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in the courthouse at Abbeville, South Carolina.
In Rev. Donald J. Hebert's Southwest Louisiana Records,
Vol. I, 1756-1810, he reports the marriage of Peton Blanc
and Elizabeth Smith was recorded in St. Martin's Church, St.
Martinsville, Louisianla; also that Llie m!rl,-iag.e of Sally
Wordein and Jesse Slmi t. I, (,c(rded.
In Volume II he presents the evidence of the dates of
birth of "Caroline Blainne, daughter of J Po:ir and Elizabeth
Smith, 7 Sept. 1813"; and"PeLor Blainne, : rn of Peter and
Elizabeth Smith, 25 Sept. 1815"; and "Jean Peton Blanc, son
of Peton and Elizabeth Smith, b. 6 March 1811."
In the St. Martinville courthouse there are records
that Peyton Bland and Elizabeth Smith applied for a marriage
contract in 1809. Also "Peyton Blanc" bought land Feb. 4, 1808;
Peyton Blanc, shf. sale to Alexander Porter on April 12,1811;
Peyton Bland lawsuit by Michel Goldrich and John Harmon in
1810. There are records of a John Bland in the eatly courthouse
records before 1815, supposedly the year of the death of
Peyton Bland.15
Peyton Bland was a sergeant in Baker's Regiment of the
Louisiana Militia in the War of 1812. A record of his service
is enclosed, as registered in the Louisiana Archives in Baton
Rouge. He served only from January 3, 1815 La March 13, 1815.
According to Casey, Baker's rei melont, was nLit.c only Louisiana
regiment that was never sent I o Now Orla.. ''lhey were kept
in the Attakapas district to guard the bayou area from
British invasion.16
I don't believe there was an "Indian problem" in
Vermillion Parish at that time. Indians were fighting in
New Orleans with Andrew Jackson on the American side.
I can't believe that Peyton Bland, after being gone two
months and ten days, came back and couldn't find his wife and
two sons. Peyton hadn't been born yet; so he would have
left one son and one daughter. Also, Elizabeth had a father
with a plantation, brothers and sisters, uncles and aunts
and cousins, living in Louisiana. it was hardly a "colony"
that disappeared. Four thousand Acadians had settled in this
area between 1760 and 1780; and many Americans moved there
even before the Louisiana Purchase of 1803.38
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Orange County Historical Society (Tex.). Las Sabinas, Volume 14, Number 1, January 1988, periodical, January 1988; Orange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth312864/m1/49/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Orange County Historical Society.