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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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SECTION 1
John Cummins
SECTION 2
William Cummins
SECTION 3
Cummins Family Pictures
SECTION 4
Cummings Homestead
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William Cummings/Cummins Family
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Picture Courtesy of Robert Hill Williams
William and Marinda Hill & Family
Seated: William Josiah, Family
Pet
Marinda Ann Cummins
Standing: Maude Ethel & Emery
Milton |
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William & Harriet (Flowers) Cummings
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Harriet (Flowers)
Cummings |
Maggie (Johnson)
Cummings |
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Clarence Cummings Family
Clarence, son of
William & Harriet
(Flowers) Cummings married
Victoria Squires. They had 13
children. |
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Art Cummins at Art Skinner's
Clearance Cummins Family
Lumber Camp |
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Delbert Cummings Family
Agnes,
Joseph, Carl, and Roy (Bill) Cummings
at
Skinner Lumber Camp, Harietta, MI |
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Leona Bow (Aunt Lee) &
Brother Tom Cummings
Picture Courtesy of
Betty Cummings-Shelby |
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Clarence Cummings -
4 Generations |
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Thomas and Fern Cummings
(Brother & Sister) Thomas
married Elizabeth Johnson.
Their children were
Mary, Roger and Betty. |
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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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