Previous Jurisdictions to Land in Arizona: Difference between revisions

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|style=padding-left:10px|1820 - San Bernardino land grant. Lieutenant Ignacio de Perez petitioned for a grant of 4 sitios of land. It was surveyed in 1821 and witnesses testified that Perez had enough livestock to start a ranch. An auction was held in Arispe, Mexico in May 1822. Perez held the wining bid of $90. A record of the grant was filed, but no title was issued. In 1900, the Court of Private Land Claims confirmed 2,3366.5 acres on the American side, the rest being in Mexico. After a survey, it was determined that this land grant was actually 2,383.86 acres.<ref>Early Arizona: Prehistory to Civil War, by Jay J. Wagoner, The University of Arizona Press, Tucson, Arizona,  pp 197-200</ref>  

=== From 1846 to 1863 - New Mexico Territory land that would later be given to Arizona  ===

|style=padding-left:10px|4 July 1848 - In the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, [[Mexico Genealogy|Mexico]] ceded all of present day [[California Genealogy|California]], [[Nevada Genealogy|Nevada]], and [[Utah Genealogy|Utah]], and parts of present day [[Arizona Genealogy|Arizona]], [[Colorado Genealogy|Colorado]], [[New Mexico Genealogy|New Mexico]], and [[Wyoming Genealogy|Wyoming]]. Part of the international boundary was in dispute.<ref>U.S. Stat., vol. 9, pp. 922-943</ref> <ref>Parry, Clive, ed. Consolidated Treaty Series. 231 vols. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: Oceana Publications, 1969–1981, 102: 29-59</ref> <ref>Van Zandt, Franklin K. Boundaries of the United States and the Several States. Geological Survey Professional Paper 909. Washington DC, 11, 28-29</ref> <ref>Walker, Henry P., and Don Bufkin. Historical Atlas of Arizona. 2nd ed. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1986, 19, 20A</ref> The land south of the Gila River in present day Arizona was not ceded, it remained in control of Mexico.

|style=padding-left:10px|12 Jan 1861 - New Mexico created [[San Juan County, New Mexico (Extinct)|San Juan County]] (original, extinct) from land in [[Taos County, New Mexico Genealogy|Taos County]].<ref>N.M. Terr. Laws 1860-1861, 10th assy. /p. 16</ref>

|style=padding-left:10px|18 Jan 1862 - New Mexico discontinued [[San Juan County, New Mexico (Extinct)|San Juan County]] (original, extinct) returning the land to [[Taos County, New Mexico Genealogy|Taos County]].<ref>N.M. Terr. Laws 1861-1862, 11th assy. /p. 16</ref> <br>18 Jan 1862 - New Mexico discontinued [[Arizona County, New Mexico (Extinct)|Arizona County]] returning the land to [[Dona Ana County, New Mexico Genealogy|Dona Ana County]].<ref>N.M. Terr. Laws 1861-1862, 11th assy. /p. 18</ref>

|style=padding-left:10px|28 Jan 1863 - New Mexico re-created [[Arizona County, New Mexico (Extinct)|Arizona County]] from [[Dona Ana County, New Mexico Genealogy|Dona Ana County]].<ref>N.M. Terr. Laws 1862-1863, 12th assy. /p.30</ref> This county discontinued when Arizona Territory was created.

|style=padding-left:10px |24 Feb 1863 - The US created the [[Arizona Genealogy|Arizona]] Territory from the western half of [[New Mexico Genealogy|New Mexico]] Territory.<ref>U.S. Stat., vol. 12, ch. 56[1863]/pp. 664-665</ref> <ref>Ariz. Terr. Laws 1864, 1st assy./ pp. vii-viii</ref> <ref>Van Zandt, Franklin K. Boundaries of the United States and the Several States. Geological Survey Professional Paper 909. Washington D.C, 162</ref> All previous counties were discontinued for this new territory.