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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. In the 1860's most of the land in Remus was owned by the Old Settlers.

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Aaron Morgan

James Bannister

Richard Moore

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Isaac Berry, Sr.

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Isaac Berry Family

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John Berry Family

Jeremiah Myers

Bracy

Joseph Mumford

Daniel Branson

John Nelson

Abner Byrd

Newman

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George Lindley Norman

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George L. Norman Family

Moses & Benjamin

Caliman

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Daniel Pointer

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Charles Pointer

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Pointer Family

Richard Carrothers

James Porter

Isaac Cook

James Powell

Thomas W. Cross

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Amos Cross

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Edward Cross

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John Cross

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Joseph Cross

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Samuel Cross

Stephen Reed

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John Cummins

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William Cummins

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Cummins Family

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Cummings Homestead

Charles Rice

Flowers

William Ricks, Sr.

Harvey Green

Madison Robinson

Gross

James K. Sawyer

Guy Family (Isabella & Montcalm Counties)

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James Guy

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John Welcome Guy

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John Welcome Guy Pictures

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Harry P. Guy

Robert Scott

Guy Family

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Joseph Seaton

John Harper

John Segee

Harding

Simon Sleet

Hill

Thomas Squires

Thomas Harris, Sr.

Michael Stevens

Absalom Johnson

John Tate

Sabroth Johnson

Merze Tate

Lett Families

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Othias B. Lett

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Samuel Lett

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Aquilla McClelland

Lett

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Lett Families

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Lett Cemetery

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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.