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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.

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The Original Letts

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Othias B. Lett

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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

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Lett Family Poem

Samuel Lett

Pictures Courtesy of: Peggy Sawyer-Williams

& Victor Lett

Samuel Lett

Front: Aquilla Lett & Sarah Jane (Caliman) Lett

Back: Armintha, Stanley, & Ellsworth Lett

Aquilla Lett

Letta (Sawyer) Manning

Sarah Jane (Caliman) Lett

William Ellsworth & Sylvania (Vanie Tate) Lett

Frank, Valma, Alma

Dorn Lett & Louis Todd

(Dorn - Son of June Lett)

Levi Lett &

Mae Rose (Norman) Sleet

The Lett Family

Russell & Helen Lett

Helen Dawley-Lett & Jane Dawley-Lett

Victor & Beulah Lett

Marvin, Helen, & Phyllis Lett

Marvin, Phyllis (Sherrill), Helen, & Russell Lett

Efner Lett & Wife, Evelynn (Cross) Barnett

Esther Cross, Henry Lett,

Russell Lett, Helen (Dawley) Lett

Henrietta (Lett) Humphrey

Bertha (Hackley) 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.