Near Glennville in Tattnall County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)

Old Shiloh Cemetery

Photographed by David Seibert, March 4, 2002

1. Old Shiloh Cemetery Marker

Inscription. Shiloh Methodist Church, the second oldest Methodist Church in Tattnall County, was organized c. 1810 by Rev. William Eason and remained at this site until the 1850’s 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, and state elected officials and numerous other whites and blacks-both free and slave. The last burial occurred in 1942.

Erected 2001 by The Georgia Historical Society, Trustees of Old Shiloh Cemetery, and Friends of Old Shiloh Cemetery Inc. (Marker Number 132-2.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Religion & Religious Structures • War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the Georgia Historical Society series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1810.

Location. 32° 2.331′ N, 82° 4.263′ W. Marker is near Glennville, Georgia, in Tattnall County. It is on Georgia Route 121 at milepost 15, 0.1 miles south of Bea Durrance Road, on the left

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when traveling south. Marker is located at Mile Marker 15 on Georgia Highway 121. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Glennville GA 30427, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Georgia’s Coastal Plain. It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

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 original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 13 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: The Alexander Hotel (approx. 4.3 miles away); Tattnall County (approx. 4.3 miles away); Tattnall Campground (approx. 7 miles away); Love's Chapel Primitive Baptist Church (approx. 8.1 miles away); Bellville (approx. 9.7 miles away); The DeLoach House (approx. 11.4 miles away); Beards Creek Church (approx. 12½ miles away); Claxton First United Methodist Church (approx. 12.6 miles away).