Jose Miguel Arciniega Heritage Foundation

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Jose Miguel Arciniega Heritage Foundation 501(c)3 non-profit educational organization dedicated to preserving and promoting Texas & American History. In 1825, Arciniega married Alexandra S.

Jose Miguel De Arciniega, Legislator, Military Explorer, and Alcalde (Mayor) of San Antonio de Bexar, (1830 & 1833), was born on Sept. 20, 1793. Losoya, and the couple had ten children. He was appointed judge three times and wrote over 300 laws, of which many stand to date. Arciniega was appointed land commissioner for Stephen F. Austin’s Colonies as well as DeWitt Colony. He was an accomplished linguist who spoke three languages Spanish, English and French as well as nine dialects of the indigenous Indians. He was chosen interpreter for Gen. Martin Perfecto de Cos in negotiations for the surrender of Bexar in December 1835. Arciniega died in 1849.

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