Tomás Pérez Guerra
Tomás Pérez Guerra | |
|---|---|
| 22nd Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico | |
| In office 1 January 1826[1] – 31 December 1826[2] | |
| Preceded by | José Ortíz de la Renta |
| Succeeded by | Julián Villodas |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1775 Santiago de los Caballeros |
| Died | ca. 1846 |
| Spouse | María del Carmen Miura y Pepin |
| Children | Hilarión Pérez Guerra y Miura (c. 1813-1871) |
| Parent(s) | Luis Pérez Guerra y Tresplaciaso and Rosa Sánchez y Firpo |
| Profession | Military Officer |
Tomás Pérez Guerra y Sánchez[3][4] (c. 1775, Santiago de los Caballeros – ca. 1846) was Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico, from 1 January 1826[5] to 31 December 1826.[6]
Biography
Tomás Pérez Guerra y Sánchez was the son of Teniente Coronel Luis Pérez Guerra y Tresplaciaso, a native of Ruenes, Asturias, and Rosa Sánchez y Firpo. Tomás enlisted in the Militia on February 4, 1788 with the quality of being a son of a Captain at the age of 12 or 13.[7] He was given the rank of Cadete del Batallón on June 7, 1791.[7] In June of 1795, he requested to be stationed in the northern frontier of Hispaniola.[7] During the end of the current war, he withdrew to Santo Domingo.[7] On October 31, 1810, Subteniente Tomás married María del Carmen Miura y Pepin, the daughter of Teniente de Infantería Martín Miura and Josefa Pepin.[8] Following the occupation of the colony of Santo Domingo by Haiti in 1822, Pérez Guerra and his family relocated to Puerto Rico where he continued to serve in the militia and served as Mayor of Ponce. His son Hilarión Pérez Guerra y Miura also served as Mayor of Ponce.
Mayoral term
On 31 August 1826, during the midst of mayor Pérez Guerra's mayoral term, a slave revolt in Ponce against the slave owners in Ponce was discovered and the slaves were condemned to death. The Provincial Military Governor of Puerto Rico, Miguel de la Torre, traveled to Ponce to witness the mass shooting. The 11 slaves shot dead were named as follows: Francisco Jose, Federico, Benito, Pablo Viejo, Oguis, Jose Felix (from Barrio El Quemado), Faustino (also from Barrio El Quemado), Francisco Antonio, Don Esteban Miguel Roque's Francisco Antonio and Manuel, and Don Wedestein's Inés.[9] There are no Acts in the Municipality for the period from 1824 to 1834, affecting the period while Pérez Guerra was mayor.[10]
See also
References
- ^ Eduardo Neumann Gandia. Verdadera y Auténtica Historia de la Ciudad de Ponce. 1913. San Juan, Puerto Rico: Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. p. 276.
- ^ Eduardo Neumann Gandia. Verdadera y Auténtica Historia de la Ciudad de Ponce. 1913. San Juan, Puerto Rico: Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. p. 276.
- ^ Eduardo Neumann Gandía. Verdadera y Auténtica Historia de la Ciudad de Ponce. Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. 1913. p. 166.
- ^ Municipio de Ponce: Alcaldes en su Historia. Puerto Rico Encyclopedia. Fundación Puertorriqueña para las Humanidades. 2018. Accessed 2 May 2018. Archived 23 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 9 July 2009.
- ^ Eduardo Neumann Gandía. Verdadera y Auténtica Historia de la Ciudad de Ponce. 1913. San Juan, Puerto Rico: Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. p. 276.
- ^ Eduardo Neumann Gandía. Verdadera y Auténtica Historia de la Ciudad de Ponce. 1913. San Juan, Puerto Rico: Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. p. 276.
- ^ a b c d "Hoja de Servicio de Tomas Perez Guerra (1795)". www.familysearch.org. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
- ^ "Matrimonio de Tomas Perez Guerra y Maria del Carmen Miura". www.familysearch.org. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
- ^ Eduardo Neumann Gandía. Verdadera y Auténtica Historia de la Ciudad de Ponce. 1913. San Juan, Puerto Rico: Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña. p. 261-261.
- ^ Mariano Vidal Armstrong. Ponce: Notas para su Historia. San Juan, Puerto Rico. Second Edition 1986. p. 79.
Further reading
- Ramon Marin. Las Fiestas Populares de Ponce. Editorial Universidad de Puerto Rico. 1994.
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