Friday 30 March 2007

Cameron County Map Feb 1880


Descendants of Jose Salvador De La Garza

1 Jose Salvador Garza 1733 -
. +Gertrudes Gomez Garza 1734 - 1789 m: Abt 1754
.. 2 Maria Antonia Margarita Garza 1765 - 1786
...... +Pedro Guerra Lopez-Prieto 1763 - m: 28 Jul 1783
....... 3 Jose Antonio De La Garza Lopez-Prieto 1784 -
........... +Maria Jacinta Olivares 1788 - m: 01 Aug 1803
............ 4 Jose Pablo Olivares Lopez-Prieto 1805 -
............ 4 Jose Irineo Olivares Lopez-Prieto 1807 -
............ 4 Maria Luisa Olivares Lopez-Prieto 1811 -
....... 3 Manuel Garza Lopez-Prieto 1786 -
........... +Trinidad Tijerina
............ 4 Teresa Tijerina Lopez Prieto
............ 4 Juana Tijerina Lopez Prieto
............ 4 Carlota Tijerina Lopez Prieto
............ 4 Antonia Tijerina Lopez Prieto
............ 4 Clemencia Tijerina Lopez Prieto
............ 4 Jose Antonio Tijerina Lopez Prieto
.. 2 Blas Maria Garza 1756 - 1802
...... +Maria Francisca Hinojosa Cavazos 1770 - m: 25 Jul 1792
....... 3 no issue
.. 2 Maria Francisca Xaviera Garza 1770 - 1833
...... +Jose Manuel Goseascochea 1768 - 1813 m: 27 Feb 1787
....... 3 Estefana GarzaDeLa/Falcon Goseascochea 1788 -
........... +Jose Maria Francisco Cavazos m: Abt 1815
............ 4 Sabas Goseascochea Cavazos 1816 - 1878
................ +Maria Eulogia Guerra - 1849
............ *2nd Wife of Sabas Goseascochea Cavazos:
................ +Maria Hilaria Guerra 1833 - 1914 m: Abt 1856
............ 4 Maria del Refugio Goseascochea Cavazos 1818 -
................ +Antonio Oliveira
............ 4 Maria Secundia Goseascochea Cavazos
....... *2nd Husband of Estefana GarzaDeLa/Falcon Goseascochea:
........... +Trinidad Cortina 1795 - m: Abt 1823
............ 4 [2] Juan Nepomuceno Goseascochea Cortina 1824 - 1894
................ +[1] Dolores Goseascochea Tijerina 1830 - 1847 m: 01 Jul 1846
............ *2nd Wife of [2] Juan Nepomuceno Goseascochea Cortina:
................ +Rafaela Cortez m: Jan 1850
............ *3rd Wife of [2] Juan Nepomuceno Goseascochea Cortina:
................ +Maria Jesus Lopez m: Abt 1853
............ 4 Jose Maria Goseascochea Cortina 1826 -
................ +Concepcion De leon Alderete m: 24 Mar 1846
............ 4 Carmen Goseascochea Cortina 1828 -
....... 3 Feliciana GarzaDeLa/Falcon Goseascochea 1798 - 1855
........... +Juan Jose Villarreal Tijerina m: Abt 1818
............ 4 Gertrudis GoseascocheaTijerina
................ +Manuel Garza m: Abt 1852
............ 4 Candelario Goseascochea
............ 4 Carlos Goseascochea Tijerina - 1845
............ 4 Casimiro Goseascochea Tijerina
................ +Concepcion Ramirez 1820 -
............ 4 Magdalena Goseascochea Tijerina
............ 4 Maria Narcisa Goseascoche Tijerina
................ +Reyes
............ *2nd Husband of Maria Narcisa Goseascoche Tijerina:
................ +Jose Maria Menchaca
............ 4 Santiago Goseascochea Tijerina - 1863
............ 4 Eulalia Goseascochea Tijerina 1826 -
................ +Esteben Cisneros
............ *2nd Husband of Eulalia Goseascochea Tijerina:
................ +Tomas Guerra Cavazos 1836 - 1858 m: Abt 1857
............ 4 [1] Dolores Goseascochea Tijerina 1830 - 1847
................ +[2] Juan Nepomuceno Goseascochea Cortina 1824 - 1894 m: 01 Jul 1846
............ 4 Antonio Goseascochea Tijerina 1833 - 1878
................ +Catarina Guerra Cavazos 1840 - 1880
............ 4 Miguel Goseascochea Tijerina 1834 -
................ +Dolores Villarreal

Thursday 29 March 2007

Espiritu Santo Land Grant


“Espiritu Santo” Grant


Original Grantee Jose Salvador De La Garza
284,415.8 acres, Cameron County, Texas. Abstract C-2. Granted by Spain, 1781. Bourland and Miller Report, pp 47 and 48. Feliciana Goseascochea de Tijerina, for herself and other heirs, Doña Maria de los Angeles Garcia de Tarnava, Ramon Lafon and their heirs, Estefana Goseascochea and her heirs, Don Manuel Prieto and his heirs, Don Rafael Garcia Cabazos and his wife Doña Maria Josefa Cabazos and their heirs apply separately as specified in their petitions for the confirmation of a certain tract of land called “El Potrero” or “El Agostadero del Espiritu Santo” containing fifty-nine and a half leagues originally granted to Don Jose Salvador de la Garza by the old Spanish government in 1781. Witnesses prove the validity of the original grant, the occupation and cultivation of the lands by the original grantee and his descendants for the last sixty years, having thereon numerous herds of stock, many tenants and servants sufficient to occupy the whole extent of 59 ½ leagues; and that said original grantee’s descendants and tenants continued to occupy and hold absolute possession of said tract, never having abandoned it at any time because of Indian incursions, down to the approach of the U. S. Army in 1846; and all government dues were regularly paid by the parties interested. [Confirmed by Legislature, Act of February 10, 1852. Patented June 21, 1859; No. 968, Vol. 12. General Land Office File San Patricio 1-432.]
Partial text of No. 137 grant as stated in the Guide to Spanish and Mexican Land Grants in Texas
Texas General Land Office
Land Commissioner, 1988
Website:
http://www.glo.state.tx.us/

Tuesday 27 March 2007