the two young granddaughters mentioned in the census rolls: the 4-year-old in 1850 at the ranch and Eliza Trombley. In December 1853, an advertisement had been placed in the newspaper for a Probate sale of her estate to be conducted on January 16, 1854. At this point, the Green Springs Rancho included the Green Springs House and 320 acres, stables, barns and outhouses (Sacramento Daily Union newspaper, December 30, 1854). It has been speculated that Mrs. Hitchcock and her nieces were buried on the ranch. It seems more likely that the young girls were actually Mrs. Hitchcock's granddaughters rather than nieces. The purchaser of the property appears to have been William Dormody December 21, 1853 for $6,400 Dormody, born in 1796 in Ireland, lived at the ranch until his death in an accident in 1876 (Sacramento Daily Union newspaper September 9, 1876). Dormody is buried at St. John's Cemetery in Folsom, California with wife Sarah (died 1902) and daughter Sarah (died 1892). Members of the Dormody family continued to live at the ranch until 1955, at which point the land was sold to Howard & Beatrice Greenhalgh October 4, 1955 In 1859, a headstone for a Hitchcock stepdaughter, Susan, was found by the Sacramento River. Susan had been buried at Sutter's Fort in 1849 (Sacramento Daily Union newspaper December 9, 1859). A friend or relative who lived in Campo Seco, California wrote to the newspaper in response to the article. Although some of their facts were contradictory to other articles, the writer suggested that Mrs. Hitchcock and her eldest son were buried at the ranch. The writer also suggested that Susan had died and been buried at the ranch as well, not at Sutter's Fort (Sacramento Daily Union newspaper December 16, 1859). Susan's brother in law, who ordered the tombstone, confirms that her grave with that of Rufus Hitchcock at the Fort cemetery (Sacramento Daily Union newspaper January 2, 1860) Today The descendants of William and Sarah Dormody own just 28 acres of what was nearly 1,000 acres at one time. In 1976 the largest parcel of over 520 acres was divided into 104 RE5 ranchettes and became The Green Springs Ranch Rural Development a.k.a. The Green Springs Ranch Landowners Association today. A parcel of 20 Acres became Pleasant Grove Middle School on Green Valley Rd across the street from the historic Pleasant Grove Pony Express station originally built by