Belen Land Grant, Valencia County, New Mexico

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        Date: 24 May 2015
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ORIGINAL SETTLERS OF THE BELEN LAND GRANT
BELEN, THE SPANISH NAME FOR BETHLEHEM
NOVEMBER 15, 1740

Representated by Captain Diego de Torres: Tadeo Torres, Antonio de Salazar, Cayetano
Cristobal Torres, Pedro Vigil, Barbara Romero, Miguel Salazar, Gabriel Romero, Juana
Teresa Romero, Maria Vigil, Juan Antoniio Salazar, Francisco Martin, Nicolas Martin, Pablo
Salazar, Ignacio Barrera, Nicolas Salazar, Juan Domingo Torres, Manuel Antonio Trujillo,
Jose Romero, Maria Torres, Jose Tenorio, Salvador Torres, Juan Jose Sandoval, Jose Antonio
Torres, Francisco Trujillo, Francisco Jiron, Bartolome Torres, Jose Antonio Naranjo and
Pedro Romero.

The Belen Grant consisted of 200,000 acres. The boundaries were to the East, the Sandia
Mountains, on the West, the Rio Puerco River, North, the lands of Nicolas Chavez and on
the South, the place called Felipe Romero. Under the Congressional Land Grant Act of
December 22, 1758, the grant was confirmed not to the individual claimants, but to the
town of Belen.