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New Mexico Colonial Patriots, 1779-1783

Cháves - Cordero

 

Excerpted from Chapter 6 ("New Mexico Patriots During Spain's 1779-1783 War With England") of Spain's New Mexico Patriots During Its 1779-1783 War with England - During the American Revolution, complied and written by Granville W. Hough and N.C. Hough.

 

New Mexico Enlistment and Officer Records

Soldier enlistments and other roster records for the Presidio of Santa Fe (PSF), and a few other individual records for the war years, 1779-1783, follow. A plus (+) is shown by each one known to have married or to have had children. The wife's name is given when known. The source of the information is given for each one. As all the entry names on this list are known patriots, the asterisk * is omitted. Source material is given for each military record (e.g. 1d; NMG) . Please consult References/Sources for complete citations.

 

José María Cabeza de Baca+ (bap 22 Apr 1751 Santa Fe, NM - ). 1a. enl 25 Feb 1781 as replacement for Tomas Escudero. 21:888, farmer, son of Manuel (Cabeza de) Baca and Margarita Tafoya of SF. 1d. On the PSF roster for 1 Jan 1785 en Chiguagua. On 2 June 1782, at La Castrense, he md as a widower of Maria Silva to (2) Margarita Rael.

 

Joseph Campo Redondo+ (c 1748 Mexico - ). 1a. enl 29 Mar 1777, disch 1 Oct 1780, 21:810, clerk, son of Alexandro Campo Redondo and Joaquina de Arteaga of Mexico City. 2a. 3a. He md Feliciana Ortiz on 2 June 1774 at La Parroquia, SF, NM (AASF #31:0133) and their ch incl: María Josefa del Rosario (bap 24 Jan 1776, SF); Juan Domingo de Jesús (bap 15 Mar 1778, SF); Ana María (bap 14 Nov 1783, 2 days old, SF); José María Francisco de Paula (bap 20 Jan 1785 (B-23), Nambé, Poj. S. Ildefonso; José Francisco de Jesús (bap 12 mar 1787 (B-23); Juan Pedro (bap 22 Apr 1789, 3 days old, SF), md at Pojoaque (M-22).

 

Miguel Canuelas ( ). 1st Lt, 1797. Legajo 7278, I, 23.

 

Antonio Casados+ (c 1751 NM - 24 June 1805). 1b. enl 27 Jan 1774, 23:307, campista, son of Antonio Casados and Antonia Benavides of SF. 1d. PSF, 1785. 2a.

 

Fernando Chácon ( ). Lt Col, Gov of NM, 1800, Legajo 7279, I, 27.

 

Fernando de la Concha ( ). Col, Gov. of NM, 1793. Legajo 7289, II, 17. He led expeditions against Apaches.

 

Jose Maria Cordero ( ). 1c. Lt, PSF, 1 Jan 1781. 3b. 

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