Rancho Suey was a Mexican land grant in present-day southern San Luis Obispo County and northern

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given in 1837 by Governor

Juan B. Alvarado Juan Bautista Valentín Alvarado y Vallejo (February 14, 1809 – July 13, 1882) was a Californio politician that served as Governor of Alta California from 1837-42. Prior to his term as governor, Alvarado briefly led a movement for independen ...

to María Ramona Carrillo de Pacheco. The grant was east of present-day Santa Maria and extended along the San Luis Obispo-Santa Barbara County line, and between the Santa Maria River and the Cuyama River.

History

Captain José Antonio Romualdo Pacheco (–1831), came from Mexico to California in 1825, and served as an aide to Governor José María de Echeandía. In 1826, Pacheco married María Ramona Carrillo de Pacheco (1812–1888), a daughter of

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, the grantee of

Rancho Cabeza de Santa Rosa Rancho Cabeza de Santa Rosa was an Mexican land grant in present-day Sonoma County, California given in 1841 by Governor pro tem Manuel Jimeno to María Ygnacia López. The grant was along Santa Rosa Creek, and encompassed present-day Santa Rosa ...

. María Ramona Carrillo was a sister-in-law of General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo. Pacheco died defending the widely despised centralist Mexican governor of California, Manuel Victoria, at the Battle of Cahuenga Pass in 1831. His widow, María Ramona Carrillo de Pacheco was given the five square league Rancho Suey land grant by Governor Alvarado in 1837. In 1837, she married Captain John Wilson (1797–1861), a Scottish-born sea captain and trader, who came to California in 1830. John (Juan) Wilson raised Pacheco's son Jose Antonio Romualdo Jr. Wilson was the grantee of

Rancho Los Guilicos Rancho Los Guilicos was a Mexican land grant in present-day Sonoma County, California given in 1837 by Governor Juan B. Alvarado to John (Juan) Wilson. The grant extended along Sonoma Creek, south of Santa Rosa from Santa Rosa Creek south to almos ...

in Sonoma County. Wilson and his business partner, James Scott (-1851), also owned

Rancho El Chorro Rancho El Chorro (also called Rancho Cañada del Chorro) was a Mexican land grant in present day San Luis Obispo County, California given in 1845 by Governor Pío Pico to business partners James (Diego) Scott and John (Juan) Wilson. The gra ...

and

Rancho Cañada de los Osos y Pecho y Islay Rancho Cañada de los Osos y Pecho y Islay was a Mexican land grant in Los Osos Valley and the southern Estero Bay headlands, in present-day San Luis Obispo County, California. The grant consists of Rancho Cañada de Los Osos (''Valley of th ...

. In 1845, Wilson built an adobe home on Rancho Cañada de los Osos y Pecho y Islay and lived there with his family until his death in 1860. With the cession of California to the United States following the

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, the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo provided that the land grants would be honored. As required by the Land Act of 1851, a claim for Rancho Suey was filed with the

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in 1852, and the grant was patented to María Ramona Carrillo de Wilson in 1865. The Ranch was purchased by Norris M. Roberts from Maria Wilson. He later sold it to Henry Newhall on his return to England. In 1875 Henry Mayo Newhall bought Rancho Suey sight unseen, and it became part of the Newhall Land and Farming Company. Newhall Land sold the ranch in 1999; it is currently owned by H.D. and Carol Perrett.Suey Ranch falls under a microscope
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External links

Ranchos of Santa Barbara County Map
{{California history Suey Suey Suey Santa Maria, California

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