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Shiloh Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
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Established in 1884 in Jones Mill, this cemetery is among the oldest in this part of Alabama, and Shiloh Primitive Baptist Church, also built in 1884, is the oldest building still standing in Frisco City, formerly Jones Mill. The Bodiford, Busey, Grimes, Sawyer, Watts, Wasden, and Wiggins families incrementally donated the land for the church and cemetery. The earliest legible grave date is 1885 for Sarah Ann Holt, the first wife of Elder Burney Sawyer, founder of Shiloh Church, who preached the first sermon on May 31, 1884, and served as pastor for 53 years until his death in 1937. Elder R. P. Hendrix served as pastor from 1938 until 1968. Shiloh is the final resting place of early settlers and their descendants who shaped the history of the community, including more than 100 members of the Sawyer family and many others whose graves, though some are unmarked or no longer readable, preserve the memory of the people who pioneered there.
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