Lett Cemetery

 

 

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. 

 

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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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Reunion 2005

Reunion 2006

Reunion 2007

Reunion 2008

 

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Lett Cemetery

 

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Lett Settlement Map

 

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Othia Lett Farm

 

SECTION 10

Lett Family Poem

 

SECTION 11

Lett Log House

 

Lett Cemetery

Pictures Courtesy of: 

Teresa O’Riley-McCrosky

 

Lett Cemetery - Berrien County - Sodus, MI

 

Sophia Lett

 

Albin Lett

 

OB Lett

 

 

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Lett Cemetery

 

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.