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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.
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Square Dance
The Old Settlers’ were invited to join the
Wheatland Music Organization for traditional square dancing and
friendship on October 20, 2007. It was a great success, and the
Old Settlers were honored during intermission by Carol Norman, Johnny
Berry, Jeff Berry, Sharon Peters, and Tyrone Fleming.
Fall 2007
For Wheatland Music Organization Newsletter
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Marvin Lett, Ada Lett-Todd, Sharon
Lett |
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Marvin Lett |
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Janice & Tyrone Fleming, Carol
Norman |
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Jeff Berry & Denny Mumford |
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Sharon Cook-Peters |
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Tyrone Fleming |
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Alvin Fleming & Dianna Green |
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Fiddle Player |
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The Celery City Sodbusters Band |
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Ken & Delores Todd |
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Judy Caldwell & Jeff Berry |
Please contact Marvin Lett for questions
about the "Letter from Home" and "Transitions."
Please send any newsworthy item to Marvin at:
mlett@chartermi.net
Contact Webmaster:
Marsha (Todd) Stewart
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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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