Juan Dominguez y Valdez (1784 -?) was a military of Texas. He is best known for deciding to establish a colony in Texas, but would not take place.
Juan Dominguez y Valdez was born in Habana, Cuba, in 1784. In 1795 began his military training as a cadet, joining to the Mexican army on October 9, 1813, after landing at Veracruz. He excelled in the army for what he achieved the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Army of the Three Guarantees, which supported the Plan de Iguala, which proclaimed independence from Mexico in March 1821. Dominguez left the post of colonel in 1828. In July 6, 1829, he was given a contract settlement by the government of Texas. The contract set to send 200 people from Europe and America at the start of the Arkansas River, Texas, for six years. DomÃnguez lived in Mexico, so he named Victor Blanco, Lieutenant Governor of Texas, to execute the contract. Dominguez did not take any settlers to Texas, and the contract expired in 1835. [1]
Juan Valdez married Ignacia Quintanar, the niece of a general, in 1821, and they had, in 1828, four daughters. [1]