Is there any 19th century list of mine and miners who worked in them or mine payroll ledgers in the historical society or county archives in Essex? or anywhere? Is anyone aware of Cornwall miners emigrating individually or in groups to Port Henry or other Essex county towns in mid 19th century? Thank you Mary Beth Mylott At 12:01 PM 2/13/02 -0700, you wrote: >NYESSEX-D Digest Volume 02 : Issue 38 > >Today's Topics: > #1 [NYE] Re: Murdocks Point [[email protected]] > #2 [NYE] Re: murdocks [[email protected]] > #3 [NYE] Re: Murdocks Point [[email protected]] > >Administrivia: >To unsubscribe from NYESSEX-D, send a message to > > [email protected] > >that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > >and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software >requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > >To contact the list administrator, send mail to >[email protected] > >______________________________X-Message: #1 >Date: 12 Feb 2002 23:27:01 -0700 >From: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Subject: [NYE] Re: Murdocks Point >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >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/42.91 > >Message Board Post: > >In 1808 Samuel Murdock and his wife Sally Foote established their house >near the south end of Crown Point peninsula. Samuel lived on this land and >he served Essex County for 20 years as county sheriff and judge of the >county court. > >He had at least 2 sons: Samuel and James. They kept the land in the family >for most of their lives except for 10 acres that was sold to the US >government for the purpose of establishing a lighthouse. This sale >occurred on Nov 24, 1856 and was sold by Samuel and his wife Laura >Murdock. The lighthouse was built and completed in 1858 with its first >lighting in 1859. Samuel had an official commission to the lighthouse Sept >1861-Feb 1862. > >James Murdock married Elizabeth Trimble and they lived in the old stone >barracks (part of Fort St. Frederic) for a number of years. The peninsula >was the home of the Murdock clan for a number of years. > >Some of this land had come from the Foote family through the marriage of >Samuel (the judge) to Sally Foote. The Murdocks owned a considerably large >tract of land. It was prime lakefront property. Samuel the son of the >judge--ran a ferry from near the end of the peninsula to Chimney Point, >Vermont I believe. (Larabee's point?) Anyway he ran the ferry for a number >of years. The acreage was also used to farm and I believe that they had >large cleared areas for farming. > >I am also seeking more information about the Murdock family of Crown >Point. Does anyone have any info? > >______________________________X-Message: #2 >Date: 12 Feb 2002 23:28:55 -0700 >From: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Subject: [NYE] Re: murdocks >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >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 > >Message Board Post: > >Could you share more information on the Murdock family with me? Also I >posted another reply here--check it out. It has some nice info on the >Murdock family of Crown Point > >______________________________X-Message: #3 >Date: 12 Feb 2002 23:30:18 -0700 >From: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Subject: [NYE] Re: Murdocks Point >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >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/42.92 > >Message Board Post: > >I accidentally posted a reply in the wrong place. Can you read my other >post? It has information in it that I think you will like about your >question regarding Murdock's Point Mary Beth