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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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Simon Sleet
Pictures Courtesy of Deonna (Todd) Green
Marguerite (Berry) Jackson
Shernettia Sleet
Sharon Lett-Rucker &
Robert Lett
History Courtesy of Carroll (Sleet) Anderson
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Simon Sleet Family
Back:
Grace
Front: Carrie,
Middle Simon & Polina Sleet
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The Sleet Family circa 1890
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Daughter, Simon &
Pauline Brown-Sleet |
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Simon Sleet in the Bundy Hills' Lumber Camp |
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Sgt. Homer Cross
& Pvt. Geuary "Stuck" Sleet
World War I - US Army |
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William Thomas
Sleet
(May 12,1918 - Nov. 1981) |
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Robert Luevine Sleet & Wife
Eva Mae Sheets
Brother of Simon Sleet |
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John Bigfoot
Harper & Nettie Sleet |
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George, John,
Walter, & Estelle Sleet |
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George & Mary
Alice Sleet, John & Minnie Sleet,
Walter & Agnes Sleet,
Estelle & Alice Sleet |
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Nephews of Simon Sleet from Boone County,
Kentucky
L - F: Robert, Walter, Estelle,
George & John Sleet
Not Shown: William, Charles, and
Emma Sleet
Children of : Robert Levine Sleet
and Anna Mae Sheets-Sleet.
Robert Levine was a brother of Simon Sleet |
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Charles Lett & Anna Sleet-Lett
August 8, 1948
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Anna Lett &
Edith
Goins-Lett |
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Robert Earle Sleet
Nephew of
Simon Sleet
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According to The Old Settlers: A Nation Within Itself,
Simon married Paulina (Brown) Sleet on April 27, 1879 in Sharpsville, PA. Simon and Paulina
had 11 children. Paulina passed away Nov. 2, 1906 at the age of 65.
Simon moved to Boyne City, MI to manage the farm of Mrs. Mary Morgan.
He passed away on his 104th birthday, March 15, 1940. Their children
were: Thomas, Lafayette, Lewis, James, John Simon, Sissie, Perry Omar,
Robert Marion, Bertrum, Carrie, and Grace. Sissie, Perry Omar, and
Robert Marion died in infancy. Nettie Sleet (Pictured Above) married Harry Guy
(See James
Guy). Flossie Sleet married Jay Tripp. She later married Norman
Wood. No children were born to these marriages. Gladys Sleet
married Archie Wayne Dungey and to this union three children were born:
Archie, Jr., Patricia, and Robert. Read about Sleettown in Perryville,
KY from the following website.
http://www.perryville.net/sleettown.html
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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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