"Juan Nepomuceno Seguín (1806-1890) was a Tejano soldier in the Texas Revolution, commissioned as a captain of cavalry by Stephen F. Austin, later a colonel under General Sam Houston, participated in the Siege of Béxar in 1835, served as a messenger from the Alamo in 1836, and fought alongside Sam Houston at the decisive Battle of San Jacinto on 21 April 1836."
"Even so, after the revolution was won and the Republic of Texas established, Seguín's contributions were forgotten quite quickly as Anglo-American colonists - many newcomers who had contributed nothing to the cause of Texas independence - distrusted and mistreated Tejano citizens, including Seguín. He was forced to flee his home in San Antonio de Béxar due to death threats in 1842, and he would later serve under his former enemy, General Antonio López de Santa Anna, in the Mexican-American War of 1846-1848."
"Juan Seguín was born in San Antonio de Béxar, province of Tejas, New Spain, on 27 October 1806 to Juan José María Erasmo Seguín and María Josefa Becerra Seguín, who would later have another son. Seguín received no formal education but was homeschooled, as both his parents were literate and placed a high value on reading and writing."
Juan Nepomuceno Seguín served as a cavalry captain under Stephen F. Austin and later as a colonel under General Sam Houston. He participated in the Siege of Béxar, carried messages from the Alamo, and fought at the Battle of San Jacinto on 21 April 1836. After the Republic of Texas was established, Anglo-American settlers distrusted and mistreated Tejano citizens, and Seguín's contributions were quickly forgotten. He fled San Antonio de Béxar in 1842 after receiving death threats and later served under Antonio López de Santa Anna during the Mexican–American War. He died in Mexico in 1890 and was reinterred in Texas in 1974.
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