Lapine in Montgomery County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

Fair Prospect Cemetery Montgomery County

Photographed by David J Gaines, April 8, 2012

1. Fair Prospect Cemetery Montgomery County Marker

Inscription. Atop this hill lies Fair Prospect Cemetery, established in the 1840s as part of Fair Prospect Church. Land was donated for the church and cemetery by Benjamin Mitchell (1765-1848) and his wife Jane Scrimpton Mitchell (1775-1850). The location of their graves is unknown. The earliest marked burials date to 1851 and the cemetery is still active today. Justus M. Barnes, founder of Strata Academy, was a leader in the congregation and his parents are buried here. In the 1870s, the church burned after lightning struck it and the congregation began meeting at Strata Academy. When the Academy moved and became Highland Home College, the church retained the campus building on the site of Strata Church of Christ. A.S. Naftel, founder of the Naftel Community, acquired much of the Mitchell lands after 1850 and members of his family are buried here. Listed in the Alabama Historic Cemetery Register

Erected 2011 by Jay & Ruth Mitchell Ott, Descendant of Benjamin Mitchell.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Cemeteries & Burial Sites. A significant historical year for this entry is 1851.

Location. 32° 0.561′ N, 86° 17.398′ W.

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Marker is in Lapine, Alabama, in Montgomery County. It is on U.S. 331, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Lapine AL 36046, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Tri-Counties River Region.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and in the Black Belt.

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 10 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Ebenezer Primitive Baptist Church (approx. 3.2 miles away); Pioneer Settlers of Ebenezer Community (approx. 3.2 miles away); Site of Highland Home College (approx. 4.2 miles away); Lynching in America / Lynching in Letohatchee (approx. 6.7 miles away); Big Zion A.M.E. Zion Church Cemetery (approx. 9.7 miles away); Big Zion School (approx. 9.7 miles away); Historic Freemon Family Home

Photographed by David J Gaines, April 8, 2012

2. Fair Prospect Cemetery Montgomery County Marker

(approx. 9.8 miles away); Tankersley Rosenwald School (approx. 10 miles away).

Fair Prospect Cemetery image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, March 2, 2014

3. Fair Prospect Cemetery

Fair Prospect Cemetery Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Jimmy Emerson, June 10, 2026

4. Fair Prospect Cemetery Marker

The cemetery is up the dirt track road on top of the hill.

Photographed by Jimmy Emerson, June 10, 2026

5. Fair Prospect Cemetery

Credits. This page was last revised on June 18, 2026. It was originally submitted on April 22, 2012, by David J Gaines of Pinson, Alabama. This page has been viewed 1,260 times since then and 37 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 22, 2012, by David J Gaines of Pinson, Alabama. 3. submitted on March 2, 2014, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. 4, 5. submitted on June 11, 2026, by Jimmy Emerson of Dalton, Georgia. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.