Guardado was a pass on the Rio Grande. There is currently a village called Rancho Guardado de Arriba within porción 1; another site called Rancho Guardado de Abajo was to be within the Camargo jurisdiction.
The following residents were listed at this place in the 1782 padron (church census) of Mier, Nuevo Santander (listed by household number):
80 Francisco Javier Perez, casta, married, age 41.
80 Maria Josefa de los Rios, española, married, age 41.
80 Jose Ignacio Perez, casta, a youth, age 15.
80 Maria del Carmen Perez, casta, an unmarried girl, age 13.
80 Maria Rita Perez, casta, a child, age 11.
80 Jose Antonio Perez, casta, a child, age 9.
80 Jose Alvino Perez, casta, a young child, age 6.
80 Maria Antonia Perez, casta, a young child, age 1.
80 Maria Josefa Perez, india, a young child, age 3.