EARLIEST CHURCH IN HARTFORD - Hartford, AL
N 31° 06.909 W 085° 40.204
16R E 626815 N 3443124
Historical marker at the earliest church un Hartford, AL
Waymark Code: WM8BBY
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 03/06/2010
Views: 10
The marker is at the Shiloh Baptist Church at 873 North Shiloh Road, Hartford, AL. The marker commemorates the first church in Hartford and the thirteen charter members of the church. The first church building was built in 1886. That building was used until it burned in 1954. Only five pews and 10 hymnals were salvaged from the fire. The present builing, built in 1954, was expanded in 1981. At present (Mar 2010) a new sanctuary is under construction.
Marker Name: EARLIEST CHURCH IN HARTFORD
Marker Type: Rural Roadside
Addtional Information:: The marker reads,
Organized on June 30, 1888 by thirteen charter
members as Dundee Missionary Baptist Church.
The church congregation originally worshipped
in a brush arbor on this present site. The first
church building was erected from pine slabs in
the summer of 1886. This served as the house
of worship until June 1954, at which time it was
destroyed by fire. Reconstruction was begun
immediately and completed in October 1954.
The designated name Shiloh was the home
church of seven of the thirteen charter members.
The mother church is located at Cottonhill,
(Clay County) Georgia. The thirteen original
members were:
J. J. Peacock
Martha Jane Peacock
Agustus Ham
Bethiah Ham
A. S. Peacock
Hattie E. Peacock
Sarah Stokes
J. E. Hudson
W. O. Williams
Fanny Williams
J. N. Kirkland
Jane E. Hawthorn
Margaret Hawthorn
Date Dedicated / Placed: Not listed
Marker Number: Not listed
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