James Haggard

1769 - 1838  (69 years)

• Name	James Haggard
  Birth	ABT. 1769	VA
  Gender	Male
  Death	4 Apr 1838	Three Forks, Duck River, Bedford, TN
  Person ID	I1618	forneyclark
  Last Modified	10 Jun 2026

  
  

  Father	Samuel Haggard,   b. 1753, Albemarle, VA d. 1811, Jackson Co., GA (Age 58 years)
  Mother	Nancy Hix,   b. ABT. 1755, VA d. ABT. 1800, Jackson Co., GA (Age 45 years)
  Marriage	ABT. 1775	Surray, NC
  Family ID	F0537	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Freeman,   b. ABT. 1769, Surray, NC d. ABT. 1800, Jackson, GA (Age 31 years)
  Marriage	1790	Surray, NC
  Children	1. Alfred S. Haggard,   b. 1799, Jackson Co., GA d. ABT. 1875, Sarcoxie, Jasper, MO (Age 76 years)
  Family ID	F0541	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Jun 2026

  
  

• Notes

  ******** Source: SEE GARY AND JANET FOSTER'S SITE FOR COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION AND REFERENCES: http://haggard.surnames.com/ http://haggard.surnames.com/historical_files/H2.htm Haggard World Wide Web Sites by Gary & Janet Foster: [Gary Foster is the Administrator; Clinton Haggard's 2500 page document was broken down by Clinton's daughter, Susan E. Haggard Hayashi]: Gary and Janet Foster: HAGGARD/HOGGARD FAMILIES, H1 by Clinton R. Haggard Gary Foster's Haggard Home Page Historical Files: JAMES HAGGARD was born about 1769 in VA. He died on 4 Apr 1838 in THREE FORKS, DUCK RIVER, BEDFORD, TN. He has reference number H11C22. James Haggard, Jr. to Jinny Drinkard, 16 February 1810, Roane County, TN. Surety: James Haggard and John Draper, license missing. Parents: SAMUEL HAGGARD and NANCY HIX. Clinton Haggard's references: "History of the Haggard Family in England and America: 1433-1899" written by David Dawson Haggard in 1899 and published by Joel Munsell's Sons, Albany, NY, a copy of which is in the National Archives in Washington, DC. James Hoggard/Haggard, H11, son of Anthony Hoggard, identified in 1723 Over-wharton Parish, Stafford County, VA, as a tobacco planter with three sons. Nearest neighbors, also tobacco planters, were James French and William Rice. The book by David Dawson Haggard identifies him as a schoolteacher with four sons. Records in the same area include two others believed to be brothers of those named. Mr. Leland Gentry identifies James Haggard's wife as Elizabeth Gentry, baptised 29 August 1687, St. Peter's Parish, New Kent County, VA, daughter of Nicholas Gentry I." "The Gentry Family in America: 1676-1909" written by Richard Gentry, a copy of which is in the Rhode Island Historical Society Library. Reprints have been advertised." "Genealogy and History of the Haggard Family: 1433 to 1899 to 1938 to 1954" copyright 1938 by Jennie (Haggard) Ray, printed in the United States of America by Regional Press, Inc. This is a revision of David Dawson Haggard's book with additions to the line of John Haggard, son of Nathaniel Haggard." "The Clabaughs" by Betty Harrell, 621 Harrington Ave. Los Altos Co. copyright 1982. "This is an excellent biography of the life and times of Rev. Henry Haggard, son of Nathaniel Haggard." [2006 update: Betty is now Betty Harrell Gerlack at 10535 Deodara Drive, Cupertino CA 95014] "Rice Haggard, the American Frontier Evangelist Who Revived the Name Christian" by Colby D. Hall, published in 1957 by the T.C.U. Press, Ft. Worth, TX. This is an excellent booklet on the life of Rice Haggard, son of Edmund Haggard, one of the four sons of James Haggard identified in David Dawson Haggard's book." ********