# Rancho Chimiles

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{{Short description|Mexican land grant in California}}
'''Rancho Chimiles''' was a {{convert|17762|acre|km2|sing=on}} [Mexican land grant](/source/Ranchos_of_California) in present day [Napa County, California](/source/Napa_County%2C_California) given in 1846  by Governor [Pio Pico](/source/Pio_Pico) to José Ygnacio Berreyesa.<ref>Ogden Hoffman, 1862, ''Reports of Land Cases Determined in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California'', Numa Hubert, San Francisco</ref><ref>[http://content.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/hb5779n8nk/?&brand=oac  Diseño del Rancho Chimiles]</ref>

==History==
José Ygnacio Marianio Berreyesa the son of [José de los Reyes Berreyesa](/source/Jos%C3%A9_de_los_Reyes_Berreyesa) (1785–1846) was granted four square leagues in 1846.<ref>{{cite book |last=Hoover |first=Mildred B. |last2=Rensch |first2=Hero |last3=Rensch |first3=Ethel |last4=Abeloe |first4=William N. |title=Historic Spots in California |year=1966 |publisher=Stanford University Press | url=https://archive.org/details/historicspotsinc00rens|url-access=registration |isbn=978-0-8047-4482-9}}</ref>   William Gordon, grantee of [Rancho Quesesosi](/source/Rancho_Quesesosi), and [Nathan Coombs](/source/Nathan_Coombs) purchased Rancho Chimiles in 1851.

With the [cession](/source/Mexican_Cession) of California to the United States following the [Mexican-American War](/source/Mexican-American_War), the 1848 [Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo](/source/Treaty_of_Guadalupe_Hidalgo) provided that the land grants would be honored.  As required by the Land Act of 1851, a claim for Rancho Chimiles was filed with the [Public Land Commission](/source/Public_Land_Commission) in 1852,<ref>[http://digicoll.lib.berkeley.edu/record/264430 United States. District Court (California : Northern District) Land Case 43 ND]</ref><ref>[http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/hb109nb422/ Finding Aid to the Documents Pertaining to the Adjudication of Private Land Claims in California, circa 1852-1892]</ref> and the grant was [patented](/source/Land_patent) to William Gordon and Nathan Coombs in 1860.<ref>[http://www.slc.ca.gov/Misc_Pages/Historical/Surveyors_General/reports/Willey_1884_1886.pdf  Report of the Surveyor General 1844 - 1886] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130320000647/http://www.slc.ca.gov/Misc_Pages/Historical/Surveyors_General/reports/Willey_1884_1886.pdf |date=2013-03-20 }}</ref>

==See also==
*[Ranchos of California](/source/Ranchos_of_California)
*[List of Ranchos of California](/source/List_of_Ranchos_of_California) 
 
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