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Wayne Co. WV Letts
Posted by: Randall Lett, Jr.	Date: June 18, 2000 at 12:40:27
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My compliments to each of you who have posted here. This is the most information I have ever found, in one place, on the Lett family. I have been reading the postings for about 2 hours now and I am overwhelmed. I'm sure that in time and with all this information, I can build a fairly complete family tree. Thanks!

I am including some incomplete work done by my aunt for anyone who is interested in the WV Letts. I appologize for the format.

I would appreciate any more information you can provide to the questions and question marks in the document.

Found in 1850 census Wayne Co., Va.

Nance Lett born circa 1764 Listed age: 86
Living in household: Mary Lett, age 73 (wife of Nance, no last name given)
Thomas Lett, age 57 (son)
Patsy Lett, age 55 (daughter)

1850 census Wayne Co., Va.

Joseph Lett, age 60 (Son of Nance)
Married to Suzanna (Pauley) Lett, age 60 (Susan, of the Widow's pension??)
Mary--25 Lucretia--16 Benjamin--10
Hager--23 William--14 Thomas Harrison--8 (Helen Lett's father)
John--17 Joseph--12 Anthony--5
Alexander--1 (Wallace Lett's "Uncle Zan"?)

(How could they have such young children; they are both sixty. Could Anthony and Alexander belong to Mary or Hager?)

Jonathan Dean, age 42 found in 1850 census Wayne Co., Va.
Catherine, age 34
Children??

Stephen Dean--age 25 (Married to:)
Plina (Ferguson)--age 17
Catherine--age 1 year (Helen Lett's mother?)
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Found in 1820 census Prince William Co., Va,

Benjamin Dean--no age given
Nantz Lett--no age given
Joseph Lett--no age given
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Stephen Dean was on a jury Jan.23, 1814 ( bootlegging case) in Cabell County, Va.

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SLAVE SCHEDULES--1850
Slave owner: Nancy Lett (Nance?)--38-M, !8-F, 15-F, 12-M, 7-F
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COPY OF NANCE LETT'S WILL

From: "Their Life in the Land" by Harry L. Sellers
Family history of Jackson, Thompson, Lett, Copley, Wilson Williamson, etc.

Page 310 APPENDIX C
Nov. 11, 1857

I Nance Lett of the County of Wayne and State of Virginia do make this my last will and testament considering all wills heretofore made by me void and of no effect.
Item the first I desire all my just debts and funeral expenses to be first paid.
Item the second I give unto my beloved wife Mary Two Hundred Dollars in cash as soon as the Administrator can collect the same from the sale also she is to have all the property that she brought to my house when we were married naming the property 1 fether bed & covers 3 sheets 1 chest 1 trunk and her clothing 1 tee kittle 1 puter dish 1 cow 1 stear 3 year old.
Item the third, I give unto my daughter Hager Cornhill two hundred dollars in cash also her son George fifty dollars.
Item the fourth, I give unto my daughter Patsey Lett two hundred dollars and her bed and clothing.
Item the fifth, I give unto my grand children Lewis Perdue & Jas. Perdue & Sylvester Perdue & Catherine Hensley & Louisa Whaley Cintha Ann Perdue one dollar each also Isaiah Perdue one dollar, also I want all my property household and kitchen furniture all my horses cattle hoggs and sheep also my land and farming utentials together with my negros (with one negro man nameing then Allen one negro woman Chany one Rachel one call Sarah one boy call All one child called Oliver all to be sold on a twelve month credit with land and proved security, then to be equal divided amoung my three children Joseph Lett, Thomas Lett, and Sally Perdue or their heirs executors or their Administrators with the exception of three hundred and twelve dollars & 78 cents has to come out of Joseph Lett's part first for which he Joseph has given his note for that amount I have also paid for Jas. Perdue twenty one dollars & 20 six cents for which has to come of Sally Perdue part before she gits an equal share and lastly I do appoint James Russell my Executor to this my last will. Given under my hand and seal this 13 day of September 1850.

Sealed and delivered in the present of
Willis Mc Ckeand Nance Lett (seal)
AB McKeand
James Russell A Copy Teste H Bowen Clk

From "Their Life in the Land" by Harry L. Sellers

Chapter IX
LETT FAMILY

NANCE LETT

Nance Lett was born about 1764 in Virginia and died after 13 Sept. 1850 and before 11 Nov. 1857, in Wayne County, Virginia. His wife's first name was Mary, last name unknown. She was born about 1766. His will identified a granddaughter, Catherine Hensley, no further identification is known.
CHILDREN: (As known)
!. Hager Lett, born ca 1786. married a Cornhill. Son: George
*2. Joseph Lett, born ca 1790. married Susannah Pauley
3. Thomas Lett, born ca 1793, not known to have married.
4. Patsey Lett, born ca 1795, not known to have married.
5.Lucinda "Sally" Lett born ca 1800, married Isaiah Perdue
JOSEPH LETT
* Joseph Lett was born about 1790 in Virginia. He was the son of Nance and Mary Lett. He married on 18 July 1817 in Cabell County, Virginia, Susannah Pauley, daughter of Edward and Hester Anna Carleton Pauley. Polly Lett was born about 1800 and died 29 July 1888 in Wayne Co. W.Va. Joseph Lett was a farmer.
CHILDREN:
1. Nancy Lett, b. ca 1819 m. Miles Jackson
2. Hager Lett, b. ca 1825
3. Mary "Polly" Lett, b. ca 1827 m. 11 Sept. 1859, Clay Stewart, b. 1818, son of Michael and Fanny Stewart.
4. John Lett, b. ca 1833
5. Hiram Lett, b. ca 1830 m. Mary A., b. ca 1840
6. Lucretia Lett, b. ca 1834 m. 16 Jan. 1855, John Hinds, son of Elias and Polly Hinds
7. William Lett, b. ca 1836. m. 10 June 1866, Mary E. Shingleton, b. ca 1836, dau. of Stephen and Mary Staley. m (2) 7 Oct. 1877, Sarah Adkins, b. ca 1832, dau. of Joseph and Hannah Blevins. Daughter of Mary: Alice Shingleton, b. ca 1860 m. on 20 Feb. 1879, Asa Booth, b. ca 1850, son of J.W. and Matilda Booth. Mary E. Staley was first married to Granville Shingleton. She died on 27 May 1927.
* 8. Thomas Harrison Lett, b. 17 March 1838, died 9 Jan. 1903. m. (1) Catherine Altfeater
(2) Catherine "Katie" Dean.
9. Benjamin Lett, b, ca 1840
10. Joseph Lett, Jr., b. ca 1842, d. 17 Jan. 1923 m.Elizabeth Fuller.
11. James Anthony Lett, b. ca 1845. m. Mary C. Merricks.
12. Alexander Lett, b. ca 1849

*THOMAS HARRISON LETT

Thomas Harrison Lett was born 17 March 1838 in Cabell Co., W.Va. and died 9 Jan.1903 in Wayne Co. W.Va. He is buried in the Dean Cemetary at 2 Mile in Wayne Co. He was the son of Joseph and Susannah Pauley Lett and the grandson of Nance and Mary Lett. He married first on 6 Feb. 1874, Catherine Altfeater, daughter of **George and Catherine Altfeater. Catherine Alfeater was born Nov. 23, 1856, and died July 5, 1874, in Wayne Co., W. Va. Thomas was married the second time, on 23 May 1878, to Catherine "Katie" Dean, daughter of Stephen and Perlina Dean. She was born 21 April 1848 and died 19 Nov. 1922 both in Wayne Co., W.Va. ) Thomas Lett was a farmer.
CHILDREN:
1Joseph . (Jody) Lett, b. 22 March, 1880, Wayne Co. died July 1964. Unmarried.
2.Rosella (Rosa) Lett, b. 12 Feb. 1882, Wayne Co.W.Va. died 3 Oct. 1953. Married Patrick Henry Bradshaw 29 Aug. 1904.
3. Thomas Lett, b. 20 March 1884, Wayne Co. Unmarried; died Winslow, AZ 1974(?)
* 4. Helen Lett, b. July 1886, Wayne Co. Died 1969(?) Son: Wallace Edgar Lett, b. 26 Oct,
1910, Wayne Co. died 2 Sept. 1985.
Wallace Edgar Lett married Fontella Preston, on June 21, 1936. Fontella was born Feb. 10,1915, daughter of Charles Preston, and Gipsy Burgess Booth, both of Wayne, WV
Children:
1. Myrna June, b March 22, 1938
2. Randall Preston, b August 5, 1942
3. Rita America, b Sept. 30, 1945
4. Sherry Deena, b Nov. 11, 1952

Myrna June Lett
Myrna was born on March 22, 1938, in Huntington, WV. She married on Sept.2, 1958, at West Union, Ohio, (1) Gary Lee Hall, son of Clay and Ottie Edwards Hall. Gary was born July 28, 1939, in Ashland, Ky. and died Feb.12, 1979, in Los Angeles, Calif. (2) Carmi M. Akers, Sept.4, 1976. Carmi died March 10, 1984. (3) Julio Eduardo Gomez Alcas, March 20, 1990

Gary and Myrna's children:

1. Leslie Belinda, born Dec.16, 1959, in Huntington, WV died Jan. 17, 1960. Buried at Spurlock Cemetary, Wayne, WV
2. Edward Lee, born March 24, 1962, in Huntington, WV
3. Martin Thomas, born Feb.18, 1966, in Los Angeles, CA
4. Dennis Allen, born Sept.20, 1968, in Gallipolis, OH
5. Maria Dawn, born Sept.22, 1970, in Gallipolis, OH, married Blake Reed Carter, on July 9, 1994, in Cottonwood, AZ

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FROM: SOME VIRGINIA MARRIAGES-1700-1799 by Cecil B. McDonald
** George Alterfer (Altfeater??) married Catherine Bushong Dec. 2, 1794, in Shenandoah County, Virginia.
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FROM: EARLY VIRGINIA IMMIGRANTS 1623-1666 by George Cabell Greer
Eliza Lett--1648 brought over by: Lewis Burwell & Thomas Haws, York River County, Va.
Leonard Lett-- 1651 brought over by Anna Bernard, Northumberland County, Va.
Thomas Lett-- 1652 brought over by Anna Barnett, Gloucester County, Va.
John Lett -- 1651 brought over by Joseph Croshaw, York County, Va.
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1790 CENSUS OF VIRGINIA shows a Joseph Lett, with 7 in the household, 2 slaves. (Mecklenburg County.)
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1840 CENSUS INDEX shows 3 Joseph Letts, all in Mecklenburg Co., Joseph, Joseph H., and a Joseph Sr.
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1810 CENSUS OF VIRGINIA shows:
Charles Lett, Jefferson County
Daniel Lett, Shenandoah County
Frances Lett, Franklin County
Robert Lett, Kanawa County

Followups:

Re: Wayne Co. WV Letts Melissa King 1/03/01
Re: Wayne Co. WV Letts Randall Lett, Jr. 10/15/00
- Re: Wayne Co. WV Letts Asa Lett 10/15/00
Re: Wayne Co. WV Letts Mike 9/29/00
- Re: Wayne Co. WV Letts Randall Lett 10/09/00
- Re: Wayne Co. WV Letts Asa Lett 9/29/00
  - Re: Wayne Co. WV Letts Karen Supplee 7/30/09
  - Wayne Co. WV Letts Mike Sammons 9/30/00
    - Jackson- Lett;;Which Two ? Mel LETT 9/30/00
      - Lett;;Which Two ? Mike Sammons 10/05/00

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