John Heath (May 8, 1758 – October 13, 1810) was an American lawyer and politician from Northumberland County, Virginia.
[1] His parents were Mary and John Heath Sr., a captain during the Indian War of 1755 and a member of the Virginia Colony's House of Burgesses.
[2] Heath was one of the four founders of the Phi Beta Kappa fraternity on December 6, 1776, and served as its first president through February 24, 1778.
[1] Heath declined to run for reelection to Congress and returned to his law practice in Northumberland County.
[1][5] In 1803, Governor John Page appointed Heath to the Virginia Privy Council; his term started on December 3, 1803.
[6] In 1791, he bought an estate that is a mile from what is now the town of Heathsville; he named the property Springfield and built a house.
[6] He sold Springield and other properties in Northampton County and moved to Richmond in 1803 when he was appointed the state's privy council.