Santa Fe on September 2,
1784. In consequence of what was provided
in my foregoing decree on the back of leaf 20 and by virtue of the present one
of which he shall inform doña Pino
and don Miguel Lucero, the Guardian
mentioned in these proceedings, the Alcalde Mayor of the said villa shall
proceed to carry out partition and division of the property which is
inventoried and appraised on both sides of the third and fourth sheet, which
should be augmented with the right to collect 118 ewes which are mentioned on
the fifth leaf, the 50 varas of land mentioned on the back of the 20th
leaf, as well as the value of the leather jacket and the chest which is justly
demanded on the sixth, passing in a quittance as extent 60 ewes, the shotgun
and the lance, and also as perishable the adze, hoes and the chisel. Likewise
there shall be added to the estate proper that all which was exceeded and
corresponds to the requisition amount for the funeral, because their owner did
not request it, as well as what was spent for the blessed souls in purgatory in
the mandatory legacy which is not certified by the corresponding receipts.. Juan Bautista de Anza (rubric)
Total sum of inventory, 5,607
Total of what was added, 845
Total, 4,452
Amount of the burial according to
regulation 33
Receipts for Masses, 140, Shroud,
25, subtotal 198, new total, 4,254
Amount of the patrimonial
property belonging to the minors: 2,165
Subject to partition, 2,089
Court fees, 16
Total balance subject to
partition, 2,073
According to the accounting, each
of the parties is entitled to 1,036 pesos and four reales, the amount carried
forward, 2,073.
Schedule of doña Maria Catarina Pino
For the cost of the funeral and
Masses for which no receipts are shown, 321 pesos.
Her dwelling house in the villa,
300
Debts, 118
One hundred sheep, 200
45 ½ pesos in lambs
Two oxen at 50, subtotal is
1,034p 4 r
Eight pesos for fees are
deducted, 1,026 p 4 r.
Schedule of minors:
205 ewes, 410 pesos
Cattle of all ages, 128 pesos
Four oxen, 100 pesos
Pictures and Holy Child, 40
Kettle and griddle, 14
Mortar and spit, 8
Blunderbusses and benches, 27
Branding iron, 12
One plow, 4
One leather jacket and one chest,
40
Lambs, 1531/2, 153 p 4 r.
Debts at 118
Subtotal 1,054 p 4 r
Eight pesos for fees are
deducted, new total of 1,046 p 4 r.
Note that the 20 pesos which
appear extra in the schedule of the minors
are the 10 from half of household expense, and the other 10 which their
mother had already received; add that to the schedule of the minors, which
consists of 1046 pesos and 4 reales.
There are added in property
subject to partition 2,165 pesos of patrimonial property, for a total of 3,211
pesos 4 reales.
These proceedings have been
finished in the form in which the same appear, I transmit all the proceedings
to your Excellency for that in view of the same you may determine what may be
expedient. Signed Antonio José Ortiz (rubric)
At Santa Fe on September 4, 1784.
Having seen the account of the division of the estate which remained at the end
and death of Antonio Luna, intestate, I should and do approve the said account
in the division and partition of the said property made in the presence of the
interested parties. For the purpose and hereafter will be set forth, they will
be informed of this, and because the mother of the minors who have been
mentioned before cannot be their guardian because she has married a second time
and it is time and necessary to appoint one for them judiciously, I shall
proceed to do so by appointing the one who has been their guardian, Miguel
Lucero, whose appointment, after had it has been accepted, must be sworn to,
and the appointment shall be made by the governor of this province of New
Mexico, provided and ordered before the undersigned assisting witnesses to
which I certify. Juan Baptista de Anza
(rubric)
On September 6, 1784, Miguel
Lucero has accepted the guardianship and notified doña Maria Catarina Pino of such.
Signed Antonio Jose Ortiz, Alcalde Mayor
References: Spanish Archives of New Mexico, Series I, Twitchell
#462, Reel #3, Frames 387-430.
©Henrietta M. Christmas
©Henrietta M. Christmas
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