Near Midway in Barbour County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

Spring Hill United Methodist Church

Photographed by James L.Whitman, December 12, 2020

1. Spring Hill United Methodist Church Marker

Inscription. This Greek Revival church was built in 1841 by John Fletcher Comer with lumber from his mill. The building originally had a slave balcony and exterior stairway which were removed c. 1890. At the same time, the pulpit was moved from between the two entrance doors to the rear of the church. There were 104 members in 1872 that included 32 men and 72 women. In 1899, a deed for twenty acres was issued by the Comer family to Land for a school. The adjacent two-room Sunday School building was erected in 1954. Today the church and cemetery are maintained, in part, with monies from a trust established through Avondale Mills, the Comer family business.

Erected 1997 by Historic Chattahoochee Commission & Spring Hill United Methodist Church.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical year for this entry is 1841.

Location. 32° 4.832′ N, 85° 20.343′ W. Marker is near Midway, Alabama, in Barbour County. It is on Spring Hill Road west of County Road 49, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2542 Spring Hill Rd, Midway AL 36053, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

in the Black Belt,

and in the Wiregrass.

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 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 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Unknown Soldiers (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line);

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Ramah Baptist Church & Cemetery (approx. 3.9 miles away); Election Riot of 1874 (approx. 4.1 miles away); Providence Methodist Church & Schoolhouse (approx. 4.8 miles away); Fort Browder / 15th Alabama Infantry (approx. 4.8 miles away); a different marker also named Fort Browder / 15th Alabama Infantry (approx. 5.3 miles away); Batesville Church - 1837 (approx. 5.3 miles away); May 28th Celebration (approx. 5½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Midway.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Braxton Bragg Comer (was approx. 0.9 miles away but has been confirmed missing).

Spring Hill United Methodist Church image. Click for full size.

Photographed by James L.Whitman, December 27, 2020

2. Spring Hill United Methodist Church

Nearby cemetery image. Click for full size.

Photographed by James L.Whitman, December 27, 2020

3. Nearby cemetery

Comer Mausoleum image. Click for full size.

Photographed by James L.Whitman, December 27, 2020

4. Comer Mausoleum

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, September 20, 2025

5. Spring Hill United Methodist Church Marker

Photographed by James L.Whitman, November 11, 2025

6. Spring Hill United Methodist Church

Credits. This page was last revised on November 13, 2025. It was originally submitted on December 8, 2020, by James L.Whitman of Eufaula, Alabama. This page has been viewed 1,149 times since then and 60 times this year. Last updated on November 10, 2025, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. Photos: 1. submitted on December 16, 2020, by James L.Whitman of Eufaula, Alabama. 2, 3, 4. submitted on January 1, 2021, by James L.Whitman of Eufaula, Alabama. 5. submitted on September 23, 2025, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. 6. submitted on November 13, 2025, by James L.Whitman of Eufaula, Alabama. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.