Ranchos de Alta California

Los Angeles County · Echeandía (1825–1831)

Rancho La Brea (1828)

Granted 1828 by Gov. Echeandía to José Rocha, José J. Rocha, and Josefa de la Merced de Jordan. Present-day Los Angeles County. 4,439 acres. U.S. land case SD 287: Confirmed.

Granted
1828 by Governor Echeandía
Grantee
José Rocha, José J. Rocha, and Josefa de la Merced de Jordan
Size
4,439 acres
County
Los Angeles County, California
Period
Echeandía (1825–1831)
U.S. land case
SD 287, Board of Land Commissioners, 1852
Adjudication
Confirmed
U.S. patent
issued to AJ Rocha et al, Apl. 15, 1873, 4,439.07 acres, General Land Office patent no. 429

Open La Brea on the interactive boundary map, where the grant is drawn against its neighbours.

Diseños

The hand-drawn grant maps filed with this claim (2 held).

Diseño of La Brea Diseño of La Brea

Cattle brand

Cattle brand of José Antonio de Rocha
José Antonio de Rocha, 1828
Packman 1945 / L.A. County registers

Sources

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