Beason's Crossing became part of Austin's colony in 1822, when the colony was divided into two districts by the Mexican governor José F. Trespalacios.
He failed to restore ecclesiastical discipline, and displeased both Charles III and Trespalacios, Bishop of Havana, to whose care the mission was committed since 1787.
At this point Trespalacios fled to New Orleans and joined forces with James Long becoming part of the second Long Expedition after the first part of it was destroyed in Nacogdoches.