Francisco García Larios

Francisco García Larios was the Governor of Texas from 1744 to 1748.

Career

García Larios was appointed governor ad interim of Texas in 1744, after the death of Justo Boneo y Morales. During his term, the San Antonio Missions were still being carried out, as was reported by the inspector of the Queretaran missions Fr. Francisco Javier Ortiz. He planned to explore the Gulf Coast, "as far south as the Rios Grande". He considered the possibilities of establishing settlements and to search for French traders trading there (trade in Spanish America of not Spanish people was prohibited). Instead, he ordered a subordinate, Joaquín Prudencio de Orobio y Basterra, to do so, beginning in January 1747. García Larios left Governorship of Texas in 1748.