San Benito County · Alvarado (1836–1842)
Rancho San Justo (1839)
Granted 1839 by Gov. Alvarado to Jose Castro. Present-day San Benito County. 34,619 acres. U.S. land case SD 211: Confirmed.
- Granted
- 1839 by Governor Alvarado
- Grantee
- Jose Castro
- Size
- 34,619 acres, 4 square leagues
- County
- San Benito County, California
- Period
- Alvarado (1836–1842)
- U.S. land case
- SD 211, Board of Land Commissioners, 1852
- Adjudication
- Confirmed
- U.S. patent
- issued to Francisco P. Pacheco, Dec. 6, 1865, 34,619.65 acres, General Land Office patent no. 238
Open San Justo on the interactive boundary map, where the grant is drawn against its neighbours.
Diseños
The hand-drawn grant maps filed with this claim (5 held).
Family
The grantee belongs to the Castro 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 211, Bancroft Library (digicoll)
Other grants in San Benito County
- San Joaquin (1837)
- Lomerias Muertas (1842)
- Los Aromitas Y Agua Caliente (1835)
- Bolsa De San Felipe (1837)
- Cienega De Los Paicines (1842)
- Real De Las Aguilas (1844)
- Santa Ana Y Quien Sabe (1839)