 David Sayre (1736-1826) and his family were said to have been the first settlers in what is now Letart Township, arriving in 1803 from New Jersey by way of western Virginia.The township is governed by a three-member board of trustees, who are elected in November of odd-numbered years to a four-year term beginning on the following January 1.Two are elected in the year after the presidential election and one is elected in the year before it.