Taming the Wild Horse Desert
Pobladores Database
Santa Gertrudis
Santa Gertrudis corresponds to the settlement of Escobares. In early padrones its residents were owners of the surrounding porciónes, but the owner of the ranch was named as Juan Jose Benavides, indicating that the ranch was probably situated on porción 77, near the border with porción 76.
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):
81 Don Juan Jose Benavides Gutierrez, español, married, age 74. He was the ranch owner.
81 Doña Jacoba (Ana) Garcia, española, married, age 61.
81 Maria de Jesus Benavides, india, single, age 29.
81 Jose Vicente Benavides, indio, single, age 25.
81 Maria Manuela Benavides, india, a young child, age 1.
82 Jose Maria Escobar, español, married, age 31.
82 Antonia Gertrudis Chapa, española, married, age 31.
82 Pedro Jose Escobar, español, a child, age 11.
82 Maria del Refugio Escobar, española, a child, age 9.
82 Jose Domingo Saenz, español, a youth, age 19.
83 Mathias Ventura (Alvarez), casta, married.
83 Maria Zapopa Gonzalez, española, married.
83 Jose Rafael Ventura casta.
83 Jose Antonio Ventura, casta, a child, age 10.
83 Jose Maria Ventura, casta, a child, age 8.
83 Pedro Ventura, casta, a young child, age 6.
83 Maria Concepcion Ventura, india, a young child, age 1.
84 Luis Lopez de Jaen, español, married, age 51.
84 Juana Maria Villarreal, española, married, age 45.
84 Toribio Lopez de Jaen, español, single, age 25.
