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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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Robert Scott
Pictures Courtesy of Marvin Lett
& Marguerite Berry-Jackson
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Robert &
Martha (Guy) Scott
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Frances Scott - Daughter
of Martha
Guy-Scott & Robert Scott
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Jim Scott and his Wife Mary had a Vaudeville
(tent) show and
traveled all over the U. S. |
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Jim Scott and his Wife
Mary had a Vaudeville
(tent) show and
traveled all over the U. S. |
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Edith Scott - Sutherland
Alta & Ada's Mother |
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Charles Sutherland
(Little River) |
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Alta and Ada Sutherland |
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Katherine Morgan & Eva Scott |
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George Scott - Son
of Bert Scott
& Luverna Seaton |
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Martha Guy-Scott and Sister
Elizabeth Manning |
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1913 - Martha (Granny) Scott holding
Ernestine Guy
(Great Gran Daughter), Arnold Lett
Eva Lett - Daughter,
Leslie N. guy (Son-in-law) Hazel Lett-Guy
(Grandaughter)
4 Generations |
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Eva Scott-Lett
Tilberg |
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Alta Sutherland |
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Alta Sutherland |
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Alta (Sutherland) Williams
Daughter of
Edith Scott
4th child of Robert
& Martha.
She married Charles
Sutherland
from the
Remus,
Michigan area. |
Robert Scott was born in Missouri on August 1, 1844.
He met and married Martha Guy on October 1, 1865. Martha was the
daughter of James and Ann Guy and was born on May 27, 1851. To this
union eight children were born. Their children were James (Oct 14,
1868), Francis (Oct 24, 1870), Etta (June 9, 1875), Edith Scott (Apr 11,
1876), Amos Scott (Feb 10, 1879), Ada (Aug 11, 1881), Emolia (July 27,
1882), and Eva (Sep 7, 1883).
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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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