July 1714 Presidio de San Francisco de Conchos, Chihuahua, Nueva Vizcaya
Testimony regarding the inspection procedures, troop assignments, and accounting of payments to the soldiers of the San Francisco de Conchos Presidio (Translated from the Fondo Collection, AHMPFCC01001013).
List of soldiers:
- Captain Joseph Beasoin, commander of the Presidio, with all his weapons and forty horses
- Ensign Antonio Portillo with all his weapons and ten horses
- Sergeant Mathias Segreros with all his weapons and ten horses
- Corporal Sebastian Ponce with all his weapons and ten horses
- Corporal Francisco de Herrera with all his arms and ten horses
- Juan del Inerro with all his arms and six horses
- Salbador de Albidriz with all his arms and eight horses
- Juan de Orduño with all his arms and three horses, he is a trained soldier who is disabled in one leg due to a wound he receive in the war of Zarauman, and holds a position as a trained soldier by order of the most excellent Count of Gallo, Viceroy of New Spain.
- Lucas Dominguez with all his arms and four horses
- Pedro Laenz with all his arms except his cuirass and four horses
- Pasqual Laenz with all his weapons without a shield and ten horses
- Anttonio Molina has almost no weapons and six horses
- Antonio de Vria with all his arms and six horses
- Deigo Martel with all his arms and seven horses
- Diego Trujillo with all his arms except a saddle and eight horses
- Juan de Herrera with all his arms and five horses
- Nicolas de Ortega with all his arms, although the rifle barrel was damaged, and eight horses
- Nicolas Venites with all his arms and sic horses
- Francisco Molina with all his arms and six horses
- Feliz de Almarzan with all his arms except his saddle and five horses
- Lorenzo Marin with all his arms and five horses
- Simon de Aquirre with all his arms and seven horses
- Marcos de Aguirre with all his arms and five horses
- Agustin Dominguez with all his arms and seven horses
- Anttonio Sottel without saddle, weapons, arquebus (long gun), tent, cart with seven horses.
- Esteban Sotelo with all his arms except saddle and six horses
- Juan Antonio de Mendoza with all his arms and five horses
- Sebastian de Morales with all his arms and three horses
- Manuel de Ynofos with all his arms and two horses
- Francisco Cano, without a sword, wearing a leather doublet, carrying an arquebus, and riding only one horse
- Esteban de Porras with all his arms and five horses
- Diego de Rivera with all his arms and three horses, has a damaged arquebus
- Salbador Maruso with all his arms and six horses
- Joseph Yazabi with all his arms and six horses, has a damaged arquebus
- Phelipe Laenz with all his arms, except a sword, and four horses
- Xptoval Peña with all his arms and seven horses
- Anttonio Ponze with all his arms and five horses
- Juan de Dios Guttierez with all his arms and six horses
- Juan de Abalos with all his arms and four horses
- Lorenzo de Vrias with all his arms and six horses
- Nicolas de Miranda with all his arms and four horses
- Antonio Agustin Delgaddillo, trumpeter, fully armed with six horses
- Marcelino de Arvirdes with all his arms and four horses
- Joseph de Perea with all his arms and four horses
- Don Joseph de Ybero with all his arms and ten horses
- Juan de Maldanado with all his arms and six horses
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