One of the earliest known owners of the land where the Pigo Catholic Cemetery is located in Aniguak, Guam was Don Manuel Brabo y Brabo. In 1858, Don Manuel sold a piece of property consisting of five hectares and fifty-two ares to Doña Dolores de la Cruz. This land was further described as a parcel of limy land. Towards the north of its borders were the coconut plantations of Mariano de la Cruz and Joaquin Diaz. To the east of its borders were the estates of Jose de Salas and Jose Sablan, and on the west was the Pigo river. To the southeast was the mountain of Tumaglago. The purchase amount was not disclosed in the land record. The neighboring witnesses to the land transaction were Don Luis de la Cruz and Jose Mendiola.
On January 13, 1873, Doña Dolores sold two ares and twelve and a half centares to Fray Aniceto Ybanez del Carmen for 50 pesos. To the north, east and south of this property were the coconut plantations of Doña Dolores and to the west is the Pigo river. It seems not long after this transaction this particular piece of property thereafter became known as or commonly referred to as the Pigo Cemetery or Pigo Catholic Cemetery. The instrumental witnesses recorded in this transaction were: 1) Mariano de Castro y Torres (aka Mariano Torres Castro), 51 years of age and married; 2) Mariano Fausto y Borja (aka Mariano Borja Fausto), 38 years of age, married and a laborer; and, 3) Juan del Rosario y Flores (aka Juan Flores Rosario), a Peninsular Spaniard, 39 years of age and married.
These land recordings occurred on March 14, 1895. Doña Dolores de la Cruz was further described as 73 years old and a single woman.
