLAS MARIA El
Chiltipin, San Francisco
Kleberg, Nueces Counties at 19034, 7571 acres respectively
Granted: 1834
Assignees: Henrietta M. King, Anna Collins
FARIAS, ALEXANDRO San
Jose
Hidalgo, Starr Counties at 13108, 4605 acres respectively
Granted: 1829
Assignees: Heirs of Pedro de La Garza
FARIAS, FRANCISCO Santa
Cruz
Starr, Hidalgo Counties at 17658, 55 acres respectively
Granted: 1808
Assignees: Farias, Maximo
FARIAS, GREGORIO El
Diezmero
Nueces County at 17704 acres
Granted: 1806
FARIAS, JULIAN San Ramon
Hidalgo County at 22602 acres
Granted: 1804
FARIAS, MANUEL Paso
Ancho de Arriba
Jim Wells, Kleberg, Nueces Counties at 4229, 3492, 3349 acres
respectively
Granted: 1836
FARIAS, MAXIMO Las
Preseñas de Arriba
Jim Wells County at 8856 acres
Granted: 1831
Assignees: Haynes, John L. (1853), Frederick Belden (1853)
FARIAS, POLICARPO San
Antonio del Alamo
Nueces County at 4428 acres
Granted: 1834
Assignees: Kidder, Mary
FERNANDEZ DE LA FUENTE, ANDRES
Puentecitas, Santa Petronila
Nueces County at 17713 acres
Granted: 1809
Assignees: Maria de Los Angeles Garcia de Tarnava and other heirs
of Constantina de Tarnava,
FERNANDEZ, BARTOLOME, EUGENIO
Concepcion de Carricitos
Cameron County at 57269 acres
Granted: 1789
Assignees: Heirs of Both
Settlements/Towns: Brownsville, San Benito
NOTES: Approximately one half of this grant later passed to Col.
Stephen Powers and his heirs. Col. Powers
was responsible in securing this land for the Fernandez brothers
after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed in 1848. The
Fernandez's tract followed the river bank, while the Powers tract
was further back away from the Rio Grande. Powers later bought
out some of the heirs of Fernandez and aquired quite a large
piece of land along the river which became known as Rancho
Cypress.
FLORES, JOSE MARIA Laguna
Larga
Zapata County at 8856 acres
Granted: 1835
FLORES, JUAN El Javali
Starr, Jim Hogg, Zapata Counties at 12297, 2967, 2448 acres
respectively
Granted: 1836
Assignees: Heirs
FLORES, JULIAN & VENTURA
San Diego
Jim Wells, Duval Counties at 24825, 14855 acres respectively
Granted: 1831
FLORES, SANTOS Aqua
Poquita
Duval County at 26745 acres
Granted: 1836
FLORES, SEGUNDO Los
Guajes
Hidalgo, Starr Counties at 12419, 903 acres respectively
Granted: N/A/Mex
Assignees: Heirs
FLORES, YGNACIO El
Agostadero del Panal
Starr County at 9854 acres
Granted: N/A/Mex
Assignees: Flores, Alejandro
FUENTES DE LA, VELENTIN Alberca
de Arriba
Webb County at 22142 acres
Granted: 1835
Assignees: Peña De la , Tomasa and Heirs
FUENTES DE LA, VELENTIN San
Casimiro
Webb County at 17713 acres
Granted: 1831
GALAN, JOAQUIN "One
Porcion, Palafox"
Webb County at N/A acres
Granted: bef 1804
Assignees: Garza De la, Manuel
GALAN, JOAQUIN Balconcitos
Webb, Dimmitt Counties at 275, 139207 acres respectively
Granted: 1810
GALAN, JOAQUIN Palafox
Webb County at 66975 acres
Granted: bef 1804
Assignees: Garza De la, Manuel (1805)
GARCIA SALINAS, JOSE RAFAEL
San Leandro
Duval, Jim Wells Counties at 11228, 6484 acres respectively
Granted: 1831
GARCIA SALINAS, RAFAEL La
Mesteña, Gonzaleña
Brooks County at 22142 acres
Granted: 1835
Assignees: Garcia, Justo, Jose Maria
GARCIA Y GARZA, NICOLAS AND BRUNO
Las Animas
Jim Hogg County at 66426 acres
Granted: N/A/Mex
GARCIA, ANASTACIO Charco
Redondo
Zapata, Jim Hogg Counties at 20049, 2091 acres respectively
Granted: 1835
Assignees: Garcia, Guadalupe
GARCIA, ANDRES El Tanque
Zapata County at 17713 acres
Granted: 1831
GARCIA, ANDRES San
Andres
Duval County at 23043 acres
Granted: 1836
GARCIA, ANTONIO El Tule
Brooks County at 10839 acres
Granted: 1836
GARCIA, BERNARDO El
Infiernillo
Kleberg, Nueces Counties at 21471 acres respectively
Granted: 1834
Assignees: Henrietta M. King (1905)
GARCIA, JOSE MANUEL Porcion
11, Palafox
Webb County at 9286 acres
Granted: 1816
Assignees: Sheldon, Thomas, Milmo, Daniel
GARCIA, JOSE MARIA La
Vaca
Jim Wells County at 22142 acres
Granted: 1836
GARCIA, MATIAS Palo
Alto
Nueces County at 30998 acres
Granted: N/A/Mex
Assignees: Bouchard, Pedro
GARCIA, ONOFRE El
Grullo
Zapata County at 17713 acres
Granted: 1848
Assignees: Haynes, John L. (1857), Swenson, S.M. and, Swisher,
John M. (1857)
GARCIA, PEDRO El
Perdido
Brooks, Hidalgo Counties at 10186, 7526 acres respectively
Granted: 1836
GARCIA, RAFAEL Agua
Dulce
Nueces, Jim Wells Counties at 18801, 7330 acres respectively
Granted: 1834
Assignees: Garcia de Tarnava, Maria, Garcia de Mananton, Felipa
GARCIA, RAFAEL Santa
Isabel
Cameron County at 32355 acres
Granted: 1828
Settlements/Towns: Port Isabel
NOTES: Rafael Garcia originally applied for this grant in 1827.
It was surveyed in 1828 and concession granted in 1829. The TGLO
records differ with this date. This grant was later inherited by
Rafael Garcia's widow Guadalupe Cisneros Garcia and his two
daughters Maria Garcia de Tarnava and Felipa Garcia de Manatou.
Land was in the public domain prior to Garcia aquiring it. 106-38
GARCIA, SANTOS El
Charco de Palo Blanco
Duval County at 22142 acres
Granted: 1835
Assignees: 24 Leagues, (14) Ynojosa, Jose Marcelo, (5) Garcia,
Santos, (5) Ynojosa, Diego
GARCIA, YSIDRO La
Mesteñas
Brooks County at 22142 acres
Granted: 1835
Assignees: Garcia, Jose Maria
GARZA DE LA FALCON, JUAN JOSE
San Francisco
Duval, Jim Wells Counties at 12654, 8067 acres respectively
Granted: 1831
Assignees: Laureano Falcon and Heirs
GARZA DE LA MONTEMAYOR, JUAN JOSE AND
SONS: JOSE MANUEL, JOSE AGUSTIN, JOSE PERFECTO Casa
Blanca
Nueces, Jim Wells Counties at 44042, 26806 acres respectively
Granted: 1807
NOTES: This site can trace it it's beginnings to 1755 when Tomas
Sanchez later founder of Laredo was the leader of the Villa de
Vedoya which at that time was located adjacent to Mission
Señora de la Sota (Lipantitlan). Sanchez then relocated the
village to a point on the Piñetas Creek about one and a half
miles from it's entry into the Nueces. Apparently this village
was also abandoned and Sanchez moved back to the Laredo site. In
1766 this site was resettled by a Jose de la Garza. In 1807 it
was formally granted to Juan Jose de la Garza Montemayor,
apparently an heir and soon after it became a port of entry for
trade with Mexico. Background and info in 106-57/58
GARZA DE LA Y SOSA, MANUEL El
Potrero de Buena Vista
Cameron County at 30217 acres
Granted: 1828
Assignees: Garza de La y Garza, Nestor
GARZA DE LA, ALVINO AND DOMINGO
La Parra
Kenedy County at 66426 acres
Granted: 1833
GARZA DE LA, ANDRES San
Andres de Las Comitas
Starr County at 13825 acres
Granted: 1832
Assignees: Bedinghaus, Frederick, Garza de La, Sabas (1849)
GARZA DE LA, APOLINARIO Las
Preseñas
Jim Wells County at 11626 acres
Granted: 1831
GARZA DE LA, APOLINARIO Los
Finados
Kenedy County at 51484 acres
Granted: 1833
GARZA DE LA, JOSE LORENZO, JOSE DOMINGO,
AND JOSE JULIAN Las Preseñas
Kleberg, Jim Wells Counties at 59153, 19075 acres respectively
Granted: 1808
GARZA DE LA, JOSE SALVADOR El
Agostadero del Espiritu Santo
Cameron County at 284415 acres
Granted: 1781
Assignees: Goseascochea de Tijerina, Feliciana, Garcia de
Tarnava, Maria, Lafon, Ramon, Goseascochea, Estefana, Prieto,
Manuel, Garcia Cabazos, R
Sub or Related Grants: Potrero de
San Martin Santa Isabel
El Rincon
del Grullo
NOTES: This man was the Great Grandfather of Juan N. Cortina (id
1682), noted Mexican Military man and General. 106-77
GARZA DE LA, PEDRO Santa
Rosa de Arriba
Kenedy County at 28784 acres
Granted: 1834
Assignees: Heirs
GARZA DIAZ, JUAN Vargas
Brooks, Hidalgo Counties at 17712, 7526 acres respectively
Granted: 1836
GARZA SAIS, RAFAEL Palitos
Blancos
Jim Hogg County at 13472 acres
Granted: 1836
GARZA, DIONISIO Santo
Domino de Abajo
Jim Hogg County at 17889 acres
Granted: 1831
Assignees: Ramirez, Antonio
GARZA, RAMON El
Paisano, Los Olmos
Jim Wells, Kleberg, Brooks Counties at 6184, 3456, 1430 acres
respectively
Granted: N/A/Mex
GARZA, TEODORO El
Alazan
Kenedy County at 13532 acres
Granted: 1834
Assignees: Garza y Garza, Maria Antonia
GOMEZ, IRINEO Las
Barrosas
Kenedy County at 24660 acres
Granted: 1833
GOMEZ, MANUEL Santa
Anita
Hidalgo County at 95202 acres
Granted: 1800
Assignees: Dominguez, Sixto
GONZALEZ, ANTONIO Santo
Tomas
Webb County at 53136 acres
Granted: 1801
Assignees: Gonzalez, Jose Maria
GONZALEZ, JOSE ANTONIO La
Huerta
Duval County at 23781 acres
Granted: N/A/Spain
GONZALEZ, JOSE DOMINGO Las
Pintas
Webb County at 18795 acres
Granted: 1809
GONZALEZ, VICTORIANO Las
Cuevitas
Jim Hogg, Starr Counties at 14325, 3087 acres respectively
Granted: 1836
Assignees: Barrera, Santos, Gonzalez, Patricia
GRISANTI, NICOLAS Clark's
Island
Cameron County at 177 acres
Granted: 1833
GUERRA CHAPA, FRANCISCO Loma
Blanca
Brooks County at 22142 acres
Granted: 1831
GUERRA, ANTONIO Three
Porciones, Palafox
Webb County at 13953 acres
Granted: 1810
GUERRA, YSIDRO Palo
Blanco
Brooks County at 17713 acres
Granted: 1831
GUERRA. JUAN JOSE El
Tule, Charco Redondo
Brooks County at 22538 acres
Granted: 1835
Assignees: Guerra, Guadalupe
GUTERRIEZ, ANTONIO El
Paradizo
Kleberg County at 13243 acres
Granted: 1835
Assignees: Henrietta M. King (1905)
GUTERRIEZ, MIGUEL Santa
Gertrudis
Kleberg County at 11683 acres
Granted: 1835
Assignees: Gutierrez, Nicolas
GUTERRIEZ, YGNACIO Los
Mogotes
Zapata County at 8856 acres
Granted: 1835
GUTERRIEZ, YSIDRO Los
Ojuelos
Webb County at 8856 acres
Granted: 1830
Last Updated: August 30, 2002
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