Hawns’s Mill Attack
October 30, 1838
1. Jacob Foutz
Wounded in the thigh while in the blacksmith shop.
o Mormon Redress Petitions pp. 208, 267, 275, 277, 320, 487-88, 694-95
o Margaret Mann Foutz
o Ellis Eamut/Eames/Ames
o 1886 History of Caldwell and Livingston counties, Missouri, p. 150
o Tragedy and Truth: What Happened at Hawn’s Mill, inside back cover
2. Jacob Hawn
Wounded while trying to escape the blacksmith shop.
o Mormon Redress Petitions pp. 31 (Mr. Hon), 267, 320, 488, 723 [listed as (Haunn]
o Joseph Young
o David Lewis
o Ellis Eamut/Eames/Ames
o 1886 History of Caldwell and Livingston counties, Missouri, p. 150
o Tragedy and Truth: What Happened at Hawn’s Mill, inside back cover
3. Charles Jimison/Jamison/Jameson
Wounded while trying to escape the blacksmith shop.
o Mormon Redress Petitions pp. 268, 320, 488
o Ellis Eamut/Eames/Ames
o 1886 History of Caldwell and Livingston counties, Missouri, p. 150
o Tragedy and Truth: What Happened at Hawn’s Mill, inside back cover
4. Nathan Kinsman Knight
While yelling for quarters his finger was shot off and another finger injured. In making his escape he was wounded in his leg and back.
o Mormon Redress Petitions pp. 31, 259-260, 268 (Night), 476-477, 488 (Night), 723
o Nathan Kinsman Knight
o Joseph Young
o David Lewis
o Ellis Eamut/Eames/Ames
o 1886 History of Caldwell and Livingston counties, Missour, p. 150
o Tragedy and Truth: What Happened at Hawn’s Mill, inside back cover
5. Isaac Leany/Laney
Wounded in ten places while trying to escape from the blacksmith shop. Four balls passed entirely through his body leaving eight holes. Grazed by two more bullets, resulting in flesh wounds to each arm.
o Mormon Redress Petitions pp. 31, 266-268, 320, 478-88, 723
o Joseph Young
o David Lewis
o James McBride
o Amanda Barnes Smith
o Olive Jane Gibbs Ames/Eames
o Ellis Eamut/Eames/Ames
o 1886 History of Caldwell and Livingston counties, Missouri, p. 150
o Tragedy and Truth: What Happened at Hawn’s Mill, inside back cover
6. Tarlton Lewis
Wounded in the shoulder while trying to escape from the blacksmith shop.
o Mormon Redress Petitions pp. 31, 268, 275, 488, 490-91, 723
o David Lewis
o Joseph Young
o Jane Adeline Bicknell Young
o Ellis Eamut/Eames/Ames
o Amanda Barnes Smith
o 1886 History of Caldwell and Livingston counties, Missouri, p. 150
o Tragedy and Truth: What Happened at Hawn’s Mill, inside back cover
7. Gilmon Merrill
Wounded while trying to escape from the blacksmith shop.
o Ellis Eamut/Eames/Ames [listed as Elimar Merrill]
o Tragedy and Truth: What Happened at Hawn’s Mill, inside back cover
8. George Myers
Wounded in the right shoulder while trying to escape from the blacksmith shop. He never fully recovered.
o Mormon Redress Petitions pp. 31, 268, 723
o Joseph Young
o Artemisia Sidnie Myers Foote
o Warren Foote
o Margaret Mann Foutz
o Amanda Barnes Smith
o Ellis Eamut/Eames/Ames
o 1886 History of Caldwell and Livingston counties, Missouri, p. 150
o Tragedy and Truth: What Happened at Hawn’s Mill, inside back cover
9. Jacob Myers Jr.
Wounded while trying to escape from the blacksmith shop. His leg was broken by a bullet that lodged halfway between his knee and ankle. Received a flesh wound to the thigh. A year later his leg was amputated due to his injuries.
o Mormon Redress Petitions pp. 31, 268, 320, 488, 723
o Joseph Young
o Artemisia Sidnie Myers Foote
o Warren Foote
o Amanda Barnes Smith
o Ellis Eamut/Eames/Ames
o 1886 History of Caldwell and Livingston counties, Missouri, p. 150
o Tragedy and Truth: What Happened at Hawn’s Mill, inside back cover
10. Jacob Potts
Wounded twice in the right leg while trying to escape from the blacksmith shop.
o Mormon Redress Petitions pp. 268, 319, 320, 488
o David Lewis
o Ellis Eamut/Eames/Ames
o 1886 History of Caldwell and Livingston counties, Missouri, p. 150
o Tragedy and Truth: What Happened at Hawn’s Mill, inside back cover
11. Hiram Rathbun
Wounded in his right leg. Remained a cripple for the rest of his life.
o Sacred Places Missouri, Volume Four, p. 40
o Tragedy and Truth: What Happened at Hawn’s Mill, inside back cover
12. Alma Lamoni Smith
While hiding behind the bellows in the blacksmith shop, was shot at close range wounding him in the hip. He fully recovered.
o Mormon Redress Petitions pp. 260, 268, 275, 488, 491, 537, 538
o Amanda Barnes Smith
o Alvira Lavona Smith Hendricks
o Willard Gilbert Smith
o Nathan Kinsman Knight
o James McBride
o David Lewis
o Lucy Walker Smith Kimball
o 1886 History of Caldwell and Livingston counties, Missouri, p. 150
o The Haun’s Mill Massacre, Burr Joyce, St. Louis Globe-Democrat, 27 September 1887
o Tragedy and Truth: What Happened at Hawn’s Mill, inside back cover
13. Mary Stedwell or Steadwell
Wounded in the hand while trying to escape as the attack began.
o Mormon Redress Petitions pp. 31, 90, 268, 274, 452, 474, 488, 538, 723
o Joseph Young
o Amanda Barnes Smith
o James McBride
o David Lewis
o Lucy Walker Smith Kimball
o Ellis Eamut/Eames/Ames
o The Haun’s Mill Massacre, Burr Joyce, St. Louis Globe-Democrat, 27 September 1887
o Tragedy and Truth: What Happened at Hawn’s Mill, inside back cover
14. John Walker
Wounded in his right arm while in the blacksmith shop.
o Mormon Redress Petitions pp. 268, 488
o 1886 History of Caldwell and Livingston counties, Missouri, p. 150
o Lucy Walker Smith Kimball
o Jane Walker Smith
o William Holmes Walker
o Tragedy and Truth: What Happened at Hawn’s Mill, inside back cover
15. William Yokum
Wounded in the face and leg while trying to escape from the blacksmith shop. His leg was later amputated.
o Mormon Redress Petitions pp. 31, 268, 320, 488, 627, 723
o Joseph Young
o David Lewis
o Ellis Eamut/Eames/Ames
o 1886 History of Caldwell and Livingston counties, Missouri, p. 150
o Tragedy and Truth: What Happened at Hawn’s Mill, inside back cover
1. Jacob S. Rogers Jr. of Daviess County [operated a ferry on the Grand River]
Wounded in the hip and became a cripple
o Nathan Kinsman Knight
2. John Hart a Livingston County resident
Wounded in the arm
o A Call to Arms: The 1838 Mormon Defense of Northern Missouri, p. 123
3. John Renfrow
Had his thumb shot off
o A Call to Arms: The 1838 Mormon Defense of Northern Missouri, p. 123
4. Allen England of Daviess County
Wounded in the thigh
o A Call to Arms: The 1838 Mormon Defense of Northern Missouri, p. 123
