Joseph Ballinger Chiles (July 16, 1810 – June 25, 1885), later known by his Spanish name José B. Chiles,[1][2][3] was a Californian ranchero, military officer, and entrepreneur. Born in Kentucky, Chiles served as a colonel in the U.S. Army during the Seminole Wars, before eventually immigrating to Alta California, where he became a Mexican citizen and acquired multiple rancho grants in the Napa Valley and Sacramento Valley.[4]
- ^ Reports of Land Cases Determined in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California (1853-58)
- ^ The Federal Cases: Comprising Cases Argued and Determined in the Circuit and District Courts of the United States from the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Federal Reporter, Arranged Alphabetically by the Titles of the Cases, and Numbered Consecutively, Volumes 29-30
- ^ CSU Monterey Bay - California Private Land Claims - Case Expediente Shelf List by Gay L. Ebinger, December 1981
- ^ Napa Historical Society - Joseph Ballinger Chiles