In 1865, a committee was named to “get the sentiments of the church relative to selling the old Cashie Church and grounds to the colored members…” Sentiment must have been against the idea, for the colored members “requested the use of the edifice” in 1867. Their request was granted. Note: The old meeting house across the Cashie River form Windsor ceased to be used by the congregation in 1863 or shortly thereafter.

The original church was built with the use of wooden pegs instead of nails. The church is located on the corner of Highway 17 E. and Highway 308E approximately .2 miles east of Bertie Memorial Hospital. The church is now bricked and it’s not the little white structure as in the photograph.

The church is available for tours by appointment during the week in the afternoon and on Saturday mornings.

The history of the church is unique due to the labors of Elder Jeremiah Dargan. Both white and colored members worshiped at the church until the white members constructed a new facility in 1853 on Queen Street in Windsor. Colored members were accepted into the Cashie Baptist in the 1840’s. The old church (currently Sandy Point Baptist Church) and property was eventually sold to the colored members in 1885 for $300.00.

Reverend Bryant Lee organized and served as pastor until his death. Brother Bryant Lee, a native of Bertie County, Windsor North Carolina, was born in slavery and lived a slave for fifty years. The Emancipation Proclamation of the United States of America gave him his citizenship when he was fifty. While a Representative of North Carolina, Reverend Lee introduced a bill to abolish the “whipping post” and establish county jails. The bill passed.