Auto-compiled from name-form clustering; identity spans all records matching these forms — offices not yet verified against the manuscripts. Bare “Cota” (26 records) left unattributed and NOT included. Another person shares this surname — check dates.
Recorded span
1813 to 1838
Records
34 naming this person as author or recipient
Name forms matched
guillermo cota, sgto guillermo cota, guillermo de la cota, alcalde guillermo cota, guillermo cota, alcalde, instancia de guillermo cota
‘fl.’ = the span of dated catalog records matching the name forms as author/recipient. Outlier years usually mean a retrospective mention, a later copy, a homonym, or a record whose own date carries a low confidence flag — check the records, not this line. Counts are of DISTINCTIVE name forms; bare family surnames (Argüello, Carrillo, Castro, Estrada…) are deliberately left unattributed rather than guessed.
1813-06-22 Sta Bárbara · C-A 12, doc 427 — Per the Governor's order, furnish volunteers to garrison the frigate *Mercurio* (Don Nicolás Noé) from San Pedro to Monterey; the ship to collect 10 cannon left at San Pedro the pr
1815-09-22 · C-A 17, doc 174 — Boris declared he had hunted 950 otter skins that year; couldn't leave for want of favorable winds. The Russian/Aleut men jailed (natives in the cárcel, Boris in the guardhouse the
1817-07-29 · C-A 50, doc 396 — *Padrón del Pueblo de Los Ángeles en 1817* — 274 souls in the pueblo, 537 in the whole jurisdiction; 'no especifica los indios.' A californio pueblo-population point
1818-09-28 · C-A 17, doc 326 — Causa criminal — Cástor Cota[?], Rafael García, Pedro Arce & the Ibarras accused of stealing tallow (*sebo*) from vecino Antº Ávila at Los Ángeles. Orig. pp.934–81
1820–1822 · C-A 33, doc 183 — (multi, foreigner declarations) 1820 Jul 15 (Cota) remite documentos de dos españoles Gutiérrez; 1822 Mar 27 (Cota) el estrangero Enrique (Henry) Wilson declara no tener documento
1822 (May 26–27) · C-A 33, doc 192 — 1822 Los Angeles / San Gabriel foreigner-declaration cluster (the earliest resident-foreigner registry — several ex-Bouchard men): Fr. José Sánchez certifica a José (Joseph) Chapma
1827-09-17 · C-A 18, doc 260 — Homicide: José Mª Herrera killed Vicente Vidal & the Indian alguacil (constable) of Los Ángeles (9 Apr); the Ayuntamiento being 'judge & party,' Echeandía ordered a re-investigatio
1827-09-28 · C-A 18, doc 299 — Sumaria vs 2nd regidor Desiderio Ibarra for a public brawl (beating men in his own house before a crowd); fiscal: he should no longer serve as judge; Echeandía: his suspension alre
1827-06-29 / 1829-06-03 · C-A 42, doc 1495 — the foreigner Rice petitions to marry 'una hija del país' & naturalize (the Alcalde reports he's of good conduct & *arraigado*); Cota memorial; Narbais trámites
1828-07 · C-A 42, doc 1481 — Cota certifies the Rancho de los Nietos bounds — seen in 1812 when Arrillaga distributed the late M. Nieto's cattle: between the San Diego *camino real*, the San Gabriel & Santa An
1829-12-31 · C-A 19, doc 27 — Los Ángeles municipal revenues 1829: aguardiente sold retail $293.3.6, wine $45, judicial fines $158 (+ $96 carryover) = $592.6.3; fund on hand $150.5. (Early LA ayuntamiento finan
1829-11-24 · C-A 19, doc 38 — Adultery investigation of Dolores Palomares (wife of Alf. Ramírez) — opened at Ramírez's request via Fr. Oliva; found innocent, her 'illness' explained as a gynecological condition
1829-11-28 · C-A 27, doc 258 — List of the wealthiest LA individuals per the Ley of 22 May (a capital/wealth census): Juan José Nieto 8,000 head cattle, Manuel Gutiérrez 6,000, Antonio María Lugo 2,800 + 343 vin
1829-10 · C-A 42, doc 1486 — Juan Pablo Peralta's death + N. Sánchez sumaria; ⭐ SF: the ship 'Washington' arrives; J. Fernández representación; San Vicente Guerra exhortación
1829-03-28→07-17 · C-A 42, doc 1494 — Cota's foreigner report: the extranjeros Juan (Jonathan) Temple, José (Joseph) Chapman, Isaac Gilbert, J. Vicente Lorenzo (americanos), José Bunavent (Irish), Enrique Guillén (Afri
1829-01-13 · C-A 50, doc 431 — *Padrón de población del Pueblo de Los Ángeles y de su jurisdicción en 1828* — 1,219 souls / 388 Indians in the pueblo; 1,361 / 354 Indians in the whole jurisdiction (vs. 537 total
1830-02-15 (begun 1828-12-29) · C-A 18, doc 335 — Sedition case vs Vicente Valencia, vecino of Sta Bárbara, for speaking in favor of the Spanish king against the Mexican Republic: at a 12 Dec dance he reportedly said he had 22 yrs
1831-01-17 · C-A 42, doc 824 — Reports Vicente Sánchez's disputed alcalde-oath ceremony — Sánchez asked to speak & declared 'la elección de aquel Alcalde era nula en todas sus partes'; Cota silenced him and comp
1838-11-07 · C-A 34, doc 685 — medical-malpractice petition: asks to be exonerated from paying $110 to Dr. Nicolás Den ('el médico') for treating his wife Manuela Nieto, who died a year later 'a causa de una san