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Rancho San Geronimo was a
Report of the Surveyor General 1844 - 1886
After the death of Rafael, Roberto (1835–1917) who was their third child, inherited most of San Geronimo. Roberto married Maria Guadalupe Higuera in 1843. Roberto shortened the family name to Villa. In 1865, the rancho was sold to Wesley Burnett (1818–1905) from
Rancho San Geronimo was a Mexican land grant
The Spanish and Mexican governments made many concessions and land grants in Alta California (now known as California) and Baja California from 1775 to 1846. The Spanish Concessions of land were made to retired soldiers as an inducement for ...
in present-day San Luis Obispo County, California
San Luis Obispo County (), officially the County of San Luis Obispo, is a County (United States), county on the Central Coast (California), Central Coast of California. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 282, ...
given in 1842 by Governor Juan Alvarado to Rafael Villavicencio. The granted extended along the Pacific coast from south of present-day Harmony
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to north of Cayucos
Cayucos (Spanish for "Canoe") is an unincorporated coastal town in San Luis Obispo County, California, along California State Route 1 between Cambria to the north and Morro Bay to the south. The population was 2,505 at the 2020 census, down f ...
. Villa Creek, which retains the Villavicencio name, runs through the center of the grant. Rancho Geronimo adjoined Rancho Moro y Cayucos
Rancho Moro y Cayucos was a Mexican land grant in present-day San Luis Obispo County, California given in 1842 by Governor Juan B. Alvarado to Martin Olivera and Vicente Feliz (Felis). The grant extended along the Pacific Coast from just north ...
, down coast to the southeast.
History
Rafael José Serapio Villavicencio (1803–1858) was the second son of José Antonio Villavicencio (1777–1817) and María Serafina Espinosa (1781–1870). Rafael Villavicencio married María Ramona Louisa Armas in 1829. In 1842 Rafael received the two square league Rancho San Gerónimo. Rafael, Ramona and five children moved to Rancho San Geronimo, and Rafael built a large adobe house. With thecession
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of California to the United States following the Mexican-American War
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, 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 San Geronimo was filed with the Public Land Commission
The California Land Act of 1851 (), enacted following the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and the admission of California as a state in 1850, established a three-member Public Land Commission to determine the validity of prior Spanish and Mexican la ...
in 1852, and the grant was patented
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to Rafael Villavicencio in 1876.After the death of Rafael, Roberto (1835–1917) who was their third child, inherited most of San Geronimo. Roberto married Maria Guadalupe Higuera in 1843. Roberto shortened the family name to Villa. In 1865, the rancho was sold to Wesley Burnett (1818–1905) from
Indiana
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. In 1880, James H. Blackburn (1820–1888) of Rancho Paso de Robles bought the rancho.
See also
*Estero Bluffs State Park
Estero Bluffs State Park is a state park of California, United States, on Estero Bay (California), Estero Bay. The park protects a grassland-dominated marine terrace that slopes from California State Route 1 to the Pacific Ocean. The property i ...
, which was part of Rancho San Geronimo
* Harmony Headlands State Park, also part of Rancho San Geronimo
*Ranchos of California
The Spanish and Mexican governments made many concessions and land grants in Alta California (now known as California) and Baja California from 1775 to 1846. The Spanish Concessions of land were made to retired soldiers as an inducement for ...
*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 M ...
References
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