Our Genealogy Research can lead us in many directions and also lead us to find many documents. One of those documents that I came across was the 1757 Revista de Pobladores conducted by Captain Jose Tienda de Cuervo of La Villa de Laredo present day Laredo, Texas.
In total the document contains 34 pages but I only extracted the names of the people residing in Laredo in 1757. It is interesting to note that at the end it is mentioned that they are 11 families and I assume that the single households were not included. If you would like to see or read the whole document just click at the source link at the end of this post.
Here is the cover page of the 34 page document:
List of people mentioned in the census:
- Capitan Don Thomas Sanchez casado con Dona Catharina de Uribe nueve hijos Setenta caballos diez Burros Beinte Burras todas Armas Siete Sirvientes e uno casado y tiene una hija
- Juan Garcia Saldivar casado con Dona Catharina de las Casas todas armas cinco caballos dos Sirvientes
- Don Prudencio Garcia casado con Dona Josepha Sanchez cinco hijos todas armas diez caballos
- Don Joseph Leonardo Trevino casado con Dona Ana Moreno seis hijos todas armas doce caballos
- Juan Francisco Garcia casado con Maria Rita Siete hijos todas armas doce caballos
- Don Juan Baptista Sanchez casado con Juana Diaz diez hijos todas armas dos caballos
- Don Agustin Sanchez casado con Dona Juana Rodriguez dos Hijos todas armas dos caballos
- Leonardo Sanchez Soltero todas Armas diez caballos un Burro y un Sirviente
- Don Joseph Flores casado tres hijos todas Armas quince caballos dos Burros
- Joseph Diaz Soltero tiene consigo a su Madre todas Armas seis caballos
- Joseph Ramon ausente con licencia casado con Dona Maria Gertrudis dos hijos todas armas Seis caballos dos Burros
- Leonardo Garcia Soltero todas Armas quatro caballos
- Don Joseph Salinas casado con Ysabel Trevino un hijo todas armas dos caballos
- Pedro Salinas Soltero tienecon sigo a la Senora su Madre y una hermana todas armas ocho caballos
- Juan Diego Soltero todas armas quatro caballos
Source:
- Archivo Historico Militar SEDENA:Â Â http://www.archivohistorico2010.sedena.gob.mx/busqueda/MostrarImg.php?expid=8685
No. 1 and No. 11 are my direct line ancestors. Thanks for sharing.
margaret Garcia.
Most of those names are in my tree, and we are Lipan / Mescalero / Chiricahua Apaches from that area. Prudencio is also Provencio.
That is awesome. We are all related.
Okay well I Know my granpa came to the states thru there to Galveston but my great grandpa 10th was Capitan Bartolome Gonzalez Oliviarres, I want to learn more about my great grandmother she was huasteca and I want to find out from where