Quote from the preface of the book-- "This humble work is dedicated to the memory of Captain Peter Robert, Robert Tanner, and William Pearce, Sr. They were pioneers who left their homes at the dawn of the nineteenth century, and, traveling in ox wagons and flat boats, brought their families safely through the uninhabited wilderness of the great southwest to that section of the country in central Louisiana watered by Bayou Boeuf". Captain Peter Robert hailed from Beaufort District, South Carolina. Robert Tanner also came from Beaufort District, South Carolina, and was a son-in-law of the above. William Pearce, Sr. came from Screven County, Georgia, and his forbears from Virginia. He was a Rev. soldier. Two of his sons married daughters of Robert Tanner. The book is very detailed, and offers some good genealogy links. I have a copy and found some of my Gordon and Bushnell links. Ethel.