Cashie Baptist Church (Windsor, N.C.) Records
Finding Aid & Inventory
The Cashie Baptist Church was constituted in 1771 by Elder Jeremiah Dargan, who was elected as the first pastor. Cashie joined the Kehukee Association in 1778 and the association met at Cashie Meeting House in 1798. This collection contains church deeds, meeting minutes, biographical sketches, financial records, notes and letters related to members, and a membership roll.
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Biographical and Historical Note
The Cashie Baptist Church was constituted in 1771 by Elder Jeremiah Dargan who was elected as the first pastor. Cashie was received into the Kehukee Association in 1778 and the association met at Cashie Meeting House in 1798. Wiccacon and Ballard's Bridge Churches were formed from Cashie. The Baptist Philanthropic Society was formed at Cashie in 1805.
Association membership: Kehukee (1778-c1806); Chowan (1806-1883); West Chowan (1883-)
Pastors: Jeremiah Dargan (1771-c1786); Aaron Spivey (1794-1822); Reuben Lawrence (1823-1843); David Harrell (1844-1851); Aaron J. Spivey (1851-1854); Andrew Murdock Craic (1855-1869); Marmaduke Cartright Rhodes (1869-1870); Jeremiach Bunch (1870-1873); Andrew Murdock Craig (1873-1874); A. D. Cohen (1874-1879); T. G. Wood (1879-1882); J. A. Speight (1882-1884); R. VanDeventer (1884-1887); T. T. Speight (1887-1893); J. B. Boone (1893-); R. D. Cross (1895-c1898); R. H. Gilbert (1899); John T. Douglas (1900-1901); J. O. Alderman (1901-1903); C. M. McIntosh (1903-1904); R. L. Gay (1905-1907); R. D. Stephenson (1908); Q. C. Davis (1909-1912); D. P. Harris (1913-1916); W. R. Haight (1916-1923); Charles C. Snow (1923-1927); C. C. Cox (1927-c1929); Ernest C. Kolb (1930-1936); J. R. Link (1936-1938); Millard P. Booe (1938-1942); W. F. Woodall (1942-); R. L. Council (1943-c1945); Pastor not known (1946-1949); W. I. Johnson (1950-1954); Charles W. Duling (1954-1960); E. Len Weston (1960-)
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Collection Overview
This volume contains a photocopy of the church deed (1776), church meeting minutes (1790-1924)[broken series], biographical sketches (undated),financial records (undated), a note recording varied incidents (1882-1895), dismissal letters and a request letter of dismissal (1873-1925), letters (1873-1884), a blank form for membership discontinuation (1884), and a letter (1867) with a membership roll on the other side of the paper (1874).
Digitized materials from this collection are available in Z. Smith Reynolds Library Digital Collections.
Collection Inventory
- Deed, photocopy (1776) box 2 folder 2
- Minute book (1790-1897) box 1 volume 1
- Minutes, volume 1 (1791-1832) box 2 folder 3-5
- Minute book (1858-1924) box 1 volume 2
- Financial records and correspondence (1867-1925) box 2 folder 1
Summary Information
- Repository
- Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives
- Title
- Cashie Baptist Church (Windsor, N.C.) Records
- ID
- MS740
- Date [inclusive]
- 1776-1925
- Extent
- 1.71 Linear Feet 1 half-document box, 1 oversize box
Administrative Information
- Publication Information
- Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives
- Revision Description
- Revised by Katie Lawrence, Olivia Field 2018 November, 2020
- Copyright Notice
- The nature of the WFU Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives means that copyright or other information about restrictions may be difficult or even impossible to determine despite reasonable efforts. The Archives and Special Collections of ZSR Library claims only physical ownership of most materials. The materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to the U.S. Copyright Law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source.
- Preferred Citation
- Cashie Baptist Church (Windsor, N.C.) Records, (MS740), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
Controlled Access Headings
Geographic Name(s)
Subject(s)
- Baptists -- North Carolina -- Bertie County -- History -- Sources
- Church records and registers -- North Carolina -- Windsor
- Church records and registers -- North Carolina -- Bertie County
Related Materials
Cashie Baptist Church (Windsor, N.C.) (CRMF649), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives.
Digitized materials from this collection are available in Z. Smith Reynolds Library Digital Collections.