Tillman Baptist Church traces its origins to a congregation active before the Civil War just south of present-day Tillman. Formally established in 1883 as Savin Grove Baptist Church, it was reestablished by Revs. J.F. Morrall and Jonas Trowell and took the old name of Savin Grove. Rev. W.H. Dowling served as its first minister and Rev. J.M. Bostick as its second minister. In 1897 the church moved to Tillman after the congregation acquired property for a new sanctuary; work began that year and was completed in 1901. Renamed Edon Baptist Church, also spelled Eden, it was known by that name until the 1930s, when it was renamed Tillman Baptist Church. The congregation has been a member of the Savannah River Assn. of Baptist Churches since 1883.