![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() However, in 1859, Don Cosme purchased one quarter of the Dolores subdivision of the Borrego Grant and, together with his children and their families, established the small settlement of Dolores. He married Magdalena Gonzales in 1829 and the couple remained in Tamaulipas while their children were growing up. Their son, Cosme Martinez was born in Revilla in 1811. The third daughter of Juan Jose Gutierrez married Antonio Martinez, son of Don Bartome, the original Alcade of Revilla. His daughter, Maria de Jesus Uribe, was Don Mercurio 's mother. Don Blas Maria eventually acquired more than half of his father-in-law's holdings and became a highly successful rancher and merchant. One of these sons, Blas Maria Uribe, married Juliana Trevino who was his third cousin and the daughter of Jesus Trevino and Viviana. She was widowed early and moved across the river with her young sons. Īnother of the Gutierrez daughters, Ignacia, married Jose Dionicio Uribe, the son of Luis Uribe. His holdings of approximately 125,000 acres included the entire San Ygnacio sub-division of the Borrego Grant. ![]() Jesus Trevino moved his family to Texas and established the settlement of San Ygnacio in 1830. The titles to these lands had been lost or destroyed during the Mexican War for Independence, but the claim of the Borrego heirs was declared valid by the Guerrero city council, of which Trevino 's father-in-law, Juan Jose Gutierrez, was a member. Jesus Trevino became acquainted with J ose Maria Marfil Vidaurri, the grandson of Jose Vasquez Borrego, when Don Jose Maria came to Guerrero in 1828 in order to clear the title to the Borrego lands located in what was to become Zapata County, Texas. The Borrego Grant was made in 1750, but the area had remained sparsely settled partly because of Indian raids and the fact that Borrego and his heirs also had enormous holdings in Coahuila where they spent most of their time. Between 18, Don Jesus Trevino purchased lands on the north bank of the Rio Grande from the heirs of Jose Vasquez Borrego. Viviana Gutierrez married Jesus Trevino, an ambitious young man who had migrated to Guerrero from Marin, Nuevo Leon. Mercurio Martinez was descended from the families established by all three of Don Juan Jose 's daughters. Don Juan Jose had three daughters, each of whom either married or mothered a successful south Texas pioneer. A third ancestor, Juan Jose Gutierrez, was the owner of San Jose Ranch, an extensive holding on the banks of the Rio Grande near Revilla. Luis Uribe, another of Don Mercurio 's great-great grandfathers, was one of the founding settlers of Laredo, Tex., but moved from there to Revilla about 1755. Revilla, the town of origin for many Zapata County families, was renamed Guerrero in honor of General Vicente Guerrero after Mexico achieved independence from Spain in 1821. He served as Alcalde of this frontier ranching settlement for 30 years. He descended from Spanish-Mexican pioneers who had settled on the banks of the Rio Grande River in the mid-eighteenth century.ĭon Mercurio 's great-great grandfather, Bartome Martinez was one of the original settlers of Revilla, Tamaulipas, Mexico in 1750. Mercurio Martinez, school teacher, rancher, legal researcher, public spirited citizen, and authority on the history and genealogy of Zapata County, Tex., was born in San Ygnacio, Zapata County, Tex. ![]()
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