In 1835, when Vallejo moved his company to Sonoma, Alférez Juan Prado Mesa was left in charge of the San Francisco Presidio.
[4] With the cession of California to the United States following the Mexican-American War, the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo provided that the land grants would be honored.
[9] A claim for 500 acres (2.0 km2) filed by Henry C. Curtis with the Land Commission in 1853 was rejected.
[11] A claim for 3,051 acres (12.3 km2) filed by James W. Weeks with the Land Commission in 1853 was rejected.
[12] A claim for 100 acres (0.4 km2) filed by William W. White with the Land Commission in 1853 was rejected.