Cemeteries

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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.

Cemeteries

Pictures: Courtesy of Diana (Todd) Green Hugh Dye

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You can also search within Broomfield, Pine River, Morgan (West Wheatland), Decker, Lett and Morton by clicking on the bottom of the cemetery picture on this page.

Broomfield Township Cemetery

Established 1884

M-20 and Rolland Road, Broomfield
Township - Isabella County, MI

Broomfield Township Cemetery

Dye Cemetery

February 23, 1877 - Deed Recorded

October 3, 1877

Section 30 - Arthur Rd., Sheridan Township Mecosta, MI

Pine River Cemetery - Established 1867

(Also known as Rolland Township): Blanchard Rd. between Coldwater and Brinton Rds., Rolland Township - Isabella Co., MI
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Morgan West Wheatland Cemetery

(Warranty Deed November 4, 1896)

Recorded May 28, 1910

Section 7 - 55th Ave., Wheatland Township

Remus, MI

Morgan Cemetery (West Wheatland)

10th Avenue, Blanchard, Michigan. This cemetery is in Millbrook Township,

Section 12, Mecosta County, MI

Decker Cemetery

Wamboldt Cemetery

Section 28 - Wheatland Township - M66

Remus, MI

Lett Cemetery

Lett Rd, W. Side - 12 miles S of Pipestone Rd, Berrien County - Sodus, MI

Lett Cemetery

Mt. Hope Cemetery

Section 2 - West Main St., Morton Township,

Mecosta, MI

Morton Cemetery

Section 25 - 70th Ave., Morton Township

Mecosta, MI

Morton Cemetery

Norman-Cummings Cemetery

Section 35 - 6 Mile Rd., Wheatland Township Remus, MI

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Morris Dye Family (1870)

Dye Family buried in Dye Cemetery

Cynthia, Morris, Dye Mother and Father

Children: Arthur, Ralph, William, Jacob, Amos

Mary Jane, Anna Lee, Susan, John, Morris & Ray


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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.