FAMILIES OF DEWITTY Black Homesteaders

There are sixty-two (62) family groups.

Thirty-two (32) families filed forty-six (46) Homestead claims.

Thirteen (13) families sojourned in Canada.

23,254.79 Acres

Were Claimed By DeWitty Nebraska Black Homesteaders.

This list is comprehensive but not exhaustive for families or Homestead claims.

LEGEND: BLM Bureau of Land Management

GLO General Land Office

LAR Land Acquisition Record

AN Accession Number

RESIDENTS OF DEWITTY-AUDACIOUS, NEBRASKA

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Family Letters & Documents
Census and Bureau of Land Management Records
History of the Negro Settlement in Cherry Co. by O. J. Burckhardt, Missionary Evangelist
Tax Records Compiled by James E. Ducey
Richard Booker Interviews with Harry and Miles Speese, Albert Riley, & Alleah Riley Mills, Feb. 1967.
To ensure accuracy, I cross-referenced all records, including BLM GLO records and census records, to prevent mistakenly substituting records of people from other areas for those of the DeWitty Homesteaders.

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