Kehaukee

Kehukee Creek flows through the low country of northeastern Carolina to the Roanoke River. The swampy watercourse gave its name to a Baptist meeting house established by William Sojourner around 1742, after he had acquired land in the creek's basin. The congregation became an early centre of Baptist life in the region. In 1769 churches from the surrounding country formed the Kehukee Association, named for the meeting house by the creek.