Shiloh School

Shiloh was a school for Black children that operated in the late 1920s into the 1930s—perhaps even earlier. It was located on the west side of Alex Cockman Road, between US 64 and Elmer Keck Road.

Barbara Pugh obtained some information about the Shiloh school in 2014 from Louise Womble, age 90. Ms. Womble recalled that the James Jackson family, which lived between her family and Highway 64, had a number of children who were similar in age to the Womble children. The Jackson children attended Shiloh.

The property for the school was likely sold to the Chatham Board of Education by a member of the Alston family, which owned much of the land in this area. After Shiloh ceased to be a school it was sold at public auction in 1948 to George Rogers, whose heirs still own the one-acre parcel in 2026. Ms. Womble reported that after it was no longer a school that it was, for a time, the residence of a family named Hopkins.

If anyone can share more about the Shiloh school, please do!

These photos by Duane Hall were taken in 2014 and are part of the CCHA collection.

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