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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 Norman Pictures
Pictures Courtesy of
Marguerite Berry-Jackson
Deonna Todd-Green, Ione Todd
Dorothy Harris-Allen
Charlene Belcher-Sleet
Rachel Moore
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George E. Norman
Son of
Joe (Dow) & Seville (Harper)
Norman
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John (Cub) Norman
Son of
Joe (Dow) & Seville (Harper)
Norman
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Joseph Henry Norman, (Joe Red Head
Norman)
Minnie Thompson Norman
Back: Children |
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Eliza Norman - Daughter of
George Norman
and Sister of Grandson II
Bertha Reed-Lett's Mother
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Loretta Mason-Hackley |
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Sarah Johnson-Harris
(Wife of William Harris)
Daughter of Friley &
Minerva Norman-Johnson |
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Belle Hackley-Mitchell
Daughter of Elisha Reed
& Eliza Hackley Norman-Reed |
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George Hackley
Mother Eliza Norman |
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Front Row: Minnie Norman,
Emma Norman,
Addie Ceaser & Lucinda
Norman
Back Row: L-R: William
Henderson & John Norman |
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BR:
Lucinda (Norman) Todd, Emma (Norman) Todd, Jesse Harper
FR: Grace Sleet, Addie Ceaser, Goldie Norman |
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Violet (Norman) Whitney, Goldie Norman
Mary-Molly (Norman) Harper-Lett |
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Molly Norman-Lett-Harper |
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Emma Norman-Todd |
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Front: Lucinda Norman-Todd, Maude
Hill
Back: Emma Norman-Todd |
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Emma (Norman) Todd
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Brief history - The Children of
George Norman
William
married Mary Phillips. He was in the Civil War. There is no
other information available. Horace was born in Ohio in 1843 and died
in the Civil War. He was in Co. D, also the 5th USCT, corporal, died
April 24, 1865. He was buried in Hampton, VA, interred in National
Cemetery, Row 8, Section F, Grave No. 44; enlisted at 20 years of age, on
August 19, 1863, for three years, appointed corporal October 1, 1863.
Eliza married Ira Hackley. There were no children born to this union.
She later married Elisha Reed. Ellen (unknown).
Grandison Norman was the first Norman homesteader
in this community. He was the oldest son of George and Mary (Stevens)
Norman. He was called to the Civil War and died there. He was not
married, and his homestead was left to his heirs, one sister Eliza
(Norman) Reed, three brothers, Michael, Joseph and Marquis.
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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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