Peter Bryan Bruin (died January 27, 1827) was an American Revolutionary War soldier born to Irish immigrant parents. The family relocated to the Natchez District of present-day Mississippi in 1778. Bruin owned two plantations along the Mississippi River, one in what is now Tensas Parish, Louisiana and one in what is now Claiborne County, Mississippi. He founded Bruinsburg, Mississippi, and Lake Bruin is also named for him.[1] Bayou Pierre ("Peter's River") may also be named for him.[2] He served as alcade after British West Florida became Spanish West Florida, and then served as judge for the Mississippi Territory of the United States.[1] One local historian surmises that the Tensas land later became Albert Bondurant's Pleasant View plantation.[3] According to Natchez District court records, Bruin's land claim to some of this may have been rejected by the territorial government: "No. 1540. Claimant: Peter B. Bruin, 29 Mar. 1804. Rejected 13 June 1807. Miss. Ter. Claiborne Co. Peter Bryan Bruin claims 800 arpents in sd county on Miss. River by virtue of his having inhabited and cultivated the same ever since 1789. He was at that time 21 years of age and claims sd tract from a certificate of survey from the Spanish Government."[4] The Bruinsburg plantation on the Mississippi side was later owned by the Evans family.[5]
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- ^ "Old Mississippi Correspondence - Rodney - Sept 7, 1854 - Idler". The Times-Picayune. 1886-07-25. p. 5. Retrieved 2024-08-15.
- ^ Bagley, Barbara Allen (1993-04-28) [1957-07-19]. "The story of Grant's March through Tensas re-told". Section II (150th Anniversary Edition: Tensas Parish Celebrates Sesquicentennial). The Tensas Gazette (Part 1 of 3). Vol. 140, no. 17. St. Joseph, Louisiana. p. 5. & "March" (Part 2 of 3). p. 12. & "March" (Part 3 of 3). p. 13. ISSN 2166-7896. LCCN sn87090131. OCLC 15152037.
- ^ McBee, May Wilson (1953). The Natchez court records, 1767–1805 : abstracts of early records. Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center. Ann Arbor, Michigan : Edwards Brothers, Inc. p. 559.
- ^ Dorsey, Sarah Anne (1866). Recollections of Henry Watkins Allen. M. Doolady. p. 162. ISBN 978-0-7950-0378-3.
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