Soldier-settler (fl. 1780s–1810s): San José water-works, Branciforte; father of M.G.
Recorded span
1785 to 1825
Records
59 naming this person as author or recipient
Name forms matched
ignacio vallejo
‘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.
1785-02-08→06-25 · C-A 44, doc 4 — index of 1785 Vallejo correspondence: Feb 8/20 'cartas particulares sin interés'; ⭐ Jun 25 — Vargas informed of the advantageous site Vallejo reconnoitered for building the pueblo,
1785-07-07→08-03 · C-A 44, doc 5 — Jul 7 carta particular; ⭐ Jul 28 approves setting up a fragua (forge) & directs the water-works/labores 'de modo que no se gaste su ración'; ⭐ Aug 3 resolves to transfer Sebastián
1786-02-07 · C-A 44, doc 10 — harvest report (fanegas per poblador); ⭐ the ALCALDE's authority — Castro not to sell the *cerca* (not on his own land), 'el Alcalde es quien ha de mandar las cosas'; + a note on c
1786-03-03 (+ Sep re-copies) · C-A 44, doc 11 — curb the *milpa* waste 'pues en él se defrauda el Diezmo'; ⭐ Cabo Soto's solar assigned & his huerta enlarged (land); attend to the *saca de agua* (water works); an individual sowi
1786-03-13→27 · C-A 44, doc 12 — pueblo admin: curb waste (tithe + the pobladores 'se verán… pereciendo'); only surplus maize to the presidio; identify the thieves; are the Guardia & Ronda doing their duty; Castro
1786-04-20 · C-A 44, doc 13 — the 'Albitre' Indian-relations case — Albitre presented himself at the mission 'con la India y la muchacha,' said Yepes had left him; Albitre y la India quedan presos (imprisoned);
1786-04-23→06-06 · C-A 44, doc 14 — tithe-defaulters account; Vallejo summoned to Monterey with all papers (the Reglamento, instructions, tithe apuntes — regidores to act in his absence); the Monterey & SF habilitado
1786-06-25→08-26 · C-A 44, doc 15 — tithe distributed 'con igualdad' (Ramón Lasso keeps the account); all irrigated 'y aun sobra agua'; ⭐ morality warning — keep away from González's daughter ('si no quiere experimen
1786-10-05→11-01 · C-A 44, doc 16 — sow in the Llano (not harming the vecinos' herds); ⭐ gambling — the bad conduct of Joaquín Valerio & Ávila, find the other 'ladroncillo,' take cabo Soto to witness any game; don't
1786-11-03→12-23 · C-A 44, doc 17 — on buying cattle at the Mission (price if 'especial'); tithe produce to the SF presidio; those wanting more land take it 'de los valdíos ó realengos'; a gambling soldier (not of th
1786-05-03 · C-A 50, doc 5 — *Estado de la propiedad pecuaria del pueblo de San José de Guadalupe*: 18 individuos (as prior less Atanasio Vásquez & Felipe Tapia); 215 vacuno, 661 lana/pelo, 168 caballar. + cov
1787-08-11→1788-01-09 · C-A 44, doc 18 — Juan M.ª Verdugo remits the clothing + the money 'ó Nutrias' received from Alférez Hermenegildo Sal (otter pelts as a medium of exchange — note the price of what's sold); the tithe
1787-09→1788-03 · C-A 44, doc 21 — the RELOCATION of Pueblo San José to its new site — 'en la primavera se cambiará el pueblo' (José Argüello to report); Pedro Bojórquez given a solar & lands; 'empezarán las obras e
1788-01-12→24 · C-A 44, doc 19 — despatch to Tte José Argüello; ⭐ re the Indians who took the recua's clothing — imprison & report; ⭐ tithe accounts to be settled with Bojórquez & Espinosa; Ignacio Soto left in ch
1788-09-06→17 · C-A 44, doc 20 — the San José pueblo LAND DIVISION — distribute the tierras (wheat in some, maize in others); Castro's four *suertes* measured; ⭐⭐ 'que ante el Teniente José Argüello y el Sargento
1788-03-02→06 · C-A 44, doc 22 — all contribute to the *saca del agua* / acequias / timber (soldiers & inválidos only, alcalde overseeing the pobladores); ⭐ grain-conduction scheme — each build *carretas* to carry
1788-06-02→07-19 · C-A 44, doc 23 — the new-pueblo LAYOUT — Tte José Argüello to demarcate a second cuadro adjoining the first for the soldiers' & agregados' houses, open solares, enclose with a stockade; don't cut w
1788-08-08→09-04 · C-A 44, doc 24 — Ignacio Castro to submit like everyone (no grounds for complaints); Romero (the friar) 'se dé á respetar'; ⭐ new-pueblo house rules — granaries within each solar, corrals opening '
1788-10-08→31 · C-A 44, doc 25 — 'Órdenes sobre diezmos, bebidas y castigo de indios' — sustain the tithe; no liquor sold; ⭐⭐ any Christian Indian arriving at the pueblo without his friars' license → 10 azotes (1s
1788-12-09→24 · C-A 44, doc 26 — the 'Tiburcio' affair (P. Peña wants Tiburcio removed; investigate; he not enter Rosales's house; keep the alcalde advised 'que no haya escándalos y desórdenes con las familias ni
1788-12-26→1789-02-27 · C-A 44, doc 27 — keep Ignacio Castro imprisoned; make the *siembras* abundant 'para darles salida'; 12 arados + 2 hachas + carpinteros sent; police the *tahúr* & gamblers; ⭐ renew the confirmations
1789-03-02→11-23 · C-A 44, doc 28 — approves the means to move the pueblo (abbreviate the hauling); the tailor Navarro shackled & sent back; ⭐ cabo Macario Castro brings 300 reses from the SF presidio; ⭐ the Indians
1795-08-29 · C-A 7, doc 543 — Explains why he returned toward the presidio & stayed at Soledad (Sgt. Mariní wouldn't keep him; Tte Argüello said his presence unneeded); no *novedad*
1796-09-11→11-30 · C-A 44, doc 64 — solares for new pobladores taken from Tiburcio Vásquez's terrain; a maize-rescate ban (Bernardo Heredia/Rosales); ⭐⭐ the San José / Mission Santa Clara LAND BOUNDARY — Vallejo to m
1797-02-20→04-15 · C-A 44, doc 67 — the King's hemp field fenced — the Indian workers 'sean pagados… con el maíz del año anterior'; cabo Mateo Bello sent to sow the cáñamo & record its irrigation/weeding 'para que si
1797-05-26→06-03 · C-A 44, doc 71 — 5 more individuals licensed to move to Branciforte; ⭐ cabo Gabriel Moraga takes over the [hemp] commission & the cáñamo sowing (his departure noted); each keep only the reglamento'
1798 Jan 20 · C-A 11, doc 154 — San José seed inventory — certificate of seeds in the public granary (troje del Pósito): 1796 crop: 44 [fanegas?] maize, 66 wheat; 1797: 42 maize, 52 wheat [?]. Multiple settlers s
1799-08-14 · C-A 10, doc 289 — Heading 'Sobre entrega de un mozo'. 'Que entregó á Heredia el mozo, pues mejoró ya del brazo, motivo porqe no lo habia hecho ántes. Que vá á ese Presdº de mozo de mulas.' — servant
1799-08-23 · C-A 10, doc 290 — Heading 'Sobre término de un preso'. 'Que el mozo Saens que estaba preso, ha cumplido su término de condena y que solo espera su órden escrita para darlo en libertad. Habla algunas
1799-08-29 · C-A 10, doc 291 — Heading 'Aviso de llegada de un soldado con vino'. 'Que ha llegado el soldado Sebastian In=/sil, con dos cargas de panocha y 34 martillos de mescal; que creé de su deber ponerlo en
1799-09-30 · C-A 10, doc 316 — No underlined subject line. 'Que tiene sacado de la alberca, cáñamo de la cosecha, el que está beneficiando; qe. las aguas ya han empezado; pa. que aprovechará el buen tiempo.' Hem
1799-10-28 · C-A 10, doc 317 — 'Solicitud pa. quedar en el Pueblo.' — 'Que una vez le dijo, que se dedicara al cultivo del cáñamo qe. redundaría en su provecho y de su familia; qe. quería valerse mejor de su gen
1799-06-01 · C-A 16, doc 163 — reports the vecinos constantly request house-lots (*solares*) and want orders on what to do; and that this year's hemp (*cáñamo*) crop is very good, last year's still being process
1799-05-22 · C-A 16, doc 164 — reports the vecino Juan Saiz[?] punished with 25 lashes at the guard-post and shackled until completing his term of labor on the public works
1799 · C-A 16, doc 165 — bundle of San José pueblo-government letters (Feb–June 1799): the 2nd regidor Santo Hernández[?] asks for a new election (illness) — later ordered to continue; which vecinos should
1799-10-31 · C-A 50, doc 246 — *Nº de pobladores* — the Villa now has 21 settlers (1 Indian), down from 40 in 1797 (Doc 224) — Branciforte shrinking; ⭐ signed by Ignacio Vallejo (the Branciforte/San José settler
1800-10-12 · C-A 11, doc 2 — Heading verbatim: '+ 1800. - Oct.e 12 - Branciforte. - / Ignacio Vallejo á Sal. Semillas cosechadas en aquella Villa en dicho año 1800.' [= Ignacio Vallejo to Sal. Seed/grain harve
1803-12-23 · C-A 8, doc 473 — Leaf-verified 2026-09-09, previously UNCATALOGUED: 'Padron de los habitantes de la Villa de Branciforte' — «Resulta de esta lista, que hay 101 almas, á saber: 16 casados, 42 solter
1806-05-14 San José · C-A 12, doc 81 — On the mare slaughter — will gather the vecinos; 6 soldiers with a stake in the yeguada remain. [Ignacio Vallejo = father of M.G. Vallejo.]
1806-05-14 · C-A 16, doc 557 — junta to slaughter the wild-mare herd (*yeguada*) damaging crops — commissioner + alcalde + regidores + 8 vecinos; faculty extended to missions Sta Clara/San José/San Juan; approve
1806-05-20 · C-A 16, doc 558 — distribution of the culled herd — 32 vecinos/settlers/soldiers each allotted 25 breeding mares + tame horses/mules (= 800 head); the rest deemed too harmful to keep
1814-02-06 · C-A 17, doc 167 — Causa vs. the artilleryman Ignacio Lucano[?], accused of poisoning soldier Pascual Villavicencio's aguardiente; the witness testimony does not prove the crime. Orig. pp.474–499
1824-04-14 · C-A 18, doc 71 — Commissioned to investigate possible *sublevación* in the San Luis, San Miguel, San Antonio & Soledad missions during the 1824 Chumash Revolt; Fr. Luis Martínez & the escort cabo a
1824-10-25 · C-A 62, doc 78 — Title confirmation, rancho Bolsa de San Cayetano (playa → camino real toward Branciforte) — Argüello confirms the grant Solá made 'á nombre del Rey' (note: grantee = Ignacio Vallej
1825-10-05 · C-A 56, doc 155 — *sumaria* on the mayordomo Eleuterio Villavicencio wounding the neophyte Nazario — caught stealing a horse at Mission Soledad, Nazario resisted with a knife, the mayordomo wounded