Ethel, That is so beautiful! Where can I buy a copy of that book? Ben Mertens born in Alexandria, La. retired to the country of south-central Ohio [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: Ethel S. <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 19, 2000 4:34 PM Subject: Re: [LARAPIDE] 3 Pioneer Rapides Families, by Stafford > 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. >