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In 1835-36 some of the most important events of the Texas Revolution
occurred in the area that later became Goliad County. In 1835 Goliad
was occupied by Santa Anna's forces under Martín Perfecto de Cos but
was captured and garrisoned by Anglo-Texan forces under George M.
Collinsworth and Philip Dimmitt that became crucial in the defeat of
Cos's army in the siege of Bexar. The Goliad Declaration of
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In 1836 the Mexican army under José de Urrea defeated James W.
Fannin's Goliad command in the battle of Coleto, and subsequently
the Texans were executed in one of the revolution's most atrocious
events, the Goliad Massacre. Vicente Filisola, who assumed command
of the retreating Mexican army after Santa Anna's defeat in the
battle of San Jacinto, was overtaken just south of Goliad by Texas
commissioners and made to ratify the surrender terms. |
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In the first few years after the revolution, the Goliad area, having
been directly in the war zone, was virtually deserted; many of the
Mexican citizens retreated south with Filisola or were forced to
flee by incoming Anglo-American settlers who bore bitter prejudice
against all Mexicans, including Tejanos. Those who stayed or
returned found the original land-grant boundaries lost, stolen, or
confused, a situation that led to much violence and required much
litigation to verify Mexican settlers' claims.
Goliad County became one of the twenty-three original counties
established by the First Congress of the Republic of Texas in 1836.
Resettlement was slow, primarily centered around the La Bahía-Goliad
town, which remained the business center, but also at nearby areas
that became the towns of Charco and Fannin. |
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