 It began in 1844 as a fortified settlement known as McNamara's to repel Indian incursions.James McNamara arrived in 1843 with his new wife, Joanna (Hale) McNamara as the first Peters Colony settlers of this area for which they received 640 acres that made up the beginning of the locale that was later to be called 'Shiloh' for a nearby creek and a newly formed church.The McNamaras arrived with other Peters colonists