José Dolores Pico y Bernal was born at San José de Guadalupe, Alta California, México, the son of Antonio María Ignacio Pico y Cota (SC Baptism 02734) and María Lugarda del Pilar Bernal y Sánchez (SCL Baptism 06011). He was baptized at Mission Santa Clara de Asís March 2, 1834 (SCL Baptism 08619). José became a U.S. citizen with the transfer of California's sovereignty in 1848. His paternal aunt, María Antonia Pico y Cota de Castro, filed a claim on José Dolores' behalf for half of the Rancho Bolsa de San Cayetano* land grant with the U.S. Land Commission in 1853, but the claim was rejected on the grounds that José Dolores "had failed to fulfill the conditions of the grant" (U.S.Court, District of Southern California, Land Case 278). How could he, since after an attempted lynching by Anglo-Americans, he was in the State Mental Hospital? Was his claim to part of this land grant the motivation behind his attempted lynching?
* Rancho Bolsa de San Cayetano was a 8,896-acre Mexican land grant in present-day Monterey County, California given in 1824 by Governor Luís Antonio Argüello to Ygnacio Ferrer Vallejo, and confirmed to his eldest son, José de Jesús Vallejo y Lugo, by Governor José Figueroa in 1834. The grant was bordered on the west by Monterey Bay and on the north by the Pajaro River, and is just south of present-day Watsonville.
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- Jose Delores [sic] Pico.
[Admitted] Feb. 23, 1855. About 28 [sic, 20] years. Native Californian. Simple. Taken up by a mob for horse thief and threatened to be hung which is the supposed cause of his insanity. Taken home by his father Dec. 20, 1856. Entered as Discharged in Small Book, March 4, 1857; also [on] Nov. 20, 1857. (pg. 142).
- Jose Dolores Pico.
A native Californian. About 28 [sic, 22] yrs old - has been in the Asylum before - was taken home by his father on the 20th of Dec. 1856. Admitted without any commitment Nov. 2nd [1859?]. Died of consumption [Tuberculosis] Nov. 19th 1859. Grave No. 70. (pg. 303).
(Source: California State Hospital Records, 1852-1923. Stockton State Hospital, Commitment Registers, 1852-62; pp 142, 303)
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* Rancho Bolsa de San Cayetano was a 8,896-acre Mexican land grant in present-day Monterey County, California given in 1824 by Governor Luís Antonio Argüello to Ygnacio Ferrer Vallejo, and confirmed to his eldest son, José de Jesús Vallejo y Lugo, by Governor José Figueroa in 1834. The grant was bordered on the west by Monterey Bay and on the north by the Pajaro River, and is just south of present-day Watsonville.
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- Jose Delores [sic] Pico.
[Admitted] Feb. 23, 1855. About 28 [sic, 20] years. Native Californian. Simple. Taken up by a mob for horse thief and threatened to be hung which is the supposed cause of his insanity. Taken home by his father Dec. 20, 1856. Entered as Discharged in Small Book, March 4, 1857; also [on] Nov. 20, 1857. (pg. 142).
- Jose Dolores Pico.
A native Californian. About 28 [sic, 22] yrs old - has been in the Asylum before - was taken home by his father on the 20th of Dec. 1856. Admitted without any commitment Nov. 2nd [1859?]. Died of consumption [Tuberculosis] Nov. 19th 1859. Grave No. 70. (pg. 303).
(Source: California State Hospital Records, 1852-1923. Stockton State Hospital, Commitment Registers, 1852-62; pp 142, 303)
Biography written by Steve
José Dolores Pico y Bernal was born at San José de Guadalupe, Alta California, México, the son of Antonio María Ignacio Pico y Cota (SC Baptism 02734) and María Lugarda del Pilar Bernal y Sánchez (SCL Baptism 06011). He was baptized at Mission Santa Clara de Asís March 2, 1834 (SCL Baptism 08619). José became a U.S. citizen with the transfer of California's sovereignty in 1848. His paternal aunt, María Antonia Pico y Cota de Castro, filed a claim on José Dolores' behalf for half of the Rancho Bolsa de San Cayetano* land grant with the U.S. Land Commission in 1853, but the claim was rejected on the grounds that José Dolores "had failed to fulfill the conditions of the grant" (U.S.Court, District of Southern California, Land Case 278). How could he, since after an attempted lynching by Anglo-Americans, he was in the State Mental Hospital? Was his claim to part of this land grant the motivation behind his attempted lynching?
* Rancho Bolsa de San Cayetano was a 8,896-acre Mexican land grant in present-day Monterey County, California given in 1824 by Governor Luís Antonio Argüello to Ygnacio Ferrer Vallejo, and confirmed to his eldest son, José de Jesús Vallejo y Lugo, by Governor José Figueroa in 1834. The grant was bordered on the west by Monterey Bay and on the north by the Pajaro River, and is just south of present-day Watsonville.
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- Jose Delores [sic] Pico.
[Admitted] Feb. 23, 1855. About 28 [sic, 20] years. Native Californian. Simple. Taken up by a mob for horse thief and threatened to be hung which is the supposed cause of his insanity. Taken home by his father Dec. 20, 1856. Entered as Discharged in Small Book, March 4, 1857; also [on] Nov. 20, 1857. (pg. 142).
- Jose Dolores Pico.
A native Californian. About 28 [sic, 22] yrs old - has been in the Asylum before - was taken home by his father on the 20th of Dec. 1856. Admitted without any commitment Nov. 2nd [1859?]. Died of consumption [Tuberculosis] Nov. 19th 1859. Grave No. 70. (pg. 303).
(Source: California State Hospital Records, 1852-1923. Stockton State Hospital, Commitment Registers, 1852-62; pp 142, 303)
Biography written by Steve
* Rancho Bolsa de San Cayetano was a 8,896-acre Mexican land grant in present-day Monterey County, California given in 1824 by Governor Luís Antonio Argüello to Ygnacio Ferrer Vallejo, and confirmed to his eldest son, José de Jesús Vallejo y Lugo, by Governor José Figueroa in 1834. The grant was bordered on the west by Monterey Bay and on the north by the Pajaro River, and is just south of present-day Watsonville.
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- Jose Delores [sic] Pico.
[Admitted] Feb. 23, 1855. About 28 [sic, 20] years. Native Californian. Simple. Taken up by a mob for horse thief and threatened to be hung which is the supposed cause of his insanity. Taken home by his father Dec. 20, 1856. Entered as Discharged in Small Book, March 4, 1857; also [on] Nov. 20, 1857. (pg. 142).
- Jose Dolores Pico.
A native Californian. About 28 [sic, 22] yrs old - has been in the Asylum before - was taken home by his father on the 20th of Dec. 1856. Admitted without any commitment Nov. 2nd [1859?]. Died of consumption [Tuberculosis] Nov. 19th 1859. Grave No. 70. (pg. 303).
(Source: California State Hospital Records, 1852-1923. Stockton State Hospital, Commitment Registers, 1852-62; pp 142, 303)
Biography written by Steve
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