San Luis Obispo County History Transcribed by Peggy Hooper This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/index.htm These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter. All persons donating to this site retain the rights to their own work. Source: A Memorial and Biographical History of the Counties of Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, and Ventura, California by Yda Addis Storke Published in 1891 in Chicago by the Lewis Publishing Co. LAND GRANTS. The land grants in San Luis- Obispo County, according to geographical position, ranging from north to south, are as follows: Piedra Blanca, eleven leagues; grantee and confirmee, Jose de Jesus Pico; surveyed and finally confirmed by natural boundaries; patented October 9, 1876, for 48,805.59 acres. Subsequent owners, Juan Castro, heirs of Mariano Pacheco, Peter Gillis, George Hearst, and others. San Simeon. One league. Grantee, Jose Ramon Estrada; confirmee, Jose Miguel Gomez. Patented April 1, 1865. Contains 4,468.81 acres. Santa Rosa. Three leagues. Grantee and confirmee, Julian Estrada. Survey includes 13,183.62 acres. Patented March 18, 1865. San Geronimo. Two leagues. Grantee and confirmee, Rafael Villavicencio. Patented July 10, 1876, and then surveyed; 8,893.35 acres. Morro y Cayucos. Grantees, Martin Olivera and Vicente Feliz. Confirmee, James McKinley. Patented January 19, 1878, and surveyed; 8,845.49 acres. Subdivided and sold ill farms and dairy ranches. San Bernardo. One league. Grantee and confirmee, Vicente Canet. Surveyed and patented April 1, 1865; 4,379.42 acres. San Luisito. One league. Grantee and confirmee, Guadalupe Cantua. Patented March 18, 1860, and surveyed; 4,389.13 acres. Canada del Chorro. One league. Grantees, James Scott and John Wilson. Confirmed to John Wilson. Surveyed and patented March 29, 1861; 3,166.99 acres. Huerta de Romualdo or El Chorro. Grantee, Romualdo, an Indian; confirmee, John Wilson. Confirmed by District Court of the United States, February 9, 1857; one-tenth of one square league, or 117.13 acres. Patented April 13, 1871. Canada de los Osos, y Pecho, e Yslay. Grantees, Victor Linares, Francisco Badillo, James Scott, and John Wilson. Finally confirmed, surveyed, and patented to John Wilson, September 23, 1869; 32,430.70 acres. Potrero de San Luis Obispo. Grantee and confirmee, Maria Concepcion Boronda. Finally confirmed, surveyed and patented, July 1, 1870; 3,506.33 acres. Santa Fe. Grantee, Victor Linares. Confirmed and surveyed. Patented August 19, 1866; 1,000 varas square; 156.76 acres. La Laguna. One league Mission land. Confirmed to Archbishop Joseph Sador Alemany and patented; 4,157.02 acres. San Miguelito. Three leagues. Grantee and confirmee, Miguel Avila. Patented August 8, 1867, and surveyed; 22,135.89 acres. Corral de Piedra. Seven leagues. Grantee and confirmee, Jose Maria Villavicencio. Surveyed and patented October 29, 1867; 30,911.20 acres. Pismo. Two leagues. Grantee and confirmee, Isaac J. Sparks. Surveyed and patented, November 16,1866; 8,838.89 acres. Arroyo Grande or San Ramon. One league. Grantee Zeferino Carlon; Confirmee, Francis Z. Branch. Patented and surveyed April 10, 1867; 4,437.58 acres. Santa Manuela. Grantee and confirmee, Francis Z. Branch.- Patented August 22, 1868, and surveyed; 16,954.83 acres. Bolsa de Chemisal. Grantee, Francisco Quijada; confirmee, Lewis T. Burton. Surveyed and patented August 27, 1867; 14,335.22 acres. Nipomo. � Eleven leagues. Grantee and confirmee, William G. Dana. Patented December 14, 1868, and surveyed. 37,887.91 acres. Suey. Five leagues. Grantee and confirmee, Ramona Carrillo de Wilson. Patented August 10, 1865, and surveyed; 24,497 acres of this rancho are in San Luis Obispo County, and it also contains 23,737.77 acres in Santa Barbara County. Huasna. Five leagues. Grantee and confirmee, Isaac T. Sparks. Patented January 23, 1879, and surveyed; 22,152,99 acres. Santa Maria., or Tepusquet. Two leagues, partly in Santa Barbara County. Grantee, Tomas Olivera. Confirmed to Antonio Maria de Cota and others. Patented February 23, 1871, and surveyed. 8,900.75 acres, of which 2,950 are in San Luis Obispo. The land grants lying on the east side of the Santa Lucia Range are as follows: Santa Margarita. Four leagues. Grantee and confirmee, Joaquin Estrada. Surveyed and patented April 9, 1861; 17,734 acres. Atascadero. One league. Grantee, Trifon Garcia; confirmee, Henry Haight. Surveyed and patented June 18, 1860; 4,348.23 acres. Lies west of Salinas River, between the ranchos Santa Margarita and Asuncion. Asuncion. Ten leagues. Grantee and confirmee, Pedro Estrada. Patented March 22, 1866, and surveyed; 39,224.81 acres. Paso de Robles. Six leagues. Grantee, Pedro Narvaez; confirmee, Petronilo Rios. Patented July 12, 1866, and surveyed; 25,993.18 acres. North of the Asuncion, and west of the Salinas River. This rancho has the Paso de Robles Hot Springs in its north- ern part. Santa Ysabel. Four leagues, 17,774.12 acres. Grantee and confirmee, Francisco Arce. Surveyed and patented May 21, 1866. Lies east of Paso de Robles and the Salinas River. Cholamie. Six leagues, lying partly in San Luis Obispo, and partly in Monterey County. Grantee, Mauricio Gonzalez; confirmee, Ellen E. White. Patented April 1, 1865, and surveyed; 26,627.10 acres. Huer-Huero. Three leagues; 15,684.95 acres, to which Flint, Bixby & Co. added 31,160 acres of Government land. Grantee, Jose Mariano Bonilla; confirmee, Francis Z. Branch. Patented August 9, 1866, and surveyed. Lies between the Salinas and Estrella rivers. Mission San Luis Obispo; 52.72 acres, comprising the present church buildings, and land covered by the city of San Luis Obispo. Property of the Roman Catholic Church, confirmed to Archbishop Joseph Sadoi Alemany. Patented September 2, 1859. Lot in Mission San Luis Obispo, containing one acre, confirmed to John Wilson. 1. Cuyama. Grantee, Jose Maria Rojo; confirmee, Maria Antonio de la Guerra and Pesario Lataillade. Patented July 20, 1877, for 22,193.21 acres. 2. Cuyama. Grantee, Jose Maria Rojo; confirmed to the heirs of Cesario Lataillade. Patented January 10, 1879. Guadalupe. Grantees and confirmees, Diego Olivera and Teodoro Orrellanes. Patented June 30, 1866; 30,408.03 acres. Punta de la Laguna, containing 26,648.42 acres. Grantees and confirmees, Luis Arrellanes and E. M. Ortega. Patented October 2, 1873. The Cuyamas, two-thirds of the Guadalupe, and the Punta de la Laguna^ excepting about 700 acres of the last mentioned, lie within Santa Barbara County, but the United States maps place them in San Luis Obispo County, with which they are often reckoned. Besides the large granted tracts, individual purchases have been made of Government land, whose extent in the aggregate exceeds the grants made under the Mexican system. Among these are the following: Las Chimeneas., containing 20,000 acres, situated near the head of the San Juan River, in the southern part of the county. La Panza, extending twenty-two miles along the San Juan River valley; 31,000 acres. El Saucito, in the western part of the Carriso Plains; contains 2,560 acres. La Cometa, lying northwest of La Panza, containing 36,139 acres. San Juan, comprising 39,780 acres, on the San Juan River, north of La Panza. California, comprising 18,155 acres, lying west of the San Juan. Estrella, containing 25,140 acres, on the Estrella River, near the junction with the San Juan. Sacramento, of 15,900 acres. Whim Rancho, in the southwestern part of Carriso Plain; 30,000 acres. McDonald Tract, comprising 57,386 acres, lying in Carriso Plain and Carriso Valley. Schultz and Von Bergen Tract, 21,000 acres, in the Carriso Plain. Marrow Tract, 33,000 acres, in the upper portion of the San Juan Valley. St. Remy, consisting of the Arroyo Grande Rancho of 4,437.29 acres, and 1,500 acres lying at the head of the Arroyo Grande. Among the great land-owners before the beginning of American rule, were William G. Dana, John "Wilson, John M. Price, Francis Z. Branch and Isaac J. Sparks, of the foreign element, besides many native Californians.