Rancho Collayomi (also called Rancho Callayomi) was a
Mexican land grant in present-day
Lake County, California given in 1844 by Governor
Manuel Micheltorena
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to Robert T. Ridley. Rancho Collayomi was one of three land grants (along with
Rancho Lupyomi and
Rancho Guenoc) in Lake County. Lake County was formed in 1861 of land taken mainly from
Napa County and the northwest portion taken from
Mendocino County.
History
Rancho Collayomi encompassed three square leagues in the Loconoma Valley. Robert T. Ridley (1818 - 1851) was an English sailor who was captain of the
Port of San Francisco. In 1843, Ridley traded his three league Rancho Collayomi grant to
Jacob P. Leese for the two league
Rancho Canada de Guadalupe la Visitacion y Rodeo Viejo near
San Francisco
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. Jacob Primer Leese (1809 - 1892), was a trader from Ohio who had married María Rosalia Vallejo sister of General
Vallejo, and was the owner of the adjacent
Rancho Guenoc.
With the
cession of California to the United States following the
Mexican-American War
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, the 1848
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo provided that the land grants would be honored. As required by the Land Act of 1851, a claim for Rancho Collayomi was filed with the
Public Land Commission in 1852, and the grant was
patented
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to
Archibald A. Ritchie and Paul.S. Forbes in 1863.
Report of the Surveyor General 1844 - 1886
Ritchie was killed in an accident in 1856. Paul Forbes sold his share of both Rancho Guenoc and Rancho Collayomi to one of Ritchie's sons-in-law, Gen. M.D.L. Simpson, in 1867. The following year, Simpson deeded half the lands to Ritchie's wife, Martha and children. The heirs began selling portions of the properties in the early 1870s.
References
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