Springhill Village in Mobile in Mobile County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

Miller Family Cemetery

Established 1868

Photographed by Mark Hilton, June 24, 2023

1. Miller Family Cemetery Marker

Inscription. The earliest known graves are those of John and Elizabeth Miller, the children of Francis William Miller who emigrated from Sweden and Jane Thompson who emigrated from Ireland. Miller family descendants settled the area between Spring Hill and Wheelerville on the Old Shell Road in Mobile County working as charcoal burners, saw mill operators, and fruit orchard planters. Francis Oliver Miller, a son of Francis and Jane Miller, reserved the cemetery and right-of-way in a deed on April 3, 1926.

Listed in the Alabama Historic Cemetery Register

Erected 2005 by the Miller Family Cemetery Association.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Cemeteries & Burial Sites. A significant historical date for this entry is April 3, 1926.

Location. 30° 41.347′ N, 88° 9.984′ W. Marker is in Mobile, Alabama, in Mobile County. It is in Springhill Village. It can be reached from Old Shell Road (County Road 70) east of Cosgrove Drive, on the right when traveling east. Located at the end of the parking lots, between buildings A & B, of the Kingswood Apartments. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Mobile AL 36608, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Alabama’s Gulf Coast

and in Mobile Bay.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and on the Gulf Coast.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the Viceroyalty of New France,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: New Hope Gardens (approx. 1.4 miles away); Sand Town

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(approx. 1.8 miles away); Georgia Cottage (approx. 4 miles away); Visitation Convent and Academy (approx. 4.4 miles away); The Mitchell Home (approx. 4.8 miles away); Trinity Episcopal Church (approx. 4.8 miles away); Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd / Founding Members (approx. 4.9 miles away); Springhill Avenue Temple Congregation (approx. 5 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mobile.

Miller Family Cemetery entrance gate & marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, June 24, 2023

2. Miller Family Cemetery entrance gate & marker

Miller Family Cemetery image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, June 24, 2023

3. Miller Family Cemetery

Credits. This page was last revised on June 25, 2023. It was originally submitted on June 25, 2023, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 1,444 times since then and 129 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on June 25, 2023, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.