Samuel L. Haggard Sr. (1755 - abt. 1811)

Born 26 Dec 1755 in Albemarle County, Colony of Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Nancy Ann (Hix) Haggard — married about 1774 (to about 1800) in Albermarle County, Virginia

Descendants

Died about 3 Jan 1811 at about age 55 in Jackson County, Georgia, United States

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Biography

From The History of the Haggard Family ^[1]

Samuel Haggard, son of Gray Haggard, was born in Virginia, but went to Jackson county, Georgia, when a young man, where he married Nancy Hix, and raised sons as follows: James, Gray, Alfred, John, Samuel, and French. The daughters were Betsy, Patsy, Hannah, Polly, and Sally.

Power of Attorney from Peter Cook, Gray Haggard, George Pickle, Jonathan Haggard, and John Hicks to French Haggard^[2]

KNOW all men by these presents that we Gray Haggard and Jonathan Haggard, and John Hicks in the right of his wife Nancy Haggard now Nancy Hicks, and George Pickle in right of his wife Susannah Haggard now Susannah Pickle, and Peter Cook in right of his wife Hannah Haggard now Hannah Cook, being the legal heirs of Samuel Haggard . . . all of Roane County and State of Tennessee do constitute make and appoint French Haggard of the County and state aforesaid our true and lawful attorney for and in our name to ask . . . and receive and accept, sue for and access sell and convey a certain tract of land containing two hundred acres, lying and being in the State of Georgia and County of Jackson on the waters of Turkey Creek being the tract of land the said Samuel Haggard deceased formerly lived on and died in possession of the same as may be more fully seen by referring to to the records of that county and further empower our said attorney to act and to do all things in and about the premises for us in as full a manner as we could do were we personally present. In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and offices and seals this 22 day of January 1819. <signed> Gray Haggard George Pickle Jonathan Haggard John Hicks Attest: James Johnston Alan Nismith John Watson

Research Notes

'See http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/haggard/1069/ for similar transcriptions and a transcript of Samuel Haggard's will.'

Sources

1. ↑ Haggard, David D. History of the Haggard family in England and America 1433 to 1899. Bloomington, Illinois, 1899. 2008. https://archive.org/details/historyofhaggard00hagg.
2. ↑ Power of Attorney from Peter Cook, Gray Haggard, George Pickle, Jonathan Haggard, and John Hicks to French Haggard TSLA, Roane County Tennessee Deeds, Book E, Page 540, 22 January 1819

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Haggard-48 created through the import of Shurtliff Family.ged on Jun 20, 2011 by Mark Shurtliff.
• Haggard-303 was created by Stacey Hoffmann through the import of Casey(1)_2014-07-17.ged on Jul 17, 2014.