Contra Costa County CA Archives History - Books .....U. S. Vs Joaquin Moraga 1882 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@gmail.com November 22, 2005, 8:48 pm Book Title: History Of Contra Costa County, California THE UNITED STATES, Appellants, vs. JOAQUIN MORAGA, claiming the Rancho Laguna de Palos Colorados.—Claim for three leagues of land in Contra Costa county, confirmed by the Board, and appealed by the United States. The claimants in this case petitioned on the thirtieth of August, 1835, for the place called "Laguna de los Palos Colorados." The petition was referred to the Ayuntamiento del Pueblo de S. Jose" Guadalupe, and also to the Rev. Padre, for their reports. On receiving these reports, which were favorable, Jose Castro, Primero Vocal of the Assembly and Political Chief, ad interim, made his concession on the tenth of October, 1835, and directed that when the Departmental Assembly should have approved the grant, the corresponding title should issue. On the twelfth of October, 1835, the concession was approved, but the "title" does not seem to have issued until the thirty-first of July, 1841. All the foregoing facts appear from the expediente on file in the archives of the former Government. The claimants have also produced the original title delivered to them, which bears date on the tenth of August, 1841, to which is attached a map or diseno certified by Jimeno, Secretary of the Government, to be a copy of that accompanying the expediente. The translation of this certificate seems to be omitted. There also accompanies this document the certificate of approval by the Departmental Assembly, and a note or record of an arrangement between Moraga and Candelario Valencia, who seems to have been a colindante or coterminous owner, fixing their common line, and providing for the use in common of an ago de aqua, or spring of water, which is on the land. The authenticity of all these documents is fully proved, and it is shown that in 1836 the parties went upon the land, built houses, corrals, and placed cattle upon it, and cultivated a considerable portion. The boundaries of the tract are given with some precision in the original grant, and it appears in evidence that the limits of the rancho are well known to those residing in the vicinity. The claim was confirmed by the Board, and we think their decision should be affirmed. (December Term, 1855.) Additional Comments: Extracted from: HISTORY OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, INCLUDING ITS GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, TOPOGRAPHY, CLIMATOGRAPHY AND DESCRIPTION; TOGETHER WITH A RECORD OF THE MEXICAN GRANTS; THE BEAR FLAG WAR; THE MOUNT DIABLO COAL FIELDS; THE EARLY HISTORY AND SETTLEMENT, COMPILED FROM THE MOST AUTHENTIC SOURCES; THE NAMES OF ORIGINAL SPANISH AND MEXICAN PIONEERS; FULL LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; SEPARATE HISTORY OF EACH TOWNSHIP, SHOWING THE ADVANCE IN POPULATION AND AGRICULTURE; ALSO, Incidents of Pioneer Life; and Biographical Sketches OF EARLY AND PROMINENT SETTLERS AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN; AMD OF ITS TOWNS, VILLAGES, CHURCHES, SECRET SOCIETIES, ETC. ILLUSTRATED. SAN FRANCISCO: W. A. SLOCUM & CO., PUBLISHERS 1882. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/contracosta/history/1882/historyo/usvsjoaq27ms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/cafiles/ File size: 3.6 Kb