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From: "Sarah" <>
Subject: Today's Texas Day by Day: August 28, 1828
Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 07:42:00 -0500


Texas Day by DayWhat a coincidence! Just reading about her and the Canary
Islanders Cemetery, thanks to Sheila:

August 28, 1828
María Calvillo petitions Mexican government for ranch title

On this day in 1828, María Calvillo formally petitioned the Mexican
government for a new title to her father's Rancho de las Cabras ("the Goat
Ranch") in what is now Wilson County. María was born at the Villa of San
Fernando de Béxar in 1765, the eldest of six children born to Ygnacio
Francisco Xavier Calvillo and Antonia de Arocha. Her father acquired Rancho
de las Cabras, an outpost of San Francisco de la Espada Mission, after the
mission and its lands were secularized. María Calvillo married Juan Gavino
de la Trinidad Delgado around 1781. The couple had two sons and adopted
three additional children. In 1811 and 1814 Gavino played a major role in
the struggle to overthrow the Spanish; as a result of his activities he was
declared a rebel against the crown. María apparently separated from her
husband at this time. In 1814 Ygnacio Calvillo was murdered at his ranch
during a raid; initially the raid was thought to have been perpetrated by
Indians, but subsequent investigation revealed that the attackers included
Ygnacio's own grandson. At this time María gained control and ownership of
the property. When she died in 1856 her will passed ownership of the
property to two of her adopted children.

Links to related Handbook of Texas Online articles
CALVILLO, MARIA DEL CARMEN
RANCHO DE LAS CABRAS STATE HISTORIC SITE
WILSON COUNTY
SAN FERNANDO DE BEXAR
SAN FRANCISCO DE LA ESPADA MISSION
TEXAS IN THE AGE OF MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE
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