LINCOLN COUNTY, NEW MEXICO


Legislative Appropriations for the Lincoln Mounted Riflemen Company

Mrs. Alexander A. McSween, widow of a Lincoln County merchant, employed Huston J. Chapman, a Las Vegas attorney to find the men who murdered her husband, July 19,1878. Chapman was killed in Lincoln on the evening of February 18, 1879. Meanwhile, on February 15, 1879 Governor Lew Wallace authorized the organization of a company of mounted riflemen in the county of Lincoln to assist the civil authorities in repressing violence and restoring order in that county. The Legislative Assembly of the Territory of New Mexico at the 24th session appropriated funds to be paid as full payment to the persons below. This Act was approved February 5, 1880 and the Territorial Auditor was authorized to deliver warrants on the Territorial Treasury to the Officers and Men as well as those who incurred debt due to subsistence of the men and animals. $2,206.52 is hereby appropriated for payment to the following persons: Jose Montano  $565.73 Sue E. McSween   $43.65 Isaac Ellis        $144.10 Juan B. Patron     $246.52 Of the pay to the Officers and Men: Juan B. Patron, Captain 195.02 Pablo Miranda   28.50 Ben H. Ellis   58.50 Manuel Martin   43.50 Martin Sanchez   21.00 Santiago Maes   22.50 Camilo Nunez     6.00 Martin Montoya   23.50 Elias Gray   18.00 Zenon Mora   43.50 Ramon Montoya     6.00 Trinidad Romero     6.00 Estolano Sanchez   43.50 Manuel Romero     6.00 Trinidad Vigil     6.00 Crescencio Sanches   43.50 Fernando Herrera     6.00 Jose Maria Sances   43.50 Jesus Rodrigues   43.50 Esiquio Sanches   28.50 Juan Pedro Torres     2.00 Franco Sanches y Gonzales   43.50 Martin Chavez     6.00 Apolonio Sedillo   43.50 Martin Chavez   58.50 Higinio Salazar   43.50 Florencio Chavez   58.50 Jose Salazar   34.00 Jose Chavez y Chavez   58.50 Franco Sedillo   22.50 Maximiano Chavez     5.00 J. C. Wilkins   28.50 Romualdo Frezques     6.00 George Washington     6.00 Gregorio Giron     6.00 Alex Rudder   20.00 Lonworth, T. B.   43.50 Ramon Vigil   22.50 Eugenio Maldonado     6.00

Transcribed by C. Anthony from New Mexico General Laws, 1880

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