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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 Antonio Urioste+ (c 1760 NM - 26 Jul 1805 Sevilleta). 1a. enl 11 Jan 1779, 21:837, blacksmith, son of Felix Urioste and Josefa Romero of SF. 1d. PSF, 1785, en Chiguagua. 2a, wife: Francisca Maldonado, who he md 22 Feb 1778 at La Parroquia (AASF 31:0164).

Joseph Miguel/Manuel Velarde+ (c 1754 NM - ). 1a. enl 28 May 1781, disch 15 Oct 1787, 21:895, farmer, son of Nicolás Velarde and Leonarda Tenório of San Juan de los Caballeros. 1d. PSF, en Chiguagua in 1785. 12:680, 1791.

Antonio Reyes Vigil+ (bap 8 Jan 1749 NM {NMG:54} - ). 1a. enl 11 Jan 1779, inv 12 Jul 1800, 21:840, laborer, son of Lt. Juan Bautista Vigil and Candelaria Medina of Villa de la Cañada. 1c. Sonora Exped, 1780/81. 1d. PSF, 1785. 2a, wife: María Josefa Madrid. NMG:67, md María Josefa Bárbara Madrid d/o Juan Cristóbal Madrid and María Margarita Sánchez. Child was María Antonia, bap 20 Jul 1776.

Cristóbal Faustín Vigil+ (bap 22 Feb 1748, Santa Cruz, NM - 16 Oct 1782 Villa de Albuquerque from Apache wounds). 1a. enl 11 Jan 1779, 21:823, laborer, son of Cristóbal Vigil, former Alcálde Mayor of Santa Cruz de la Cañada, and Teodora Medina, from el Puesto de Chimayó. 1d. PSF, 1785. NMG:69, md María Josefa Sánchez, natural d/o Efigenia Sánchez, and their child was Bartholo de Jesús Vigil, bap 12 oct 1777, Santa Cruz, NM. (There were either two persons of this name, or the date of death was misread.)

Joseph Vigil+ (bap 4 Apr 1756 Santa Cruz, NM - ). 1a. enl 1 Jul 1779, disch 15 Nov 1788, 21:851, blacksmith, son of Cristóbal Vigil and Teodora Medina of Chimayó. 1c. Sonora Exped, 1780/81. 1d. PSF, 1785, en cavallada. NMG:69,70, md Petrona Martín in 1777, and had four daughters in 1790, ages 10,7,4, and 1. (SF Marriages shows wife as Petrona Pachéco.)

Juan Christóbal Vegil+ (1751 NM - bur 22 Sep 1832 La Castrense {AASF 40:0803}). 1a. enl 1 Sep 1781, invalid 12 Jul 1800, 21:896, muleteer, son of Cristóbal Vigil and Teodora de Medina of Santa Cruz de la Cañada. 1d. PSF, 1785, en cavallada. 2a, wife: Andrea/Antonia Martínez, whom he md 19 Nov 1782 at La Castrense (AASF 31:0231), and their ch incl: Juan Vigil y Martínez ( - 7 Aug 1838, bur Guadalupe Cemetery, SF), md to Dolores Aguilár, d/o Juan Jose Aguilár and Loreta García (SF Baptisms, Lilliput:23); Gregorio Vigil ( - 23 Mar 1853, bur in Parroquia Cem, Santa Fe) (Lilliput:23); Dionisio Vigil (6 Sep 1802, bap 8 Sep in La Parroquia (known in later life as Donaciano Vigil when he served as Territorial Governor of NM under the new American government.) He md Rufugio Sánchez.

Francisco/Salvadór Montes Vigil (c 1751 NM - ). 1a. enl 8 Oct 1771, disch 15 Oct 1787, 21:795, farmer, son of Cristóbal Montes Vigil and Teodora Medina of Chimayó. 1c. PSF, 1 Jan 1781. 1d. PSF, 1785, en cavallada. When his dau María Josefa md on 7 Aug 1786, she showed her mother as Antonia Valdes, deceased. He md (2) on 26 Apr 1782 at La Castrense, widow Bárbara Baca.

Torivio Villalpando+ (c 1746, Taos, NM - ). 1a. enl 27 Aug 1774, medical disch 29 Oct 1790, 21:799, farmer, son of Pablo Villalpando and María Pando of Taos. 1d. PSF, 1785. 2a. Indian interpretor. Md (1) Rita García (or Trujillo), and their ch incl: Manuel Salvadór (Torivio), bap 27 Mar 1774, SF, md María Manuela Abeyta, d/o Juan Antonio Abeyta and Josefa Sánchez of San Juan, ch bap. at San Juan; Vicente Antonio bap 10 Mar 1776, SF. Torivio md (2) Sebastiana Ortéga, d/o Tomás Ortéga and Olaya Márquez on 17 Aug 1777 at La Parroquia (AASF 31:0156).