Old Shiloh Methodist Church and Campground

Aldrich's 1943 county history says Old Shiloh was best known for camp meetings, when old families camped for a week at a time with preaching day and night. The Handbook of Texas adds that revivals drew families from Houston and neighboring counties through the 1840s, that William Johnson, a brother of President Andrew Johnson, settled nearby in 1853, and that Houston County men mustered at the campground for Confederate service. The Handbook has a school there by the 1850s; Aldrich says one was taught by 1868, and some pupils rode the Crockett-Huntsville stagecoach.

What the plaque says

Old Shiloh Methodist Church and Campground As early as 1834, was site of worship services conducted by Stephen F. Box (1760?-1844). A log house built about 1848 served as both church and school. A post office opened Jan. 21, 1867; closed Jan 29, 1869. The log building burned in 1869 and services were held on the campground. Division among members caused erection of New Shiloh Church (1 mile SW), which later burned in a woods fire. In 1880, William Calvert Hallmark (1804-1880), son-in-law of Box, willed this property to the old church body. Present structure was started in 1883. (1973)

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Fort Boggy State Park — 26 mi
  A 1,847-acre park in Leon County named for a settlers' palisade of 1840, with a 15-acre lake, short trails and the story of Tennessee farmers, the Keechi and a Ranger captain.

More markers nearby

• William Calvert Hallmark — 1.3 mi
• Collin Aldrich — 3.4 mi
• Creek Cemetery — 4.4 mi
• Rockland Cemetery, Church and School — 4.7 mi