His father was Jose Angel Barrera, and his mother was Maria Matiana Moreno.
He married Concepcion Peña, daughter of Jose Bernardo Peña and Maria Balvina Garcia.
In 1836, as the brother-in-law of the original grantee, he purchased one-half of Randado from Antonio Garcia. He had settled the tract at the same time. Half the tract was immediately conveyed to him.