William B Haggard (1753 - 1852)

Born 7 Aug 1753 in Charlottesville, Albemarle, Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Ann (Aiken) Haggard — married about 1774 in Orange, , North Carolina Colony

Descendants

Died 23 Jul 1852 at age 98 in Lancaster, Garrard, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

William Haggard is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A049113.

William Haggard is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: P-172285
Rank: Soldier

Early Life

William was born on August 7th 1753 in Albemarle County, Virginia Colony to Edmund Haggard and Mary Ann Rice.^[1][2]

Family

He married Mary Ann Aiken about 1774 in Orange County, North Carolina. They had nine children together:

1. John Haggard
2. William Haggard
3. Elizabeth Haggard Anderson
4. David Haggard
5. Rice Haggard
6. James Haggard
7. Mary Haggard Young
8. Jane Haggard
9. Catherine "Kitty" Haggard

In 1810 they were living in Madison County, Kentucky.^[3]

In 1820 they were living in Madison County, Kentucky.^[4]

In 1830 they were living in Garrard County, Kentucky.^[5]

In 1840 they were living in Garrard County, Kentucky.^[6]

Military Service

William served in the Revolutionary War. He entered service in 1776 in Orange County, North Carolina as a drafted militia man for three months. Later he reentered service in Bedford County, Virginia as a volunteer for three months. He was drafted a second a third time in 1780 and 1782 in Orange County, North Carolina for three months each. ^{[7] [8]}

Death & Legacy

William passed away on June 23rd 1852 in Garrard County, Kentucky.^[9]

"William Haggard Senr, the subject of this notice, was born in Albemarle County Va, on the 7th of August 1753 and died near Lancaster, Ky, on the 23d day of July 1852 - aged ninety -eight years, eleven months and sixteen days. Soon after the close of the revolutionary war, in which the deceased had served three campaigns, he visited the then wilderness of Kentucky, to view "the dark and bloody ground," and afterwards, in 1794 removed permanently with his family to that state. He had living at the time of his decease, six children, thirty-eight grand children, one hundred and forty-nine great-grand children, and a number of great great grand children. During the last twenty years of his life, he enjoyed a pension from the government. To but few men are allotted so many years, and even of that small number, few, comparatively speaking, have to the last been so highly blessed by the possession of their physical and mental faculties. This venerable man, we understand, continued to work in his garden and attend to various matters of business up to a period within three weeks of his death, and appeared to retain the possession of his mental faculties and was entirely conscious of approaching dissolution, until within a few moments of his last breath. Two of his sons, Wm. and David Haggard are highly respected citizens of this county. For the above particulars are indebted to our esteemed friend Wm. I. Anderson Esq, who is a grandson of the deceased."^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ Haggard, Clinton R. "Historical Files." Haggard Genealogy. Accessed November 22, 2017. http://www.angelfire.com/ri/haggardgenealogy/#H-files.
2. ↑ Haggard, David D., History of the Haggard family in England and America, 1433 to 1899 (Bloomington, IL: n.p., 1899).
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1810", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2P-DZH : Mon Mar 11 02:09:33 UTC 2024), Entry for William Haggard, 1810.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1820", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHGX-BFZ : Fri Mar 08 23:49:21 UTC 2024), Entry for Wm Haggard, Senior, 1820.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1830", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHPB-GLH : Sun Mar 10 16:18:57 UTC 2024), Entry for William Haggard, 1830.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1840", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHR1-TP7 : Sun Mar 10 02:43:10 UTC 2024), Entry for William Haggard, 1840.
7. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 22 April 2024), "Record of William Haggard", Ancestor # A049113.
8. ↑ Pension application of William Haggard S31090, Transcribed by Will Graves. https://revwarapps.org/s31090.pdf
9. ↑ "United States Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers, 1818-1872", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24Q-PSP8 : Sat Mar 09 12:14:19 UTC 2024), Entry for William Haggard.
10. ↑ "Another Revolutionary Soldier Gone," The Miners' Express (Dubuque, Iowa), 25 Aug 1852, p. 3, col. 2

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Haggard-63 created through the import of Shurtliff Family.ged on Jun 20, 2011 by Mark Shurtliff. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Mark and others.