Rancho Tajauta was a
Mexican land grant
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in present-day
Los Angeles County, California given in 1843 by Governor
Manuel Micheltorena to Anastasio Avila. The grant was named for the Gabrielino/Tongva place name of Tajáuta. The grant encompassed present-day
Willowbrook and
Watts
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.
History
Anastasio Avila, one of the sons of
Cornelio Avila Cornelio or Cornélio may refer to:
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, was
alcalde of Los Angeles
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in 1819 – 1821, and granted one square league in 1843.
With the
cession
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of California to the United States following the
Mexican-American War, the 1848
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
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provided that the land grants would be honored. As required by the Land Act of 1851, a claim for Rancho La Tajauta was filed with the
Public Land Commission in 1852, and the grant was
patented
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to Anastasio's son Enrique Avila in 1873. Rancho Tajauta was surveyed in 1858 by
Henry Hancock
Henry Hancock (April 11, 1822January 9, 1883) was a Harvard trained lawyer and a land surveyor working in California in the 1850s. He was the owner of Rancho La Brea, which included the La Brea Tar Pits.
Early life
Henry Hancock was born in Ba ...
, deputy United States surveyor, and the survey approved in 1860.
[William Maxwell Evarts, 1869, In the matter of the survey of the Rancho "Tajauta " California]
See also
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Ranchos of California
*
List of Ranchos of California
These California land grants were made by Spanish (1784–1821) and Mexican (1822–1846) authorities of Las Californias and Alta California to private individuals before California became part of the United States of America.Shumway, Burgess ...
*
Watts, California
Watts, California, was a city of the sixth class that existed in Los Angeles County, California, between 1907 and 1926, when it was consolidated with the City of Los Angeles and became one of the neighborhoods in the southern part of that city.
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Tongva populated places
References
External links
Map of old Spanish and Mexican ranchos in Los Angeles County
{{California history
Tajauta, LA
Tajauta
Tongva populated places
History of Los Angeles
Watts, Los Angeles
Willowbrook, California
1843 establishments in Alta California