Origin of name – The plantation was named Midway because it was located between Belleville and Bellbroughton plantations. Belleville was the family home of original owner William Russell Thomson, and Bellbroughton was the home of his wife's father.
William Russell Thomson built a house on the property.
1807 – Thomson died and left the place to his son, Charles Robert Thomson.
1855 – Charles Thomson died but it is unknown at this time who became the next owner.
? – Sometime after the Civil War the plantation was purchased by Robert E. Clark.
1879 – Philip W. Fairey purchased the plantation.
1889 – Jacob Risher Fairey inherited the plantation from his father, Philip.