The Shiloh Baptist Church, constituted in 1840, is located thirteen miles NE of
Ft. Gaines on the Ft. Gaines-Cotton-Hill-Cuthbert Road. The first pastor
of the chuch was Rev. Thomas Muse.
During the pastorate of Rev. James Cumbie,1865-1869,
the church was moved to Cotton Hill. In 1882 that building was torn down
and a new one put at the present site of the church.
Early pastors included: The Reverends James Bass, Joe
Monday, Howell, Stout, Toby, W. H. Norton, J. H. Corley, Knowles, J. E. White,
J. O. Nowell, A. C. Wellons. Early deacons and clerks were James Hobbs,
Thomas Crozier, A. B. Cross, J. W. Ray, G. R. Smith, R. T. Boyett, J. A.
Shepherd, R. L. Boyett, A. W. Dawson, Tom Crozier.
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