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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

 

SECTION 4

Aquilla McClelland Lett

 

SECTION 5

Lett Families
 

SECTION 6

 

Reunion 2005

Reunion 2006

Reunion 2007

Reunion 2008

 

SECTION 7

Lett Cemetery

 

SECTION 8

Lett Settlement Map

 

SECTION 9

Othia Lett Farm

 

SECTION 10

Lett Family Poem

Othias Lett

Pictures Courtesy of Ada Lett-Todd Sharon Lett-Rucker, Lillian Mumford &

Judy Jackson-Caldwell

 

Ike Flowers & Arnold D. Lett

Taken - (July 8, 1910)

 

 

Arnold D. Lett

 
David Lett (Also Shown Above)

 

Lett Sisters:  L-R:  Esther M., 2nd & 3rd Names Unknown. 

Standing:  Salina Lett

 

Dorn Lett

 

Doris, Merle, and Marilyn Lett

 

Doris Lett-Nelson, Merle Lett-Webb

Marilyn Lett-Vega

Carmen Johnson-Spearman
 

Les  & Ada (Sutherland) Daniel

 

Hazel (Lett) Guy, Buster Lett,

Blenda (Sleet) Lett & Arnold D. Lett

 

Charles Sutherland (Little River)

 

Eva Scott-Lett Tilberg

 

Arnold Lett - Son of Eva Scott-Lett

Daughter of Martha Guy-Scott &

Robert Scott

 

Ellsworth and Daughter Alma Lett

 

Sharon & Ada Lett

 

1928

Bill Tilberg & Eva Scott-Tilberg

 
Donald Lett

 

 

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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.