I have not been able to get beyond my great, great grandfather, Jean Baptiste COLAS whose first wife was Virginia (Jenny) MARTINEAU. they lived in St. Landry Parish. I don't know where either one of them came from.
I have COLAS cousins in the New Orleans area. Some of them spell their names in different ways, e.g., COLAR/COLLA/COLLAS/COLLARD, etc.)
I am still tracking Census, Church, and marriage records trying to locate the Louisiana entry of the first COLA to come to Louisiana.
Perhaps we can share information as we obtain it.
Contact me at
Elmarcob@cs.com.