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These California land grants were made by Spanish (1784–1821) and Mexican (1822–1846) authorities of Las Californias and Alta California to private individuals before California became part of the United States of America. [1] Under Spain, no private land ownership was allowed, so the grants were more akin to free leases.
Sponsored by California Senator William M. Gwin, in 1851 Congress passed "An Act to Ascertain and Settle Private Land Claims in the State of California". [4] The Act required all holders of Spanish and Mexican land grants to present their titles for confirmation before the Board of California Land Commissioners. [17]
California Senator William M. Gwin presented a bill that was approved by the Senate and the House and became law on March 3, 1851. [2]: 100 [1] [3]That for the purpose of ascertaining and settling private land claims in the State of California, a commission shall be, and is hereby, constituted, which shall consist of three commissioners, to be appointed by the President of the United States ...
With the cession of California to the United States following the Mexican-American War, the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo provided that the land grants would be honored. As required by the Land Act of 1851, a claim for Rancho La Ciénega ó Paso de la Tijera was filed with the Public Land Commission in 1852, [ 10 ] [ 11 ] [ 12 ] and the ...
Before Alta California became a part of the Mexican state, about 30 Spanish land grants had already been deeded in all of Alta California to Presidio soldiers and government officials and a few friends and family of the Alta California Governors, some of whom were grandchildren of the original 1775 Anza expedition settlers. The 1824 Mexican ...
With the cession of California to the United States following the Mexican-American War, the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo provided that the land grants would be honored. As required by the Land Act of 1851, a claim for Rancho Los Tularcitos was filed with the Public Land Commission in 1852, [ 8 ] [ 9 ] and the grant patented to Antonia ...
Rancho Suscol was an 84,000-acre (340 km 2) Mexican land grant in present day Sonoma County, California, Napa County, California, and Solano County, California, given in 1843 by Governor Manuel Micheltorena to General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo. [1] In a significant land law decision, the land claim was rejected by the US Supreme Court in 1862. [2]
Rancho San Vicente was a 4,438-acre (17.96 km 2) Mexican land grant in present-day Santa Clara County, California given in 1842 by Governor Juan Alvarado to José de los Reyes Berreyesa. [1] The grant was located west of the Santa Teresa Hills at the south end of Almaden Valley. The grant was bounded on the north by Rancho Los Capitancillos. [2 ...