Shiloh Methodist Church was
established by Rev. Jim Pennson in 1859. The second church building
was constructed in 1874 under the leadership of Rev. George Lacey.
Rev. Lacey also conducted the first Baptism service; the candidates were
Dan Scott, Louis Scott, Randolph and Sherman Smith.
The land for the church and
adjacent cemetery was donated on Dec. 21, 1887 by S. Thomas McCardell and
John Adams Matherne. The third church building was later built under
the leadership of Rev. Jessie Roger and with the assistance of Dan Scott,
Louis Scott, Walter Oliver, Tom Borrow, and George Harris. Food was
provided by the ladies of the church.
In 1924, the fourth (and present)
church building was constructed under the leadership of Rev. D.A. Landry.
As with the previous building, the men (including James Ventress, Sam Harris,
Henry Pelichet, Jimmy Oliver, and Elias Butler, Sr.) worked on the construction
while the ladies provided the food.
There is a cemetery to the left
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