hington Whitlow and Henry D. Payton; John J. Taylor,
church clerk, and J. McCleary Perkins, Superintendent of the Sunday
School.

William J. Walker, the first pastor of Shiloh Baptist Church, was a
native of Fredericksburg, Virginia. He was born of free parents and
was about 72 years of age at the time of his death, in 1889. He was a
printer by trade, and enjoyed considerable educational advantages for
the times in which he lived. He was a wise leader, an untiring worker,
and a faithful and able minister of the gospel.

[34] This is a condensed account furnished Dr. J. M. Waldron.

[35] These facts were obtained from the church records.

[36] A statement verified by the present pastor.

[36a] A statement made by the clerk of the church.

[37] A statement made by a number of old members of the church.

[38] The records of the church.

[39] Their first meeting house was erected with a seating capacity of
300 at a cost of $800; the second, which would seat 500, cost $2,000.
With their more than 150 membership they raised $1,000 annually and
expended $850 on current expenses.

[40] These are facts given by the officers of this church.

[41] J. W. Parker, pastor of the E Street Baptist Church, was
moderator, and Lalmon Richards, of the North Baptist Church, was clerk
of this council. The organization consisted of twenty-two members, 10
men and 12 women: James Storum, Wormley, White, Harrod, Denney,
Bailey, John Pierre Randolph, Rowe, Page, Mrs. Wormley, Mrs. Anderson,
widow of D. W. Anderson, Eliza Jackson, Mary Jackson, Thompson,
Pierre, Denney, White, Farley, Bailey and Watson.

[42] This is an abridged statement verified by the church itself.

[43] This is based on a statement made by this church.

[44] This account is based on the records of this church.

[45] These facts were obtained from the records of the church.

[46] These facts as to Negro Catholics were taken from records in the
form of a church monthly newspaper in the possession of Dr. John F.
Smith.

[47] The sermon was delivered by Dr. O'Gorman. The edifice is an
imposing structure of Potomac blue stone, granite basement with
trimmings of Baltimore County marble. A slate roof crowns the
building, the elevation to the apex of the roof being 56 feet. The
facade is broken at the corner with a square tower standing with its
top about 113 feet from the ground. Three wide doors open from the
street approached by ten stone steps so constructed as