Town of Tomé Grant 1739
Reported Claim No. 2, q. v.

The grant to the Town of Tomé was made in the year 1739; the new settlement was called “Nuestra Señora de la Concepción de Tomé Domínguez” and was named for the celebrated Capitán Thomé Domínguez de Mendoza, who owned a rancho nearby prior to the pueblo rebellion of 1680. The grant is as follows:

"Sir Señor Justice: — All the undersigned appear before you, and all and jointly, and each one for himself, state, that in order that his excellency the governor may be pleased to donate to them the land called Thomé Domínguez, granted to those who first solicited the same, and who declined settling thereon, we therefore ask that the land be granted to us; we therefore pray you to be pleased [eaten by mice] at that time [eaten by mice] said settlers, we being disposed to settle upon the same within the time prescribed by law; we pray you to be pleased to give us the grant which you have caused to be returned, as you are aware that our petition is founded upon necessity and justice, our present condition being very limited, with scarcity of wood, pasture for our stock, and unable to extend our cultivation and raising of stock in this Town of Alburquerque on account of the many foot-paths encroaching upon us, and not permitted to reap the benefits of what we raise, and, in a measure, not even our crops on account of a scarcity of water, and with most of us our lands are of little extent and much confined, etc.''

The original settlers were: Juan Barela, José Salas, Juan Ballejos, Manuel Carillo (married to María Varela), Juan Montaño, Domingo Sedillo, Matias Romero, Bernardo Ballejo, Gregorio Jaramillo, Francisco Sanchez, Pedro Romero, Felipe Barela, Lugardo Ballejos, Agustín Gallegos, Alonzo Perea, Tomás Zamorra, Nicolás García, Ygnacio (de Luna) Baca, Salvador Manuel, Francisco Silva, Francisco Rivera, Juan Antonio Zamora, Miguel Lucero, Joachín Sedillo, Simón Samorra, Cristóbal Gallegos, Juan Ballejos, grande, Jacinto Barela, and Diego Gonzales.

This petition was presented to Juan Gonzales Bas, chief alcalde of Alburquerque and by him referred to the governor and captain-general, don Gaspar Domingo de Mendoza, who made the grant, and possession was given on 30 Jul 1739 by don Juan Gonzales Bas, the boundaries being: on the west the Rio del Norte; on the south the place commonly called "Los Tres Alamos"; on the east the main ridge of the Sandia Mountains, and on the north the point of the Cienega at the hill called Thomé Domínguez.

The Spanish Archives of New Mexico, Volume 1, page 285

Photo of Immaculate Conception Church of Tomé by Jerry Willis