EV. HENRY HAYES was born in Wake county, North Carolina, June 3, 1786, and died in Carroll county, Tennessee, September 17, 1845. He was married to Mary Burnham of Wake county, North Carolina, in 1843, and later moved to Tennessee.

      He was converted in 1802, and connected himself with the Christian Church. Elder Joseph Thomas speaks of holding meeting at the home of Henry Hayes on his way to Conference at Raleigh, North Carolina, in 1807. Elders M. Debruler and John Hayes, an older brother of Henry Hayes, were among the number going to the Conference. Rev. Henry Hayes was ordained to the gospel ministry, December 22, 1810. He spent five years as an itinerant in North Carolina, but finally moved to Tennessee. Not finding any of the Christian Denomination where he settled, he labored with the Methodist Protestants.

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