BID Number
19613
Birth
1715: N.P.
Occupation
1749 Sep 04: N.P./(ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE)
1752: TUBAC (PRESIDIO)/ENSIGN (JOINED PRESIDIO)
1756 Sep: TUBAC (PRESIDIO)/TENIENTE
1771 Aug 09: SIERRA FLORIDA/(WOUNDED IN ATTACK ONAPACHES)
1775 Aug: TUBAC (PRESIDIO)/TENIENTE, ACTING POSTCOMMANDER
1776 Feb 28: MADRID/CAPITAN
1775 Jun: TUCSON (PRESIDIO)/TENIENTE
Family
OLIVA, JUAN ANTONIO (SN)
Notes
1776 : FEBRUARY 28, CROWN SIGNS RETIREMENT AND PROMOTION TO CAPTAIN. 1775 : TRANSFER OF PRESIDIO TO TUCSON FROM TUBAC. ILLITERATE. HAD REPUTATION OF DARING OFFICER AND INVOLVED IN MORE THAN 100 INDIAN CAMPAIGNS.
Source
DOBYNS, 1976
Sources
KESSELL: MISSION OF SORROWS, JESUIT GUEVAVI ... (1970) KESSELL: FRIARS, SOLDIERS, AND REFORMERS (1976) DOBYNS: SPANISH COLONIAL TUCSON, A DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY (1976) MCCARTY: DESERT DOCUMENTARY, THE SPANISH YEARS (1976)
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