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Old Shiloh Cemetery Historical Marker
- Old Shiloh Cemetery Historical
Marker
- Located near mile post 15 on Ga. 121, Reidsville,
Ga.
(Text)
Old Shiloh Cemetery
Shiloh Methodist Church, the second
Methodist Church in Tattnall County, was organized c. 1810 by
Rev. William Eason and remained at this site until the 1850s
when it was moved a short distance north. Unlike at other churches
in the area at the time, a cemetery was maintained beside the
Meeting House. Six generations of area residents are buried here
in likely the first public cemetery in Tattnall County. Burials
include area pioneer Michael McKenzie Mattox, Methodist ministers,
Confederate veterans, local and state elected officials and numerous
other whites and blacks--both free and slave. The last burial
occurred in 1942.
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2001.18 |
Erected by The Georgia
Historical Society, Trustees of Old Shiloh Cemetery, and Friends
of Old Shiloh Cemetery Inc. |
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