Baca Military Families, Santa Fe County, New Mexico *********************************************************** Submitted by: Yolanda R. Chavez Date: 18 Jul 2015 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nm/santafe/santafe.htm *********************************************************** BACA MILITARY FAMILIES SANTA FE PRESIDIO SPANISH ARCHIVES OF NEW MEXICO II SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARY Sons of JUAN DOMINGO BACA and MARIA LORETO SAENZ de GARVISU: 1. Manuel Antonio Baca, of Santa Fe, single, farmer, 5'5" age 20. Red hair and eyebrows, dark eyes, straight nose, fair skin, thin beard, scar on right lower lip. December 1, 1788. Signed and had service record and citations. 2. Ygnacio Baca, of Santa Fe, shoemaker, 5'1" age 22. Red hair and eyebrows, dark brown eyes, aquiline nose, growing beard, small scar left jaw. February 27, 1798. Signed by mark. Discharged May 1, 1808. 3. Jose Rafael Baca, of Santa Fe, single, farmer, 5'3" age 23. Slender, red hair and eyebrows, dark eyes, sharp nose, fair skin, pockmarked, heavy beard. May 9, 1797. Signed and has citations. On invalid roster January 1, 1824. Sons of DIEGO ANTONIO BACA and MARIA JUANA SAENZ de GARVISU: 1. Joe Manuel Baca, of Santa Fe, married, 5'1" age 20. Light chestnut hair and eyebrows, dark eyes, large nose, fair skin, pockmarked. March 26, 1787. Signed. On invalid roster June 1, 1806. 2. Francisco Xavier Baca, of Santa Fe, single, farm laborer, 5'8" age 22. Red hair and eyebrows, blue eyes, sharp nose, handsome, with slight pockmarks. January 4, 1785. Signed. Died August 31, 1788. Sons of LIEUT. JOSE BACA and MARIA JUANA ABEYTA of Ojo Caliente: 1. Manuel Baca, of Ojo Caliente, single, farmer, 5'2" age 19. Chestnut hair black eyebrows, dark eyes, fair skin, straight nose, thin beard, scars and moles on face. January 11, 1779. Signed and has service record. On invalid roster August 1, 1805. 2. Juan Baca of Santa Fe, married, farmer, 5'4" age 24. Chestnut hair, black eyebrows, dark eyes, straight nose. Scar on left hand finger. August 26, 1785. Signed by mark. Cited for valor against Apaches, September 13, 1808. 3. Antonio Jose Baca, of Santa Fe, married, 5'3" age 25. Red hair, black eyebrows, dark eyes, straight nose, mole on right cheek and on left forehead. August 16, 1785. Signed by mark. Discharged March 29, 1799. 4. Jose Antonio Baca, of Santa Fe, married, farmer, 5'3" age 27. Chestnut hair and eyebrows, dark eyes, fair rosy skin, straight nose, beardless. January 11, 1779. Signed by mark. Discharged October 20, 1790. Sons of JOSEPH MARIA BACA and MARIA RITA SILVA: 1. Nicolas Baca, of Santa Fe, farmer, 5'1" age 22. Light chestnut hair and eyebrows, hazel eyes, Roman nose, freckled with a thin beard. April 17, 1800. Signed by mark. Service record. Re-enlisted December 16, 1818. On invalid roster November 1, 1825. 2. Manuel Francisco Baca, of Santa Fe, laborer, 5'1" age 25. Dark chestnut hair and eyebrows, brown eyes, straight nose, fair skin, thin beard and a scar on right arm. November 25, 1799. Signed by mark and has a citation. Re-enlisted September 13, 1808 and discharged April 1, 1809. Sons of JUAN ANTONIO BACA and MARIA ROMERO de PEDRAZA of Cieneguilla. 1. Luis Maria Baca, farmer, 5'3" age 23. Black hair and eyebrows, beardless, fair skin, scar above right eyebrow. March 12, 1776. Signed by mark. Discharged July 1, 1779. 2. Jose Miguel Baca, married, farmer, 5'4" age 24. Dark chestnut hair and eyebrows, dark eyes, aquiline nose, thin beard, swarthy skin, and mole on chin. August 21, 1789. Signed by mark. Discharged April 17, 1800. Son of ANTONIO JOSE BACA and MARIA RITA GONZALES of Santa Fe: 1. Joseph Blas Baca, farmer, 5'2" age 24. Dark chestnut hair and eyebrows, dark brown eyes, large nose, fair skin, thin beard and scars on chin and left leg. October 21, 1804, signed. Son of LUIS MARI BACA and JOSEFA LOPEZ of Santa Fe: 1. Jose Antonio Baca, married, laborer, 5'2" age 25. Chestnut hair and eyebrows, brown eyes, small nose, thin beard, swarthy skin. August 1, 1805. Signed by mark. Son of JUAN ANTONIO BACA and LUCIA TRUJILLO, of Villa de la Caņada: 1. Juan Domingo Baca, farmer, 5'1" age 34. Black hair and eyebrows, dark eyes, straight nose, thin beard, ruddy skin, scar on lower lip. September 16, 1808, signed.