John Mullett

Early life

Notable accomplishments

• In 1821, Lewis Cass appointed him surveyor of Michigan.
• In 1822, he surveyed the route from Pontiac, Michigan to Saginaw, Michigan.
• In 1822, Edward Tiffin appointed him United States Deputy Surveyor, and he was engaged in surveying public lands until 1849.
• In 1824/25 surveys of lower Michigan, the survey team he was leading had a small incident with Native Americans over the marking of trees the natives were using for making maple syrup. This "battle" became the origin of the name of Battle Creek, Michigan.
• Mullet surveyed the plank road between Detroit and Grand Rapids
• In 1825, Mullet was among the first white settlers in Climax, Michigan
• In 1828, Mullet published a survey of private property claims on Mackinaw Island.
• In 1829-1830 Mullett surveyed Southwest Michigan including the area around Niles, Michigan.
• Following his 1830 "Plan of Detroit" survey, he had two roads in Detroit named after him: Mullet Street and Catherine Street.
• Improving on Hervey Coke Parke's 1827 survey, Mullett surveyed the final route through the swamp between Detroit and Fort Gratiot in 1831.
• From 1831 to 1834 he surveyed in Wisconsin. His efforts to survey the Fox River and Wisconsin River in Wisconsin were ultimately driven out of Wisconsin by the Black Hawk War.
• Along with surveyors William Austin Burt and Charles W. Cathcart, he surveyed much of Northern Michigan between 1840 and 1843. Mullet became the namesake of Mullett Township, Michigan and Mullett Lake in Northern Michigan, while Burt named Burt Lake after himself.
• In 1843, 1844, and 1845, Mullett was elected Grand Master of Michigan's Masonic Grand Lodge that met in Detroit.

  Later life