Six iron 8-pounder cannons were delivered by sea to the La Bahia presidio on the Guadalupe River around 1747. They were moved to the new location at Goliad in 1749 and appear in several inventories there. They were moved to San Antonio around 1795 and were noted at that location on several occasions up to and including February, 1835. They were apparently moved into the Alamo compound during September, 1835, as the Mexican army prepared for the Siege of Bexar, and are lost to the historical record after that. Some accounts suggest they were left on the ground after the Mexican army departed in May of 1836, and later moved to Sam Maverick's property at the former northwestern corner of the Alamo compound, and buried there. They have not been discovered, and likely remain buried at that location today.
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