Shiloh Baptist Institute

Type: General Entry

Published: 1952

Updated: June 1, 1995

Shiloh Baptist Institute, a liberal arts institution at Whitesboro in Grayson County, was established in 1876 by North Texas Baptists on land donated by John Maddox and housed in a two or three story frame building with a mansard roof. The school offered coursework in preparatory and college departments taught by a four-member faculty. A Professor Berryman was in charge. The institute closed after 1878.

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Ancestors and Descendants: Grayson County, Texas (Sherman, Texas: Grayson County Genealogical Society, 1980). Grayson County Frontier Village, History of Grayson County, Texas (2 vols., Winston-Salem, North Carolina: Hunter, 1979, 1981). Graham Landrum and Allen Smith, Grayson County (Fort Worth, 1960; 2d ed., Fort Worth: Historical Publishers, 1967).

Categories:

Education
Defunct Colleges and Universities
Religion
Baptist

The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this entry.

David Minor, “Shiloh Baptist Institute,” Handbook of Texas Online, accessed August 15, 2022, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/shiloh-baptist-institute.

Published by the Texas State Historical Association.

Original Publication Date:: 1952
Most Recent Revision Date:: June 1, 1995

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