Sacramento County · Alvarado (1836–1842)
Rancho New Helvetia (1841), Sacramento County
Granted 1841 by Gov. Alvarado to John A. Sutter. Present-day Sacramento County. 48,839 acres. U.S. land case ND 319: Confirmed.
- Granted
- 1841 by Governor Alvarado
- Grantee
- John A. Sutter
- Size
- 48,839 acres
- County
- Sacramento County, California
- Period
- Alvarado (1836–1842)
- U.S. land case
- ND 319, Board of Land Commissioners, 1852
- Adjudication
- Confirmed
- U.S. patent
- issued to John A. Sutter, June 20, 1866, 48,839.30 acres, General Land Office patent no. 20
Open New Helvetia on the interactive boundary map, where the grant is drawn against its neighbours.
Diseños
The hand-drawn grant maps filed with this claim (11 held).
United States Supreme Court
The title to this grant was litigated to the U.S. Supreme Court: 21 How. 170. Opinions from the official United States Reports at the Library of Congress.
Sources
- Boundary & land-case data: ECAI/UCSD Spanish & Mexican Land Grants (via the California Land Grants ArcGIS project)
- Land case file ND 319, Bancroft Library (digicoll)
Other grants in Sacramento County
- Cosumnes (1844)
- San Juan (1844)
- Del Paso (1844)
- Omochumnes (1844)
- Rio De Los Americanos (1844)
- New Helvetia (1841)