MT. ZION CEMETERY

Calvin Township, Cass County, Michigan

RESTING PLACE OF UNITED STATES COLORED CIVIL WAR VETERANS

Submitted by Richard Forest Hazel

NAME
UNIT
JOHN ANDERSON US COLORED VOLUNTEERS d. 1867 at 39 yrs.
GARRISON GRIFFIN 17 USCT

The Calvin Settlement was home to many families of mixed ancestry from North Carolina and Virginia. At least some of these persons were considered to have been Indians or mixed Indian/African in Cass County. Many could have served without question in white units. -- Richard Forest Hazel

RETURN TO RESTING PLACES OF UNITED STATES COLORED TROOPS

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Bennie J. McRae, Jr.
LWF Communications
Trotwood, Ohio