José Figueroa
Soldier, Politician
1792 – 1835
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Who was José Figueroa?
General José Figueroa, was a General and the Mexican territorial Governor of Alta California from 1833 to 1835. Figueroa oversaw the initial secularization of the missions of upper California, which included the expulsion of the Spanish Franciscan mission officials. This also involved the issuing of many Mexican land grants for former mission lands and original Mission Indians homelands.
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- Born
- 1792
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Profession
- Died
- Sep 29, 1835
- Resting place
- Santa Barbara Cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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