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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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Volume 2
gives a descriptive view of the original Old Settlers in
Isabella, Mecosta, and Montcalm Counties. These initial
settlers were noble and courageous people. The first African
American settler in Isabella County was Doraville Whitney.
He came in
the fall of 1860. Grandison
Norman came in 1862 and was the first homesteader in Isabella
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