Though his father was given a conditional pardon in 1814, he refused it and chose to remain in exile, continuing in the rebellion against the Spanish crown.
The Mexican government's failed support of its frontier outposts forced its men and their families to suffer under the harshest of conditions.
[1] Tarín was largely dissatisfied with the Mexican army as was demonstrated when he was apprehended with his own brother, José Vicente and other accomplices after trying to steal guns and ammunition from the Alamo stores.
[3] Salvador Flores and Manuel Leal recruiting and organizing 41 Tejano volunteers from ranches southwest of San Antonio[4] reinforced the Texan forces on the Salado Creek, in mid October,[5] a few days after Juan Seguin[6][7] and Plácido Benavides of Victoria had gathered almost 70 men to aid Commander Stephen F.
For his service as a Corporal with the Texas army, he was awarded several hundred acres in donation land grants and bounty warrants.
Note that Seguin's men at the Alamo were scouts/couriers going in and out, between San Antonio and nearby Gonzales, the rallying point for volunteers.