[2] Gomez joined the independence movement on May 4, 1810, and this participation invited his persecution by the government which resulted in his staying incognito on the island, in 1812.

On July 31, 1817, he was promoted as Brigadier General for the successful war campaign of the Battle of Matasiete.

In 1835, the constitutional president of Venezuela, José María Vargas, entrusted Gomez with the Command of Arms of the province of Cumaná.

He died the same year in the building that was the Franciscan Convent of La Asunción As directed by the President of Venezuela, on February 11, 1876, his mortal remains were transferred to a funerary urn in the Catedral Nuestra Señora de La Asunción.

The Plaza Francisco Esteban Gomez in Santa Ana honors him with his statue as the hero of the Battle of Matasiere,[3] while his home, located close by, is conserved as a museum.