Baptist History, Heritage and Distinctives – Shiloh Baptist Church, Shiloh, NC

Thomas E Kresal Admin · 7 hrs March 23, 2020

Baptist History, Heritage and Distinctives – Shiloh Baptist Church, Shiloh, NC

In 1660 and 1662 Yeopim King Kiscutanewh granted land to Nathaniel Batts and George Durant recognized as the first land deeds in North Carolina. By 1697 the Yeopim leaders complained to the colonial government about nearby European settlers encroaching on their lands. In 1704 the Executive Council granted 10,240 acres (16 square miles) along both sides of the North River to the Yeopim Nation. The deed for the reservation granted the Yeopim exclusive hunting and fishing rights.

The area known as Indiantown was only about six miles north of Raymons/Raymonds Creek where the first worshipers of what would become Shiloh Baptist Church first began to meet.

The beginnings of Shiloh Baptist Church are humble and span back to before 1727, when a Baptist missionary named Paul Palmer, organized the Shiloh Baptist Church. William Burges (spelled with one “s”) was the first pastor.

The total population of the area known as North Carolina was about 30,000 people. The entire Albemarle area accounted for approximately 4,000 residents. In 1711, the Tuscarora Indians, who lived on the southern side of the Albemarle Sound, went on the warpath and almost overwhelmed the colonists of the Albemarle region.

The Yeopim/Yawpim Nation who had settled around the North River on the nearest reservation to what is now the township of Shiloh, in Camden County were not greatly involved in the Tuscarora Wars since the two tribes were not allied with one another. Most likely, there were more Indians than colonists living in the area around the shores and rivers of the Albemarle region.

Thomas E. Kresal – From: https://shilohbaptistchurchnc.org/about/