Taming the Wild Horse Desert
Pobladores Database
Gregorio Valentin Farias
Gregorio Valentin Farias was born circa 1743, the son of Francisco Ignacio Farias and Juana Maria Barrera.
He married Manuela Treviño.
He married Josefa Landa.
Godchildren
Joseph de los Santos Olivares, mulato, was baptized on 28 Feb 1764 in Camargo, a resident of Villa de Camargo.
Land
In 1767, as the son of a primitivo poblador, he was granted Camargo 1 by the King of Spain. Single man who supported a family. He was assigned the same quantity allocated to an agregado who had been in the settlement longer than six years.
In 1807, he sold Camargo 1 to Julian Farias.
