Montoya Land Grant, Bernalillo County, New Mexico *********************************************************** Submitted by: Yolanda R. Chavez Date: 15 Jul 2015 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nm/bernalillo/bernalillo.htm *********************************************************** SPANISH ARCHIVES OF NEW MEXICO 162 In the year 1767, cousins Miguel II and Santiago Montoya were residents of Albuquerque, they were grandsons of Captain Antonio Montoya, who came with De Vargas, who, with his two sons, Juan Manuel Montoya and Miguel Montoya, lived at Santa Rosa de Abiquiu until the place was abandoned. Gov. Tomas Veles Cachupin promised Miguel Montoya I, son of Antonio Montoya and brother of Juan Manuel Montoya, a tract of land in some other part of the province in lieu of his Abiquiu land. The cousins, Miguel II and Santiago, "finding themselves with the large families of their widowed mother on hand," residing at Atrisco, near Albuquerque, asked for a tract of land on the Rio Puerco. In the month of October, 1766, Gov. Cachupin in lieu of their Abiquiu ranch, granted the Montoya cousins a tract on the Rio Puerco, bounded on the south by lands of Jose Garcia, on the north the place where Joaquin Mestas is located, on the east the Rio Puerco and on the west the brow of a hill. Possession was given in the presence of the Indians of the Pueblo of Zia (adjoining owners). The testimonios were deposited in the archives February 14, 1767, approved by the governor.