Manuel Muñoz (Governor of Spanish Texas)
| Manuel Muñoz | |
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| 28ºGovernor of the Spanish Colony of Texas | |
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In office 1790–1798 |
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| Preceded by | Rafael Martínez Pacheco |
| Succeeded by | José Irigoyen |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 19, 1730 Matamoros (Castile-La Mancha), Spain |
| Died | July 28, 1798 San Antonio, Texas |
| Spouse(s) | María Gertrudis de Cipiran |
| Profession | Colonel and Political |
| Religion | Christian |
Manuel Muñoz (1730– July 27, 1798) was a soldier, colonel and governor of Texas between 1790 and 1798.
Muñoz was born in 1730, probably in Matamoros, a city of Castile-La Mancha, Spain. He joined the Royal Spanish Army in his youth where he ascended the ranks, serving as Captain in the Spanish Army. In 1759, Manuel temporarily settled in Texas as the first commander of the newly formed "Presidio del Norte". The following year, when the Presidio was attacked by Apache Native Americans, Muñoz aided in the repelling of the attack. Later, in 1775, he participated in the war between the troops of Colonel Hugo Oconór and the American Indians, commanding the troops of Nueva Vizcaya. Due to his leadership during the war, Muñoz was appointed Lieutenant Colonel in 1777 and Colonel in 1780. In the 1770s and 1780s, Muñoz won several stalls along the Rio Grande and did businesses with the Mescalero Apaches and carried out several campaigns against the renegades of the border.
In 1790, Muñoz became governor of Texas. In 1792, at the same time that the Count of Sierra investigated his management, Muñoz served as Acting governor. The following year, Munoz fulfilled the Decree of Secularization of the Mission San Antonio de Valero and in 1792 he did the same with the decree of "partial secularization" directed to the other four Spanish missions that were carried out in San Antonio.
Muñoz supervised trade among the settlers and the Native Americans and investigated illicit trade among the Spanish and French of Louisiana that existed before his term. In addition, he regulated the work of the Amerindians in their work on the churches and priestly quarters and declared that these works could only be carried out with permission from the commander general. He also "checked the mission and presidio accounts".
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