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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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John Manning
Pictures Courtesy of Raymond Pointer, Jr.
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Manning Family: Armintha, John, James (Welcome), Anna Hughes,
Letta, Minnie Elizabeth Penny |
John James Manning, son of
John Manning and Rebecca Guy (1873 - 1937) was born in
Michigan and died
in Hubbardston, Michigan in 1938. He married Letta Sawyer. Letta
Sawyer was born September 3, 1882, and died in 1940 in
Ann Arbor, Michigan.
John and Letta Manning are buried at Westside Cemetery in
Hubbardston. Their children were Armentha Elizabeth (April 26, 1906 -
1940) and James Welcome Manning (January
29, 1916 -
December 12, 1982), and Minnie "Rowena" Manning (1923-2008). Armentha
Elizabeth married Percy Jacob Cotton, son of
James Cotton and Leona Mahoney and also died in Ann Arbor,
Michigan in 1940. James Welcome died in
Lansing, Michigan in 1982. They are both buried in West Side
Cemetery - Hubbardston, Michigan. Rowena (Manning) Pointer married
Raymond David Pointer. To this union was born one son, Raymond David
Pointer (II). Rowena and died in 2008 in Big Rapids, Michigan, and is
buried in The Stanwood Cemetery.
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Four Geneations:
John Manning
Armintha Elizabeth (Manning) Cotton
Rebecca Elizabeth (Guy) Manning
& Elwyn LaRue Cotton |
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Aquilla Lett
Letta
(Sawyer) Manning
Sarah Jane (Caliman) Lett
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Rebecca Elizabeth (Guy) Manning
and Grandchild |
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Rebecca Elizabeth (Guy)
Manning & Granddaughter
Minnie Rowena Manning |
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Armintha Elizabeth Manning
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John Welcome Manning
(with Bird Dog) |
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Letta (Sawyer) Manning holding one
of the children who died in infancy |
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Rebecca Elizabeth (Guy) Manning |
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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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