A Northern Diaspora & Those Audacious Meehans

Families of DeWitty

African American Communities of Cherry County & Dawson County, Nebraska · c. 1880–1936
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, all records — including BLM GLO records and census records — were cross-referenced to prevent mistakenly substituting records of people from other areas for those of the DeWitty Homesteaders.
Contact
Contact Catherine Meehan Blount at thoseaudaciousmeehans@gmail.com if:
  • you have additional information or corrections about the families listed here
  • you know other families who lived in DeWitty, Nebraska