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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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William Hill Family
Pictures Courtesy of: Robert Williams
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William & Marinda Hill & Family
Seated: William Josiah, Family
Pet, Marinda Ann Cummins
Standing: Maude Ethel & Emery
Milton |
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Maude Ethel Hill - Daughter of
William & Marinda Hill
Wife of Andrew J. Williams
Mother of Andrew & Robert Williams |
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Mildred Doris Hill |
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William & Marinda Hill |
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Marinda Ann Cummins-Hill with baby
Mildred Doris Hill
Mildred is 1 year old. Other woman
unknown (1909) |
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| Maude Ethel &
Emery Milton Cummins-Hill |
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Emery Milton Hill
Son of William Josiah Hill &
Marinda Ann Cummins-Hill |
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Maurice & Doris (Hill) Blackburn
Daughter of William & Marinda Hill |
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Mildred Doris Hill - 16 Years Old
Daughter of William Josiah Hill
& Marinda Ann Cummins-Hill |
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Maude Ethel Hill - Daughter of
William
& Marinda Hill
Wife of Andrew J. Williams
Mother of Andrew & Robert Williams |
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Brother & Sister:
Emery Milton Hill & Maude
Ethel Hill |
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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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