Monterey County · Echeandía (1825–1831)
Rancho Bolsa Nueva Moro Cojo (1825)
Granted 1825 under Luis Arguello; Mariano Chico; Alvarado; Micheltorena to Simeon Castro. Present-day Monterey County. 30,901 acres. U.S. land case SD 098: Confirmed.
- Granted
- 1825
- Granting authorities
- Luis Arguello; Mariano Chico; Alvarado; Micheltorena
- Grantee
- Simeon Castro
- Size
- 30,901 acres, 8 square leagues
- County
- Monterey County, California
- Period
- Echeandía (1825–1831)
- U.S. land case
- SD 098, Board of Land Commissioners, 1852
- Adjudication
- Confirmed
- U.S. patent
- issued to Maria Antonia Pico de Castro et al, heirs, Nov. 20, 1876, 30,901.34 acres, General Land Office patent no. 245
Open Bolsa Nueva Moro Cojo on the interactive boundary map, where the grant is drawn against its neighbours.
Diseños
The hand-drawn grant maps filed with this claim (4 held).
Family
The grantee belongs to the Castro family, one of the landholding dynasties of Mexican California.
Sources
- Boundary & land-case data: ECAI/UCSD Spanish & Mexican Land Grants (via the California Land Grants ArcGIS project)
- Land case file SD 098, Bancroft Library (digicoll)
Other grants in Monterey County
- Los Carneros (Mcdougal) (1842)
- Canada De La Carpenteria (1835)
- Saucito (1833)
- Laguna Seca (1833)
- Rincon De Sanjon (1840)
- Punta De Pinos (1844)
- Los Gatos Or Santa Rita (1837)
- Noche Buena (1835)
- James Meadows (1840)
- El Chamisal (1835)
- Canada De La Segunda (1839)
- El Potrero De San Carlos (1837)
- Corral De La Tierra (Mccobb) (1836)
- El Alisal (Hartnell) (1834)