Juan Leal Politician
Juan Leal Goraz (called also "Juan Leal Gonzal", 1676–1742 or 1743) was a politician and Spanish settler who exercised as the first mayor of San Antonio, Texas. His family settled, by order of the Spanish crown, in San Antonio in 1731, together with other Spanish families from the Canary Islands to populate this region. He was the leader and spokesman of the new settlers. Juan Leal ruled San Antonio between 1731 and 1732, and regained power in 1735.
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External resources
- http://bexargenealogy.com/islanders/leal.html.
- http://www.amigosdelasislascanarias.org/canaryislands/pages/SixteenFamilies.cfm