Rancho Napa Explained

Rancho Napa was a 22718acres Mexican land grant in present-day Napa County, California given in 1838 by Governor Juan Alvarado to Salvador Vallejo. The grant extends along the Napa Valley, north of present-day Napa.^[1]

History

Jose Manuel Salvador Vallejo (1813 - 1876) was the younger brother of General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo. He was Captain of militia at Sonoma and married Maria de la Cruz Carrillo. In 1839 Governor Alvarado granted to Salvador Vallejo an additional grant known as Salvador's Ranch.^[2]

Unlike most Mexican land grants in California that remained intact at the end of the Mexican era, Rancho Napa was subdivided. Salvador Vallejo subdivided and sold much of the land in 1847 (during the Mexican-American War and before the transfer of California to the United States), retaining 3179acres for himself. There were claims filed with the Public Land Commission in 1853 for 26 tracts (Land Cases 66 ND,^[3] 67 ND,^[4] 71 ND,^[5] 76 ND,^[6] 78 ND,^[7] 79 ND,^[8] 109 ND,^[9] 110 ND,^[10] 111 ND,^[11] 112 ND,^[12] 114 ND,^[13] 116 ND,^[14] 117 ND,^[15] 118 ND,^[16] 120 ND,^[17] 122 ND,^[18] 123 ND,^[19] 139 ND,^[20] 141 ND,^[21] 146 ND,^[22] 149 ND,^[23] 168 ND,^[24] 169 ND,^[25] 225 ND,^[26] 261 ND,^[27] 313 ND,^[28] and 393 ND^[29]) of Rancho Napa and 4 tracts (Land Cases 212 ND,^[30] 241 ND,^[31] and 249 ND^[32]) of Salvador's Rancho.^{[33] [34]}

In 1863 Salvador Vallejo was a Major in the Union Army, and after the Civil War, he resigned and returned to his ranch in Napa in 1865, and died in 1876.

See also

• • Ranchos of California
• List of Ranchos of California

References

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Notes and References

1. http://content.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/hb7f59p04b/?&brand=oac Diseño del Rancho Napa
2. Book: Hoover, Mildred B. . Rensch . Hero . Rensch . Ethel . Abeloe . William N. . Historic Spots in California . 1966 . Stanford University Press . registration . 978-0-8047-4482-9.
3. http://digicoll.lib.berkeley.edu/record/264450 United States. District Court (California : Northern District) Land Case 66 ND
4. http://digicoll.lib.berkeley.edu/record/264451 United States. District Court (California : Northern District) Land Case 67 ND
5. http://digicoll.lib.berkeley.edu/record/264454 United States. District Court (California : Northern District) Land Case 71 ND
6. http://digicoll.lib.berkeley.edu/record/264459 United States. District Court (California : Northern District) Land Case 76 ND
7. http://digicoll.lib.berkeley.edu/record/264461 United States. District Court (California : Northern District) Land Case 78 ND
8. http://digicoll.lib.berkeley.edu/record/264462 United States. District Court (California : Northern District) Land Case 79 ND
9. http://digicoll.lib.berkeley.edu/record/265469 United States. District Court (California : Northern District) Land Case 109 ND
10. http://digicoll.lib.berkeley.edu/record/265470 United States. District Court (California : Northern District) Land Case 110 ND
11. http://digicoll.lib.berkeley.edu/record/265471 United States. District Court (California : Northern District) Land Case 111 ND
12. http://digicoll.lib.berkeley.edu/record/265472 United States. District Court (California : Northern District) Land Case 112 ND
13. http://digicoll.lib.berkeley.edu/record/265474 United States. District Court (California : Northern District) Land Case 114 ND
14. http://digicoll.lib.berkeley.edu/record/265476 United States. District Court (California : Northern District) Land Case 116 ND
15. http://digicoll.lib.berkeley.edu/record/265477 United States. District Court (California : Northern District) Land Case 117 ND
16. http://digicoll.lib.berkeley.edu/record/265478 United States. District Court (California : Northern District) Land Case 118 ND
17. http://digicoll.lib.berkeley.edu/record/265480 United States. District Court (California : Northern District) Land Case 120 ND
18. http://digicoll.lib.berkeley.edu/record/265482 United States. District Court (California : Northern District) Land Case 122 ND
19. http://digicoll.lib.berkeley.edu/record/265483 United States. District Court (California : Northern District) Land Case 123 ND
20. http://digicoll.lib.berkeley.edu/record/265499 United States. District Court (California : Northern District) Land Case 139 ND
21. http://digicoll.lib.berkeley.edu/record/265501 United States. District Court (California : Northern District) Land Case 141 ND
22. http://digicoll.lib.berkeley.edu/record/265506 United States. District Court (California : Northern District) Land Case 146 ND
23. http://digicoll.lib.berkeley.edu/record/265509 United States. District Court (California : Northern District) Land Case 149 ND
24. http://digicoll.lib.berkeley.edu/record/265528 United States. District Court (California : Northern District) Land Case 168 ND
25. http://digicoll.lib.berkeley.edu/record/265529 United States. District Court (California : Northern District) Land Case 169 ND
26. http://digicoll.lib.berkeley.edu/record/265817 United States. District Court (California : Northern District) Land Case 225 ND
27. http://digicoll.lib.berkeley.edu/record/256593 United States. District Court (California : Northern District) Land Case 261 ND
28. http://digicoll.lib.berkeley.edu/record/256642 United States. District Court (California : Northern District) Land Case 313 ND
29. http://digicoll.lib.berkeley.edu/record/264242 United States. District Court (California : Northern District) Land Case 393 ND
30. http://digicoll.lib.berkeley.edu/record/265804 United States. District Court (California : Northern District) Land Case 212 ND
31. http://digicoll.lib.berkeley.edu/record/256575 United States. District Court (California : Northern District) Land Case 241 ND
32. http://digicoll.lib.berkeley.edu/record/256581 United States. District Court (California : Northern District) Land Case 249 ND
33. http://www.slc.ca.gov/Misc_Pages/Historical/Surveyors_General/reports/Willey_1884_1886.pdf Report of the Surveyor General 1844 - 1886
34. http://content.cdlib.org/view?docId=hb109nb422&chunk.id=dsc-1.3.6&brand=oac United States. District Court (California : Northern District)