TODAY’S NOTABLE TEXAN ANTONIO GIL Y’BARBO For APRIL 10th 2014 Antonio Gil YBarbo –Texas Pioneer and Leader. During the spring of 1779 a later-day Moses named Gil YBarbo led displaced persons to East Texas to found the community of Nacogdoches. He was born at Los Adaes, Louisiana (then the province of Texas), in 1729. They had formerly there and eastern Texas near Spanish missions, but a change in government policy had forced them to move to San Antonio in 1774. As soon as they arrived in San Antonio, these East Texas Spaniards petitioned for permission to return eastward. Their request granted, YBarbo led them to the banks of the Trinity River where they established the community of Bucareli. Four years of floods and trouble with the Comanche convinced them to move eastward, where they founded Nacogdoches. Soon after leading his wanderers to the valley of LaNana and Banita Bayous, YBarbo erected a Stone House on the northeast corner of town square. It was private property, but because of YBarbos civil and militia authority the Stone House took on a public nature it never lost. Y’Barbo’s family name, variously given as Ybarvo, yBarbo, and y Barvo, is now commonly spelled Ybarbo, even by members of the family.
Posted on: Fri, 11 Apr 2014 01:32:42 +0000
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