Silva Military Families, Santa Fe County, New Mexico *********************************************************** Submitted by: Yolanda R. Chavez Date: 28 May 2018 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nm/santafe/santafe.htm *********************************************************** SILVA MILITARY SURNAME - SANTA FE and SANTA CRUZ PRESIDIOS 1732-1820 By VIRGINIA L. OLMSTED, from the SPANISH ARCHIVES OF NEW MEXICO. NM STATE RECORDS CENTER, Santa Fe. SILVA, JOSE LEON, son of Francisco Silva and Lugarda Lucero of Tome. Farmer, 5'2" age 27. Red hair and eyebrows, bright dark eyes, aquiline nose, thin beard. 4 Sep 1798. Signed by mark. Service record.