The following Taos
County Wills and Letters of Administration were originally
abstracted by Virginia
Olmstead and Ann Mossman at the State Records Center,
Santa Fe, New Mexico.
The complete records are found in Will Book B-2, Taos
County, Territory of New Mexico (1851 – 1861) The book is available
for inspection at the Records Center.
Gonzales, Ignacio –Letters of
Administration– 19 Apr 1851
Co-executors: Dionisio
and Francisco Gonzales
Lobato, Maria Gracia –Letters of
Administration– 20 Jan 1852
Executor: Jose Antonio
Torres,
Sureties: Pedro
Martines, Ramon Trujillo
Martin, Maria Manuela –Letters of
Administration– 12 Feb 1852, page 5ff,
Executor: Juan Ignacio
Martin,
Sureties: Ignacio
Valdes, Juan D. Lobato,
Land given to: Maria
Ignacia Lopez, Jesus Crespin Lopez, Salvador Medina
Gonzales, Maria Micaela –Letters of
Administration– 12 Jan 1852, page 7,
Executor: Dionicio
Gonzales,
Sureties: Antonio Jose
Martines, Juan Manuel Lucero
Neir, William and Polly –Letters of
Administration– 20 Apr 1852, page 8,
Executor: Lucian B.
Maxwell,
Sureties: Carlos
Beaubien, Juan Cristobal Garcia
Martines, Maria de la Crus – Letters of
Administration – 1 Mar 1852,
Executor: Jose Domingo
Montoya,
Sureties: Francisco
Montoya, Felipe Sanches
Vigil, Maria Teresa –Letters of
Administration– 10 May 1852, page 11,
Executor: Tomas Coca
Sureties: Juan Antonio
Martin, Gregorio Vigil
Aragon, Lorenso –Letters of Administration–
5 June 1852, page 12,
Executor: Antonio Jose
Vigil
Sureties: Jose Manuel
Martines, Antonio Martines
Vigil, Manuel Antonio –Letters of
Administration– 12 July 1852, page 13,
Executor: Juan de Jesus
Trujillo
Sureties: Jose Aragon,
Antonio Mondragon
Romero, Juan Felipe –Letters of
Administration– 13 Sept 1852, page 15,
Executor: Juan Andres
Romero
Sureties: Raymundo
Cordova, Solomon Bentura
Mascarenas, Anna Ventura –Letters of
Administration– 13 Sept 1852, page 16,
Executor: Jose Rafael
Pacheco
Sureties: Joseph H.
Walker, Pablo Bueno
Romero, Tomas – Will – 22 Sept 1852, page
17ff,
Family members
mentioned: 1st wife: Encarnacion Cordova, deceased,
Son: Juan Felipe Romero
2nd wife: Maria Isadora
Martines,
Children: Manuel
Antonio, Maria Luisa, deceased, Jose Casimiro deceased,
Maria Rosalia
deceased, Francisco Antonio, Maria Estefana, Antonio Abo,
Maria Silveria, Juan Felipe.
Witnesses: Inocencio
Martines, Marcelino Vigil, Manuel LaFebre, Gabriel Lucero,
Francisco LaFebre
Executor: Francisco
Romero 28 Sept 1852
Sureties: Antonio
Martinez, Jose Manuel Martinez
Romero, Maria Ascension – Will – 16 Sept
1852, page 20ff,
Resident of Chamisal
Family members
mentioned: Husband Juan Jose Pacheco
Children: Jose Rafael,
Jose Francisco, Juan Cristobal, Juana Gertrudis, Maria de
la Crus, Maria Dolores
Witnesses: Romaldo
Cordova, Manuel Romero, Antonio Sanches, Juan Domingo Lobato
Executor: Pedro Lopes 11
Oct 1852
Sureties: Rafael Pais,
Juan Jose Varela
Lucero, Jose Manuel –Letters of
Administration– 1 Nov 1852, page 23,
Executor: Jose Francisco
Lucero
Sureties: Gabriel Lucero
Fernandes, Maria Rosa – Will – 24 Oct 1852,
page 24ff,
1st husband: Crus
Venevides, deceased
Children: Maria
Encarnacion, Maria Catarina deceased, Maria Ramona
2nd husband: Antonio
Trujillo
Children: Jose Salome,
Toribio, and the following who were already deceased:
Maria Juana Pia,
Antonio Jose, Maria Encarnacion, Maria Josefa, Maria
Tomasa
Witnesses: Blas Mestas,
Francisco Medina, Joaquin Cordova, Diego Medina, Pedro Medina
Co-executors: Juan N.
Trujillo, Candelario Montoya 9 Mar 1853
Sureties: Juan D.
Lobato, Jose Samora
Crus, Elias –Letters of Administration– 8
March 1853, page 32,
Co-executors: Manuel
Lucero, Ramon Arellano
Sureties:Rafael Pais,
Juan Cristobal Romero
Lucero, Jose Miguel –Letters of
Administration– 8 March 1853, page 34,
Co-executors: Juan
Cristobal Romero, Manuel Lucero
Sureties: Rafael Pais,
Pedro Medina
Martines, Santiago –Letters of
Administration– 14 March 1853, page 35,
Co-executors: Antonio
Garcia, Benancio Cordova
Sureties: Manuel Cortes,
Demas Vialpando
Gutierres, Jose Trinidad – Will – 26 March
1853, signed, page 37ff,
1st wife: Maria Juana
Valerio deceased
Daughter: Maria Dolores
deceased
2nd wife: Anna Maria
Duran
Daughter: Maria Filomena
Father: Miguel Gutierres
Gifts to: Miguel
Gutierres, Gabriel Santistevan, Juan Manchego,
Debtors: Jose de Jesus
Vigil, Juan Maria Silva, Jose Duran, Miguel de Herrera,
Jeus Romero, Felis
Padilla, Lorenzo Sanches
Creditors: Jose
Francisco Martines, Mariano Vigil, Miguel Cordova, Ramon
Atencio
Witnesses: Jose de
Gracia Samora, Simon Salasar, Antonio Ramon Medina, Miguel
Martines
Letters of
Administration 7 Apr 1853
Executor: Francisco
Gonsales
Sureties: Jesus
Gallegos, Dionicio Gonsales
Vigil, Maria Espiritu Santo –Letters of
Administration– 7 Apr 1853, page 43,
Co-executors: Maria
Ortega, Juan Ortega
Garcia (alias Lagos), Jose Manuel – Will –
17 May 1853, page 46ff,
1st wife: Maria Antonia
Baca deceased
Son: Jose Vicente
deceased
2nd wife: Maria Romero
10 children of 2nd
marriage: Maria Amalita de los Dolores, Jose Francisco,
Maria del Refugio,
Maria Augustina, Juan Isidro, Jose Ignacio, Juan Miguel,
Jose de Jesus, Maria de
Nicanor, Maria Paula
Mentioned 130 varas land
purchased from Francisco Vigil and Maria de la Lus
Archuleta. Owned home
in Arroyo Hondo.
Witnesses: Jose Isidro
Medina, Jose Antonio Archuleta, Juan Jose Santistevan
Letters of
Administration 2 July 1853
Co-executors: Antonio
Ortiz, Jose Francisco Garcia
Sureties: Angel Vigil,
Ricardo Vigil
Silva, Jose Maria – Will – 2 June 1853, page
51ff,
Wife: Maria del Carmen
Tayes
4 deceased children not
named
Living children: Maria
Antonia, Juana, Maria Dominga, Jose Dolores
Granddaughter: Maria
Paula Silva
Creditor: Fr. Antonio
Jose Martines
Debtors: Jose Maria
Labadilla, Jose Antonio Gonsales
Witnesses: Juan de los
Ortega, Mariano Apodaca, Julian Apodaca
Wished to be buried in
Cemetario de Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe
Letters of
Administration 4 July 1853
Executors: Fr. Antonio
Jose Martines, Hermenegildo Trujillo, Miguel Antonio Lopes
Vigil, Juan de Jesus –Letters of
Administration– 4 July 1853, page 56ff,
Executors: Ricardo
Vigil, Juan Angel Vigil
Sureties: Antonio Jose
Ortiz, Pascual Martines
Matthias, Frederick – Will – 22 Nov 1853,
page 58,
Member of 1st U.S.
Dragoons “II” Troops
His money in hands of
Peter Josephs to “II” Troops, 1st Dragoons.
Residue of his effects
to Sgt. William C. Holbrook, 1st Dragoons.
Witnesses: 1st Lt. J.W.
Davidson, Sgt. William C. Holbrook, Pvts: John F.
Hutchinson, Gordon R.
Rennie, George Shirer
Salasar, Esquipula –Letters of
Administration– 10 Aug 1854, page 59ff,
Executor: Jose Maria
Archuleta
Sureties: Juan Antonio
Ribera, Antonio Martines
Medina, Buenabentura –Letters of
Administration– 12 Aug 1854, page 61,
Executor: Buenabentura
Pacheco
Sureties: Juan Antonio
Ribera, Antonio Martines
Aragon, Jose de Jesus – Will – 4 Sept 1854,
page 62ff,
Wife: Maria de Jesus
Vigil
Deceased children: Juan
Maria, Jose Guadalupe, Donaciano, Jose Miguel, Maria Dolores
Living children: Maria
Gertrudes, Jose Francisco, Jose Antonio, Juan Bautisto,
Maria del Carmen
One unborn child at the
time of the will.
Witnesses: Buenaventura
Lobato, Francisco Antonio Mascarenas, Jose Antonio
Trujillo, Manuel
Gregorio Sanches, Miguel Ramon Gonzales, Francisco Antonio
Trujillo
Letters of
Administration 20 Oct 1854
Executors: Jose Dionicio
Gonsales, Jose Domingo Mondragon
Sureties: Miguel Ribera,
Marcelino Vigil
Mestas, Maria Eusebia –Letters of
Administration– 20 Oct 1854, page 68
Husband: Manuel Sanchez
Executor: Manuel Sanches
Sureties: Antonio Jose
Martines, Santiago Martines
Vigil, Maria Josefa –Letters of
Administration– 7 Nov 1854, page 69,
Husband: Jose de Jesus
Trujillo
Executor: Jose de Jesus
Trujillo
Sureties: Francisco
Gonsales, Jose Domingo Mondragon
Trujillo, Maria Gregoria –Letters of
Administration– 30 Nov 1854, page 71
Executor: Victor Sanches
Sureties: Jose Miguel
Martines, Urbano Tafoya
Martines, Jose Manuel - Will – 25 May 1854,
page 73ff
Wife: Dona Juanailla
Aragones
12 children: 5 men, 7
women, all living at this date
Daughter: Maria
Gertrudes – have given land already
Sons-in-law: Hipolito
Jose de Jesus Torres, Jesus Maria Cordova
Witnesses: Juan Crus
Medina, Juan Jose Duran, Pedro Ignacio Duran, Jose
Benedito Madrid, Ramon
Duran, Eusebio Medina, Jose Rafael Pacheco
Letters of
Administration 30 Nov 1854
Executors: Jose
Francisco Martines, Jesus Maria Cordova
Sureties: Tomas Torres,
Jose Maria Cordova
Jaramillo. Maria Josefa –Letters of
Administration– 12 Apr 1855, page 84ff
Children: Francisco
Trujillo, Juana Maria Trujillo, Maria Trinidad Trujillo,
Maria Josefa Trujillo,
Jose Guadalupe Trujillo, Donacio Trujillo, Maria Perla
Trujillo
Executors: Mattias
Garduno, Miguel Antonio Gonzales
Cordova, Mariano –Letters of Administration–
18 Apr 1855, page 84ff
Resident of Mora
Brothers: Joan Pablo
Cordova, Miguel Cordova, Pedro Cordova
Executor: Pedro Cordova
Sureties: Juan de Jesus
Romo, Jose Benito Vigil
Quintana, Maria Merced –Letters of
Administration– 24 Oct 1855, page 87
Executor: Juan Jose
Quintana
Sureties: Santiago
Martines, Santiago Valdes
Gomes, Santiago –Letters of Administration–
6 Nov 1855, page 88
Executor: Domingo
Sanches
Sureties: Carlos H.
Beaubien, Jose Francisco Cortes
Quintana, Maria Josefa – Will – 6 Oct 1855,
page 90ff
Husband: Juan Ignacio
Trujillo
Deceased children:
Miguel Antonio, Gertrudes Maria Rosa
Living children: Manuel
Antonio, Juan de la Crus, Jose de la Incarnacion, Julian Deluviano
Witnesses: Juan Bautista
Gracion, Juan Matias Garduno
Letters of
Administration 3 Dec 1855
Executor: Manuel Antonio
Trujillo
Sureties: Ramon
Arellano, Jose Maria Cordova
Barclay, Alexander –Letters of
Administration– 2 Feb 1856, page 93
Executor: William
Kroenig
Sureties: Robert Cary,
Lucian Steward
Only heir: George
Barclay of England, brother of deceased
Casados, Julian –Letters of Administration–
31 May 1856, page 95
Executors: Jose Manuel
Casados, Guadalupe Lujan
Sureties: Buenaventura
Martines, Francisco Antonio Quintana
Garcia, Maria Francesca –Letters of
Administration– 7 June 1856, page 95
Executor: Francisco
Fernandes
Sureties: Pascual
Martines, Jose Manuel Martines
Sanches, Jose Miguel – Will – 14 June 1856,
page 99ff
1st wife: Maria Soledad
Baca
14 children; 7 living
2nd wife: Maria
Candelaria Vigil, still living
5 children, 2 living
Children mentioned by
name: Maria Manuela, Maria Encarnacion, Jose Antonio,
Joaquin, Victor
Creditors mentioned:
Gabriel Lucero, Carlos Beaubien, Jose M. Martines,
Guilermo Blanco,
Gregorio Rodrigues Vigil
Witnesses: Cornelio
Coca, Manuel Sisneros, Pedro Antonio Montoya, Florencio
Chaves, Francisco
Espinosa, Francisco Medina, Jose Leon Medina
Letters of
Administration 8 July 1856
Executor: Victor Sanches
Sureties: Jose Montoya,
Hipolito Tafoya
Fernandez, Maria de la Cruz – Will – 25 Oct
1856, page 102ff
Husband: Francisco
Cordoba
Son: Juan Cristobal
Other children: Maria
Victoria, Maria Eugenia, Jose Rafael, Francisco Zavier,
Jose Tomas, Maria
Gregoria
Deceased children:
Antonio Jose, Ramon, Jose Tomas, Juana Catarina
Witnesses: Manuel
Samora, Diego Espinosa, Felipe Cordova, Juan Jose Nicanor
Vigil, Juan Antonio
Martinez
Letters of
Administration 29 Oct 1856
Executor: Juan Cristobal
Cordova
Sureties: Santiago
Martinez, Ignacio Valdez
Trugillo, Maria de la Luz – Will – 16 Sept
1856, page 108ff
Husband: Don Fernando
Trugillo
Children: Jose Felix
Lontin, Maria Rosa Lontin, Maria Justa Lontin, Jose Pablo
de los Dolores
Sandoval, Maria Diluvina Sandoval, Juan Augustin Trugillo,
Maria Virginia Trugillo
Creditors: Maria Rosalia
Baca, Cosme Trugillo, Don Santiago Gallegos, Leonor Bobian
Witnesses: Miguel
Ribera, Juan Salvador Mestas, Jesus Maria Gomes, Juan
Isidoro Esquibel, Juan
Cristobal Martin, Luciano Jaramillo, Gabriel Lucero
Letters of
Administration 4 Nov 1856
Executor: Santiago
Gallegos
Sureties: Gabriel Vigil,
Agapito Fresquis
Bergeret, John –Letters of Administration–
Nov 1856, page 111ff
Administrator: James D.
Quinn
Gonsales, Jose –Letters of Administration–
18 Dec 1856, page 113ff
Died intestate
Executors: Francisco
Barela, Felipe de Jesus Baca, Carlos Beaubien, Pedro
Valdez
Cordova, Maria Antonia – Will – 18 Nov 1856,
page 115ff
Husband: Brigido
Gonsales deceased
Two children deceased
Bequests: Domingo
Cordoba, Felipe Cordoba, Pablo Cordoba brother, Rita
Cordoba sister, Maria
T. Cordoba sister
Creditors: Francisco
Trujillo, Juan Julian Martines, Juan Gonsales, Rafael
Cordova, Jose Armenta,
Juan Jose Garcia, Ventura Medina, Feliz Maes, Jose de la
Cruz Quintana, Domingo
Cordoba, Pablo Cordoba, Juan Julian Trujillo
Debtors: Maria de la Luz
Quintana, Ramon Sanches, Francisco Martin, Maria Jesus Espinosa, Domingo Archuleta, Miguel
de Herrera, Gertrudes Abeyta, ? Marques, Maria Antonia Romero, Felipe Cordoba,
Senior ?
Witnesses: Maria Antonia
Cordoba, Domingo Archuleta, Ramon Sanches, Juan Archuleta
Letters of
Administration 7 Feb 1857
Executors: Antonio Jose
Valdez, Juan Isidro Valdez
Surety: Juan de Jesus
Valdez
Garcia de Noriega, Rafael – Will – written 2
June 1856, signed 20 Feb 1857, page 126ff
Wife:Maria Cestina
Salasar deceased
Children: Maria Dolores,
Juan Bautista, Maria Peregrina, Maria Veneranda, Maria de
la Luz
2nd wife: Maria Juana
Mascarenas
Living daughter: Maria
Estefana Garcia, four deceased
Servant: Jose Antonio
Debtors: Juan Domingo
Gomez, Juan Ignacio Mires, Ramon Varos, Juan Duran, Rafael
Duran de Guadalupe,
Marcelino Pacheco
Witnesses: Trinidad
Lopes, Pablo Valdes, Julian Mes, Faustin Beita, Antonio
Jose Belarde, Juan
Andres Quintana, Antonio Garcia
Letters of
Administration 26 Feb 1857
Executors: Jose Maria
Valdes, Miguel Mascarenas
Trujillo, Juan Cristobal –Letters of
Administration– 2 May 1857, page 134ff
Son: Jose Tomas
Trujillo, minor
Guardian: Jose Francisco
Trujillo
Executor: Jose Francisco
Trujillo
Sureties: Francisco
Gonsales, Juan Garcia
Martines, Gertrudis no date, page 136
Name only, Will
incomplete
Abeyta, Tomas Jesus, Priest – Will – 18 July
1859, page 137, 213
Ordained: Bishop Antonio
Zubia, Catholic in Durango, Mexico
Desired burial at Church
of San Jose de las Trampas
Two page list of
possessions
Letters of
Administration 13 Sept 1859
Executors: Juan Sanches,
Jose Dolores Duran
Romero, Francisco Antonio – Will – 2 Nov
1857, page 140ff
Desired burial: Cemetery
of our Savior of Guadalupe
Wife: Maria Miquela
Martin
Creditors: Juan LaTapie,
Pedro Valdez
Debtors: Sr. Sanbran,
Juan Pablo Gallegos, Juan Luis Areas, Aniceto Valdes,
Miguel Mares, Rafael
Duran, Antonio Vigil, Jose Cordova, Rafael Sandoval,
Augustin Sandoval, Juan
Bautista Padilla
Witnesses: Juan
Cristobal Salazar, Esquipula Ruibal, Ramos Mestas
Executors: Ricardo
Branch, Antonio Martines
Sureties: Francisco
Armijo, Gabriel Lucero
Medina, Diego –Letters of Administration– 3
May 1858, page 146ff
No living children
Executor: Petrolino
Medina
Sureties: Julian Duran,
Rafael Tenorio
Ortega, Antonio Encarnacion –Letters of
Administration– 5 May 1858, page 149ff
Executor: Miguel Antonio
Lopez
Sureties: Santiago
Martines, Juan Felipe Cordova
Sanchez, Jose Antonio – Will – 20 July 1858,
page 152ff
Wife: Juana Soledad
Lopez
Children: Deceased:
Concha Nasarena, Juana Maria, Maria Juana,
Living Children: Antonia
Rosa, Jose Andres, Maria de Jesus, Maria Soledad
Grandson: Juan Antonio
Gutierres
Creditors: Fr. Gabriel
Ussel, Juan Antonio Cruz, Maria de Jesus
Witnesses: Jose Maria
Archuleta, Manuel Quintana, Juan Manuel Fernandez, Antonio
Cordoba, Juan Jose
Arguello, Lorenzo Martines
Will registered: 8 Sept
1858
Gomez, Mateo –Letters of Administration– 13
Nov 1856, page 155ff
Heirs: Maria Juana Gomez
of San Miguel County, Maria Manuela Gomez and Manuel Gregorio Gomez, both of Taos County
Executor: Manuel Gomez
Sureties: Santiago
Gallegos, Carlos Beaubien, Juan Antonio Espinosa
His complete will is
recorded on page 158ff, dated 13 June 1857
Burial desired: Church
of San Francisco de Assis
1st wife: Maria Sylveria
de Jesus Martin, deceased
Children” Seven, three
living: Maria Juana, Maria Manuela, Manuel Gregorio
2nd wife: Maria
Desideria Trujillo, no children by her
Previus owners of land
mentioned in Will: Maria de la Luz Cortez, Francisco
Montoya, Andres
Arreras, Anieto Quintana, Andreas Martines, Basilio
Martines
Friends mentioned:
Miguel Atencio, Mariano Cortez, Manuel Cortes, Miguel
Antonio Maestas
Older brother: Diego
Gomez
Indian servants: Maria
Antonia and Juan Francisco
Other servants: Valentin
Cordova, Juan Garcia, Miguel Trujillo y Pando, Ramon
Martin y Chavez, Jose
de Jesus Cortez, Vicente Ferrer Rodrigues, Diego Martin,
son of Santos Martin,
Rafael Garcia son of Juan Garcia
Witnesses: Geronimo
Martines, Andres Martines, Raimondo Cordova, Benito
Cortes, Luis Maria
Trujillo, Pedro Antonio Trujillo, Jesus Cordova
Final settlement: 11 Feb
1859
Aguilar, Juan –Letters of Administration– 26
Jan 1859, page 174ff
Executor: Guadalupe
Salasar
Sureties: Juan
Santistevan, Pedro Sanches
Mascarenas, Juan Maria –Letters of
Administration– 29 Jan 1859, page 177ff
Executor: Jose Maria
Valdez
Sureties: Juan Isidro
Valdez, Julian Ledux
Garcia, Maria Estefana –Letters of
Administration– 28 Feb 1859, page 182ff
Daughter: Maria Estefana
Garcia, age 3
Court appointed
guardian: Bernardo Salasar
Executor: Bernardo
Salasar
Sureties: Juan Sanchez,
Miguel Mascarenas
Montoya, Jose Fernando – Will – 2 Feb 1859,
page 190ff
Refers to his marriage
of 38 years.
Ten children: Maria
Loreta, Antonio Nerio, Maria Ignacia, Juan Santos, Juan de
Dios, Maria Guadalupe,
Luis Gonsaga de Jesus, Juan Francisco, Juan Bautista, Jose
Bicente Montoya
Granddaughter: Maria
Gregoria Gallegos
Grandson: Juan de Dios
Montoya
Son-in-law: Juan Manuel
Gallegos
Debtor: Matias Martines
Creditors: Fernando
Montoya, Don Geronimo Jaramillo, Maria Teresa Martin
Desires burial: Our Lady
of Guadalupe Church, Conejos
Witnesses: Antonio G.
Galves, Jose Benito Atencio, Felipe Lucero
Filed: 5 May 1859
Executors: Antonio Nerio
Montoya, Lorenzo Trujillo
Sureties: Pedro Antonio
Trujillo, Manuel Gregorio Martinez
Gonzales, Dionicio –Letters of
Administration– 7 March 1859, page 197ff
Wife: Maria Gertrudes
Aragon
Children: Maria Paula,
Maria Ascencion, Jose Leandro, Maria, Jose Severo Gonzales
Executor: Felipe Vigil
Sureties: Francisco
Gonzales, Antonio Gonzales
Quintana, Maria Concepcion – Will – 27 May
1859, page 200ff
Husband deceased: Jose
Manuel Torres
Two daughters: Maria
Josefa Torres Deceased wife of Rafael Montoya, no living
issue; Maria Teodora
Torres, wife of Pedro Antonio Vigil
Desires burial at Church
of San Francisco de Asisi beside husband
Witnesses: Ignacio
Martines, Pedro Antonio Aragon, Ramon Martin
Filed: 23 June 1859
Trujillo, Pedro Antonio – Will – 16 Aug
1859, page 203ff
Wife: Maria Rafaela
Quintana
Six children: all
living, Juan Andres, Maria de Jesus, Jose Meliton, Maria
Rumalda, Jose Teofilo,
Maria Rita Trujillo
Sons-in-law: Jose Mares,
Necesario Gallegos
Witnesses: Jose Atencio,
Geronimo Jaramillo, Jose Gabriel Atencio, Jose Lion
Trujillo, Fernando
Montano
Filed: 27 Aug 1859
Valdez, Maria Encarnacion –Letters of
Administration– 1 Oct 1859, page 203ff
One daughter living and
of age
Executor: Tomas Apodaca
Sureties:Vicente Romoer,
Vital Trujillo
Ortega, Antonio Encarnacion -Letters of
Administration– 13 Sept 1859, page 210ff
Owned land in Taos and
Rio Arriba Counties
Brothers: Hilario
Ortega, Maria del Carmel Ortega, Jesus Ortega
Executor: Pedro Antonio
Lobato
Sureties: Jesus
Velasquez, Santiago Sanches
Abeita, Tomas Jesus, Priest, - Letters of
Administration– 13 Sept 1859, page 213ff
Executors: Juan Sanchez,
Jose Dolores Duran
Cordova, Maria Gertrudis – Will – 1 Nov
1859, page 215ff
Husband: Juan Domingo
Tafoya, deceased
Eight children: Marta,
Pedro, Maria Dolores, Brigida Tafoys deceased, Juliana,
Maria Soledad, Ramona,
Jose Dolores Tafoya, living
Son-in-law: Francisco
Estevan Martines
Statements about
grandchildren: Brigida was married and had 5 children,
Maria Dolores had two
children – one living, Pablo had 7 children, 1 deceased
Debtors: Jose Dolores
Martines, Juan Gallegos
Witnesses: Francisco
Duran, Julian Jaramillo, Jose Cortes, Julian Zamora, all
used marks for
signatures
Executors: Jose Dolores
Tafoya, Francisco Estevan Martines
Sureties: Santiago
Valdes, Pedro Sanches
GUARDIANSHIPS:
Trujillo, Juan de Jesus 28 Feb 1859, page
185ff
Minor, age 6
Living mother: Maria de
la Cruz
Guardian: Ignacio
Trujillo
Sureties: Juan Trujillo,
Andres Trujillo
Valdez, Jose Rafael age 10 28 Feb 1859, page
187ff
Valdez, Jose Antonio age
7
Valdez, Andrea age 3
Guardian: Aniceto Valdez
Sureties: Juan Isidro
Valdez, Lino Trujillo
Trujillo, Antonio aka El Tabesi 18 Oct 1859,
page 221ff
Minor age 15
Guardian: Felipe Ledoux
Surety: Julian Ledoux
The following unusual
item was the final entry in Taos County Will Book B-2:
Administration of the estate of two unknown
Americans assassinated at El Rayado. Joseph Pley was appointed as
administrator with Moritz Bulschowsky and Antonio Leroux as sureties.
This happening occurred
within the County of Taos. The two bodies of middle aged Americans were found on the Rayado
River about two miles below the Plasa, on the 26 or 27 of September 1859, a day or two
after their deaths. It was said that they were passing through the Territory going to Pikes
Peak. With the bodies were found 3 sacks of flour, 100 pounds each, also a pair of
oxen, together with small articles of little value. No mention was made of who found the
bodies.
This concludes the items
in Will Book B-2, County of Fernando de Taos, Territory of
New Mexico. The State
Record Center also has a will book for the following ten
years.
Gonzales, Ignacio –Letters of
Administration– 19 Apr 1851