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Part Two: Chapter II

LIST OF RANCHOS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY

LIST OF LAND GRANTS. Following is a list of ranchos of San Diego County, showing tine number of acres in each rancho, names of grantees, and date each grant was confirmed. The names of the grantees do not represent the pres­ent proprietors, the ownership having changed, in many cases, since the confirmation of the grant:

Name of Rancho. Owner. Grant Confirmed. Acres.
Santa Margarita and Las FloresPio & Andrés Pico89,742.93
Ex-Mission of San DiegoSantiago Argüello1846 58,208.00
San Jacinto.NuevoMiguel de Pedrorena184648,823.67
El CajonMaría Antonia Estudillo de Pedrorena48,799.34
Santa RosaJuan MorenoOct. 10, 187247,815.10
San Jacinto ViejoJosé Ant. Estudillo184635,504.00
CuyamacaAgustin Olvera35,501.32
La Nacion (National Rancho)John ForsterAug. 3, 185825,631.94
San José del Valle (Warner's Ranch) J.J. Warner184626,629.88
Pauba Luis VignesJan. 19, 186026,597.96
TeméculaLuis Vignes Jan. 18, 186026,608.94
Sobrante de San JacintoMiguel de Pedrorena and Ro­sario E. de Aguirre22,195.00
San BernardoJosé Francisco Snook 17;763.07
Santa YsabelJosé Joaquin Ortega et a1.May 4, 187217,719.40
Santa María (Valle de Pamo)José Joaquin Ortega et al. July 30, 1872 17,708.85
San VicenteJuan Lopez1846 13,539.96
La LagunaAbel StearnsSept. 3, 187213,338.80
MonserrateYsidro María AlvaradoJuly 17, 187213,322.90
Valle de las ViejasRamon & Leandro Osuna184613,314.00
Agua HediondaJuan María Marron13,311.01
PaumaJosé Ant. Serrano, José Aguilar, & Blas AguilarAug. 29, 187113,309.60
GuejitoGeorge W. HamleyMay 24, 186613,298.59
Rincon del. DiabloHeirs of Juan Bautista AlvaradoMay 3, 187212,653.77
San FelipeJuan ForsterAug. 6, 18669,972.08
San MarcosJosé María Alvarado8,978.29
JamachaApolinaria Lorenzana8,881.16
JamulPio Pico8,876.00
La Jolla8,872.00
San DieguitoJuan María Osuna8,824.71
PeñasquitasFrancisco María Ruiz & Francisco M. Alvarado8,486.01
OtayMagdalena Estudillo et al 1846 6,557.98
TecateJuan Bandini4,439.00
JanalVictoria DomínguezJune 30, 1872 4,436.00
Los EncinitosAndrés YbarraApril 18, 1871 4,431.03
Island or Peninsula of San DiegoArchibald C. Peachy & Wil­liam H. AspinwallJune 11, 18694,185.46
GuajomeAndrés & José Manuel (Indians)2,219.41
Buena VistaFelipe (an Indian)2,219
Potrero San Juan Capistrano1,167.74
El Cariso and La Cienega 1,167.00
Ex-Mission of San Luis ReyBishop J. S. Alemany March 10, 186553.39
Ex-Mission of San DiegoBishop AlemanyMay 23, 186222.21

[from William Ellsworth Smythe's History of San Diego, 1908]


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