Cemetery

First Shiloh Cemetery

Dawson · Terrell County

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The Story

First Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery, also recorded as Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery, sits west of Dawson and holds around 149 documented graves on Find A Grave. More than nine in ten of its memorials have been photographed, marking it as a well-tended rural congregational cemetery.

About this site

First Shiloh Cemetery is a cemetery in Dawson, Terrell County. It is one of 40 cemeteries documented in Terrell County, among 53 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 31.8268, -84.5526 near Dawson. The nearest cataloged historic site is Battle of Echowanotchaway Swamp Monument (historical marker), about 0.8 miles away. Others within a short drive include Battle of Echowanotchaway Swamp, Sand Hill Cemetery, and New Bethel Cemetery.

This record is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

First Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery, also recorded as Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery, sits west of Dawson and holds around 149 documented graves on Find A Grave. More than nine in ten of its memorials have been photographed, marking it as a well-tended rural congregational cemetery.

Sources: findagrave.com

📍 31.8268, -84.5526 · Dawson, Terrell County
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