I, Catalina Griego, widow of Diego Truxillo, and now the
wife of Melchor de Herrera and my son, Antonio Truxillo, appear before your
Excellency in the best form according to law and state: That whereas the Castellan, Don Pedro Rodriguez de Cubero, in the
year of 1701 made us a grant of a tract of land on the other side of the Chama
River, as is more fully evident from the grant on the other side of this
paper. To which I refer and as
possession of the same was not given to me or to my said husband and we did not
settle the same as he was so near death, for these reasons the retired Sargeant
Batolome Garduño, denounced it during
the office of the Senor Marques de la Panuela, who made him a new grant. Although we did not know about it nor do we
know whether he has settled or taken possession of the same during all this
time; if the law, according to the royal ordinances, excludes the right to the
land if they are not settled or possession taken of them immediately, then he
is excluded and this, our grant, is valid.
Because it is prior to his (Garduño), and because the reason for not
settling the same was that I was left a widow and my son was very young.
In consideration of which we ask and request Your Excellency
to be pleased to revalidate said grant to Nicolas Valverde and to the Ensign,
Salvador Santistevan, because they are very near relatives to me and my said
son, to whom and to no other person it is our wish to yield our right to said
lands, that by virtue thereof and of the new grant Your Excellency may be
pleased to make them, they may settle and use them as their own. I swear in due form of law, that this my
petition is not made in malice and is necessary.
Catalina Griego (rubric)
Antonio Trujillo (rubric)
Reference: SANM I, Twitchell 926
Ⓒ 2012 Henrietta M. Christmas
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