Taming the Wild Horse Desert
Pobladores Database
Junta de los Rios
This ranch was within the Mier ejidos, probably north of the San Juan River where it meets the Rio Grande. It sits across from porción 66, which belonged to original grantee Francisco Guerra.
Mier 1782 Padron
The following residents were listed at this place in the 1782 padron (church census) of Mier, Nuevo Santander (listed by household number):
111 Cristobal de la Rosa, casta, married, age 31.
111 Leonor Garza, casta, married, age 26.
111 Maria Gertrudis de la Rosa, casta, a child, age 7.
111 Ana Gertrudis de la Rosa, casta, a young child, age 3.
112 Francisco de la Garza Ballesteros, español, married, age 48.
112 Juana Reyna, española, married, age 41.
112 Juan Jose de la Garza, español, single, age 21.
112 Francisco Antonio de la Garza, español, a youth, age 18.
112 Cirilo de la Garza, español, a youth, age 17.
112 Dionicio de la Garza, español, a youth, age 15.
112 Juana Maria de la Garza, española, an unmarried girl, age 14.
112 Jose Celedonio de la Garza, español, a child, age 11.
112 Valentin de la Garza, español, a child, age 9.
112 Jose de los Santos de la Garza, español, a young child, age 6.
112 Maria Josefa de la Garza, española, a young child, age 3.
113 Juan Rubio, casta, married, age 31.
113 Juana Bautista (Margarita) Mendez, casta, an unmarried girl, age 37.
113 Maria Trinidad Rubio, casta, an unmarried girl, age 18.
113 Maria Josefa Rubio, casta, an unmarried girl, age 17.
113 Jose Pio Rubio, casta, a child, age 13.
