Los Angeles County · Micheltorena (1842–1845)
Rancho La Merced (1844)
Granted 1844 by Gov. Micheltorena to Casilda Soto. Present-day Los Angeles County. 2,363 acres. U.S. land case SD 217: Confirmed.
- Granted
- 1844 by Governor Micheltorena
- Grantee
- Casilda Soto
- Size
- 2,363 acres, 1 square leagues
- County
- Los Angeles County, California
- Period
- Micheltorena (1842–1845)
- U.S. land case
- SD 217, Board of Land Commissioners, 1852
- Adjudication
- Confirmed
- U.S. patent
- issued to F.P.F Temple et al, Feb. 13, 1872, 2,363.75 acres, General Land Office patent no. 443
Open La Merced on the interactive boundary map, where the grant is drawn against its neighbours.
Diseños
The hand-drawn grant maps filed with this claim (25 held).
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 SD 217, Bancroft Library (digicoll)
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- 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)
- Potrero Grande (1845)