This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YRB.2ACE/42.89.1.1.1 Message Board Post: You have done some really extensive and interesting research!!! Thank-you so much. Do you know anything about Elijah Bristol Foote of Cornwall, Vt? He married Carrie Raine of Crown Point, New York. I believe his father was Jared Foote. Do you think that they are related to the Foote's from Murdock Point----Crown Point? Do you know anything about the Crown Point Lighthouse? I have been doing some research on the lighthouse and on the first keeper there---Captain James Raine---father of Carrie who married Elijah Bristol Foote. I also have a copy of the index from National Archives that shows Samuel Murdock was given an official commission to the lighthouse in September 1861. He stopped in 1862. I believe that he took the commission to help James Raine--who had enlisted in the NY 5th Regiment Calvary Co. H. Raine's wife Anna continued to run the lighthouse in his absence and I believe that Samuel Murdock sought the commission to lighthouse to help her out. I have a copy of his removal and Raine's reappointment for 1862 from the National Archives. I also have a copy of the sale of the land from Samuel and Laura Murdock to the US government for the purpose of establishing lighthouse dated November 1857. Do you know anything about James Murdock---he served in the NY 5th Regiment Calvary Co H with James Raine and the others from Crown Point. I wondered if he was Samuel's son or perhaps he was the son of James Murdock. Do you know anything about him? Once again---thanks so much for your information. I will share copies of my info on Samuel with you---if you're interested. I also have a few pages from various Murdock family histories relating to their lives in Crown Point. Also, some newspaper articles about the ferry that Samuel ran in the mid 1800's.