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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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SECTION 1
Grandison Norman
SECTION 2
George E.
Norman
SECTION 3
Norman Family Pictures
SECTION 4
Marquis Norman
SECTION 5
George Lindley Norman
SECTION 6
George L. Norman Family
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George E. Norman Family Pictures
Pictures Courtesy of Dorothy Harris-Allen,
Deonna
Todd-Green, Fern Johnson-Cross
& Crystal Ricks
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George & Goldie
Norman |
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Durward Todd, Joe,
Clifford,
Marion Norman, Junior Norman,
Virgil Todd,
Oliver Lett & Marshall Todd
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| Carl Norman |
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Emma (Norman) Todd
Bertha (Hackley)
Lett
Descendents of
Granderson Norman
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Lucinda (Norman) Todd |
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Marshall Todd, Marion Norman,
Betty (Totten) Norman
Clara (Norman) Smedley |
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Mae Norman & her horse |
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George
and Goldie Norman |
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George E. & Goldie Norman Family |
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George E. Norman |
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Minnie, Rose Mae, Masie, Vernie Norman |
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Mae
Norman-Harris & Roy Harris |
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Sylvia, Marion,
Masie Norman |
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Robert L. Masie &
Robert IV Jordan |
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Stephen Todd & George L. Norman
Descendents
Diana Todd-Green & Gary, Deonna
Todd-Green & Brian,
Linda Berry, Carol Norman, Irene
Todd-Norman, Caroline Norman-Cook,
Robbie Steib, Paula Norman-Harris, Renee
Peters |
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Norman Reunion 1968
Cousins: Cecil
Norman
Marion Norman & Oscar Norman |
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Eileen Norman
- 1 year old
Daughter of William
Gerdie Norman |
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Diana, Marsha, Deonna Todd
Sueann and Glenn Norman
School Section Lake 1950 |
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Melvina Ricks-Norman
& Wayne Norman |
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Margie Norman - Joe & Melvina-Ricks
Norman's Daughter |
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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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