Juan Francisco Reyes (soldier)

Juan Francisco Reyes (1749–1809), soldado de cuera ("leather-jacketed soldier") on the 1769 Portola expedition, alcalde (municipal magistrate) of the Pueblo de Los Angeles for three terms, and recipient of the Spanish land grant for Rancho Los Encinos and later Lompoc.

In 1769 Francisco Reyes, left his home in modern day Mexico (then New Spain) to join the Spanish army and to accompany Fr.

[1][2][3] Francisco Reyes's brother-in-law, José María Domínguez, was the grantee of Rancho Las Virgenes.

Ricardo Vejar served as Juez de Campo (Country Judge) in Los Angeles in 1833.

[7] Ysidro Reyes lived in Los Angeles and owned one of the largest vineyards in the area.

In 1839 Reyes, along with his friend Francisco Márquez, jointly received the Mexican land grant Rancho Boca de Santa Monica.