Salvador Flores Salvador Flores ( Jose Salvador Ramon Flores ) ( ca . 1806 – 1855 ) served as a volunteer in the Texan Army in 1835 – 1836 . He was instrumental in organizing and commanding Texian volunteers in support of the Texas Revolution . He participated in many battles and would rise through the ranks to reach Captain status during the fight for Texas independence from Mexico . Salvador continued to provide protection for the ranches and settlers of Texas throughout the Republic years . Early life . He was the son of Jose Flores De Abrego and Maria Rodriquez . They were a prominent family of Béxar , rich in the ranching history of Texas . Four Jose Flores De Abrego sons , Captain Salvador Flores Captain Manuel N . Flores , Lieutenant Nepomuceno Flores , and Private Jose Maria Flores participated in the Texas Revolution , serving at Béxar and San Jacinto . Salvador was also a brother - in - law to Col . Juan Nepomuceno Seguín . Texas Revolution . Fighting begins in Gonzales , Texas . The first skirmish establishing the Texas Revolution began in early October 1835 , at the Battle of Gonzales . The Texians would be challenged by the Mexican army , when they tried to retake possession of an artillery piece at Gonzales , Texas . It was a small cannon , formerly given them by Mexico , which had been used for security against the Native Indians . Texians considered this action as an infringement of their right to bear arms and were determined to keep it . On October 2 , they would show that determination . During this time , a meeting would be held at Salvador Flores Ranch that would organize a volunteer force of Texas ranchers that would favor the impending revolution . Soldiers continued gathering , immigrants , colonists , native Texans . The Texian Army would become a mixture of all peoples , interested in freedom from the oppressive policies of Mexican President Antonio López de Santa Anna . The fight spreads to Goliad , Texas . After the victory at Gonzales , the Texan forces gained confidence . Trying to sustain the momentum , Commander Austin deemed it necessary to take possession of Presidio La Bahia ( Goliad ) and Béxar ( San Antonio ) . The Texian troops marched towards Goliad , to reinforce Major Collinsworth at the Battle of Goliad , but were overtaken by an express from Austin , asking them to join the attack on Béxar . On October 23 , 1835 , Stephen F . Austin granted a captain ' s commission to Juan Seguín , authorizing him to form a company , which would be supplied with guns and ammunition by the provisional government . Austin ' s aide , William T . Austin , asserted that " These mexicans [ sic ] being well acquainted with the country , were of important service as express riders , guides to foraging parties , & c . " Several days later Salvador Flores and Manuel Leal joined the effort with 41 Tejano volunteers from ranches southwest of San Antonio . Flores became the first lieutenant of the central Texas volunteers and Placido 1st Lt . of the southern volunteers . While Seguin would be immediately tasked with the burden of supplying the Texian troops with food and provisions , Salvador was left to reconnoiter the Missions at San Antonio and handle the militia . Several more parties of locals eventually joined in , with isolated enlistments occurring every day . Focus on San Antonio , Texas . At Mission San Jose , they accompanied James Bowie , with the orders to approach the city , by following the river ' s path into town . Four groups , led by Valentine Bennet , Andrew Briscoe , Robert M . Coleman , and Michael Goheen and their scouts , were also sent to explore the other missions . While investigating , they were discovered by Mexican guards and gunfire was exchanged before joining with Bowie . His recruits joined with Bowie in the Battle of Concepción on Oct 28 , 1835 . The Texans won again and gained confidence and some new ground . After the fight and learning of the plan to siege Béxar , he would recruit more men from the ranches on the San Antonio River . Drifting into the volunteer ranks would be fourteen soldados from the fort , now disillusioned with the centralists . On November 10 , the Tejanos had teamed up with Deaf Smith and Travis to capture a herd of over 300 horses . On November 14 , Austin instructed Flores to " burn off the whole country from the other side of the Nueces to the Medina on the roads from Laredo and the Rio Grande . " This would make it more difficult for the Mexican army to graze their livestock . Flores was also to explore the Rio Grande area and report on any movement of Mexican troops towards Béxar . During December 5 – 10 , 1835 , the Texians would attempt to take Béxar . Now , heavily involved in house to house fighting , Salvador participated as Second Lieutenant in the siege and capture of Béxar . The company of Seguin now amounted to over 160 . He would advance with troops to capture the Alamo at the Siege of Bexar and see to the removal of Mexican forces of General Cos from Texas . After the surrender of Cos , his company was sent out to protect the families of the lower ranches , against the devastation made by the retiring Mexican troops and from the reprisal of hostile Indians . The people of Texas would now control Béxar ( San Antonio ) and the Alamo fort . Colonel James C . Neill receives orders on December 21 to command at Béxar . Col . James Bowie moves into the Alamo under Neill on January 19 , bringing 30 men . On behalf of Henry Smith and General Sam Houston , he assesses the military situation at Béxar . On January 22 , verbal intelligence was directed at Col . Neill , from a Tejano courier through the Jose Antonio Navarro family . Jose Cassiano brings news that Gen . Santa Anna had arrived at Saltillo on January 27 , with approximately 3000 troops and Sesma at Rio Grande City with 1600 more . Neill passes this information to Houston , now in Goliad . Bowie , after learning that Santa Anna was advancing towards Bexar , wrote several letters to the provisional government asking for supplies and assistance to defend the Alamo An election for delegates , to attend the Convention of 1836 , is held at the Alamo on February 1 . Captain Flores , as well as other names , are recorded and preserved on the voting tally list . Neill and Bowie now agree that defending the Alamo is key to achieving Texas independence . On February 3 , Colonel Travis arrives in Béxar , with 25 men . Col . Neill forced to leave on urgent family matters , makes a quick muster roll of his men at the Alamo . Colonel Neill would pass command of the Alamo to William Barret Travis on February 12 . Former Congressman David Crockett of Tennessee , boosted the ranks on February 8 , with 16 additional men . On February 10 , a party was given to honor the arrival of David Crockett . With Neill leaving early on February 11 , he was not present . Blas María Herrera , a courier , from Plácido Benavides , was searching for Juan Seguin at the party and could not locate him . Possessing a letter dated February 6 , it was then given to Antonio Menchaca . Handwritten in Spanish , it announced soldados at Presido Rio Grande , ready to march on Béxar . Travis now forewarned , remarked that it would take about 13 days for the Mexican army to arrive , and still was not immediately concerned with the information received and the party continued into the night . Bowie and Travis agree to share command on the 14th . On Feb . 16 , Ambrosio Rodriquez was warned by his wife ' s cousin from Laredo , and another warning came again on Feb . 18 . Travis was still skeptical . On the 20th , Blas María Herrera from Seguin ' s own company reported that Santa Anna had crossed into Texas . Travis held a council that night at 9 p . m . . The story was told and the same verdict was reached , it couldn ' t be true . Local families began packing possessions , with intent to leave Béxar . About a dozen of Seguin ' s men were so convinced , that they requested to leave , in order to remove their families from Santa Anna ' s path . Santa Anna ' s forces would enter Béxar on February 23 , surprising the Texian forces and initiating a Siege of the Alamo . The Texians and Tejanos would immediately gather in the Alamo for safety and defense , with some bringing their families into the compound . The battle lasted for thirteen days , with the final battle lasting ninety minutes and terminating in violent hand - to - hand combat . All Texian forces effectively lost . Several Tejanos remaining in the Alamo perished : San Antonians Juan Abamillo , José Gregorio Esparza , Antonio Fuentes , Toribio Losoya , Andrés Nava , Juan A . Badillo , Damacio Jiménez and José María Guerrero . Antonio Cruz y Arocha and Alexandro de la Garza left as couriers before the fall . Juan Seguín stated that with him , 15 men also entered to defend the Alamo . Lindley believes that the Flores brothers were defending the Alamo during the siege . After serving at the Battle of Béxar , Salvador was one of the few , 100 or so , that remained at the Alamo with Neill . His brother Manuel , and other Tejanos ( 15 ) entered on February 23 . Neill ' s roster places Captain Flores in the Alamo as an artillery officer . Captain Flores also appears on Colonel Neill ' s voting tally , as well . Somehow , they seem to have exited soon after Seguin ' s departure , thus putting them on the Alamo survivor list . In 1907 , Enrique Esparza claimed that Santa Anna called an armistice and he remembers some Flores leaving then . They took this opportunity to gather Alamo reinforcements , bringing along a couple more of the Flores brothers ( according to Seguin , they had a Tejano force of 100 when they regrouped in Gonzales ) , and secure their families ( having not been seen , since abruptly entering the Alamo ) . They then rendezvoused with Seguin , now in Gonzales . The company headed for the Alamo . The Tejano defenders were joined by up to fourteen more men from Gonzales ( led by former Alamo couriers Alsbury and Sutherland ) . They proceeded toward the Alamo . There they waited on the Cibolo Creek to team up with Fannin . The Alamo fell before they could reach it . Regrouping in Gonzales and on to San Jacinto , Texas . The news of the fall of Béxar and Battle of the Alamo was overwhelming for the Texans . A frantic flee eastward began immediately after receiving the fateful news at Gonzales in March 1836 . The Tejano volunteers now being reassembled at Gonzales would ride with Captain Flores . Salvador Flores had accepted Sam Houston ' s orders during this Runaway Scrape . As troops would march away from Gonzales , Salvador Flores along with a group of volunteers formed the rear guard that protected the fleeing families and proceeded westward to secure the lower ranches of San Antonio . The forces then split . Salvador maintained this position offering protection from Mexican and Indian attack , while his relatives Capt . Manuel Flores , Lieutenant Nepomuceno Flores , left with Seguin to regroup a company of men that followed Houston toward east Texas and on to San Jacinto . Texas Republic 1836 – 1842 . In late 1836 , Salvador Flores was Captain of Company C , which served the citizens of Texas , much like a ranging company . Later in 1839 , Flores would serve the Republic of Texas , as 1st Lt . in Col . Juan N . Seguin ' s Company . Salvador Flores would protect the colonists as a participant in the Henry Karnes campaign against the hostile Comanche Indians . As a member of the Karnes Company , he would team up with Mathew Caldwell ' s Rangers in the pursuit of Vincente Cordova . Again he would be involved in 1842 in organizing San Antonio citizens concerned with the imminent re - invasion by Mexico . Assigned as Captain by Mayor John William Smith , he would command 100 local Tejanos against the Mexican invaders led by General Adrián Woll . Later life and family . Flores married Conception Rojo on Sept . 30 , 1848 in San Antonio and they had 2 children . Salvador Flores spent the remainder of his life in and around the now - U . S . city of San Antonio , Texas . He died on January 17 , 1855 in that city . Juan Seguin was appointed administrator of his holdings and became the guardian of his family . In 1858 , he filed a probate for the Flores family . Legacy . His skills and tactics demonstrated on horseback would be those modeled by the Texas Rangers . In later years , the Flores descendants would be the ones to donate the land for the establishment of the City in Texas that bears their name : Floresville , Texas . A Texas State Historical Marker was placed at the Floresville courthouse during the 1986 Texas sesquicentennial . It now stands in honor to Salvador Flores and his family for their service to Texas .