Land (Tenure)

Anonymous notes re June 23, 1769 instructions of Jose de Galvez and later decree of February 23, 1781 concerning Indian lands. Very general. Short. (T.n.) (1975)

Physical description of immigrants; inventory of possessions (incl. Agricultural implements); field notes of the journey; description of destination; land allocations. (R. Perez) (1977)

Continuation of case from Film 318-1801- 0309-0413. Ygnacia Josefa Alarcon appears before the real juzgoda de alzadas de Mineria in Guadalajara to appeal her case against dn Joaquin Rosas for ownership of 6 Barras de Mina. She dismisses Pereyra because he is incompetent and takes on Vallarta as her defensor. The tribunal in Guadalajara says they can't hear the case because a verdict was never reached in Parral. They send her and the case back to Parral with instructions for the tribunal of Parral to maintain her. The folks in Parral assign an interventor for the Mina Todos Santos. See also rl. 1804 fr. 0232-0250. (P. Hayes) (1977)

Nolyerto Montes sells to Miguel de la Fuente a Rancho named las Cuevas, located in Valle de San Bartolome, for the price of 150 pesos. (R. Perez) (1977) others- 0220-0221. Parral. 10 febrero, 1795. Venta de Casita. Juliana Mata, (Alias Marza) sells to Jose Miguel Rodriguez a Casita located in Nuestro Senor del Rayo, for the price of 400 pesos. 0231-0232. Parral. 20 Abril, 1795. Venta de Casilla y Solar. Manuel Gomez sells to Maria Paula Granillo a Casilla and Solar for the price of 47 pesos. 0234-0235. Parral. 22 Abril, 1795. Venta de Barras de Mina. Julio, Anacleto, and Jose Monxes sell to Benito Sanchez de la Mata 15 shares in their mine, located near Parral, for his labor and contribution to their support. 0264-0265. Parral. 11 febrero, 1795. Venta de Rancho. Secilia Saenz sells to her son Francisco Saenz a Rancho, located in Valle de San Bartolome, for the price of 400 pesos. 0281-0282. Parral. 5 noviembre, 1795. Venta de Casa. Matiana de Chabez sells to Miguel Valerde a Casa for the price of 970 pesos.

Holguin sells to Maines one half of an hacienda de labor for the price of 6,100 pesos. (R. Perez) (1977) others- 0677-0678. Parral. 30 enero, 1794. Venta de un Sitio de tierra de pastar con Sus Montes y Aguas Por 137 pesos. 0689-0690. Parral. 14 Marzo, 1794. Venta de Rancho. Juan Jose Almanza sells to Juan Antonio Ruiz de Zeballos a Rancho for 300 pesos. 0698-0701. Parral. 10 Mayo, 1794. Venta de hacienda. Mariano del Fierro executor of the estate of Francisco Saens Moreno, sells to Jose Dias an hacienda from said estate for the price of 1,400 pesos.

Series of regulations, responsibilities of subdelegados of the intendencia, including matters concerning Indians, such as election of Indian officials, and village ejidal lands, etc. Also appended- ynstrucion de yntendentes. Excellent overview of functions of Colonial government on frontier. (T. Sheridan) (1977)

The inhabitants of Atotonilco*) (1977)

Gregoria Francisca Corrala, vecina of Valle de San Bartholome, who left Parral as little girl, petitions for title to Solar and Casa occupied by her Mother and now occupied by Maria Gertrudis de Vetancruz. Vetancruz defended by bachiller y presbitero Joseph Joachin Lopes de Olivas according to ecclesiastical right to Argue Cases of poor persons. Priest demands Corrala's case be dismissed because married women must have husbands' license to engage in litigation. Excellent documents concerning Spanish civil procedure, etc. (T. Sheridan) (1977)

Dispute over land between naturales of Parras Pueblo and Juan Ruiz del Valle. (T. Sheridan) (1977)

Gobernador Quigue and Indian naturales of Curcurpe bring suit against Francisco Montes, alias "el Pintor," a Pima Indian who married a Cucurpe woman, annexed much land around a small plot she owned north of Pueblo, and managed to win control of Cucurpe's source of irrigation water. El Pintor accused of: 1) embargoing water, thereby causing many fields in Cucurpe to fail; 2) engaging in the malas costumbres de sacar vino (bacanora?), getting many Indians drunk; 3) assaulting padre Luis Velarde, causing el Pintor to be fugitive in Pimeria Alta before he came to Cucurpe. When asked by a priest to stop making vino, el Pintor replied that "cuando todos lo dexaran lo dexaria el." Much information on land tenure, title registration, etc. Reference to estancia del padre quino 4 leagues upriver from Cucurpe. Includes testimony of many Cucurpe, Tuape residents, including mulatto, mestizo, Spaniards and Indians. (T. Sheridan) (1977)