Tehama County · Micheltorena (1842–1845)
Rancho Capay (1844)
Granted 1844 by Gov. Micheltorena to Josefa Soto. Present-day Tehama County. 44,388 acres. U.S. land case ND 042: Confirmed.
- Granted
- 1844 by Governor Micheltorena
- Grantee
- Josefa Soto
- Size
- 44,388 acres
- County
- Tehama County, California
- Period
- Micheltorena (1842–1845)
- U.S. land case
- ND 042, Board of Land Commissioners, 1852
- Adjudication
- Confirmed
- U.S. patent
- issued to Josefa Soto, Aug. 18, 1859, 44,388.17 acres, General Land Office patent no. 8
Open Capay on the interactive boundary map, where the grant is drawn against its neighbours.
Family
The grantee belongs to the Soto 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 ND 042, Bancroft Library (digicoll)
Other grants in Tehama County
- Las Flores (1844)
- Rio De Los Molinos (1844)
- Saucos (1844)
- El Primer Canon (1844)
- Bosquejo (1844)