Biography of antonio gil ybarboy
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Antonio Gil Y'Barbo
Dón Antonio Gil Ybarbo (1729–1809), also known as Gil Ybarbo or Gil Ibarbo was a Spanish military personnel and trader of the Spanish Texas times, who played a crucial role in the development of Nacogdoches, Texas in 1779.
Biography
Early years: Nuestra Señora del Pilar de Los Adaes
Antonio Gil Ybarbo was born in 1729 at the presidio of Los Adaes, former capital of Spanish Texas (current day in Louisiana).
Biography of antonio gil ybarboy
His father was attached to the military garrison of the presidio, Matheo Antonio y'Barbo, born in 1698 in Seville, Spain, and his mother Juana Luzgarda Hernandez, also born in Seville in 1705. Los Adaes was located at the far eastern reaches of the Spanish province to prevent French expansion from French Louisiana.
Antonio became part of the military garrison too while he was also employed in cattle ranching, establishing a ranch near Lobanillo Creek (present day Sabine County, Texas). Also at some point he married Maria Padilla, his first