Shiloh Methodist Church Cemetery
Page last updated 4 November 2022.
Shiloh Methodist Church cemetery sign, Kacie's Photography 2016
7305 Indian Head Highway, Bryans Road, Charles County, Maryland 20616
Consisting of a 1-story, 1-bay frame chapel, Old Shiloh Church is typical of the many small vernacular church buildings erected in Charles County during the 19th century. The church is located on Old Shiloh Church Road approximately one tenth of a mile northwest of Indian Head Highway (MD Route 210), and stands on a one-acre parcel. A small cemetery surrounds the chapel.
The church sits atop a small rise and is surrounded by its cemetery on all sides. Forested areas surround the property. The cemetery is organized into parallel plots and contains approximately 100 graves marked with headstones.
The chapel itself consists of a small 1-story, front gable frame chapel standing on poured concrete piers that replaces an original brick pier foundation. Displaying few architectural adornments, the building is 1-bay wide and three deep with an open cornice. A projecting gable-roofed apse extends off the rear, and a single brick chimney flue extends above the south roof slope. The building has been altered by the addition of asbestos shingle cladding, re-roofing with asphalt shingles, and the replacement of the original door. The building's under structure consists of unhewn joists lapped to a central hewn beam and to the building's outer sill.
This simple building is pierced by a double-leaf door opening that is centered on its facade. The doors have been replaced by flush metal doors. A wooden sign lettered with "Old Shiloh Shop" is set above the entrance. Each of the side walls of the church contain three original 6/6 double-hung wood sash windows. The exterior trim of these has been encased in aluminum. Two small 4/4 wood sash windows pierce the north and south walls of the projecting rear apse. The building has no other windows or doors.
The cemetery contains approximately 100 graves and extends along the north and south sides of the property. The graves are marked with engraved headstones that are set in roughly parallel rows. The oldest grave located at the time of the survey was that of Mary D.A. Lacey who died June 3, 1863. Some of the prominent families represented in the cemetery include the Downs family, the Halleys, the Wenk family, the Rowes and the Barrows.
Family buried at the Shiloh Methodist Church cemetery include:
h1. = surname of first husband
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The church sits atop a small rise and is surrounded by its cemetery on all sides. Forested areas surround the property. The cemetery is organized into parallel plots and contains approximately 100 graves marked with headstones.
The chapel itself consists of a small 1-story, front gable frame chapel standing on poured concrete piers that replaces an original brick pier foundation. Displaying few architectural adornments, the building is 1-bay wide and three deep with an open cornice. A projecting gable-roofed apse extends off the rear, and a single brick chimney flue extends above the south roof slope. The building has been altered by the addition of asbestos shingle cladding, re-roofing with asphalt shingles, and the replacement of the original door. The building's under structure consists of unhewn joists lapped to a central hewn beam and to the building's outer sill.
This simple building is pierced by a double-leaf door opening that is centered on its facade. The doors have been replaced by flush metal doors. A wooden sign lettered with "Old Shiloh Shop" is set above the entrance. Each of the side walls of the church contain three original 6/6 double-hung wood sash windows. The exterior trim of these has been encased in aluminum. Two small 4/4 wood sash windows pierce the north and south walls of the projecting rear apse. The building has no other windows or doors.
The cemetery contains approximately 100 graves and extends along the north and south sides of the property. The graves are marked with engraved headstones that are set in roughly parallel rows. The oldest grave located at the time of the survey was that of Mary D.A. Lacey who died June 3, 1863. Some of the prominent families represented in the cemetery include the Downs family, the Halleys, the Wenk family, the Rowes and the Barrows.
Family buried at the Shiloh Methodist Church cemetery include:
- BERRY, Ada E. (m. TURNER)
- BERRY, Benjamin F.
- BERRY, Frances Ellen (m. RANDALL)
- BERRY, George Walter
- BERRY, Lloyd Milton
- GORDON, Bertha A. (m. BERRY, h1. BLANCHARD)
- HOYLE, Thelma Louise (m. BERRY)
h1. = surname of first husband
REFERENCES:
- Maryland Historical Trust. “MD Inventory of Historic Properties.” Inventory No. CH-500. Available at http://mht.maryland.gov/mihp/MIHPCard.aspx?MIHPNo=CH-500.
- Family Information Compiled From: FindAGrave website, FamilySearch website, and family records.