Palafox "A Brief Historical Sketch"

Background

Villa de San Jose de Palafox , which is now a "ghost town" was established on April 28, 1810. It was situated about 30 miles upriver from Laredo on the north bank. It was named for a Spanish patriot who had won distinction fighting the forces of Napoleon. Palafox was inhabited by families from other settlements in Coahuila. Capitan Juan Jose Diaz, commandant of the Presidio del Rio Grande was placed in charge of it's development and the distribution of land to settlers. Documents show that Comanche Indian raids began as early as 1813. A small fort was constructed in 1813. In April of that year Juan Diaz received a letter from the then governor of Coahuila Antonio Cordero, recommending that the settlement and all it's residents be moved to Laredo. Eventually the raids became so bad that Palafox was abandoned in 1818 and it remained abandoned until at least 1825. Many of the settlers moved to other Rio Grande settlements including Laredo, Guerrero, Mier, Reynosa and Matamoros.

Heads of Families from Census of June 6, 1815

Manuel Garcia (Judge), Francisco Lozano, Jose Antonio Lozano, Maria Micaela Lozano, Guadalupe Lozano, Juan Nepomuceno Guerra, Manuel Diaz, Jose Ignacio Guerra, Juan Jose Camacho, Felipe Camacho, Domingo Salinas, Jose Ignacio Garcia, Manuel Cantu, Pablo Martinez, Jose Lorenzo Aguilar, Jose Maria Gonzalez, Basilio Alevar, Simon de Arredondo, Pedro de la Garza, Miguel Mendez, Cirildo Treviño, Pedro de la Garza, Tomas Guerra, Manuel Garza, Felipe Garza, Mateo Gonzalez, Bernabe Gonzalez, Maria Gertrudis Sanchez, Mariana Borrego, Rafael Enriquez, Apolinario Treviño, Cirildo Perez, Gregorio Treviño, Marcelo Sanchez, Francisco Herrera

Names	Men	Women	Boys	Girls	Male Servants	Female Servants	Total
Rafael Enriquez	1	1	2	2	1	2	9
Francisco Lozano	1	1	1	2	1		6
Manuel de la Garza	1	1	3	1	1		7
Ignacio Garcia	1	1	3	4	1		10
Nepomuceno Guerra	1	1		2	3	2	9
Jose Antonio Lozano	1	1	2				4
Manuel Garcia	1	1	5	3	1	1	12
Juan Jose Camacho	1	1	2	2	1		7
Felipe de la Garza	1	1	3	3			8
Pedro de la Garza II	1	1	2	2			6
Bernabe Gonzalez	1	1	2	1		2	7
Mateo Gonzalez	1	1			1	2	5
Vicente de la Garza	1	1	3	3			8
Cristobal Ramon	1						1
Felipe Guerra	1	1	1	2	1		6
Ramon Guerra	1	1	5	3			10
Matias Martinez	1	1	2	6			10
Domingo Salinas	1		1	3			5
Jesus de la Garza	1	1					2
Pablo Martinez	1	1	2	6			8
Pedro la Garza I	1	1	3	2			7
Geraldo Borrego	1	1					2
Manuel Navarro	1	1		2			4
Felix Vaca	1		2	1		1	5
Ignacio Navarro	1	1	2	3			7
Simon de Arrendondo	1	1	2	4			8
Agustin Garcia	1	1		1			3
Maximo de la Garza	1	1	1	1			4
Basilio Aceves	1	1		3			5
Lorenzo Aguilar	1	1	3	2			7
Manuel Cantu	1	1	1	1	2		6
Ignacio Urtasu	1	1		2			4
Jose Maria Guajardo	1	1	1	2			5
Miguel Mendez	1	1	4	5			11
Francisco Treviño	1	1		1			3
Jose Maria Gonzalez	1	1	6	2			10
Victoriano Flores	1	1	2				4
Doña Maria Perez		1		3			4
Sirilo Alvarado	1	1	1				3
Rafael Morin	1						1
TOTALS	42	39	70	84	14	10	259

Palafox "A Brief Historical Sketch"

Background

Heads of Families from Census of June 6, 1815

Census of December 3 , 1816