SHILOH  BAPTIST  CHURCH

                                  Historical Background of Shiloh Baptist Church 1865 – 2015

 

    Shiloh Baptist Church, located on Highways 360 and 730 (125 Shiloh Church Road), was founded by slaves who worshiped at a church of the same name, which was located on highway 47 near Horsepen Creek, Drakes Branch, Virginia. This church, which is no longer in existence, was owned and operated by white worshipers who allowed Negro Slaves to worship there.

 

    History records indicate that soon after the Emancipation Proclamation and the freeing of the slaves, this group of Negro worshipers, who was dismissed from the white owned and operated church, formed their own separate church,   ......click to read more