The De Zavala Flag has a white star in the center of a blue field with one point straight up. The letters T-E-X-A-S are between each star point. Lorenzo De Zavala, "a Texan by adoption and by choice" is credited with designing this "Lone Star Flag of the Republic of Texas" and is often called the "First Republic of Texas Flag".
A statesman, Manuel Lorenzo Justiniano de Zavala was one of the most talented and capable of the many native Mexican citizens involved in the struggle for Texas independence from Mexico. Born in the villiage of Tecoh in Yucatan, Mexico, on October 3, 1789.
In Texas, de Zavala settled his family on Buffalo Bayou across from what would become the site of the Battle of San Jacinto. He represented Harrisburg Municipality at both the Consultation of 1835 and the Convention of 1836, where he signed the Texas Declaration of Independence from Mexico.
De Zavala resigned as vice-president in October. The following month, on 15 November 1836, he died and was buried in the family cemetery on property which is now part of San Jacinto State Park.
De Zavala county was formed in 1858 and named in his honor.
In 1931, the state of Texas erected a monument at his gravesite.
The two gold stars signified the two regions that comprised the State of Coahuila and Texas.
It is the flag that was carried by Capt. Juan Seguin's company at the Battle of Bexar
and taken with them into the Alamo garrison.
In an Artist view, (depicted above), of the Alamo painted in 1836 by Lt. Col. Jose Juan Sanchez-Navarro, who was present during the siege, produced an elevation of the Alamo that show the tricolor with the double stars.