PEACH COUNTY, GA - SHILOH METHODIST CHURCH ***************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm *********************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Helen Hudson Deed for Shiloh Church which would be the area that Shiloh Cemetery is now located. It is two acres, one wide and two deep. Now to go dig out the "modern" description to see if it tells how much is being used as a cemetery. This should be on file in Peach County where the land is located. Helen 5/27/1831 Grantor: Henry Wimberly & wife Nancy Wimberly Grantees: Thomas Doles, J.M. John, John Jones, Henry Wimberly, David Jamison, All of Houston County Church: Acting as Trustees for the Methodist Episcopal Church at Shilo Part of lot No. 61 in the 5th district of Houston County, GA. 2 acres (Meets and Bounds type description follows. Not a lot of help.) Starting near the center of lot 61, the east line running north and south at a certain Hickory tree near the line and running south 2 acres thence due west, 1 acre thence due north 2 acres and thence east to Hickory tree so as to make 2 acres. Deed was "for as long as the Methodist Episcopal Church may wish to continue the same as church or place of preaching". Witness: D. Jamison, James Netherland Signed by Henry and Nancy Wimberly Matthew Sikes, J.P. Clean Up days for Cemeteries are being sponsored by Central Georgia Genealogical Society. Join them and help bring this cemetery back to its original state.