Land Grants in Nueva Galicia during the XVII century

Bill Figueroa · 2007-01-15T02:38:15Z

From the moment I started researching the history of Aguascalientes, I realized that most of the large haciendas owned by our ancestors were land grants (mercedes de tierras) awarded by the Spanish crown to the early settlers and those who participated in que conquest of Mexico. Land grants were intended to promote agriculture, cattle breeding and mining in the area. From the moment I started researching the history of Aguascalientes, I realized that most of the large haciendas owned by our ancestors were land grants (mercedes de tierras) awarded by the Spanish crown to the early settlers and those who participated in que conquest of Mexico. Land grants were intended to promote agriculture, cattle breeding and mining in the area. What I would like to know is where documentation on the early land grants is archived. Is it at the Archivo General de la Nación in Mexico City, at the Archivo Histórico de Nueva Galicia in Guadalajara, or at the Archivo General de Indias in Seville? I would like to know if Lope Ruiz de Esparza's "Estancia de Morcenique" was a land grant or if he actually purchased it from someone else. Lope was one of the early settlers of Aguascalientes. Other haciendas and ranches of interest are "San Bartholome" (aka San Bartolo) owned by Luis Tiscareño de Molina, Estancia de "El Agostadero" owned by Pedro Fernández de Vaulus, Labor de Chapultepeque" owned by Miguel López de Elizalde, "San Lorenzo" owned y Juan Bautista Ponce, "San Gerónimo" owned by Gerónimo de Orosco, "La Ciénega de Xiconaque" owned by Christóbal Lozano, Labor de "Los Gallos" owned by Pedro Macías Valadez, "Estancia de San Jacinto del Rincón" owned by Vicente Zaldívar y Mendoza, "El Picacho" owned by Salvador Ruiz de Esparza, etc. etc. Any information will be greatly appreciated. Bill Figueroa

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My 3rd great father Mariano Camino was given a land grant for a very large hacienda in Huanusco, Zacatecas: The name of the Hacienda was

Hacienda de Nuestra Senora de La Luz (“La Luz”)

It was given to him in the year 1899

Posted : 11/03/2007 2:26 am

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I have uploaded the first five pages of the scan of the film. I got about 150 pages scanned though the film is very light and the scans are not always legible.

http://www.nuestrosranchos.org/node/15827

Below is the index of Libro Numero 2 which is from the early 1600s I believe:

Nombres de Agraciados
que aparecen en el Fondo de Tierras y Aguas
del Archivo Publico del Estado de Jalisco

Libro Número 2

Diego Guerra Valadez
Diego Márquez
Pedro y Sebastian Flores de la Torre
Juan Tello de Orozco
Esteban Anda de Altamirano (Aguascalientes)
Ventura y Francisco de Arce y Castillo (Aguascalientes)
Francisco Gómez
Sebastián Macias y Aguilar? (Estancia de Papalote)
Ventura de Navarrete Angulo (Santa María de los Lagos)
Lorenzo Álvarez (Santa María de los Lagos)
Antonio Acosta (Santa María de los Lagos – Estancia del Sauz)
Fulgencio González de Rubalcaba (Santa María de los Lagos – San Bartolomé)
Capitán Jacinto Velásquez (Santa María de los Lagos – San Bartolomé)
Ysidro de Pedroza (Santa María de los Lagos)
Nicolás de Esquivel (Santa María de los Lagos)
Pedro Flores de la Torre (Juchipila)
Diego Bernal (Real de San Sebastián)
Pedro de Placencia
Domingo de Rojas
Fulgencio González de Rubalcaba (Santa María de los Lagos)
Francisco de Márquez y Cordón
Marcial de Alcalá (Lagos – Jalostotitán)
José de la Peña Durán (Aguascalientes)
Maria de Estrada (Aguascalientes)
Alonso Andrade Rueda (Teocaltiche)
José García de la Vera (Juchipila – Nochistlán)
Jacinto y Gregorio Ramírez (Teocaltiche)
Antonio Ygnacio y Nicolás Nava (Purificación – Tomatlán)
Agustín López
Ygnacio Gallardo
Francisco Martín

Posted : 11/03/2007 7:13 pm