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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. 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.
Most of the land where Remus sits in the 1860's was owned by the Old
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77th Old Settlers Reunion
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New Old Settlers' Flag 1934 -
2011
Provided by:
Diana Green & Carol Norman |
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Helen Johnson-Guy-Morgan
Queen for the Day
Virgil Todd King for the Day |
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Seniors Over 70 Honored |
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Group of Old Sellers |
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Memorial Honoring those
who died in 2010-2011 |
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Raymond, Jr. & Raymond
Pointer, Sr.
Receives Certificate of Honor |
The rest of the pictures you can find on
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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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