Austin Hammer n ½ ne. sec 1 Dec. 7, 1836
Wm. Fryer se. ne. sec 1 Nov. 2, 1836
David Norton sw. ne. sec. 1 June 24, 1837
John York ne. nw. sec. 1 Nov. 26, 1836
Isaac Ellison nw. nw. sec. 1 Aug. 5, 1837
Oliver Walker e. Vi se. sec. 1 Dec. 7, 1836
James Huntsman e. 1/2 nw. and nw. ne. sec.2 June 7, 1837
Anthony Blackburn se. ne. and ne. se. sec. 3 July 13, 1837
Henry H. Wilson se. se. sec. 3 Dec. 13, 1837
James Sevier sw. ne. sec. 3 Feb. 17, 1837
Gilman Merrill w. 1/2 se. sec. 3 Aug. 20, 1836
Wm. Wingate n. 1/2 nw. sec. 3 Aug. 27, 1836
Thos. Merrill se. nw. sec. 3 Aug. 20, 1836
Jacob Foutz e. 1/2 sw. sec 3 Aug. 20, 1836
Lindsey Brady nw. se. sec. 7 & nw. se. sec. 6 June 7, 1837
Sardis Smith ne. sw. sec. 7 June 10, 1837
Geo. Miller ne. se. sec. 7 June 10, 1837
Gilmon Merrill sw. se. sec. 7 Feb. 17,1837
Lorenzo Wamer se. se. sec. 7 Nov. 16, 1837
Daniel Hopkins se. sec. 8 Aug. 10, 1836
Robt. White ne. sw. sec. 9 Aug. 2, 1836
Thos. McBride se. sw. sec. 9 Aug. 30, 1836
Jonathan Packet sw. se. sec. 9 Sept. 17, 1836
Robt. Rathbun se. se. sec. 9 Mar. 14, 1837
Geo. Meyers w. 1/2 se. sec. 10 July 21, 1837
Samuel Zemmer se. ne. sec. 10 July 23, 1838
Jacob Meyers se. nw. e 1/2 sw. sec 11 July 21, 1837
Horace Alexander s. 1/2 ne. sec. 11 Aug. 16, 1836
Oliver Walker sw. ne. & e. Vi ne. & nw. & e. & se. sec 12 Aug. 16, 1836
Mahlon Johnsen ne. sw. sec. 12 Nov. 13, 1837
John Pye w. 1/2 ne. sec. 13 June 5, 1837
James Earl e. 1/2 se. sec. 13 June 5, 1837
Jacob H. Potts w. 1/2 se. sec. 13 Dec. 9, 1836
David Norton e. ½ nw. sec. 13 June 16, 1837
David Lewis e. 1/2 ne. sec. 17 June 7, 1837
Jacob Haun nw. ne. sec. 17 Dec. 7, 1835
Jacob Meyers ne. nw. sec. 17 July 29, 1837
James Haun se. nw. sec. 17 Nov. 16, 1837
Gilmon Merrill nw. nw. sec 17 Feb. 17, 1837
Robert White sw. nw. sec 17 June 16, 1837
Thos. Merrill e. 1/2 ne. sec. 18 Sept. 14, 1836
John B. Woodberry e. 1/2 se. & nw. se. sec 18 May 4, 1837
Robt. White se. sw. sec 18 Aug. 2, 1836
Josiah Fuller sw. sw. sec 18 May 23, 1837
Wm. Hudgins & S. Arbuckle w 1/2 nw sec 34 April 4, 1839

Listing by Annette Curtis, Missouri Mormon Frontier, MMFF Newsletter, Number 26 (February-May 2001):6.
For sources, see:
Clark V. Johnson and Ronald E. Romig, Original Land Entries in Caldwell County, Missouri.
[U.S.] Government Land Office, automated records system: www.glorecords.blm.gov

Shoal Creek at Haun's Mill

Iron wheel (part of the water wheel), sometimes identified as a millwheel faceplate, was uncovered from the stream bank in the 1970s. This artifact may now be seen at the LDS Museum of Church History and Art in Salt Lake City, Utah.

    All land in what became Caldwell County, Missouri, initially belonged to the United States Government. In keeping with Federal land acts, some land was transferred to the State of Missouri for governmental and educational purposes. The remainder was offered for sale to individuals. Land sales were held regularly at the government land office at Lexington, Missouri. Sales were publicized by announcement in newspapers and circulars in advance. Federal law provided that public lands were to be sold at auction in minimum tracts of 80 acres, at a minimum price of $1.25 per acre. Auctioned land seldom brought more than the established minimum. A purchaser could enter a tract of land by paying the surveyor's fee, thereby declaring an intention to pay for the land. Such purchases were to be paid off within two to three years or they would again become subject to government sale. Upon payment of the full amount of sale, the purchaser received a deed from the government in the form of a United States land patent.

   
Land Purchase Receipt for Caldwell County Land, Issued at Lexington, Missouri

   

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