Plácido Benavides

Plácido Benavides (1810–1837) was an early Mexican-born settler in De Leon's Colony, Victoria County, Texas. Benavides earned himself the sobriquet of the Paul Revere of Texas for his 1836 journey from San Patricio to Goliad to Victoria, warning residents of the approaching Mexican army. He was twice elected alcalde of Victoria, Texas. He married into the powerful De León family and, with his wife Agustina, became the father of three daughters. Benavides fought against the dictatorship of Antonio López de Santa Anna but did not feel Texas should be separated from Mexico.²