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Coppinger held this post until 10 July 1821<ref name="Osceola's Legacy"/> when Spain ceded Florida to the United States,<ref name="Congressional Edition"/> making him the last Spanish governor of the province.<ref name="Osceola's Legacy"/> Coppinger's superiors had previously sent him confidential instructions, which he received on June 8, to issue orders for the evacuation of the Spanish population of St. Augustine and the rest of East Florida in 1821<ref>[http://scn.youngeasy.com/list/florida%20faces/1.htmlflorida faces Tumblr_TumblrEasy]</ref> to Cuba, [[Texas]] or [[Mexico]]. The situation was similar to that faced by the former Spanish governor [[Melchor Feliú]], who also ordered an evacuation when Florida was ceded to Great Britain with the Spanish defeat in the [[Seven Years' War]] in 1763. The citizens who emigrated to Cuba in 1821 acquired or already owned houses and farmlands on the northeastern coast of Cuba or at the [[Bay of Pigs]]. Coppinger also tried to persuade the [[Seminole people|Seminole]] chiefs to move their tribespeople to Texas, and ordered that the U.S. flag be flown at the same level as the Spanish flag.<ref>[http://m.staugustine.com/news/local-news/2013-07-06/nations-oldest-city-192-years-ago Nation's Oldest City: 192 years ago, the US took over control of Florida]. Posted in 7/7/2013. Retrieved in July 24, 2014, to 1:09pm.</ref>
On January 28, 1825,
In 1834, Coppinger was appointed governor of [[Trinidad Province]] in the central part of Cuba, an office he occupied until 1837.<ref name="Irish Presence in Cuba"/> He spent his last days in Cuba, where he died on August 15, 1844, in [[Cárdenas, Cuba|Cárdenas]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Presencia hispana en los Estados Unidos: Quinto Centenario|url=http://www.ellugareno.com/2013/05/presencia-hispana-en-los-estados-unidos_17.html|work=Gaspar, El Lugareño|publisher=Frank de Varona|accessdate=7 July 2013}}</ref>
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