AUSTIN, Texas – A debate over a street in Austin is heating up as advocates say it’s about more than misspelling a name.

Texas Revolutionary José Antonio Menchaca was honored by naming a Travis County street after him. However, his name was misspelled and has been Manchaca Road ever since.

Menchaca, a solider and politician, was a defender of San Antonio and Travis County during the Revolution in 1836 at the Battle of San Jacinto.

Born in San Antonio, Menchaca fought as a Tejano officer later becoming an activist.  According to the Facebook group Justice for Menchaca, the night after the Battle of San Jacinto a command staff took down the names of all of the soldiers who participated.

The group claims that the commander who recorded the names of the Tejano company did not known Spanish and misspelled every single name. Therefore, Menchaca was recorded as Manchaca.

Nearly 182 years later and the misspelling continued in Austin. Even trickling down into the phone books, where people with the last name Menchaca were listed as Manchaca.

In 1940, when an Austin clerk was confronted with the issue he reportedly said  “around here we spell it Manchaca.”

Along with former Judge Bob Perkins, the Justice for Menchaca group collected more than $24,000 to have the City of Austin change the name of the eight-mile stretch of road in 2016. Petitions were also filed with 1,077 names in favor of the change.

The City Council will decide if the name will be changed. So far, there is no word on when they will schedule a hearing.