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04-08-2009, 01:27 AM

And looks like Thunderbolt was also in New England...found this on a Vermont website:

http://www.vtonly.com/loredec6.htm

And a nice little story about the round schoolhouse as an example of Scottish architecture:

http://www.vtonly.com/loredec6.htm

I also found a passenger listing for a ship that arrived in Port Adelaide in 1852 that includes a Captain W. Lightfoot (who died 2 months later) so there was a real Captain Lightfoot

And still more Captain Lightfoots came up in the same search: 3 Lightfoot brothers from GA, who along with their 3 sisters -were adopted my an aunt and uncle (Cody) in Alabama. All 3 served during the Civil War. Looks like all 3 or at least 2 became Captains...and one, James had succeeded Captain Gordon (and the latter 1st, than the former became Colonels).

James Lightfoot married Mary Elizabeth Gordon (Colonel Gordon's daughter) in November of 1852. So there we have it, Gordon Lightfoot.

04-08-2009, 01:27 AM	#4
podunklander Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Captain Lightfoot!!!! And looks like Thunderbolt was also in New England...found this on a Vermont website: http://www.vtonly.com/loredec6.htm And a nice little story about the round schoolhouse as an example of Scottish architecture: http://www.vtonly.com/loredec6.htm I also found a passenger listing for a ship that arrived in Port Adelaide in 1852 that includes a Captain W. Lightfoot (who died 2 months later) so there was a real Captain Lightfoot And still more Captain Lightfoots came up in the same search: 3 Lightfoot brothers from GA, who along with their 3 sisters -were adopted my an aunt and uncle (Cody) in Alabama. All 3 served during the Civil War. Looks like all 3 or at least 2 became Captains...and one, James had succeeded Captain Gordon (and the latter 1st, than the former became Colonels). James Lightfoot married Mary Elizabeth Gordon (Colonel Gordon's daughter) in November of 1852. So there we have it, Gordon Lightfoot.