Details for Shiloh Cemetery
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5507016869
Data
| Marker Number | 16869 |
| Atlas Number | 5507016869 |
| Marker Title | Shiloh Cemetery |
| Index Entry | Shiloh Cemetery |
| Address | |
| City | Sutherland Springs |
| County | Wilson |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 586748 |
| UTM Northing | 3232710 |
| Subject Codes | cemetery |
| Marker Year | 2008 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | on FM 539 5.2 miles south of the intersection of US 87 & FM 539 |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 18" x 28" |
| Marker Text | The Shiloh community developed along Lodi-Sutherland Springs Road. In 1886, J. H. James and others sold land to John P. Pritchett for a cemetery, although the land was already being used as a burial ground. Pritchett also later conveyed adjoining land to the Methodist Episcopal Church South and to Wilson County to establish Shiloh School. The earliest known burial here was Florence Price (d. 1884). James Madison Smith (d. 1905) served in the 2nd Florida Cavalry C.S.A. during the Civil War. The last known burial was Thomas McDonald in 1939. Today, Shiloh Cemetery features concrete, granite and marble headstones, unmarked graves, and interior fencing. It is a historic vestige of a rural Wilson County settlement. |