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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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Newman
Pictures Courtesy of Ken Todd, Fern Johnson-Cross &
William Harris
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Tillman Newman (Civil War Veteran)
1836 - 1864 Killed in war. |
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Lucinda Turner-Newman
Wife of Tillman Newman
1837 - 1925
Second Marriage to
Ephraim Norris |
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Lester & Cindy Newman |
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Lena (Harper) Newman
& Irvin, Jr. |
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John William Harper, Sr.
&
Irvin Newman, Jr. |
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Kermit & Stacey Newman-Thomas
Circleville, OH |
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Kermit Thomas
Irvin Newman, Arthur Cross
Stacey Newman-Thomas
Lena Harper-Newman
Fern Johnson-Cross
Newman Family Reunion in OH |
The Newman family is known in Zanesville,
St. Barnesville, Clairsville, and Cambridge, Ohio. The Newman
family is found among the Redman, Harper, Lett, Norris, and Dalton
families. The family appears in 1850 hardy County West Virginia
(then called Hampshire County) among the free Black population.
They are a family who also link with the Myers and Goins families.
(Contributed by Robert Lett).
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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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