Juan Antonio Ramos was the original grantee of porción 42. The ranch was not listed by name until the 1790s when it was called Borregas.
The following residents were listed at this place in the 1782 padron (church census) of Mier, Nuevo Santander (listed by household number):
121 Julian Flores, español, married, age 35.
121 Maria Teresa Ramirez Peña, española, married, age 18.