OVERVIEW
Location: Spring Hill, Barbour County, Alabama
Date Constructed/ Founded: not determined
Associated Surnames: Comer
Historical Notes: none
Associated Pages: none
ASSOCIATED ENSLAVED PERSONS
1850: 42 slaves [1850 Federal Slave Schedule, Barbour Co., AL, J.F. Comer]
1860: 61 slaves [1850 Federal Slave Schedule, Barbour Co., AL, C.L. Comer]
ASSOCIATED FREE PERSONS
Comer family: John Fletcher Comer (?-1857) – plantation owner; Catherine Lucinda Drewry Comer (?-1898) – wife of J.F. Comer; Elizabeth Comer (?-bef.1858) – daughter of J.F. and C.L.D. Comer; Braxton Bragg Comer (1848-1911) – son of J.F. and C.L.D. Comer
Comer family: John Wallace Comer (1845-1919) – son of J.F. and C.L.D. Comer, slave owner, mine operator, planter; Carrie Gertrude Seay Comer – wife of J.W. Comer
RESEARCH LEADS AND RECORDS
- John Fletcher Comer Journal, 1844-1847, Barbour County, Alabama. This small collection comprises a journal kept by Comer, 1844-1847, containing various kinds of records relating to agricultural activities on his Barbour County, Alabama, plantation and to his lumber and corn mills.
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION
- Shortly after the Civil War, the J.W. Comer, like many Alabama landowners, leased African-American convict labor to continue operations.
REFERENCES
- Rootsweb World Connect Project – Work in Progress
- Wikipedia: John Wallace Comer, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._W._Comer
- Garden and Gun Land property listing online, [photo] Old Spring Hill Plantation, Barbour County, Alabama http://www.gardenandgunland.com/land/old-spring-hill-plantation/388
I lived here as a kid in76. There was a little white play house in the far front yard. Both the house & the playhouse had white picket fences around them. The playhouse had a fireplace and little front porch. There was a meat drying shack in the back left yard. A well was in the front yard to the right if you are facing the house. A 2 car garage was there to the left of the house. There was a large barn in a large pasture to the left of the house there were 2 smaller houses wayyyy in the front yard that were locked up tight. As a kid I peered though the windows and wanted to explore inside. Mama said we could not go in those houses. We rented big White House from aprox 76-81 great times as a kid…..so much space…… pear trees, pasture,
Burn it down to the ground 🔥