Unsolved Mysteries

As we work to solve some of the mysteries of Kay's Cross, the Holmes Creek Hollow, and Kaysville history, we will encounter more mysteries--mysteries we cannot solve yet.

I know that many of  you out there are very interested in local Kaysville history and many of you may know the answers to some or all of these mysteries--or how to find the answers.

If you know the answers to any of these mysteries, or have any clues, please leave a comment. I hope that many of these mysteries will be the subject of future posts.

Outstanding mysteries:

• When did Elijah Laycock acquire or start farming the Boynton Road Farm? Are there any property records or other records from the 1860s or 1870s showing Laycock's ownership or use of the farm?
• Did any Mormon settlers before Laycock live on the Boynton Road Farm, or farm there?
• Who, if anyone, owned the Thomas and Mary Ann Green farm before the Greens moved there in 1863.
• Did the Greens, who lived just south of the Boynton Road Farm, farm or use the Boynton Road Farm, or sell the northern property to Elijah Laycock?  Generally, who was there first--the Greens or the Laycocks?
• Where there any Mexican Land Grants in Davis County? Miles Goodyear owned a large farm in Weber County prior to 1847. We have reports of prior ownership near Riverton in Salt Lake County.  How about Davis County?
• More to come . . . 

Do you have information, evidence--or even just ideas or theories--about any of the unsolved mysteries above? Or a new mystery to add?

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