I have some very limited information on Lett families in South Carolina and in North Carolina in the early to late 1700s---Perhaps you have more than I do, since you were aware of that data? I doubt very much if the list wants me to innundate them with the scattered tidbits of info that "may or may not" connect the families...Although, in truth, I DO think there is a connection between some of the Lett families in SC-NC-and TN/KY/IN---In fact, I think that my line connects back to a John Lett with wife Elizabeth Hardaway from VA and eventually to a John Lett of York co VA in 1651. In particular, I would like to find information on a Rueben Lett who was a rufugee from the destruction of Charlestown by the British during the Revolutionary War. Reuben was granted land in the Wilkes co GA area, and purchased land in neighboring counties (same area after boundary changes?). Rueben's His daughter, Letitia, was said to have married a Samuel Kinman, and I think that this marriage is the key to the deed I mentioned in my last post. I suspect that the KINMAN writer of the deed was related to the wife of Daniel Lett, and was interested in the children getting the property, rather than some adult gaurdian--that is why they are named specifically and no adult. In a message dated 8/21/2001 11:13:11 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > Subj:Re: GRANT, KINMAN, LETT ca 1790s-1810s Please help > Date:8/21/2001 11:13:11 PM Eastern Daylight Time > From: [email protected] (Tree Mother) > To: [email protected] > > > > > There are Lett families in SC before 1800 and in NC also. Perhaps looking at > the families there will give you a answer as to what happened to this family > and their relationship to the Grant and Kinman men. Good luck in solving > this mystery and please post your findings to the list so that we will all > know the answer and perhaps learn another thing or two about researching. > Tree Mother > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 1:03 PM > Subject: GRANT, KINMAN, LETT ca 1790s-1810s Please help > > > > Anyone researching any of these lines in Wilkes/Greene counties area? > > The Kinman and Lett families seeme to have intermarried and interacted > from > > GA through moves to TN, KY and IN (an dpossibly further). My main interest > is > > LETT, but I would love to compare notes with folks researching GRANT and > > KINMAN. > > I still have a mystery to solve: > > Men named KINMAN and GRANT deeded a whole household's worth of good to > "the > > children of Daniel Lett" in 1801 in Wilkes co GA---and we don't know > why... > > > > And I mean a lot of goods---beds and bedding, spinning wheels, flax and > > cotton, tools and saddles, dishes and pans and eating utensils, and so on > and > > so forth. > > The wording is very specific, and must mean something...the men deeded it > to > > the children with no cost to the children "out of the pity and compassion > we > > feel for the family of Daniel Lett"---the deed does not mention a mother > of > > the children, and the deed does not say that Daniel was deceased... > > > > The children were all under 10, and next show up in the > > Harrison/Pendleton/Owen co area of Kentucky about 1813 or so, when they > begin > > to marry and pay taxes. > > > > There must be other records in Wilkes or Greene county that will help us > > solve this mystery, but none of us can travel there to check for the next > > year or so. We would really appreciate having ANY scraps of information on > > this matter than anyone can dig up. > > > > PLEASE keep these names in mind when doing your own research, and forward > > even tiny tidbits of info that mention GRANT< KINMAN< LETT in Gerogia to > me. > > Thanks so much! > > Sherri > > > > > > > > ============================== > > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > >