Jose Antonio Quintero

He was a Lieutenant. Information from page 356 of https://cubangenclub.org/upload/files/Historia_de_Sancti-Spiritus_-...

He was mayor of Sancti-Spiritus, Cuba in 1761 Information from page 356 of https://cubangenclub.org/upload/files/Historia_de_Sancti-Spiritus_-...

Jose Antonio Quintero was Lieutenant of the Militias in Sancti-Spiritus, Cuba. During the British attack on La Habana in 1762, he was sent, by Sargent Major of the Militias, Diego de Canizares, to the Castillo de Jagua (Cienfuegos?) to ask Commander Juan de Castilla for rifles and gunpowder. He came back with 300 rifles with bayonetes, flint stones, and 6 quintals of gunpowder. Information from page 363 of https://cubangenclub.org/upload/files/Historia_de_Sancti-Spiritus_-...

He died on August 17, 1788 in Sancti-Spiritus, Cuba at the age of 56 Information from page 420 of https://cubangenclub.org/upload/files/Historia_de_Sancti-Spiritus_-...