Luis Maria Cabeza de Baca, enlists on March 12, 1776 (discharged on July 1, 1779.)

 

Luis Maria Baca, enlisted at the Royal Presidio in Santa Fe on March 12, 1776. It was to be a 10 year commitment. The record was signed by New Mexico Governor Juan Baptista de Anza, and was witnessed by Sergeants Antonio Guerrero and Pablo Sandoval.

A note on the record indicates that Luis Maria Baca was discharged on July 1, 1779 because he was "no longer fit for service." 

Luis Maria Cabeza de Baca was my 4th great-grandfather, on my direct paternal, surname line. 

Below is a transcription and translation of the above pictured document. I used Google Gemini to make the transcription and translation. 

Spanish Transcription

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Filiacion

Luis Maria Baca hijo de Juan Ant.º y de Maria Romero, Natural del Puesto de la Cieneguilla Jurisdiccion de esta Capital de oficio Labrador su estatura cinco pies tres pulg.s Su hedad veinteydos años, su Religion C.A.R. Pelo y cejas negras lampiño de Varva, blanco de cara una cicatriz arriba de la ceja del lado Dro Sento Plaza por diez años En este Real presidio y villa de S.ta fee el dia Doce de Marzo de mil setecientos setenta y seis años, y se le leyeron las penas q.e prebiene la Ordenanza, y por no saver firmar hizo la señal de la cruz quedando adbertido de que es la justificac.n y no le sertira disculpa alguna siendo testigos los Sargentos Ant.º Guerrero y Pablo Sandoval. †

Juan Bapt.a de Anza (Rubric)

Le Licencio pr. haverlo solicitado y no ser para el servicio, el dia 1.º de Julio de 1779.

Anza (Rubric)

English Translation

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Enlistment Record [Filiación]

Luis Maria Baca, son of Juan Antonio and of Maria Romero, native of the outpost of La Cieneguilla, jurisdiction of this Capital [Santa Fe]; by trade a farmer; his height five feet, three inches; his age twenty-two years; his religion Catholic, Apostolic, Roman [C.A.R.]. Black hair and eyebrows, beardless, fair-skinned face, a scar above the eyebrow on the right side. He enlisted for ten years in this Royal Presidio and Villa of Santa Fe on the twelfth day of March, seventeen hundred and seventy-six, and the penalties prescribed by the military regulations were read to him. Because he did not know how to sign his name, he made the sign of the cross, having been warned that this serves as validation and no excuse will be accepted, with Sergeants Antonio Guerrero and Pablo Sandoval serving as witnesses. †

Juan Baptista de Anza (Rubric)

He was discharged at his own request, as he was no longer fit for service, on the 1st day of July, 1779.

Anza (Rubric)

Source: New Mexico State Archives. Ancestry.com. New Mexico, U.S., Civil Records of New Spain, 1621-1821 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.Original data: Spanish Archives of New Mexico, Series 2. New Mexico State Records Center and Archives, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Miscellaneous Documents Box 3 1772-1812 (Serial 10142), image # 304. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/8831/images/40673_n2546857_0125-00304?queryId=3a4a9dc5-7978-4f21-bfec-33490628b3d9&usePUB=true&_phsrc=paM585&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&pId=111393