The Tome Land Grant, 1739, Valencia County, New Mexico *********************************************************** Submitted by: Yolanda R. Chavez Date: 24 May 2015 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nm/valencia/valencia.htm *********************************************************** ORIGINAL SETTLERS OF THE TOME LAND GRANT JULY 30, 1739 The grant to the Town of Tome was made in the year 1739, the new settlement was called "Nuestra Señora de la Concepcion de Tome Dominguez" and consisted of 125,000 acres. It was named for the celebrated Captain Thomé Dominguez de Mendoza, who owned a nearby rancho prior to the pueblo rebellion of 1680. The original settlers were: Juan Barela, Jose Salas, Juan Ballejos, Manuel Carrillo, Juan Montano, Domingo Sedillo, Matias Romero, Bernardo Ballejos, Gregorio Jaramillo, Francisco Sanchez, Pedro Romero, Felipe Barela, Lugardo Ballejos, Agustin Gallegos, Alonzo Perea, Tomas Samorra, Nicolas Garcia, Ignacio Baca, Salvador Manuel, Francisco Silva, Francisco Rivera, Juan Antonio Zamora, Miguel Lucero, Joaquin Sedillo, Simon Samorra, Cristobal Gallegos, Juan Ballejos, grande, Jacinto Barela and Diego Gonzales. The original petition was presented to Juan Gonzales Bas, chief alcalde of Albuquerque and by him referred to the governor and captain-general, Don Gaspar Dominguez de Mendoza, who made the grant, and possession was given July 30, 1739.