Juan Antonio Bustillo y Ceballos

Juan Antonio Bustillo y Ceballos (Zevallos) was a soldier and politician who served as governor of Province of Texas (1730–1734) and Coahuila, New Spain (1754–1756). He also served as alcalde ordinario (ordinary mayor) in Mexico City.

Early life Ceballos was born between the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. He settled in Texas in 1723, living there for twelve years.

Governor in Texas

Between 1724 and 1731 he served as captain of the Presidio Nuestra Señora de Loreto de la Bahía. In 1730, he helped restore Querétaro missions in San Antonio (originally were in East Texas) and in the following year, the viceroy of New Spain, Juan de Acuña, appointed him governor of Texas.

He arrived to Los Adaes, Texas' capital, on April 28, 1731, carrying several hundred of heads of livestock and many supplies.

He promoted the settlement of Spanish settlers from the Canary Islands in Bexar (modern San Antonio) in 1731. In the following year, Bustillo led a military confrontation against the Apaches,