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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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Dye Cemetery is located in Remus on Arthur Road in
Mecosta County. If you have ever driven down Arthur Road, you know the road
winds around and around through pine trees and swamps. Before
television was invented our ancestors would sit around and tell scary ghost
stories. None of these stories were
based on blood and gore but on the supernatural. The stories play with the mind.
We believe in haunting, animal spirits, predictions, and visits from the dead.
The deterioration of one's mental state has proven to be more devastating to a
person than the physical realm. See for yourself. Enter at your own risk!!!
We can't be responsible for the "aftermath." Your ancestors had to endure
much. Everything written here was done for self-protection. |
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