Erasmo Seguin
San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Near Homesite of Erasmo Seguin (May 26, 1782 - November 7, 1857) Born in San Antonio; descendant of Frenchman who settled in Mexico before 1714. Always a civic leader, helped found first public school in San Antonio, 1812. Went (1821) with Juan M. Veramendi to escort Austin Colony leaders to Bexar, and ever after befriended Stephen F. Austin and Anglo-American settlers. Seguin was postmaster of San Antonio, 1823-35, and deputy for Texas in National Congrss of Mexico, 1823-24. After Santa Anna came to power as liberal (1831), then made himself dictator, Seguin joined neighbors in sending him "San Antonio Remonstrances" (protests) in 1832, and called an opposition convention in 1834. Expelled from the postmastership by Santa Anna's brother-in-law, Gen. Cos, and made to flee from San Antonio on foot, he walked 33 miles to his ranch, Casa Blanca, where he recruited men to help patriots win siege of Bexar (Dec. 1835) and expel Gen. Cos. Early in 1836 he sent spies to the Nueces to watch for Santa Anna. He lodged David Crockett in his home, and provisioned the Alamo before the final siege. Persecuted by newcomers to Texas, he refused to go to Mexico with his son Juan, but with his wife Josefa Becerra retired to Casa Blanca (located in present Wilson County), where he died and was buried in 1857.
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Erasmo Seguin (1782–1857), born in San Antonio, was a Tejano civic leader who helped found the city's first public school and served as its postmaster under Mexican rule. He escorted Stephen F. Austin's colonists to Bexar in 1821 and became a lifelong ally of the Anglo-American settlers. When Santa Anna turned dictator, Seguin joined the protests, aided the patriots in the 1835 siege of Bexar, lodged David Crockett, and provisioned the Alamo—before persecution by newcomers drove him to retire to his ranch, where he died in 1857.
Why it matters
Seguin's life captures the pivotal, often tragic role of Tejanos who helped win Texas independence only to be pushed aside by the very settlers they had welcomed.
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Related people
- · Erasmo Seguin
- · Stephen F. Austin
- · David Crockett
- · Juan Seguin
- · Santa Anna
Related events
- · Siege of Bexar
- · Texas Revolution
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