Editing Goliad County, Texas (section)

== History ==
[[Pajalat]] and Siquipil, both [[Coahuiltecan people]]s, were Indigenous peoples who lived in what became Goliad County.<ref name=mission>{{cite web |last1=Campbell |first1=Thomas N. |title=Indian Groups at Mission Concepcion |url=https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/saan/campbell/sec2.htm |website=San Antonio Missions |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=June 18, 2023 |date=April 26, 2007}}</ref> A 1727 Spanish map records them living in the area.<ref name=mission/>

The first declaration of independence for the [[Republic of Texas]] was signed in Goliad on December 20, 1835, although the formal declaration was made by the [[Convention of 1836]] at [[Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas|Washington-on-the-Brazos]]. Goliad County was the site of two battles in the [[Texas Revolution]]. The [[Battle of Goliad]] was a minor skirmish early in the war. However, the subsequent [[battle of Coleto]] was an important battle that culminated on [[Goliad Campaign|March 27, 1836]]. Col. [[James Fannin]] and his Texan soldiers were executed by the Mexican army, under orders from Gen. [[Antonio López de Santa Anna]], in what became known as the [[Goliad Massacre]]. This event led to the Texas Revolutionary battle cry "Remember the [[Alamo]]! Remember Goliad!" Although many remember the Alamo today, fewer remember Goliad. The site of the massacre is located near Presidio la Bahia, just south of the town of Goliad.

In 1874, [[Juan Moya]], a prominent [[Tejano]] landowner and [[Mexican army]] captain who fought in the Texas Revolution, was lynched, along with his two sons, by a mob who suspected them of murdering a neighboring family in Goliad County.<ref name="TEOJM">{{cite news|author=Marsh, Gloria Candelaria |date=August 6, 2003|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fmo82|title=Handbook of Texas Online:Juan Moya|access-date=November 9, 2016}}</ref>

Goliad County is also the birthplace of General [[Ignacio Zaragoza]], who led the Mexican army against the invading forces of [[Napoleon III]] in the [[Battle of Puebla]] on May 5, 1862 ("[[Cinco de Mayo]]").