California Land Cases Collection: Finding Aid
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http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8m331fh No online items California Land Cases Collection: Finding Aid Finding aid prepared by Manuscripts Department. The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens Manuscripts Department 1151 Oxford Road San Marino, California 91108 Phone: (626) 405-2129 Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.huntington.org © 2016 The Huntington Library. All rights reserved. California Land Cases Collection: MSS MFilm 00543 1 Finding Aid Overview of the Collection Title: California Land Cases Collection Dates (inclusive): 1852-1862 Collection Number: MSS MFilm 00543 Creator: United States. Commission for Ascertaining and Settling Private Land Claims in California. Extent: 72 microfilm reels. Repository: The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. Manuscripts Department 1151 Oxford Road San Marino, California 91108 Phone: (626) 405-2129 Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.huntington.org Abstract: The collection consists of positive microfilm copies of the proceedings of California land cases brought before the United States District Court between 1852-1862 with transcripts of records from the United States Land Commission, where the claims had originally been presented. Language: English. Access Open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information, contact Reader Services. Publication Rights The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher. Preferred Citation [Identification of item]. California Land Cases Collection, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California. Provenance Gift of Veronius Henry, June 1965. Scope and Content The collection consists of positive microfilm copies of the proceedings of California land cases brought before the United States District Court between 1852-1862 with transcripts of records from the United States Land Commission, where the claims had originally been presented. These documents are now public records. The originals are held in records of the General Land Office, National Archives (RG 49), and the microfilm originals are kept at the Bancroft Library in Berkeley, California. The cases are listed in numerical by Southern and by Northern District Court case numbers and also include are cross indexed with the Commission case number provided in the appendix to Ogden Hoffman. Reports of land cases determined in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California : June term, 1853 to June term, 1858, inclusive (San Francisco : N. Hubert, 1862) (Call number: 14752). Arrangement The reels are arranged in 2 series: • Southern District Court (reels 1-49) • Northern District Court (reels 50-72) Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Huntington Library's Online Catalog. Subjects United States. Commission for Ascertaining and Settling Private Land Claims in California. United States. District Court (California : Northern District) United States. District Court (California : Southern District) Land claims -- California -- 19th century. Land grants -- California -- 19th century. California Land Cases Collection: MSS MFilm 00543 2 Finding Aid Land tenure -- California -- 19th century. Land tenure -- California -- Law and legislation -- 19th century. Land titles -- California -- 19th century. California -- History -- 19th century -- Sources. Forms/Genres Legal files -- California -- 19th century. Microfilms -- California. Southern District Note Reel 3 is not extant. Reel 1 Southern District Court Cases 1-5 Southern District Court Number 1 Commission Case Number (Hoffman): 124 Land grant: El Sur (Monterey Co.) Claimant: J[ohn] B[autista] R[ogers] Cooper Southern District Court Number 2 Commission Case Number (Hoffman): 222 Land grant: Cañada de Salsipuedes (Santa Barbara Co.) Claimant: John Keyes (also spelled Kays) Southern District Court Number 3 Commission Case Number (Hoffman): 195 Land grant: Los Tularcitos (Monterey Co.) Claimant: Josefa Antonia (Gómez) Walters Southern District Court Number 4 Commission Case Number (Hoffman): 54 Land grant: Encinal y Buena Esperanza Claimant: David Stephen Spence Southern District Court Number 5 Commission Case Number (Hoffman): 145 Land grant: San Vicente (Monterey Co.) Claimant: Concepción Munras, et al. Reel 2 Southern District Court Cases 5 (cont.)-13 Southern District Court Number 5 (continued) Commission Case Number (Hoffman): 145 Land grant: San Vicente (Monterey Co.) Claimant: Concepción Munras, et al. Southern District Court Number 6 Commission Case Number (Hoffman): 342 Land grant: Temecula Claimant: [Jean] Louis Vignes (San Diego Co.) California Land Cases Collection: MSS MFilm 00543 3 Finding Aid Southern District Southern District Court Number 7 Commission Case Number (Hoffman): 138 Land grant: Bolsas del Potrero y Moro Cojo (Monterey Co.) Claimant: J[ohn] B[autista] R[ogers] Cooper Southern District Court Number 8 Commission Case Number (Hoffman): 61 Land grant: San Gerónimo (San Luis Obispo Co.) Claimant: Rafael Villavicencio Southern District Court Number 9 Commission Case Number (Hoffman): 308 Land grant: San Antonio (Los Angeles Co.) Claimant: Antonio María Lugo Southern District Court Number 10 Commission Case Number (Hoffman): 13 Land grant: San Julián (Santa Barbara Co.) Claimant: José [Antonio] de la Guerra y Noriega Southern District Court Number 11 Commission Case Number (Hoffman): 39 Land grant: San Luis Obispo Mission Lands (San Luis Obispo Co.) Claimant: Victor Linares Southern District Court Number 12 Commission Case Number (Hoffman): 316 Land grant: San Bernardino (San Bernardino Co.) Claimant: José del Carmen Lugo, et al. Southern District Court Number 13 Commission Case Number (Hoffman): 9 Land grant: Nipomo (partial) (Santa Barbara Co.) Claimant: William G[oodwin] Dana Reel 4 Southern District Court Cases 22 (cont.)-31 Southern District Court Number 22 (continued) Commission Case Number (Hoffman): 331 Land grant: San Francisquito (Los Angeles Co.) Claimant: Henry Dalton Southern District Court Number 23 Commission Case Number (Hoffman): 360 Land grant: Cañada de los Nogales (Los Angeles Co.) Claimant: José María Aguilar (sometimes spelled Aguila) Southern District Court Number 24 Commission Case Number (Hoffman): 48 Land grant: Santa Manuela (San Luis Obispo Co.) Claimant: Francis Ziba Branch Southern District Court Number 25 Commission Case Number (Hoffman): 220 Land grant: Cañada del Chorro (San Luis Obispo Co.) Claimant: John Wilson (i) California Land Cases Collection: MSS MFilm 00543 4 Finding Aid Southern District Southern District Court Number 26 Commission Case Number (Hoffman): 137 Land grant: San Luisito (San Luis Obispo Co.) Claimant: Guadalupe Cantua Southern District Court Number 27 Commission Case Number (Hoffman): 505 Land grant: San Lorenzo (Monterey Co.) Claimant: Feliciano Soberanes Southern District Court Number 28 Commission Case Number (Hoffman): 218 Land grant: Cañada de los Osos or Pecho y Islay (San Luis Obispo Co.) Claimant: John Wilson (i) Southern District Court Number 29 Commission Case Number (Hoffman): 492 Land grant: Nojoqui (Santa Barbara Co.) Claimant: Raimundo Carrillo Southern District Court Number 30 Commission Case Number (Hoffman): 338 Land grant: Providencia (Los Angeles Co.) Claimant: David W. Alexander and Francis Mellus Southern District Court Number 31 Commission Case Number (Hoffman): 431 Land grant: Cañada de los Alisos (Los Angeles Co.) Claimant: José Serrano Reel 5 Southern District Court Cases 31 (cont.)-40 Southern District Court Number 31 (continued) Commission Case Number (Hoffman): 431 Land grant: Cañada de los Alisos (Los Angeles Co.) Claimant: José Serrano Southern District Court Number 32 Commission Case Number (Hoffman): 49 Land grant: Sespe (Santa Barbara Co.) Claimant: Carlos Antonio de Jesús Carrillo Southern District Court Number 33 Commission Case Number (Hoffman): 432 Land grant: Potrero de Felipe Lugo (Los Angeles Co.) Claimant: Jorge Morillo, et al. Southern District Court Number 34 Commission Case Number (Hoffman): 530 Land grant: San Lucas (Monterey Co.) Claimant: James McKinlay Southern District Court Number 35 Commission Case Number (Hoffman): 85 Land grant: Bolsa de San Cayetano (Monterey Co.) Claimant: José de Jesús Vallejo California Land Cases Collection: MSS MFilm 00543 5 Finding Aid Southern District Southern District Court Number 36 Commission Case Number (Hoffman): 312 Land grant: Bolsa de Chamisal (San Luis Obispo Co.) Claimant: Lewis T. Burton Southern District Court Number 37 Commission Case Number (Hoffman): 215 Land grant: San Miguelito (San Luis Obispo Co.) Claimant: Miguel Ávila Southern District Court Number 38 Commission Case Number (Hoffman): 216 Land grant: San Miguelito (addition) (San Luis Obispo Co.) Claimant: Miguel Ávila Southern District Court Number 39 Commission Case Number (Hoffman): 66 Land grant: Guadalupe (San Luis Obispo Co.) Claimant: Diego Olivera and Teodoro Arellanes Southern District Court Number 40 Commission Case Number (Hoffman): 186 Land grant: Arroyo Seco (Monterey Co.) Claimant: Joaquín de la Torre Reel 6 Southern District Court Cases 40 (cont.)-52 Southern District Court Number 40 (continued) Commission Case Number (Hoffman): 186 Land grant: Arroyo