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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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Picture Courtesy of Steve Cross

PICTURE COURTESY OF ROBERT WILLIAMS

Lett Sisters: L-R: Esther M., (?), (?)

Standing: Salina Lett

PICTURE COURTESY OF ROBERT WILLIAMS

Unknown Woman

Picture found in Remus, MI.

PICTURE COURTESY OF ROBERT WILLIAMS

Unknown Couple - Lakeview, Michigan

PICTURE COURTESY OF ROBERT WILLIAMS

Unknown Man - Stanton, Michigan

PICTURE COURTESY OF ROBERT WILLIAMS

Pa Moore - But which Moore was he?

PICTURE COURTESY OF STEVEN M. CROSS

BLACK BASEBALL PLAYS - Taken in Barryton, Michigan

Standing: (?) Arnold Lett, Homer Cross, Lee Cross, Pete Cross

Kneeling: Estel Harper, Lester Green, Art Cross

Early Brooks

PICTURE COURTESY OF ROBERT WILLIAMS

A Possible Mason Family Member?

PICTURE COURTESY OF MARVIN LETT

Church Meeting - Irma Guy's House

Front: Oscar Norman, Elmer Squires, Roscoe Cross

Basil Mumford, Stanley Sawyer, Bill Norman

Amos Cross, Arthur Cross

Back: Charlie Green, Otis Guy, Irving Newman

Leo Mathews, Junior Newman, Johnny Squires

(?), Duane Norman, Jack Green

PICTURE COURTESY OF ROBERT WILLIAMS

Thought to be relatives of the Letts,

Stevens, Cummins,

or any of the related families. May have once lived

in Marquette, MI or Dollarville, MI.

PICTURE COURTESY OF ROBERT WILLIAMS

Thought to be a sister to Esther M. Lett

Picture belonging to

Violet (Norman) Whitney

Daughter of Joseph Henry

(Red Head) Norman

PICTURES COURTESY OF

RACHAEL MOORE

The Pictures only have 49 years old

written on the backs.

PICTURE COURTESY OF KEN TODD

Boyne City Lumber Camp Picture - 1910

?, ?, Jessie Harper Harris, Walter Harris holding

Verda Harris, ?,

Children in wagon are Roy & Gertrude Harris

PICTURE COURTESY OF ROBERT WILLIAMS

Trot Weaver - Daughter of William &

Elida Cummins-Weaver

With unidentified man

PICTURE COURTESY OF ROBERT WILLIAMS

2 Unidentified Women

PICTURE COURTESY OF

Judith (Ricks) DeJohnette

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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.