1750 Camargo census states he was 7 years old
Source: Guillermo Garmendia Leal Origin de los Fundadores de Tamaulipas
In 1781 the San Pedro de Carricitos Grant was adjudicated to Pedro Villarreal for services rendered to the crown of Spain. Pedro Villarreal brought his family and laborers to settle on his grant. When they arrived at Rio Grande they selected the highest ground for their settlement. This portion of land was bordered by the Rio Grande on the south and surrounded by an estero (old river bed) which made it easy to defend. The high ground protected it from the floods, the estero made it easy to defend from bandits and Indians (Lipon and Karankawa). On this land they found a freak of nature in a grove of Sabino (Juniper) trees. This type of tree had not been seen in the northern part of Mexico and it is of special significance to Spaniards. Sabino groves are considered enchanted so the settlement was named La Encantada (The Enchanted).
Here Pedro Villarreal had three children, one of whom was named Jose Maria. Jose Maria married Concepcion and they also had three children, one whom was named Felicidad. Felicidad Villarreal married Pedro Esparza and they inherited a large portion of land of San Pedro de Carricitos Grant from Don Pedro Villarreal, grandfather of Felicidad. Pedro Esparza and Felicidad had eight children born and raised at La Encantada Ranch.

One of Pedro and Felicidad's children was named Carlos. He married Francisca Garcia, they inturn had eight children who were born and raised at La Encantada Ranch. Their oldest child was named Jose Esparza who inherited land from his father.
By 1910 all the people that were living on La Encantada Ranch had moved about one half mile north along the Military Road and named their new ranch El Ranchito. Along the Military Road there were five other ranches, El Calaboz, El Naranjo, La Paloma, Las Flores, and El Ranchito. These ranches each had a one room school.