Egan/Flower. James and Mary Egan patented land just east of the Flowers Ranch boundary (southern half of Section 3, T1N, R12E), where they raised a family of 14 children. Within the Flowers Ranch, James Egan patented a parcel of land where he built a cabin and raised goats (northeastern quarter of the northeastern quarter of Section 9, T1N, R12). This land was sold to Flower in 1896 for $57.50 1. Their son, Charlie Egan, patented land partially within the Flowers Ranch adjoining the family homestead but apparently never constructed any improvements on the property (eastern half of southeastern quarter of Section 4, T1N, R12E). Mary Egan sold this land to Elsie Flower in 1911 2.
Moore/Flower. Henry Moore was another early patentee, who took up land south of Reed’s Turnpike in 1881 (southern half of Section 4 and northern portion of Section 9, T1N, R12E). In 1897, his son, E.B. Moore, sold to Roswell P. Flower 3. Charlie Stone recalled Fulton Moore mentioning the house and farm and that the family raised hogs
Davies/Flower. In September 1882, William J. Davies filed a preemption claim to the northeastern quarter of Section 21, T1N, R12E, and sold it to Nathan Flower for $500 that same month (Deed Book 7:508). Davies evidently never resided on the property but simply patented it for Flower.
Eddlemon/Flower. John Daniel Eddlemon patented his land in 1880 (southwestern quarter of Section 21, T1N, R12E) but deeded it to Flower the previous year (Deed Book 1:183), so he evidently was residing on the land prior to that date. The site, however, may have been occupied prior to Eddlemon’s tenure, as it is located on a branch of the Knights Ferry Road, and early-day settlers were simply assessed for lands in the general area. John Eddlemon was evidently the son of D. Eddlemon, age 81 in 1880; and his wife, Nancy, age 78. D. Eddlemon was a native of Germany and working as a laborer at the time.
John was not listed in the 1880 census, but was noted in the 1888 Great Register as a farmer, age 33, from Arkansas, and residing in Telegraph City. As late as 1891, however, his assessment noted a cabin located on the northwestern quarter of Section 21, T1N, R12E . By 1895, however, Eddlemon was assessed for the fractional southern half of Section 19, T1N, R12E, with a house, a barn, and a fence, as well as for the southwestern quarter of the western half of the northwestern quarter of Section 20, fractional southwestern quarter of Section 21, fractional southeastern quarter of Section 14, fractional northwestern quarter of Section 28, and northern half of Section 29, a bit to the west of the project lands.
Baker/Flower. In 1887, D. C. Baker was assessed for land in the northeastern quarter of Section 10 (western half of the northeastern quarter of Section 10, T1N, R12E) but was residing in a house westerly in Section 3. These lands were patented by William S. Emmett in 1884 and sold by Baker to Roswell Flower in May 1897 for $400 4.
Bruskey/Flower. The adjoining lands to the east (eastern half of the northeastern quarter and Frcl. northeastern quarter of the southeastern quarter of Section 10, T1N, R12E), as well as lands easterly in Sections 11 and 14, a total of 520 acres, were patented by Bernard Bruskey in 1885 and assessed to William Bruskey in 1895. The lands were sold to Nathan Flower by John Manuel in May 1896 5. The land evidently had been foreclosed upon.
- Calaveras County Deed Book 29:100
- Calaveras County Deed Book 57:374
- Calaveras County Deed Book 33:262
- Calaveras County Deed Book 32:239
- Calaveras County Deed Book 30:120
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