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Jose de Escandon is credited as being the founder of all if not most of the above mentioned Villas. Jose de Escandon died September 10, 1770. Garmendia L, Guillermo. Fundadores de Tamaulipas, 1748 â 1770 Self Published Monterrey N. L. Mexico.
Military career before Nuevo Santander. Escandon was one of three sons of Juan de Escandon and Francisca de la Helguera. He arrived in New Spain as a youth in 1715. He volunteered to serve as a cadet in the cavalry of the city of Merida, where he fought against the English at Laguna de Terminos.