José Domingo Ramón (?-December 23, 1723) was a Spanish military man and explorer who founded several missions and a presidio in East Texas to prevent French expansion in the area.
The expedition, led by the Quebecer official commander Louis Juchereau de St. Denis,[1] began its journey in San Juan Bautista (present-day Guerrero, Coahuila) on April 12, 1716[2] and was made up by seventy-five members (among them twelve friars, including Isidro de Espinosa,[3] and more than twenty civilians).
The expedition toured Los Adaes, Nacogdoches[4] (although the latter city had previously had a French settlement[5]), and San Antonio.
It was in the middle of his expedition that New Philippines was first recorded as name for the territory he was exploring and settling, on a letter to the Marquess of Valero, written by Antonio Margil on July 20, 1716.
Thus, the following were founded: Nuestro Padre San Francisco de los Tejas Mission (established near Weches, Texas on July 5.