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    • FAMILY VOICES & LEGACY
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  • FAMILY VOICES & LEGACY

FAMILIES OF DEWITTY

Annual DeWitty Picnic at Robert "Daddy" Hannah's homestead.

COMPILATION OF NAMES, PROPERTY, BRIEF HISTORY

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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SOURCES

  1. Family Letters & Documents
  2. Census and Bureau of Land Management Records
  3. History of the Negro Settlement in Cherry Co. by O. J. Burckhardt, Missionary Evangelist
  4. Tax Records Compiled by James E. Ducey
  5. Richard Booker Interviews with Harry and Miles Speese, Albert Riley, & Alleah Riley Mills, Feb. 1967.
  6. 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.

CONTACT ME THROUGH THIS WEBSITE IF

  • you have additional information or corrections about the families listed here
  • you know other families who lived in DeWitty Nebraska

LIST COMPILED BY CATHERINE MEEHAN BLOUNT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

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