1890 Veterans Census
Taos County, New Mexico Eleventh Census of the United States
Special Schedule
Surviving Soldiers, Sailors and Marines and Widows
Extracted by C. W. Barnum
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The 1890 veterans schedules provided names of surviving soldiers, sailors,
and marines, and widows; rank;
name of regiment or vessel; date of enlistment; date of discharge, length of
service; post office address; and disability if any. This compiler referred to
the censuses and the Civil War indexes to determine correct spellings of names.
Please send corrections.
We will
publish any family history for Taos County researchers. If you have an ancestor or
know of a person who served in the Military from Taos County prior to 1890,
please let me know the details.
| Last name | First name | Notes | Unit | Enlisted data | Discharged data |
| Abila | Juan De J. | Taos, Taos, NM | Co. J Cavalry | 9/18/1861 / Private | 2/18/1862 / Private |
| Andres | Trujillio; Juana G.-wd. | Shot through right leg, died | Cavalry | 1861 / Private | Killed / shot in leg |
| Apodaca | Alvin; Josefa Gurule -wd. | Ranchos de Taos, Taos, NM | Infantry | Private | Private |
| Apodaca | Alvino; Josefa Gurule -wd. | Ranchos de Taos, Taos, NM | Infantry | Private | Private |
| Aragon | Jose W.? | Ranchos de Taos, Taos, NM | Co. F Cavalry | 7/26/1861 / Private | 7/30/1861 / Private |
| Archuleta | Francisco | Taos, Taos, NM | Co. K Cavalry | February 1861 / Private | 1864 / Private |
| Archuleta | Francisco | Taos, Taos, NM | Co. K Cavalry | 1861 / Private | 1864 / Private |
| Archuleta | Juan B. | Penasco, Taos, NM | Cavalry | 1862 / Private | 1865 / Private |
| Arellano | Juan D. | Taos, Taos, NM | Cavalry | 1861 / Private | 1862 / Private |
| Arguello | Juan R. | Penasco, Taos, NM | Cavalry | 1862 / Private | 1865 / Private |
| Armijo | Juan | Taos, Taos, NM | Cavalry | 1861 / Private | 1862 / Private |
| Armijo | Juan | Taos, Taos, NM | Cavalry | 1861 / Private | 1862 / Private |
| Artincia | Manuel | Penasco, Taos, NM | Cavalry | 1862 / Private | 1865 / Private |
| Baca | Juan B. | Ranchos de Taos, Taos, NM | Co. F Cavalry | 7/20/1861 / Private | 11/30/1861 / Private |
| Baca | Juan E. | Ranchos de Taos, Taos, NM | Cavalry | Private | Private |
| Bachaldor | Samuel L. | District 90, Taos, NM | Co. J Mas. Infantry | Private | Private |
| Baker | John | District 90, Taos, NM | Co. A Ohio Infantry | 8/9/1864 / Teamster | Wagoner |
| Bales | Joseway | District 90, Taos, NM | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Barella (Barela) | (Jose) Manuel | Ranchos de Taos, Taos, NM | Cavalry | 1861 / Private | 1861 / Private |
| Barrela | Manuel | Ranchos de Taos, Taos, NM | Cavalry | 1861 / Private | 1861 / Private |
| Bartlett | Thomas T. | Costilla, Taos, NM | Co. C 1ST Regiment | 7/7/1861 / Sergeant | 11/22/1867 / Private |
| Bartlett | Thomas T. | Costilla, Taos, NM | Cavalry | 7/4/1865 / Lieutenant | 8/8/1866 / Lieutenant |
| Bartlett | Thomas T. | Costilla, Taos, NM | Co. C Cavalry | 2/14/1865 / Second Lieutenant | 7/4/1865 / Second Lieutenant |
| Bartlett | Thomas T. | Costilla, Taos, NM | Battallion NM Vols (1866-7) | 1866 / First Lieutenant | 1867 / First Lieutenant |
| Bartlett | Thomas T. | Costilla, Taos, NM | Co. B 1St Cavalry | November 1865 / | February 1865 / |
| Bartlett | Thomas T. | Costilla, Taos, NM | Co. CCavalry | 9/7/1861 / Sergeant | November 1863 / Sergeant |
| Bell | Henry H. | Rio Colorado, Taos, NM | Co. J PA Infantry | 4/16/1861 / Private | 1863 / Private |
| Benabides | Antonis J. | Taos, Taos, NM | Cavalry | 1861 / Private | 1862 / Private |
| Benabides | Juan; Rosa -wd. | Taos, Taos, NM | Cavalry | 186- / Private | 186- / Private |
| Biscarra | Juan N. | Penasco, Taos, NM | Cavalry | 1862 / Private | 1862 / Private |
| Borgnis | Jose Felipe | Ranchos de Taos, Taos, NM | Co. A Cavalry | 8/101861 / Private | May 1863 / Private |
| Bueno | Juan B. (Bautiste) wife Salome | Ranchos de Taos, Taos, NM | Co. A 1ST NM Cavalry | 1861 / Private | 1861 / Private |
| Cardenas | Juan A. | Taos, Taos, NM | Co. G Cavalry | 1861 / Private | 1862 / Private |
| Carpenter | Albert A. | District 90, Taos, NM | Co. D Vermont? Infantry | 2/20/1864 / Private | 3/3/1866 / Private |
| Casados | Refugo; Luz M. -wd. | Taos, Taos, NM | Cavalry | 1861 / Private | 1862 / Private |
| Casados | Refugo; Luz M. -wd. | Taos, Taos, NM | Cavalry | 1861 / Private | 1862 / Private |
| Coca | Juan B. | Ranchos de Taos, Taos, NM | Cavalry | 7/20/1861 / Private | 11/30/1861 / Private |
| Cordovo | Jose A. | Penasco, Taos, NM | Infantry | 1862 / Private | 1862 / Private |
| Cordovo | Jose R. | Penasco, Taos, NM | Cavalry | 1862 / Private | 1862 / Private |
| Cordovo | Vicente | Penasco, Taos, NM | Cavalry | 1862 / Private | 1862 / Private |
| Cortez | Francisco | Taos, Taos, NM | Cavalry | 1861 / Private | 1862 / Private |
| Cortez | Jose M. | Taos, Taos, NM | Cavalry | 1861 / Private | 1862 / Private |
| Cruz | Dolores | Taos, Taos, NM | Co. J Cavalry | 1862 / Private | 1865 / Private |
| Duran | Donaciano | District 90, Taos, NM | 1 ST Regiment Co. K Cavalry | Bugler | Bugler |
| Esquibel | Juan | Taos, Taos, NM | Co J Cavalry | 9/18/1861 / Private | 2/18/1862 / Private |
| Esquibel | Miguel | Right Broken Shoulder | Co. J Cavalry | 1861 / Private | 1862 / Private |
| Foree | Joseph P. | District 90, Taos, NM | Cavalry; State? | 6/2/1862/1862 / Private | 1862 / Private |
| Fresquis | Antonio | Penasco, Taos, NM | Cavalry | 1862 / Private | 1865 / Private |
| Garcia | Juan N. | District 90, Taos, NM | Cavalry | 1/15/1862 / Private | February 1862 / Private |
| Garcia | Simon; Susana Cruz -wd. | Taos, Taos, NM | Infantry | 1861 / Corporal | 1862 / Corporal |
| Gatchell | Horace | Costilla, Taos, NM Three enlistments | Co. B ? Infantry | 4/27/1861 / Private | March 1865 / Private |
| Gomez | Juan | Taos, Taos, NM | Co. J Cavalry | 1861 / Private | 1862 / Private |
| Goniales | Juan | Penasco, Taos, NM | Cavalry | 1862 / Private | 1865 / Private |
| Gonzales | Ignacio | Taos, Taos, NM | Cavalry | 1862 / Private | 1864 / Private |
| Gonzales | Jose M. | Ranchos de Taos, Taos, NM | Infantry | Private | Private |
| Gonzales | Juan de los Reyes; Juana Medina -wd. | Ranchos de Taos, Taos, NM | Infantry | Private | Private |
| Gonzales | Juan M. | Ranchos de Taos, Taos, NM | Co. F Cavalry | 7/20/1861/ Private | 11/30/1861/Private |
| Gonzales | Teodoso? | Ranchos de Taos, Taos, NM | Volunteers | Private | Private |
| Gurule | Floria; Inacia Tafoya -wd. | Ranchos de Taos, Taos, NM | Infantry | 1862 / Private | Private |
| Gurule | Ilarin; Floria Tafoya -wd. | Ranchos de Taos, Taos, NM | Infantry | Private | Private |
| Helphenstine | Alfred | Taos, Taos, NM | 10th Mississippi Infantry | 10/18/1863 / Private | June 1865 / Private |
| Jaramillo | Luciano | Taos, Taos, NM | Co. F Cavalry | 1861 / Private | 1862 / Private |
| Jeantet | Grabiel / Gabriel | Wife Maria/Mother Eugina | Cavalry / Born March 1830 | November 1861 / Private | February 1862 / Private |
| Jeantette | Gabriel | Taos, Taos, NM | Cavalry | 1861 / Private | 1862 |
| Jones | Richmond | Taos, Taos, NM | Co. C Cavalry | 1861 / Private | 1862 / Private |
| Larranaga | Jose | Taos, Taos, NM | Cavalry | 1861 / Private | 1862 / Private |
| Leyva | Jose M. | Penasco, Taos, NM | Cavalry | 1862 / Private | 1862 / Private |
| Lobato | Manuel V. | Taos, Taos, NM | Co. E Cavalry | 1861 / Private | 1862 / Private |
| Lofato | Juan Antonio | Costilla, Taos, NM | Volunteers | 1861 / Private | 1864 / Private |
| Lovato | Lorenzo | Ranchos de Taos, Taos, NM | Co. F Cavalry | 7/20/1861 / Sergeant | 11/30/1861 / Sergeant |
| Lucero | Antonio | Penasco, Taos, NM | Cavalry | 1862 / Private | 1865 / Private |
| Lucero | Gabriel | Taos, Taos, NM | Cavalry | 11/18/1861 / Second Lieutenant | 2/18/1862 Second Lieutenant |
| Lujan | Cornelio | Ranchos de Taos, Taos, NM | Cavalry | 3/1/1863 / Private | April 1863 / Private |
| Lyons | Patrick | Taos, Taos, NM | United States Cavalry Co. C | 1861 / Sergeant | 1863 / Sergeant |
| MacCarinas | Jose V.; Carmel Vigil -wd. | Ranchos de Taos, Taos, NM | Cavalry | October 1862 / Private | March 1863 / Private |
| Maerinez(s?) | Miguel;Juana Garcia -wd. | Ranchos de Taos, Taos, NM | Co. A 3rd Regiment, NM Mounted Infantry | Private | Private |
| Maes | Pedro | Ranchos de Taos, Taos, NM | Co. C 1ST Reg. Cavalry | 1861 / Private | 1861 / Private |
| Marshall | Humphrey | This name was crossed out; CSA? | Co. G 7th MO Cavalry | 1861 / Second Lieutenant | 1862 / Second Lieutenant |
| Martin | Antonio | Ranchos de Taos, Taos, NM | 12 Antonio Martin's in records | Private | Private |
| Martin | Jose L. | Ranchos de Taos, Taos, NM | 45 Jose Martins listed in records | 1862 / Sergeant | 1863 / Sergeant |
| Martin | Jose M. | Taos, Taos, NM | Cavalry | 1861 / Second Lieutenant | 1862 / Second Lieutenant |
| Martines | Jose A. | Penasco, Taos, NM | Cavalry | 1862 / private | Private |
| Martinez | Carlos | Penasco, Taos, NM | Infantry | 1863 / private | 1863 / private |
| Martinez | Miguel; Juana Gracia -wd. | Ranchos de Taos, Taos, NM | Infantry | Private | Private |
| Martinez | Pedro J. | Ranchos de Taos, Taos, NM | Infantry | 1861 / Private | Private |
| Martinez | Roman | Taos, Taos, NM | Cavalry | 1861 / Private | 1862 / Private |
| Martins | Vicente F. | Ranchos de Taos, Taos, NM | Cavalry | 1861 / Private | 1861 / Private |
| Mascarenas | Encarnacio | Costilla, Taos, NM | Co. B 1ST Regiment Cavalry | Private | Private |
| Mascarenas | Jose V.; Carmel Vigil -wd. | Ranchos de Taos, Taos, NM | Cavalry | October 1862 / Private | March 1863 / Private |
| Mascarenas | Vincente | Taos, Taos, NM | Cavalry | 1861 / Private | 1864 / Private |
| McClarren | William M. | District 90, Taos, NM / Lost eye | Co. V Penn Cavalry | 6/17/1861/ Private | 7/13/1865 / Private |
| Medina | Jose | Taos, Taos, NM | Cavalry | March 1861 / Private | 1862 / Private |
| Medina | Antonio | Ranchos de Taos, Taos, NM | 5 Antonio Medina's in records | Private | Private |
| Medina | Jose A. M. | Ranchos de Taos, Taos, NM | Co. E Cavalry | November 1861 / Private | January 1862 / Private |
| Medina | Jose D. | Ranchos de Taos, Taos, NM | Cavalry | 1861 / Private | Private |
| Mestas | Evaristo | Taos, Taos, NM | Cavalry | 1/25/1861 / Captain | 4/25/1862 / Captain |
| Mestas | Vicente | Penasco, Taos, NM | Cavalry | 1862 / Private | 1865 / Private |
| Mitchell | Howard | Taos, Taos, NM | Co. F Kansas Cavalry | 1861 / Private | 1862 / Private |
| Mitchell | Howard | Taos, Taos, NM | Co. F. Kansas Cavalry | 1864 / Private | 1864 / Private |
| Montez | Manuel | Costilla, Taos, NM | Co. M 1ST Reg Colorado Cavalry | October 1862 / Private | December 1865 / Private |
| Montoya | Felipe | Penasco, Taos, NM | Cavalry | 1862 / Private | 1862 / Private |
| Montoya | Juan | Costilla, Taos, NM | Several Juan's listed in records | Private | Private |
| Montoya | Juan F. | Taos, Taos, NM | Co. C Cavalry | 7/16/1861 / Sergeant | 6/5/1862 / Sergeant |
| Munis (Munos?) | Antonio J. | Penasco, Taos, NM | Cavalry | 1862 / Private | 1862 / Private |
| Munis (Munos?) | Santos | Penasco, Taos, NM | Infantry | 1862 / Private | 1862 / Private |
| Ortega | Juan | Taos, Taos, NM | Co. J Cavalry | September 1862 / Sergeant | March 1865 / Sergeant |
| Ortega | Juan M.; Deloras -wd. | Dolores Ortiga Penasco, Taos, NM | Cavalry | 1861 / Sergeant | 1862 / Sergeant |
| Orton | Stuart L. | Taos, Taos, NM | Co. C Cavalry | 8/21/1862 / Private | January 1865 / Private |
| Pacheco | Francisco | Penasco, Taos, NM | Cavalry | 1862 / Private | 1865 / Private |
| Pacheco | Juan | Taos, Taos, NM | United States Co. H Cavalry | 9/4/1861 / Private | 3/19/1862 / Private |
| Pais | Urbano; Faustina -wd. | Penasco, Taos, NM | Cavalry | 1862 / Private | Private |
| Payne | Js W. (James?) | Rio Colorado, Taos, NM / Questa | Co. H Illinois Infantry | March 1863 | 1863 |
| Quintana | Melquiades | District 90, Taos, NM | Co. C | 9/1/1861 / Private | 3/18/1862 / Private |
| Quinto | Juan D. | Ranchos de Taos, Taos, NM | Cavalry | September 1861 / Private | March 1861 / Private |
| Reding (Redding) | E. S. | Rio Colorado, Taos, NM | Co. E Colorado Cavalry | 1/1/1861 / Sergeant | 10/30/1865 / Sergeant |
| Refugo | Casados | Luz M. -wd. | Cavalry | 1861 / Private | 1862 / Private |
| Rel | Juan | Ranchos de Taos, NM / wife Megulita | Born. Nov. 1841 MI | Private | Private |
| Rivali | Antonio | Taos, Taos, NM | Cavalry | 1861 / Private | 1862 / Private |
| Rivali | Juan J. | Taos, Taos, NM | Cavalry | 1861 / Private | 1862 / Private |
| Rivera | Alonzo | Taos, Taos, NM | Cavalry | 1861 / Private | 1862 / Private |
| Rivero(a) | Alonzo | Taos, Taos, NM | Cavalry | 1861 / Private | 1862 / Private |
| Rodarte | Santiago | Penasco, Taos, NM | Cavalry | 1862 / Private | 1862 / Private |
| Rodrigues | Blas | Penasco, Taos, NM | Cavalry | 1862 / Private | 1865 / Private |
| Rodrigues | Desiderio; wife Maria Dolores | Penasco, Taos, NM | Cavalry | 1862 / Private | 1862 / Private |
| Romero | Aban A. | Taos, Taos, NM | Cavalry | 11/15/1861 / First Lieutenant | 2/15/1862 / First Lieutenant |
| Romero | Alejandro | Taos, Taos, NM | Cavalry | 1861 / Private | 1862 / Private |
| Romero | Eulogio ? | Penasco, Taos, NM | Cavalry | 1862 / Private | 1862 / Private |
| Romero | Jose L. | Penasco, Taos, NM | Infantry | 1862 / Private | 1862 / Private |
| Salazar | Parcual | Ranchos de Taos, Taos, NM | Infantry | Private | Private |
| Salazar | Vitor | District 90, Taos, NM | Co. C Cavalry | August 1861 / Private | March 1862 / Private |
| Sanchez | Jose M. | Ranchos de Taos, Taos, NM | Cavalry | Private | Private |
| Sanchez | Juan A. | Ranchos de Taos, Taos, NM | Cavalry | 1/15/1862 / Captain | 3/15/1862 / Captain |
| Sanchez | Pedro | District 90, Taos, NM | Co. C Cavalry | 9/7/1861 / Captain | 3/18/1862 / Captain |
| Sanchez | Tomas | Taos, Taos, NM | Cavalry | 1861 / Private | 1862 / Private |
| Sandoval | Faustin | Taos, Taos, NM | Cavalry | 1861 / Private | 1862 / Private |
| Sandoval | Jesus | Taos, Taos, NM | Cavalry | February 1862 / Private | March 1862 / Private |
| Sandoval | Jose | Castilla, NM | Co. E 1ST Regiment | Private | Private |
| Sandoval | Jose | Costilla, Taos, NM | Co. B. 1ST Colorado Cavalry | 1861 / Private | 1861 / Private |
| Sandoval | Luis | Taos, Taos, NM | Co. C Cavalry | 1861 / Private | 1862 / Private |
| Sandoval | Luis | Taos, Taos, NM | Co. C. Cavalry | 1861 / Private | 1863 / Private |
| Sandoval | Pedro | Costilla, Taos, NM | Seven Pedro Sandoval's in Records | Private | Private |
| Sandoval | Pedro | Costilla, Taos, NM | Seven Pedro's listed in record | Private | Private |
| Santiago | Valdez; Agustina -wd. | Taos, Taos, NM | Cavalry | 1861 / Captain | 1863 / Captain |
| Scheurich | Aloys | Taos, Taos, NM | United States Cavalry Co. D | 1861 / Sergeant | 1862 / Sergeant |
| Sena | Francisco | Costilla, Taos, NM Trampled by horses | Co. B 2nd Regiment | 7/12/1861 / Sergeant | 7/30/1864/ Sergeant |
| Sierra | Cleto | Costilla, Taos, NM No Pay or discharge | Co. H Colorado Cavalry | August 1863 / Private | September 1863 / Private |
| Simpson | Smith H. | Shot through left leg | Co. J Infantry | 11/23/1863 / Captain | 10/6/1866 Captain |
| Smith | George | Taos, Taos, NM | Co. D Cavalry | 1861 / Private | May 1862 / Private |
| Struck | David | Ranchos de Taos, Taos, NM | Navy | Sailor | Sailor |
| Tafoya | Epifanio | Taos, Taos, NM | Cavalry | 1861 / Private | 1862 / Private |
| Tafoya | Lorenzo; Encarnacion -wd. | Taos, Taos, NM | Cavalry | 1861 / Private | 1862 / Private |
| Tafoya | Savino | District 90, Taos, NM | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| Taylor | J.E. | Ranchos de Taos, Taos, NM | Co. D Fifth Iowa | 1861 / Asst Sergeant | October 1866/ Asst Sergeant |
| Trujillo | Andres; Juana G. -wd. | Taos, Taos, NM | Cavalry | 1861 / Private | Private |
| Trujillo | Jose | District 90, Taos, NM | Cavalry | 1861 / Private | 1862 / Private |
| Trujillo | Leonor | Taos, Taos, NM | Cavalry | 1861 / Sergeant | 1862 / Sergeant |
| Trujillo | Pedro J. | Ranchos de Taos, Taos, NM | Cavalry | July 1861 / Private | 1861 / Private |
| Valdez | Jose G. | Taos, Taos, NM | Cavalry | 1/25/1862 / Private | 3/-/1862 / private |
| Valdez | Jose G. | Taos, Taos, NM | Cavalry | 1862 / Private | 1862 / Private |
| Velasquez | Cruz | Taos, Taos, NM | Cavalry | 11/15/1861 / Private | 2/20/1862 / Private |
| Velasquis | Jose V. | Penasco, Taos, NM | Cavalry | 1862 / Private | 1862 / Private |
| Vesques | Andree | Penasco, Taos, NM | Cavalry | 1862 / Private | 1865 / Private |
| Vigil | Donaciano | Penasco, Taos, NM | Cavalry | 1862 / Private | 1865 / Private |
| Vigil | Felipe W.; Cruz G. -wd. | Ranchos de Taos, Taos, NM | Infantry | 1861 / Private | 1862/ Private |
| Vigil | Jose R. | Taos, Taos, NM | Cavalry | 1861 / Private | 1862 / Private |
| Vigil | Juan B. | Ranchos de Taos, Taos, NM | Cavalry | 1861 / Private | 1861 / Private |
| Vigil | Julio | Ranchos de Taos, Taos, NM | Cavalry | 7/1/1861 /Private | 11/20/1861 / Private |
| Vigil | Marcelino; Altagracia -wd. | Taos, Taos, NM | Cavalry | 1861 / First Lieutenant | 1862 / First Lieutenant |
| Vigil | Marcelino; Altagracia -wd. | Taos, Taos, NM | Cavalry | 1861 / First Lieutenant | 1862 / First Lieutenant |
| Vigil | Pomoseno | Taos, Taos, NM | Cavalry | 1861 / Private | 1862 / Private |
| Vigil | Refugio | Ranchos de Taos, Taos, NM | Infantry | 11/1/1861 / Private | 2/17/1862 / Private |
| Vigil | Senovio; Isovil -wd. | District 90, Taos, NM | Co. C Cavalry | Private | Private |
| Wallace | Tomas / Silver City | Rio Colorado, Taos, NM | Co. G Miss? Infantry | 7/26/1861 / Private | 1/10/1866 / Private |
| Wamsley | L. (Lock) Hondo NM | Rio Colorado, Taos, NM / b. Oct. 1833 Ohio | Co. C Miss? Infantry | 9/20/1862 / Private | 1863 / Private |
| Yanes | Jose | Costilla, Taos, NM | 1St Colorado Cavalry | 1863 / Private | July 1865 / Private |