Sheriffs and Alguacil
Mayors
This page contributed and
copyrighted by Karen Mitchell.
Contributed by Alberto
Vidaurre
Following are the names of
the men who served as Taos County Sheriffs⁄Alguacil
Mayors from the year
1846 to the year 2000.
I feel that these men
should be honored and remembered for their years of
service trying to
make their communities a better place.
I extend my THANKS to the
following people who assisted me in locating and
obtaining some of
the information listed.They are Former Sheriffs,ARTURO
"FASHO" TRUJILLO and
GLENN WEATHERS,also FRANK TRUJILLO a descendant of
Sheriff ANTONIO FAUSTIN
TRUJILLO who served from 1900 to 1904,Taos County Clerk
JEANNETTE G.RAEL and
all her staff especially KATIE LUJAN.
To all of YOU,THANK YOU for
all your help........Mil Gracias !!!
| Sheriffs and Alguacil
Mayors |
Please note that the date
to the left of the names may not be when the person was
elected Sheriff but is
the date they are mentioned in a document as Sheriff.
1846....Stephen Louis Lee
Killed in the 19 Jan 1847 Revolt,First Sheriff appointed
by the American
Government.
1 March 1847...."Archibald
Charles Metcalf presented his bond for the office of
Taos County
Sheriff."(Information on Metcalf and St.Vrain that
follows is from the article by:Janet LeCompte,"Archibald Charles
Metcalf."In the Raices Y Ramas Journal of the National Society of Hispanic
Genealogy. Volume 1 No.2 Spring 1999,Page 69).
6 Sept 1847...."Vicente
St.Vrain was appointed sheriff when Archibald Charles
Metcalf did not
appear for court."
NOTE..The book "DESERT
LAWMAN The high Sheriffs Of New Mexico And Arizona 1846- 1919."By:Larry
D.Ball.Published By The University Of New Mexico
Press.Has a list of
the Sheriffs of Taos County from 1846 to 1912.Titled
Appendix A.Listed among the Sheriffs is Bonifacio Barron 1886.
The following information
was found in the microfilmed Newspapers "La Revista De
Taos." 1900....Antonio
Faustin Trujillo listed in Nov 11,1918 As the former
Sheriff who has died of the Influenza and the father of the now
Sheriff Juan Trujillo.
7 Jan 1905....Silviano
Lucero Alguacil Mayor had won the election 8 Nov 1904
with 143 vote
majority.Bernardino Cisneros Deputy Sheriff.
4 Jan 1906....Silviano
Lucero,Alguacil Mayor.Pablo V.Gomes,Deputy Sheriff.
8 Jan 1907....Donaciano
Graham Elected Alguacil Mayor.
8 Jan 1909....Elizardo
Quintana,Alguacil Mayor.Pablo Quintana,Diputado Alguacil
Mayor.
7 Jan 1910....Elizardo
Quintana,Alguacil Mayor,Son of Melaquiades Quintana.
5 May 1911....Elizardo
Quintana,Alguacil Mayor.
19 Jan 1912...Sinecio
Sisneros,Alguacil Mayor de El Prado.
25 Jan 1913...Sinecio
Sisneros,Alguacil Mayor.Juan Smith,Diputado.
16 Jan 1914...Demetrio
Esquibel,Alguacil Mayor.
26 Feb 1915...Demostenes
Martinez,Diptuado Alguacil.
25 April 1915.Demetrio
Esquivel,Alguacil Mayor.
5 Jan 1917....Demetrio
Esquivel,Alguacil Mayor.
1 Feb 1918....Demetrio
Esquivel,Alguacil Mayor.(Murio El Viernes 11:00 PM
Reported in the 28
Jan 1921 La Revista De Taos News Paper).
26 July 1918..Demetrio
Esquivel,Sheriff.J.A.Salazar,Deputy Sheriff;Demostenes Martinez,Deputy Sheriff;Juan
D.Trujillo,Jailer;Donaciano LaForet,Deputy Sheriff;Felix
Sisneros,Constable;Benigno
Martinez,Deputy Sheriff;Edward Anderson,Deputy Sheriff;George B.Brazelton,Deputy
Sheriff;Jose Isidro Gonzales,Deputy Sheriff;Rafael Martinez,Deputy Sheriff.
13 Nov 1918...Juan
Francisco Trujillo elected Alguacil Mayor,also listed as
elected Alguacil
Mayor in his father's Antonio Faustin Trujillo 11 Nov
1918 Obituary.
4 Feb 1921....Manuel
O.Trujillo,Alguacil Mayor.
10 Feb 1922...Manuel
O.Trujillo,Alguacil Mayor.
The following information
was found in the microfilmed Newspapers "La Revista
Popular De Nuevo
Mexico."
19 Nov 1922...David
Struck,Alguacil Mayor. (His photo on the 31 Dec
1922,No.11 La Revista
Popular De Nuevo Mexico Newspaper)
8 Dec 1923....David
Struck,Alguacil Mayor,M. C.Martinez,Diputado.
8 Jan 1924....David
Struck,Alguacil Mayor,Manuel C.Martinez,Diputado.
8 Nov 1924....William
Santistevan,Won election for Taos County Sheriff,Term
starts Jan 1925.
8 Jan 1927....Antonio
Gonzales,Alguacil Mayor.Malaquias Martinez,Jr.Diputado;
Fermin Garcia
Carcelero.
14 Jan 1928...Antonio
Gonzales,Sheriff.
5 Jan 1929....Antonio
Gonzales,Sheriff.
14 Jan 1931...J.Eloy
Flores,Sheriff.Willie L.Martinez,Diputado Alguacil.
23 Nov 1932...J.Laureano
Cisneros,De Questa,Alguacil Mayor.
The following information
found in the microfilmed Newspaper "Taos Review And Taos
Valley News."
23 Sept 1935..Sheriff
Mr.Martinez,Under Sheriff Mr.Sanchez.(No first names or
other identifying
information listed}.
5 Nov 1936....Malaquias
Martinez Jr.Alguacil Mayor.
5 April 1937..Malaquias
Martinez Jr.County Sheriff;Eloy V.Martinez,Under
Sheriff.
27 Jan 1938...Malaquias
Martinez,Sheriff.March 24,1938 Undersheriff Eloy
Martinez son of
Leocadio Martinez.
3 Nov 1938....J.Isidro
Montoya Elected Alguacil Mayor.
14 March 1940.Isidro
Montoya,Sheriff.
16 May
1940...J.I.Montoya,Sheriff.
25 July 1940..J.Isidro
Montoya (Photo Taos Valley News 25 July 1940).
4 Nov 1941....J.Isidro
Montoya Re-elected Sheriff.New term starts Jan 1942.
1944..........Eliseo
Miera,Sheriff.
1945..........Eliseo
Miera,Sheriff.
1946..........Amarente
Vigil,Sheriff.
1948..........Amarente
Vigil,Sheriff.
1950..........Columbus
Ferguson,Sheriff.
1952..........Uvaldo
Sandoval,Sheriff.
1954..........Uvaldo
Sandoval,Sheriff.Zack Martinez,Constable.(Both in photo
book "Taos Pictorial
History."By:John Sherman),U.K.Watts,Constable.
19 April 1956.Edmundo
Quintana,Sheriff.
27 June 1957.Edmundo
Quintana,Sheriff.Willie Romero Undersheriff.(Both in
Photo El Crespusculo
Dela Libertad News Paper 22 June 1957)
8 May 1958...Edmundo
Quintana,Sheriff.
14 Jan 1960..Edmundo
Quintana Sheriff.
1960.........Arturo "Fasho"
Trujillo,Sheriff.
1968.........Anselmo
Valerio,Sheriff.
1970.........Edwardo
Montoya,Sheriff.
1972.........Arturo "Fasho"
Trujillo.
1974.........Arturo "Fasho"
Trujillo,Sheriff,Henry Pacheco,Under Sheriff.
1976.........Felipe
J.Cordova,Sheriff.
1978.........Felipe
J.Cordova,Sheriff.
1980.........Felipe
J.Cordova,Sheriff.
1982.........Arturo "Fasho"
Trujillo,Sheriff.
1984.........Felipe
J.Cordova,Sheriff.
1986.........Anselmo
Valerio,Sheriff.
1988.........Felipe
J.Cordova,Sheriff.
1990.........Felipe
J.Cordova,Sheriff.
1992.........Anselmo
Valerio,Sheriff.
1993.........Glenn
Weathers,Sheriff.
1996.........Glenn
Weathers,Sheriff.First four year term Sheriff.
1997.........Glenn
Weathers,Sheriff.
1 Jan 1998...Charlie
Martinez,Sheriff.
I was informed that Venselado
Martinez also served as Sheriff, but I could not find
him mentioned in any
document. I was told he served between 1940 and
1960.
