Description
Case file for United States vs. Henry Cocks, Land, Monterey River (also called "Monte de los Cabestros") [Monterey County]. Includes transcript of the proceedings and related documents.
Granted by Alvarado Feb. 27, 1840, to Esteban Espinoza; ¼ league, by description. Claim filed by Henry Cocks Feb. 9, 1853. Confirmed by the Board Mar. 20, 1855. Appeal dismissed by the District Court June 8, 1857. Patent issued to Henry Cocks Aug. 8, 1870, for 1,106.03 acres. The patent is recorded in Salinas, Monterey County. No. 262 General Land Office map. This grant was also called Monte de los Cabestros. Bowman, J.N. Index of the Spanish-Mexican private land grant records and cases of California, I, 324 (shelved as BANC MSS C-R 17, Bancroft Library).
Associated Case Numbers: Filed Expediente 126, Docket 572, 298 SD, GLO 262
Granted by Alvarado Feb. 27, 1840, to Esteban Espinoza; ¼ league, by description. Claim filed by Henry Cocks Feb. 9, 1853. Confirmed by the Board Mar. 20, 1855. Appeal dismissed by the District Court June 8, 1857. Patent issued to Henry Cocks Aug. 8, 1870, for 1,106.03 acres. The patent is recorded in Salinas, Monterey County. No. 262 General Land Office map. This grant was also called Monte de los Cabestros. Bowman, J.N. Index of the Spanish-Mexican private land grant records and cases of California, I, 324 (shelved as BANC MSS C-R 17, Bancroft Library).
Associated Case Numbers: Filed Expediente 126, Docket 572, 298 SD, GLO 262