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).
Cattle brand
José Antonio de Rocha, 1828
Packman 1945 / L.A. County registers
Packman 1945 / L.A. County registers
Sources
- Boundary & land-case data: ECAI/UCSD Spanish & Mexican Land Grants (via the California Land Grants ArcGIS project)
- Land case file SD 287, Bancroft Library (digicoll)
Other grants in Los Angeles County
- San Pascual (Wilson) (1834)
- Los Nogales (1838)
- El Escorpion (1845)
- Canada De Los Nogales (1844)
- Cienega O Paso De La Tijera (1844)
- Cienega O Paso De La Tijera (1843)
- Tajauta (1843)
- Providencia (1843)
- San Jose De Buenos Ayres (1843)
- San Antonio Or Rodeo De Las Aguas (1838)
- Las Cienegas (1843)
- Rincon De Los Bueyes (1821)
- Azusa (Dalton) (1841)
- La Merced (1844)