Clay County Alabama Cemeteries.....Garrett Family Cemetery
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Old Shiloh Primitive Baptist Church/Garrett Family Cemetery
Hatchett Creek/Millerville Clay County AL. 

UNMARKED GRAVES: 
Name:                    Date: 
Garrett, Elijah          Nov 13, 1809-Jan 06, 1889 SOLID ROCK COVERED GRAVE
Garrett, Elizabeth Rice  1813-1884                 BROKEN ROCK COVERED GRAVE

OTHER UNMARKED GRAVES

Shiloh Primitive Baptist Church was organized around 1870 by Elijah Garrett. In 1869 Elijah Garrett purchased 
the old Patterson estate. He built a Church and later organized a school in the same building, of which he was
the teacher. Shiloh joined the Hillabee Baptist Primitive Baptist Association in the early 1870's. A Shiloh
Primitive Baptist Church in Clay County hosted the Hillabee Baptist Primitive Baptist Association meeting 
in 1873. 

In 1873 there were 12 members of the church. By 1876 there were 25 members of the church. 
Around 1875 Elijah Garrett's son Rev. Mitchell Bennett Garrett became the Paster of Shiloh Primitive Baptist
Church. The church was still active in 1895. Rev. N.M. Cook was the Paster in the 1890's. There were 35 members 
of the church in 1895. 

Surnames of the members were: Blair, Chandler, Garrett, Harris, Russell and Webb. 

Rev. Elijah Garrett was born in Laurens County SC. He was the son of Jonathan Garrett and Jane [Higgins].
He married 1. Julia Ann Louisa Parker, he married 2. Elizabeth Rice.