Investigation of the mineral estate status on Spanish and Mexican land grants in South Texas reveals that many appear to have royalties going into suspense, or have in the past had royalties going into suspense. Production Reports as of April, 2010 indicate that some part of the mineral estate remains in the unknown heirs on the following grants:
The following information is provided regarding grant cases we are currently representing clients in. New information will be added as it is available.
| Original Grantee |
Spouse / Spouses |
Parents |
Notes |
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Santos Alarcon
|
1st Petra Torres;
2nd Josefa Rios
|
Unknown
|
6 Texas grants, 2 sold
|
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Manuel Barrera
|
Maria Gertrudis de la Garza
|
Jose Maria Barrera and Ma. Manuela de la
Garza
|
‘La
Tinaja de Lara’, Jim Wells County
|
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Jose Vasquez Borrego
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Maria Josefa
Imperial
|
Unknown
|
|
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Joaquin Chapa
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Juana Rosa Vela
|
Severiano
Chapa and Concepcion Rodriguez
|
Juana
Rosa Vela is the daughter of Lazaro Vela, porcion 57.
|
|
Bartolome Cuellar
|
Gregoria Martinez
|
Ascencio
Lizarraras y Cuellar and Ana Garcia
|
Porcion
37, Zapata He was the
father or Joaquin Cuellar, P. 35, Zapata
|
|
Joaquin Cuellar
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1st Tomasa Gutierrez; 2nd Maria Gertrudis Ramirez; 3rd Maria Manuela Garcia; 4th Maria Josefa Guerra
|
Bartolome Cuellar
(porcion 37) and Gregoria Martinez
|
Tomasa
Gutierrez is the daughter of Bernave Gutierrez Porcion 14; and Ma. Gertrudis
Ramirez is the daughter of Cristobal Ramirez porciones 17 and 18.
|
|
Jose Antonio Cuellar
|
1st Juana de Dios Lopez; 2nd Maria Gregoria Sanchez
|
Jose
Francisco Cuellar and Ana Maria Gutierrez
|
“Palo
Blanquito” Duval County
|
|
Joaquin Galan
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1st Maria Josefa
Sanchez; 2nd Ignacia Quiroz Sandoval
|
Francisco Galan and Matiana Perez de Leon
|
‘Balconcitas’
and ‘Palafox’, Webb County
|
|
Nicolas Garcia y Garcia
|
Josefa Velasquez
|
Unknown
|
“Las Animas’
Jim Hogg County
|
|
Franciso de la Garza Ballesteros
|
Juana Josefa Reyna
|
Unknown
|
O. G.
of Porcion 78, Mier, and purchaser of Porcion 111, Camargo.
|
|
Francisco de la Garza Martinez
|
1st Maria Antonia Trevino;
2nd Guadalupe Villarreal
|
Cayetano de
la Garza and Maria de Jesus Martinez
|
He
purchased Porciones 80 and 81 from Jose Ant’o de la Garza Falcon and Juan
Jose de la Garza Falcon
|
|
Jose Domingo Gonzalez
|
Maria Jacinta
Hinojosa
|
Jose Florencio Gonzalez and Maria Rosa Saldivar
|
‘Las Pintas’
Webb County
|
|
Margarita Gonzalez de
Ochoa
|
Juan Crisostomo
Hinojosa
|
Nicolas Gonzalez de Ochoa and Nicolasa Flores
|
Porcion
103, Starr County
|
|
Ramon Gonzalez
|
Maria Margarita
Garza
|
Unknown
|
Porcion
70, Starr County
|
|
Juan Jose Guerra
|
Maria Juana
Hinojosa
|
Jose Silverio Guerra Canamar and Maria Guadalupe
Barrera
|
Maria
Juana Hinojosa is the daughter of Jose Marcelo Hinojosa; owner of Palo Blanco.
|
|
Antonio Martinez
Gutierrez
|
Maria Josefa
Gutierrez
|
Jose Antonio Martinez and Juana Josefa Gutierrez
|
‘Blas
Maria’ Zapata County
|
|
Bartolome Gutierrez
|
Manuela de los
Santos
|
Bernardo AKA Bernave Gutierrez and Antonia de la
Garza
|
He is
the son of Bernave Gutierrez, porcion 14.
|
|
Bernardo AKA Bernave
Gutierrez
|
Antonia de la
Garza
|
Antonio Gutierrez and Clara de Villarreal
|
Porcion
14
|
|
Clemente Gutierrez
|
Ana Joaquina
Fernandez
|
Bernardo AKA Bernave Gutierrez and Antonia de la
Garza
|
He is
the son of Bernave Gutierrez, porcion 14.
|
|
Matias Longoria
|
Maria Margarita
de Hinojosa
|
Diego Longoria and Maria Clara Chapa
|
He is
the son of Diego Longoria and Clara de Chapa
|
|
Pedro Longoria
|
Josefa
Villarreal
|
Diego Longoria and Maria Clara Chapa
|
He is
the son of Diego Longoria and Clara de Chapa
|
|
Vicente Longoria
|
Maria Francisca
de la Garza
|
Diego Longoria and Maria Clara Chapa
|
He is
the son of Diego Longoria and Clara de Chapa
|
|
Pablo Mendiola
|
Rafaela Leal
|
Pedro Mendiola and Manuela Martinez
|
Porcion
59, Zapata and Webb Counties
|
|
Francisco Montalvo
|
1st Ysabel Maria Trevino;
2nd Encarnacion Guerra
|
Antonio Montalvo and Petra Salinas
|
Eduardo
Montalvo, a son of Francisco Montalvo bought/inherited this landgrant.
|
|
Felipe de la Pena
|
Maria Josefa
Trevino
|
Jose Maria Pena and Maria Andrea Uribe
|
Felipe
de la Pena is the grandson of Jacinto de la Pena, porcion 25.
|
|
Jacinto de la Pena
|
Francisca
Benavides
|
Jacinto de la Pena Sr. and Ana Maria Guajardo
|
Porcion
25, Zapata County
|
|
Cristobal Ramirez
|
1st Antonia Arredondo;
2nd Matiana Hinojosa
|
Antonio Ramirez and Juana Sanchez
|
Porciones
17 and 18, Zapata County
|
|
Jose Miguel Ramirez
|
Maria Antonia
Isaguirre
|
Cristobal Ramirez (porciones 17 and 18) and Matiana
Hinojosa
|
Maria
Antonia Isaguirre is the daughter of Juan Panteleon Ysaguirre, porcion 56.
|
|
Toribio Rodriguez
|
Maria Gertrudis
Sanchez
|
Jose Rodriguez Montemayor and Pilar Ruiz
|
Porcion
24, Webb County
|
|
Miguel Saens
|
Maria Gerarda de
Hinojosa
|
Diego Saens and Teodora Garcia
|
Porcion
73, Starr County
|
|
Vicente Sais “Saens”
|
1st Balbina Escobar; 2nd Francisca Longoria
|
Jose Gregorio Sais and Margarita Gonzalez
|
Vicente
Sais is the grandchild of Miguel Saens, porcion 73.
|
|
Bartolome Trevino
|
1st Ana Maria Garcia Buentello; 2nd Ana Maria Garcia Guajardo; 3rd Francisca Salinas; 4th Antonia de Ynojosa
|
Unknown
|
He,
with his son, Ygnacio, once owned Porciones 96, 97, 98, 99 and 100. Bartolome’s son applied for the patent to
P. 97 in his father’s name.
|
|
Jose Ygnacio Trevino
|
Gertrudis Garcia
|
Bartolome Trevino and Antonia Hinojosa
|
He is
the son of Bartolome Trevino, porcion 97. He was also the original grantee of ‘San Martin’ in
Cameron
County
|
|
Lazaro Vela
|
Maria Antonia
Garcia de Sepulveda
|
Lazaro Vela Sr. and Petronila Buentello.
|
Porcion
57, Starr County
|
|
Pedro Vela
|
Maria Gertrudis
Cuellar
|
Lazaro Vela (porcion 57) and Maria Antonia Garcia de
Sepulveda
|
Maria
Gertrudis Cuellar is the daughter of Bartolome Cuellar porcion 37.
|
|
Salvador Vela
|
1st Rosa Garza;
2nd Agueda Longoria
|
Francisco Vela
and Francisca de Olivarez
|
Cousin
to Lazaro, he owned Porcion 90, Starr County
|
|
Ventura Vela
|
Maria Loreta aka
Lorenza Guajardo
|
Baltazar Vela and Maria Martinez
|
Porcion
84, Starr County
|
|
Juan Antonio Vidaurri
|
Manuela Borrego
|
Unknown
|
Manuela
Borrego is the daughter of Jose Vasquez Borrego, owner of Hacienda de
Dolores.
|
|
Jose Marcelo Ynojosa
|
Maria Rita
Garcia
|
Gervacio Hinojosa and Maria Teresa Trevino
|
Teresa
Trevino is the daughter of Bartolome Trevino, porcion 97.
|
|
Juan Pantaleon Ysaguirre
|
1st Ma. Antonia Ramirez; 2nd Gertrudis Vela
|
Unknown
|
Maria
Antonia Ramirez is the daughter of Cristobal Ramirez, porciones 17 and 18;
Gertrudis Vela is the daughter of Lazaro Vela porcion 57.
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