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Writer's pictureJo Beth Boyles

Heath family of Iredell County

Updated: Feb 15, 2021

The Danner and Heath families are combined. Marrying into this branch of my husbands family , I was under the impression that the Danners had always been Methodist. In fairness they had been Methodist as long as the older generation could remember. However, the Danner's had been Baptist until the generation of Richard Munsie Danner. Grandpaw Danner and is buried at Clarksbury Methodist Church in Harmony, NC.


He married Clara Edna Heath 21 Dec 1921 in Iredell County. J. H. Pressly married the couple. Cecil Kinder was one of the witnesses. The home the couple would build together is on Kinder Rd.


Father and mother of Clara Edna Heath


Julius Lawrence Heath

1862–1933

BIRTH 6 JAN 1862 • Davie DEATH 1933 • Harmony, Iredell, North Carolina

great-grandfather of husband


Lenora C. Shields

1865–1931

BIRTH 12 JAN 1865 • Tennessee, United States DEATH 1 APR 1931 • Harmony, Iredell, North Carolina

great-grandmother of husband

They were married in the county of Hamblem, Tn. Family tradition says that he was a hymn writer. Research has found another Methodist Hymn writer with the same name who lived in Gary, Indiana.


The 1880 census show 18 year old J. L. Heath living with his parents in the Turnersburg area of Iredell County.


Father and mother of Julius L Heath



Milburn Heath

1816–1900

BIRTH 16 JUN 1816 • Iredell, North Carolina DEATH 28 OCT 1900 • , Davie, North Carolina, USA

2nd great-grandfather of husband

He is buried At Clarksbury Methodist. and it the oldest Heath grave at Clarksbury.


Mary Polly Walker

1823–1916

BIRTH OCTOBER 28 1823 • Smith Grove DEATH FEBRUARY 19 1916 • Turnersburg, Iredell, North Carolina

2nd great-grandmother of husband


Milbourn Heath Confederate North Carolina Regiment 4th Regiment, North Carolina Senior Reserves Company A Rank In Private Rank Out Private. I did not find much on this unit othe than it formed in 1865 for the Carolina Campaign.



Father and mother of Milburn Heath

John Heath

1774–1860

BIRTH 1774 • Stokes, North Carolina, United States DEATH 1860 • , Iredell, North Carolina, USA

3rd great-grandfather of husband


1st wife of John Heath and mother of Milburn Heath. unknown.


John and Hannah married Feb. 20th. 1825 in Rowan County. John is listed in Rowan in 1820.


**Hannah Cain

1794–1855

BIRTH 1794 • Rowan, North Carolina DEATH 1855 • Iredell, North Carolina

2nd wife of John Heath



John is listed on the 1860 census:

John Heath Age: 85

Birth Year: abt 1775

Gender: Male

Birth Place: North Carolina

Home in 1860: North of Hunting Creek, Iredell, North Carolina

Post Office: Houstonville

Dwelling Number: 110

Family Number: 102

Occupation: Farmer


Also on the census are his son and daughter living in the same household.


Mary was a widow of Elijah Campbell. She would live to be 92 and died of a broken hip.



Father and mother of John Heath


John Adams Heath

1752–1824

BIRTH 16 JUN 1752 • Albermarle Parish, Surry, Virginia, United States DEATH 18 MAR 1824 • Stokes, NC, USA

4th great-grandfather of husband


Sarah Scurry

1756–1788

BIRTH 1756 • Virginia, United States DEATH 1788 • North Carolina, United States

4th great-grandmother of husband



It is possible that John Adam Heath was the Heath from Stokes County that bought land from Joseph Banner. This would be in area of Old Town Rd. in Walnut Cove. Later land purchased in the Brook Cove area of Stokes County would find many with the last name of Heath.



William Penn Heath is listed as being born in Harmony. He is buried Holly Spring Baptist in Harmony. How is he connected, I do not know but I will enjoy this "puzzle".





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