The church, built in 1850, served both the white planter and the black enslaved populations of Madison during the Antebellum era.

[2] On June 28, 1849, two half-acre plots were purchased in Rockingham County, North Carolina, and another plot purchased on February 13, 1851, for the use of a church.

Original documents of the Church were destroyed in a fire, but it is believed the building was completed in 1850.

The church, built during the Antebellum period, provided a gallery seating for slaves who attended religious services with their plantation masters, many of whom were tobacco planters.

Following primitive baptist tradition, preaching was held every fourth Saturday and Sunday of the month instead of weekly.