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Doraville Whitney was the
first Black settler in Isabella County in 1860. The first documentation of
an African-American settler in Mecosta County Michigan was James Guy.
His deed was signed by Abraham Lincoln. He obtained 160 acres in Wheatland
Township on May 30, 1861. Lloyd & Margaret Guy were the first
Black settlers in Montcalm County in 1861. The Homestead Act of 1862 allowed each
settler 160 acres in Michigan. By 1873 African-Americans owned
1,392 acres in the three counties of Isabella, Mecosta and Montcalm.
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72nd Old
Settlers' Reunion
August
19, 2006 - School Section Lake
Link: 73rd
Reunion
Link: 72nd Reunion
Link: 71st
Reunion
Link:
70th Reunion
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Barbara Norman-Singleton
& Teresa Todd-Branson
Welcome & Opening |
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Gary Green, father accepts Tomarrah
Green's Scholarship. Mignon Middlebrook received a Scholarship. |
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Shirley Cross-Miles & Pat
Miles - Memorial
Honoring Those Who Passed Away |
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Descendants 70 and Older
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Descendants 70 and Older |
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Children Called On Stage for Program |
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Children's' Games About to Begin |
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Link: 71st Reunion
Link:
70th Reunion
Old
Settlers' Reunion Discussion Group 
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There are "Old Settlers"
who came from Canada via "The Underground Railroad." It was the
most dramatic nonviolent protest against slavery in the United States
that began in the Colonial Era and reached its peak between 1830 and
1865. An estimated 30,000 to 100,000 slaves
used the "railroad" to get to Canada; many others escaped to Mexico,
the Caribbean, and Europe.
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