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Rev. Jeremiah Heath

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Rev. Jeremiah Heath

Birth
North Carolina, USA
Death
22 Feb 1867 (aged 73)
Cove City, Craven County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Craven County, North Carolina, USA Add to Map
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Parents: Rigdon and Elizabeth (Jackson) HEATH.
Spouse: Clemmie Holland Jones (NC mar rec'ds).
Jeremiah was a prominent surveyor in the early formation of the area, to which land records attest; also, he was a Free Will Baptist (FWB) minister. He organized the Core Creek FWB Church, and also pastored the FWB church at New Bern, NC, and probably others.

Rev. Jeremiah HEATH's name is found among historical records with early FWB minister's names who contended for, and remained influential in sustaining the Orig. Free Will Baptist church in its early formation and growth, especially the old Bethel Conference, when it could have been merged.
He raised several children who became worthy citizens. Rev. Jesse Heath's name is known as a prominent leader in the area.
(Family papers are held in Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, N.C. --Index is online)
Among the articles are "Minutes of the N.C. Original Free Will Baptist General Conference," Pitt County (1864). This gives the names and churches of delegates, names of ministers, and statistics for the different churches.
Parents: Rigdon and Elizabeth (Jackson) HEATH.
Spouse: Clemmie Holland Jones (NC mar rec'ds).
Jeremiah was a prominent surveyor in the early formation of the area, to which land records attest; also, he was a Free Will Baptist (FWB) minister. He organized the Core Creek FWB Church, and also pastored the FWB church at New Bern, NC, and probably others.

Rev. Jeremiah HEATH's name is found among historical records with early FWB minister's names who contended for, and remained influential in sustaining the Orig. Free Will Baptist church in its early formation and growth, especially the old Bethel Conference, when it could have been merged.
He raised several children who became worthy citizens. Rev. Jesse Heath's name is known as a prominent leader in the area.
(Family papers are held in Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, N.C. --Index is online)
Among the articles are "Minutes of the N.C. Original Free Will Baptist General Conference," Pitt County (1864). This gives the names and churches of delegates, names of ministers, and statistics for the different churches.

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Organized Core Creek Free Will Baptist Church 1865



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