Origin
| Geronimo is part of 2 land
grants originally owned by Mexico from about 1821-1836. In 1831,
the Alamo hero, James Bowie, surveyed the 11 leagues of land obtained by
A. M. Esnaurizer. "This land is described as 'The Eleven Leagues
of land on the northeast bank of the Guadalupe embracing the springs called
Tio Geronimo, situated within the colony of Green DeWitt.Weinert,
p. 51 Marjila Chirino, widow of Jose Salinas who
was dead by 1830, obtained 2 leagues on Tio Geronimo Creek. (Jose Salinas
was not the Jose Maria Salinas who obtained 4 leagues of land at the confluence
of the Guadalupe and San Marcos rivers.)
This information on Jose salinas comes from the title Marjila Chirino in Box 119, Folder 10 of the Spanish Collection of the Texas General Land Office. The document is in Spanish and has not been translated into English.Greaser |
| Note:
1 league = 4,428.4 acres 1 vara = 33 1/3 inches |
| Credits
for information in this table may be attributed to Carolyn Bading of Geronimo,
TX
and messages to her from Galen Greaser of the Texas General Land Office. |
| Jose Antonio Navarro (see
websites for more information on Navarro) was the Land Commissioner
for Green DeWitt and chose the land to the east of the Esnaurizer grant
for himself.Weinert, p. 51 According
to Guadalupe County Courthouse Deed Records, M. Cherino sold 2 leagues
of Land to José Antonio Navarro in 1834 for $200.[Deed
Record Book E, pg. 134-137]
Navarro sold part of his land to "Alexander Ewing...for $16,000,Weinert
and part to his brother, Luciano Navarro. [Deed
Record Book O, p. 52, 53]
Due
to a scandal (which can be read about in Carolyn Bading's book when completed)
Esnaurizar's grandchildren had to secure part of the land back in 1898.[2
Abstracts: 1) secured by Carolyn Bading from Robert Raetzsch: A.
W. Pieper by the Donegan Abstract Co.; 2) was left in the house purchased
by Edwin & Carolyn Bading: Louis J. Boenig by the Donegan Abstract
Co.]
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