José Chacón Medina Salazar y Villaseñor (1668 - ??) was a Spanish official who served as Governor of

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between 1707 and 1712. Salazar y Villaseñor was

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de Peñuela and Knight of the

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Early life

Jose Chacón Medina Salazar y Villaseñor was born in 1668. Ancestry.com : Jose Chacón Medina Salazar y Villaseñor
He joined the

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in his youth, eventually becoming an

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of the Marines.

New Spain

He was appointed

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and Governor of

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in 1707, in place of

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. Chacon rebuilt the chapel at San Miguel, Santa Fe, which had been destroyed in the Pueblo uprising of 1680.1745 - Atlas of Historic New Mexico Maps
2008 - 2009 New Mexico Humanities Council. Under his orders, Hurtado made a military campaign against the

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.Aztlan: the History, Resources, and Attractions of New Mexico
Page 244. In 1703, Sebastian Martin obtained an area of the land of his brother, northeast of the

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, but lost the testimony and writing documenting the

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. So in 1712, Martin asked Governor Salazar y Villaseñor for confirmation of his property. On May 23, 1712, Chacon investigated the case and decided to put Martin under protection, to prevent him from being attacked by the Amerindians. So, Chacón officially accepted the re-delivery of the land to Martin, voiding "all other instruments" and ordered Provincial Secretary Cristóbal de Góngora to handed back the land to him. New Mexico Office of the State Historian : Sebastian Martin
Posted by J. J. Bowden. In 1712, Salazar y Villaseñor was replaced by Juan Ignacio Flores Mogollon in the New Mexico government .

References

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