Juan Abamillo: Alamo Defender and Texas Revolutionary (unknown–1836)
By: Bill Groneman
Published: November 1, 1994
Updated: October 23, 2025
Juan Abamillo, Alamo defender, was born in Texas. He was one of twenty-four native Texans who enlisted for six months' service during the Texas Revolution under the command of Juan N. Seguín. Abamillo took part in the siege of Bexar. He returned to San Antonio in January 1836 with part of Seguín's company. On February 23, 1836, he entered the Alamo with the rest of the Texan garrison at the approach of the Mexican army. Abamillo died in the battle of the Alamo on March 6, 1836.
Bibliography:
Daughters of the American Revolution, The Alamo Heroes and Their Revolutionary Ancestors (San Antonio, 1976). Bill Groneman, Alamo Defenders (Austin: Eakin, 1990). Thomas L. Miller, "Mexican-Texans at the Alamo," Journal of Mexican-American History 2 (Fall 1971). Amelia W. Williams, A Critical Study of the Siege of the Alamo and of the Personnel of Its Defenders (Ph.D. dissertation, University of Texas, 1931; rpt., Southwestern Historical Quarterly 36–37 [April 1933-April 1934]).
The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this entry.
Bill Groneman, “Abamillo, Juan,” Handbook of Texas Online, accessed March 09, 2026, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/abamillo-juan.
Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
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- November 1, 1994
- October 23, 2025
