In 1851, Hiram Mott settled in Carson County, Utah Territory along the Emigrant Trail. The third child of Israel Mott (Hiram Mott's son) died as an infant and was buried in the Mottsville cemetary, the first in Carson County. Still in use today, the cemetary is all that remains of the original settlement.

Mottsville is located on SR-57 south of Genoa and the cemetary is just east of the roadside Nevada Historical Marker 121.