Description
Case file for United States vs. Joseph P. Thompson, Napa, part of (also called "Entre Napa" and "Napa Abajo") [Napa County]. Includes transcript of the proceedings and related documents.
Granted by Alvarado Sept. 21, 1838, to Salvador Vallejo; 4 leagues, by name. Claim filed by Joseph P. Thompson Dec. 21, 1852, for 640 acres. Confirmed by the Board Dec. 13, 1853. Confirmed by the District Court Feb. 13, 1857; appeal dismissed Apl. 2, 1857. Patent issued to Joseph P. Thompson June 3, 1880, for 604.68 acres. The original patent was among the papers which survived the 1906 San Francisco Fire and is now in the National Archives, Washington. No. 76 General Land Office map. In this case the validity of the grant for Napa Rancho was passed upon and confirmed for 26,378.08 acres. Bowman, J.N. Index of the Spanish-Mexican private land grant records and cases of California, I, 455 (shelved as BANC MSS C-R 17, Bancroft Library).
Associated Case Numbers: Expediente 200, Docket 495, 67 ND, GLO 76
Granted by Alvarado Sept. 21, 1838, to Salvador Vallejo; 4 leagues, by name. Claim filed by Joseph P. Thompson Dec. 21, 1852, for 640 acres. Confirmed by the Board Dec. 13, 1853. Confirmed by the District Court Feb. 13, 1857; appeal dismissed Apl. 2, 1857. Patent issued to Joseph P. Thompson June 3, 1880, for 604.68 acres. The original patent was among the papers which survived the 1906 San Francisco Fire and is now in the National Archives, Washington. No. 76 General Land Office map. In this case the validity of the grant for Napa Rancho was passed upon and confirmed for 26,378.08 acres. Bowman, J.N. Index of the Spanish-Mexican private land grant records and cases of California, I, 455 (shelved as BANC MSS C-R 17, Bancroft Library).
Associated Case Numbers: Expediente 200, Docket 495, 67 ND, GLO 76