Difference between revisions of "Majors, Joseph L."
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* Son John P. was a Soc. of Pioneers member. | * Son John P. was a Soc. of Pioneers member. | ||
* In 1850 Majors was elected to be first County Treasurer. | * In 1850 Majors was elected to be first County Treasurer. | ||
| + | * The Majors family later bought ranch land up the coast, adjacent to today's [[Majors Creek]]. | ||
Rowland gives Majors' Spanish name as Jose Mechas. | Rowland gives Majors' Spanish name as Jose Mechas. | ||
Revision as of 19:14, 6 April 2025
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.
- History Pages: 7 - The Frontiersmen
- Santa Cruz: The Early Years (1980 book), 107-109
- The Joseph Majors story: Santa Cruz ranchero & American alcalde (2005 book)
- Son Robert died from a wound suffered in a famous gunfight in front of what is now Lulu Carpenter's on Pacific Avenue (SWC Chapter Five, item 4).
- Son John P. was a Soc. of Pioneers member.
- In 1850 Majors was elected to be first County Treasurer.
- The Majors family later bought ranch land up the coast, adjacent to today's Majors Creek.
Rowland gives Majors' Spanish name as Jose Mechas.
