Shiloh Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery

Shiloh Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery. . This cemetery, established in 1884 in Jones Mill, is among the oldest in this part of Alabama. Constructed in 1884, Shiloh Primitive Baptist Church is the oldest building still standing in Frisco City (formerly Jones Mill). The Bodiford, Busey, Grimes, Sawyer, Watts, Wasden and Wiggins families incrementally donated the land on which the church and cemetery are located. The earliest legible date on a grave marker is 1885 for Sarah Ann Holt, the first wife of Elder Burney Sawyer. Elder Sawyer, founder of Shiloh Church, preached the first sermon on May 31, 1884. Elder Sawyer served as Shiloh's pastor for 53 years until his death in 1937. Elder R. P. Hendrix served as pastor from 1938 until 1968., Shiloh is the final resting place of the early settlers and their descendants who shaped the history of this community. Some of the graves are not marked and some markers cannot be read; nevertheless, time and nature cannot erase the life these people pioneered for us., In addition to more than 100 members of the Sawyer family, some other family names appearing multiple times in this cemetery include: Baas, Bailey, Blanton, Bodiford, Brown. Byrd, Carter, Castillow, Davidson Enzor, Evans, Faulk, Feaster, Felts, Floyd, Giddens, Green, Greene, Hale, Hanks, Harrison, Hendrix, Hendrixs, Johnson, Jones, Lambert, Manning, McArthur, Mosley, Murphy, Norris, Sims, Skipper, Smith, Ward, Wasden, Webb and Weeks., Listed in the Alabama Historic Cemetery Register through the efforts of Dr. Gwynn Akin Bowers and Mrs. Dorothy Sawyer Sims.