Be sure to tell that to the descendants of Juan Nepomuceno Seguín, José Antonio Navarro, José Francisco Ruiz and Lorenzo de Zavala. Or maybe you've never driven through Seguin, Texas, Navarro Country or Zavala County?
And let's not forget these others of the Texas Revolution…Arocha, Antonio Cruz Arocha, José Maria Arocha, Manuel Arreola, Simón Bárcinas, Andrés Bueno, Manuel Cabrera, Juan M. (First Corporal) Casillas, Gabriel Cormana, Cesario (orderly) Curbier, Antonio Curbier, MatiasDe La Garza, Alejandro Flores, Manuel (First Sergeant) Flores, Nepomuceno Herrera, Pedro Jiménez, José Maria Maldonado, Tomás Mancha, José Maria Menchaca, Antonio (Second Corporal) Navarro, Nepomuceno Peña, Jacinto Ramirez, Eduardo, Alamedo, José Arrocha, José Maria Barbo, Juan José Benavides, Plicido Blair, Samuel Bowie, James Brugmeins, John Bustillos, Clemente Cain, John Cárdenas, Francisco Casillas, John Casillas, Mateo Casillas, Pablo Castinon, Louis Cavazos, Albino Cervantes, Agapito Chacón, Carlos Contes, Ciriaco Cooke, Wm. G. Cronican, Michael Cruz, Antonio Curbelo, Fernando Curbelo, Matias Daily, Michael Dashalier, P. B. De La Garza, José Maria De La Garza, Marcelino De La Garza, Paulino DeLeon, Silvestre Diaz, Domingo Dimmitt, Philip Duval, Andrew Escalera, Manuel Espinosa, Ignacio Flores, Manuel Flores, Manuel María Flores, SalvadorGallardo, Manuel Gaona, Pedro Garcia, Clemente Garcia, Jesús Gaytón, Agapito Gómez, Francisco Gómez, Máximo Hernández, Antonio Hernández, Eduardo Hernández, Gregorio Herrera, Pedro Herrera, T. Jiménez, Juan Laso, Carlos Leal, Manuel Lynch, Jos. P. Malone, Wm. Mansola, Pablo McNelly, P. McNelly, R. D. Menchaca, Antonio Miranda, Francisco Mora, Estéban Nolan, James (husband of a Mexican) Rodriguez, José de Jesús Rodriguez, Justo Ruiz, Antonio Ruiz, Esmerigeldo Salinas, Francisco Salinas, Miguel Salinas, Pablo Seguin, Juan N. Silva, Miguel Tejado, Agapito Valdéz, Francisco Villareal, Steven Zuníga, José.