 In 1836 he was a Regiador (city councilman) in the ayuntamiento of the San Diego Pueblo.There is a conflation here of Juan Machado (1756-1810 - married Maria Carmen De la Luz y Valenzuela) and his son, Jose Manuel Machado (1781-1852 - married Maria Serafina Valdez) - The eldest Machado arrived in San Diego about 1781 and then continued to San Gabriel Mission where his son was born.His son followed in his father's footsteps and grew to also become a Spanish Leather Jacket soldier.