Dessalines burns Saint Marc on the arrival of the French

Saint Marc was burned on 24 February 1802 by Dessalines, on the arrival of the French (Boudet’s division). That general had part of its ruins carried off to build Marchand, to which he gave his name. Its church, built in 1760, was spared this destruction, as were several houses; it is very pretty and set in a position that charms by the coolness that reigns there; it stands at the back of a courtyard separated from the street by an iron railing, and is as it was in the first days, although it has undergone some repairs. The posts that serve it as columns are of mahogany; they have been there from the beginning; they are 2 feet square along the whole length of the church.

Rouzier tells this under the entry SAINT MARC.