MUNICIPALITY OF PILA (LAGUNA), Historical Data of

Division of Laguna
District of Pila
VICTORIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

COLLECTION AND COMPILATION OF HISTORICAL DATA REGARDING
BARRIOS, TOWNS, CITIES, AND PROVINCES

Date submitted: April 22, 1953.

GREGOERIO A. HERRADURA Principal GREGORIO P. ROASA DISTRICT SUPERVISOR

Pila was founded by the Franciscan Fathers in [unreadable]. It was then called "Pilapila," a name given by the Spaniards derived from the word "pilapil." Pila used to be a small barrio of [unreadable] known as [unreadable]. The first town mayor was Antonio Maglilo who was called "Guinoo" that time, and who served for sixteen years from 1695 to 1712. The original town site was low that it was flooded during the rainy season in 1800. The town was transferred to the barrio of Santa Clara, which is now Pila. The old site was, at the time, the recreation place for the Spanish officials. The town had a population of some [unreadable] people.

In 1618, the Franciscan Fathers built a hospital for Spanish [unreadable] and soldiers. The first printing press in the Philippines was established by Tomas Pinpin in Pila in 1696. Antonio Maglilo was the first Filipino capitan, known today as alcalde. The people were very much oppressed by the friars, so that many of them migrated to the opposite shore of Laguna de Bay, which was before a part of the province of Laguna. Those who fled from the tortures were the courageous and freedom-loving people. They founded a village which was noted for its fishing industry, now called Pilillia or Pila. In the year 1873, the town head or mayor was changed from kapitan to alcalde. With the creation of the municipality of Victoria, comprising Nanhaya, San Roque, and other adjoining barrios in 1943, Pila was about 12 barrios.

1696-1711 1712-1713 1714 1715 1716 1717 1718 1719 1720 1721 1722 1723 1724 1725 1726 1727 1728 1729 1730 1731 1732 1733 1734 1735 1736 1737

Antonio Maglilo Antonio Rufino Jose Joaquin Antonio Rufino Carlos Tenorio del Rio Lorenzo Alava Pedro Bautista Francisco Macario [unreadable] Nicolas Juan Carrillo Juan Dimasancay Teodoro Cesar Juan Carrillo Gabriel de la Cruz Pedro Hilario Pedro Alcantara Juan Rivera Pedro Trinidad Bonifacio [unreadable] [unreadable] Ruiz Juan Joaquin Domingo [unreadable] Santos [unreadable] dela Cruz Geronimo Santos [unreadable] Ruiz Francisco P. del Rio

1738 1739 1740 1741 1742 1743 1744 1745 1746 1747 1748 1749 1750 1751 1752 1753 1754 1755 1756 1757 1758 1759 1760 1761-1762 1763 1764 1765 1766 1767 1768 1769 1770 1771 1772 1773 1774 1775 1776 1777 1778 1779 1780 1781 1782 1783 1784 1785 1786 1787 1788 1789 1790 1791 1792

Ignacio dela Cruz Pedro Santiago Juan Hilario Francisco P. del Rio Juan D. Ruiz Nicolas R. del Rio Jose Martin Bartolome M. del Rio Adriano Hilario Salvador de Leon Juan Crisostomo Francisco delos Santos Juan Ruiz Mateo Evangelista Miguel Santos Julian Lopez Nicolas R. del Rio Bonifacio de Jesus Juan M. Buenaventura Jose Gabriel Holin [?] Nicolas delos Reyes Silvestre Añonuevo Fructo Nicolas Haroza [?] de Castro Felizardo de Rivera Tomas de Leon Antonio del Rio Jacinto de Rivera Francisco Alejo Jose Alejandrino Fabian D. del Rio Jose Angeles Vicente Tenorio Ruiz Jose delos Santos Domingo Exequiel Antonio G. Tenorio Felipe delos Angeles Tomas Manuel Pedro de los Santos Juan S. Pascual Francisco Laureano Pedro delos Santos Juan Gabriel Esteban Juan Cipriano Hilario Gabriel Tenorio Juan Sarmiento Pascual Juan Bautista Gregorio San Miguel Francisco Alejo Jacinto Nicolas del Rio Pedro dela Cruz Evaristo de Castro Marcelo Sarmiento Felizardo Rivera

1793 1794 1795 1796 1797 1798 1799 1800 1801 1802 1803 1804 1805 1806 1807 1808 1809 1810 1811 1812 1813 1814 1815 1816 1817 1818 1819 1820 1821 1822 1823 1824 1825 1826 1827 1828 1829 1830-1831 1832-1833 1834 1835 1836 1837 1838 1839 1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848

Juan Perez Juan Francisco Evaristo de Castro Rafael de Rivera Miguel delos Reyes Agustin Cabrillo Hilario Gabriel Tenorio Juan Bonifacio Cruz Antonio delos Santos Leonardo delos Santos Antonio [unreadable] de Leon Mateo de Jesus Villarica Felizardo de Rivera Antonio Sebastian Felizardo de Rivera Leonardo Concepcion Felizardo de Rivera Mariano Glosante [?] Jose Rivera Felipe dela Cruz Marcos San Buenaventura Leonardo Francisco Antonio de Jesus Francisco Javier Rosales Antonio Hilario Rivera Juan Diaz Felipe del Rio Tomas de Rivera Romualdo del Rio Antonio San Agustin Alava Nicolas Rivera Gregorio Rivera Gaspar Rivera Tomas Rivera Jose Rivera Felipe del Rio Vicente Ruiz Juan delos Santos Agramon [?] Antonio Hilario Rivera Antonio San Agustin Alava Jose Carrillo Enrique de Castro Manuel G. Benjamin Francisco San Juan Juan Mendoza Manuel Rivera Eugenio San Miguel Andres Albayda Juan R. San Pablo Pascual Sto. Tomas Agra Angelo San Antonio Pangayao Manuel Rivera Antonio de Castro Narciso Alava

1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855-1856	Antonio Hilario Rivera Francisco Alava Juan Mendoza Jacinto Alava Liberato Rivera Jose Maria Rivera Regino Relova San Antonio		of the Spanish Gov't on May 13, 1933, that former name governadorcillo was changed to capitan municipal composed of teniente mayores, sindoco [?], and vocales.
1857 1858 1859 1830 1861 1862 1863-1866 1867-1868 1869-1870 1871 1872	Mauricio Javier Tapia Domingo del Rio Jose Rivera Petronio Alava Valeriano Banay Marcelino Rivera Alvaro Francisco Andres Relova Placido Agra Lucio Cacacho Marcelino Rivera	1895-1898	Feliciano Relova - There was a revolt against the Spaniards. In 1898, the Spaniards surrendered to the Americans. On May 31, 1898, the people of Pila revolted against the Spaniards and the Capitan Municipal, Andres Rivera, nominated Paciano Rizal Chief of the Tagalog forces of Laguna. Directo Directorial [?] elected Telesforo Franco of San Roque Chief of the Laguna forces.
1873-1874 1875-1876	Antonio Clemente Sara Feliciano Relova - During his term, a road was built from Manhaya [?] to Manila and a bridge was constructed in Balete	1899-1900 1901	Telesforo Franco and Ramon Dimaculangan Ignacio Alava - A military government was formed from [missing word] to August.
1877-1878	Vicente Carrillo - During his term of office, the bridge at San Antonio and a cemetery were built (Old Roman Catholic Cemetery)	1902-1903	Juan Bartolome - Civil Gov't was organized.
1879-1880	Mariano Dimaculangan	1904-1905	Apolonio Agra Orasato [?]
1881-1882	Lorenzo Rivera - The first rice mill was built.	1906-1909	Santiago Relova - Much money was saved for the school of [unreadable]
1881-1882	Lucio Rivera	1910-1916 1917 1918	Ramon Dimaculangan Jose Madrigal Luis Carrillo
1885-1886	Feliciano Relova - The time the bridge near the old cemetery was built.	1919-1926	Arcadio Relova - In 1924, with the help of the people of Labuin, Linga, Bulilan, Sta. Clara, Danio [?], Bukal, Manhaya [?], and San Francisco, the road to Pansol and [unreadable] was constructed. In the same year, the Intermediate School Building was built.
1887-1888 1889	Antonio Agra Natoza Lorenzo Rivera	1926-1928 1929-1939	Mesitan [?] Rivera Arcadio Relova
1892-1994	Juan Madrigal - At this time, Masapang Road was built, but the money appropriated for the construction was not used wisely; and during his time, according to the Real Directo	1935-1937	Ignacio [unreadable] Santiago Fernandez - killed by the Makapili.
		1940-1942 1943 1944-1946 1947-1952	Santiago Banilan, [unreadable] - Killed by the Fil-American guerrillas. Tranquilino Galo, Sr. Santiago Banilan Macario San Mateo

Transcribed from:

Historical Data of the Municipality of Pila, Province of Laguna, online at the National Library of the Philippines Digital Collections.