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'''Joseph Ladd Majors''' was a frontiersman/trapper who came to the Santa Cruz area ~1840. Through marriage into the [[Castro family]], he acquired the land grant that became [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rancho_San_Agustin ''Rancho San Agustin''] from his new brother-in-law [[Bolcoff, Josef|Jose Bolcoff]].
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'''Joseph Ladd Majors''' was a frontiersman/trapper who came to the Santa Cruz area ~1840. Through marriage into the [[Castro family]], he acquired the land grant that became [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rancho_San_Agustin ''Rancho San Agustin''] from his new brother-in-law [[Bolcoff, Josef|Jose Bolcoff]]. Soon after, Majors acted as proxy allowing fellow frontiersman [[Graham, Isaac|Isaac Graham]] to buy the adjacent ''Rancho Zayante''. As a naturalized Mexican citizen, although Majors was initially arrested in the 1840 "Graham Affair", he was not imprisoned. He did later (1842), however, sign a grievance letter (Elliott, p.10) against the Alta California/Mexico government written by ten men - including Graham - who were imprisoned and/or otherwise involved in the 1840 arrest.  
 
* [[History Pages: 7 - The Frontiersmen]]
 
* [[History Pages: 7 - The Frontiersmen]]
 
* [[Santa Cruz: The Early Years (1980 book)]], 107-109
 
* [[Santa Cruz: The Early Years (1980 book)]], 107-109

Revision as of 18:54, 24 August 2023

Joseph Ladd Majors was a frontiersman/trapper who came to the Santa Cruz area ~1840. Through marriage into the Castro family, he acquired the land grant that became Rancho San Agustin from his new brother-in-law Jose Bolcoff. Soon after, Majors acted as proxy allowing fellow frontiersman Isaac Graham to buy the adjacent Rancho Zayante. As a naturalized Mexican citizen, although Majors was initially arrested in the 1840 "Graham Affair", he was not imprisoned. He did later (1842), however, sign a grievance letter (Elliott, p.10) against the Alta California/Mexico government written by ten men - including Graham - who were imprisoned and/or otherwise involved in the 1840 arrest.