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bullocks, 186 branding calves, 1,128 sheep and goats, 20 oxen, 34 horses, 54 mares, 26 colts, 3 studs, 7 mules, 3 jackasses, 3 jennies, 3 hogs, and 2 carts. Among his servants were Maria Cabrera, 24; Fernando Martinez, 33, and his wife, Gertrudis Menchaca, 21 ; Jose Sanchez, 24, and his son, Jose Francisco, 8; Luis Nt'1nez, a 44-year-olcl cowb:>y, his wife, Francisca Morales, 22, and his son, Marcos, 20, all from Bexar; Severiana Guardado, 57, who had left his family in Aguascalientes; Jose Antonio Jimenez, 37, from Rio Grande, his wife, Regina Perez, 27, from Monclova, and their daughter, Maria de los Dolores, 8; and Joaquin Rodriguez, 56, and his wife, Jacoba Segura, 36, both from Rio Grande, and their daughter named Maria de los Dolores. 37 Fernando Veramendi lived with his wife, from Bexar, 21-year-old Antonia Flores, on his property, Rancho de San Bartolo. Veramendi had 190 milch cows, 25 bulls, 122 branding calves, 5 bullocks, 5 yoke of oxen, 5 horses, and 2 mules. Among his helpers were Antonio Martinez, 23, from Rio Verde, and Jose Barcena, a 34-year-old cowboy from Bexar, who was married to Juana Flores, 21, by whom he had two children, Jose, 6, and Jose II, 2. This couple had some property of their own, 5 milch cows, 3 heifers, 1 ox, and 8 horses. The ranch really formed a small rural community, for several other families lived on it. Jose Andres Hernandez, 65, a widower, from Bexar, owned 50 milch cows, 16 mares, 8 wild horses, 1 stud, 8 colts, and 9 oxen. With Hernandez lived his son, Jose Vicente, 25, and his son's wife, Maria Antonia Calvillo, 16, besides a single son, Jose Felipe, 20, and a spinster daughter, Juana, 16. These Hernandez families had two servants: Francisco Mireles, 35, and Manuela Jimenez, 26, his wife, both from Rio Grande. A third Hernandez family also lived on this ranch. Francisco, a 50-year-old native of Bexar, and his wife, Rafaela de Leon, 50, from Aguascalientes, who had three children, Jose, Juan Nepomuceno, and Candida, ranging in age from 15 to 10. They had 50 mares, 16 horses, 40 milch cows, 8 heifers, 4 yoke of oxen, and 1 cart. They employed Jose Vicente Garcia, 34, from Santa Rosa, to help with the stock. Barbara Sanchez, 30, from Bexar, widow of Jose Her- nandez, also lived on the ranch with her son, Jose, 20, and Jose Antonio Llanos, 19, of Monterrey, caretaker of her stock. She had 28 milch cows, 10 horses, 3 mares, 1 jackass, 6 yoke of oxen, and I cart. Jose Erasmo Seguin, 28, was the owner of Rancho de San Juan Nepomuceno de la Mora, where he lived with his wife, Josefa Becerra,
37 Nacogdoches Archives, XV, pp. I 53-158.
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