The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 28, July 1924 - April, 1925 Page: 186
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goes from Bexar to Nacogdoches, and running north from this
point it ends on the Red River of Natchitoches.
Area of the Department of Bexar
The area of this department is about ten thousand square
leagues. The seat of government is San Antonio de Bexar, and
the principal cities are: Bexar, where the political chief resides,
Goliad or Bahia del Espiritu Santo, Victoria," and San Patricio.3
Each department has a political chief who presides over the
ayuntamiento of the capital of the department, and whose duty
is to look after the enforcement of the general state laws. He is
appointed by the state government from the list of candidates
submitted by the various ayuntamientos in the said department.
Population and Towns
Population Population
Municipality in 1806 in 1834
Bexar.............................................. 5,000 2,400
Goliad................................ 1............. 1,400 700
V ictoria ......................... .......... ........ .......... 300
S. Patricio ........................................ ......... 600
4 6,400 4,000
Total
population
in the
Department
There are four missions in the vicinity of Bexar but only two
of them are occupied, the others are abandoned. The same is
true of two others that were near Bahia del Espiritu Santo.4
There are several colonies in this department but only two of
them have prospered. One of them, established by Mexicans, is
on the Guadalupe River on the road that goes from Goliad to
San Felipe; the other, made up chiefly of Irishmen, is on the
Nueces River on the road between Matamoros and Goliad. The
population of the department of Bexar, with the exception of
that of San Patricio, is made up in its entirety of Mexicans.
aIn the colony of D. Martin de Leon, Mexican, who died of cholera
recently.
8In the colony of John McMullen, Irishman.
'This is the only department in Texas where there are no negro slaves.186
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Texas State Historical Association. The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 28, July 1924 - April, 1925, periodical, 1925; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth101087/m1/190/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.