John Mullett (1786–1862) [1] was a prominent [2] surveyor based in Detroit, Michigan in the early 19th century.
Under the Public Land Survey System, he was surveyor-general for the Northwest Territories [3] and as such, assisted or led "in many of the government's original surveys of Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana," [2] and especially in Michigan. [4]
Mullett was born to a large family in Halifax, Vermont on July 11, 1786. [5] In 1807, the family moved to Genesee County, New York and dabbled in farming and the craft of tailoring. Mullett served as an officer in the War of 1812, but only saw action in the Battle of Buffalo. Col. Mullett came to Detroit from Buffalo, New York in 1818, and moved from tailoring to mathematics and surveying. [2]
In 1849, he moved with his family to a farm near Williamston in Ingham County. [2] He had a large family, and his family papers are in the University of Michigan Library. [2] Mullet's Son in Law Frank Hall died in the 1860 PS Lady Elgin disaster. [4]
Mullett, John (1786 - 1862)
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"He surveyed most of the land in Michigan and the northwest... He was at one time surveyor-general of the northwest, being at the head and front in his calling... One of his daughters married Frank Hall... lost on the steamer Lady Elgin
Colonel John Mullet's survey party named the river in 1825 when two surveyors had a small confrontationwith two Indians on the bank of a creek
First known white settlers were John Mullett (1825), Calvin White (1831), and the Farnsworth brothers in 1832.
A map from 1830 by John Mullett perhaps depicts Detroit as he wanted it to look, not as it was"...." Detail from John Mullett's 1828 "Michilimackinac Showing the Survey of Private Claims"" ... "Lucius Lyon and John Mullett surveyed southwest Michigan in 1829-1830. Their map of Niles Township shows how fast the land was being sold,
In 1831, he suggested to Col. Gratiot that a better path be found. Later that year, surveyor John Mullett was hired to do just that. Beginning at Parke's thirty-seventh mile post, Mullett's new line immediately turned toward the St. Clair River.
Early in the 1840s, Burt, along with fellow surveyor John Mullett, made a federal survey of northern Michigan's Cheboygan and Emmett counties, where there are now two lakes, one named after each man
John Mullet was elected Grand Master in 1843, 1844 and 1845.
John Mullett (1786–1862) [1] was a prominent [2] surveyor based in Detroit, Michigan in the early 19th century.
Under the Public Land Survey System, he was surveyor-general for the Northwest Territories [3] and as such, assisted or led "in many of the government's original surveys of Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana," [2] and especially in Michigan. [4]
Mullett was born to a large family in Halifax, Vermont on July 11, 1786. [5] In 1807, the family moved to Genesee County, New York and dabbled in farming and the craft of tailoring. Mullett served as an officer in the War of 1812, but only saw action in the Battle of Buffalo. Col. Mullett came to Detroit from Buffalo, New York in 1818, and moved from tailoring to mathematics and surveying. [2]
In 1849, he moved with his family to a farm near Williamston in Ingham County. [2] He had a large family, and his family papers are in the University of Michigan Library. [2] Mullet's Son in Law Frank Hall died in the 1860 PS Lady Elgin disaster. [4]
Mullett, John (1786 - 1862)
ohn Mullett, surveyor-general of the Northwest Territory,
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"He surveyed most of the land in Michigan and the northwest... He was at one time surveyor-general of the northwest, being at the head and front in his calling... One of his daughters married Frank Hall... lost on the steamer Lady Elgin
Colonel John Mullet's survey party named the river in 1825 when two surveyors had a small confrontationwith two Indians on the bank of a creek
First known white settlers were John Mullett (1825), Calvin White (1831), and the Farnsworth brothers in 1832.
A map from 1830 by John Mullett perhaps depicts Detroit as he wanted it to look, not as it was"...." Detail from John Mullett's 1828 "Michilimackinac Showing the Survey of Private Claims"" ... "Lucius Lyon and John Mullett surveyed southwest Michigan in 1829-1830. Their map of Niles Township shows how fast the land was being sold,
In 1831, he suggested to Col. Gratiot that a better path be found. Later that year, surveyor John Mullett was hired to do just that. Beginning at Parke's thirty-seventh mile post, Mullett's new line immediately turned toward the St. Clair River.
Early in the 1840s, Burt, along with fellow surveyor John Mullett, made a federal survey of northern Michigan's Cheboygan and Emmett counties, where there are now two lakes, one named after each man
John Mullet was elected Grand Master in 1843, 1844 and 1845.