2007 Lett Reunion

	2007 Lett Reunion

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Doraville Whitney was the first Black settler in Isabella County in 1860. The first documentation of an African-American settler in Mecosta County Michigan was James Guy. His deed was signed by Abraham Lincoln. He obtained 160 acres in Wheatland Township on May 30, 1861. Lloyd & Margaret Guy were the first Black settlers in Montcalm County in 1861. The Homestead Act of 1862 allowed each settler 160 acres in Michigan. By 1873 African-Americans owned 1,392 acres in the three counties of Isabella, Mecosta and Montcalm. In the 1860's most of the land in Remus was owned by the Old Settlers.

SECTION 1

The Original Letts

SECTION 2

Othias B. Lett

SECTION 3

Samuel Lett

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Aquilla McClelland Lett

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Lett Families

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Lett Cemetery

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Lett Settlement Map

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Othia Lett Farm

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Lett Family Poem

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Lett Log House

2007 Lett Reunion

Link to Lett Settlement Marker Dedication Ceremony

History conserved at the Wilds with Lett Family Marker
By CHRISTINE SHAW

The Lett Family historical marker recognizes the history of a self-sustaining community including the Caliman, Guy and Lett families.

Diana Todd-Green standing in from of

The Wilds Visitor Stand that is best

known for conservation and science in Southeastern Ohio

Charles Lett is the oldest living

descendant of the Lett family who was born

in the Lett Settlement

Through the work of historians such as Henry Burke, Robert Lett and Rosemary Clifford McDaniel, another span of Ohio history is captured.

Caliman ancestors in the background, Diana Todd-Green, Carol Norman, Ada Lett-Todd & Rita Todd were in attendance.

Carol Norman talks with relative Bill Harris

The Lett Family historical marker was a collaboration of work from the Lett Family Reunion committee, the Belpre Historical Society, The Ohio Historical Society

and The Wilds.

Please contact Marvin Lett for questions about the "Letter from Home" and "Transitions." Please send any newsworthy item to Marvin at: mlett@chartermi.net

Contact Webmaster: Marsha (Todd) Stewart


	2007 Lett Reunion

There are "Old Settlers" who came from Canada via "The Underground Railroad." It was the most dramatic nonviolent protest against slavery in the United States that began in the Colonial Era and reached its peak between 1830 and 1865. An estimated 30,000 to 100,000 slaves used the "railroad" to get to Canada; many others escaped to Mexico, the Caribbean, and Europe.