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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.

135th Wheatland Church of Christ Celebration

Wheatland Church of

Christ - 100 Year Monument

Wheatland Church of Christ

The Church celebrated its 135th year in 2004.

Arthur & Fern Johnson-Cross

Wheatland Church of Christ - 2004

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

George Norman, Irvin Newman, Roy Harris

Clifford Cross & Amos Cross

Remus Church of Christ Choir - 1940's

Gladys Harper Day at Church Nov 23, 1956

William Mumford, Grace Mathews, Martha Johnson Amos Cross, Mary Cross,

Lon Johnson, Emma Todd, Thomas Courts,

William Todd,

Robert L. Jordan, Leo Mathews

Sunday School - 1945

Front: Alvin Norman, Sandra Harris, Connie Todd

Walter Todd, Doreen Flowers

George Crawford, Jimmy & Jerry Todd,

Carolyn Green

Grant Green, Delores Green,

Middle: Lillian Green, Barbara Johnson

Jack Harper, Jimmy Newman

Robert Todd, Marvin Todd, Josephine Green

Back: Paula Harris, Karen Harris, Marvin Todd

Willard Flowers, Doyle Green

Roger Harper, Betty Flowers, Donald Johnson

Robert Green, Bonnie Harris

Sunday School Youth Class - 1956

Front: George Crawford, Mary Cummings, Sharon Cook, Margaret Robinson,

Betty Cummings, Gladys Harper

Back: Sandra Harris, Aldine Jackson, Charles

Arthur Cross, Walter Holmes,

Roger Cummings, Bonnie Harris, Shirley Cross

Sunday School - Junior Class

Elizabeth Cummings, Evelyn Cross, Mary Smith

Beverly Johnson,

Carol Norman, Karen Harris, Eileen Cross

Michael Smith

Sunday School Class 1956

Front: Steven Newman, Helen Sleet, Janice Smith Robert Johnson,

Thomas Beauchamp, Jr., Lester Smith

Ronnie Smith

Back: Nancy Johnson, Marlene Newman, Dorothy Harris, Opal Mathews, Marsha Todd

Janice Cook, Diana Todd, Deonna Todd

Fern Cross - Teacher

Old Settlers' Reunion Discussion Group


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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.