Individual Details
(February 4, 1764 - Abt, 1844)
David Haggard was a twin to Bartlett Haggard. Thomas Jefferson was a neighbor of Nathaniel Haggard. David Haggard was a carpenter and installed French windows on the Jefferson home of Monticello near Charlottesville, Albemarle, Virginia. David was a Revolutionary War veteran. While in military service his identical twin brother Bartlett would to come for a visit and they would exchange clothes so David could go home for a visit and his officers couldn't tell the difference. David and Nancy had ten children: David Haggard, born in 1763, married Nancy Dawson, and in 1792 they settled in Clark County, Kentucky, but in 1823 they removed to Trigg County, Kentucky, and in 1836 to Bloomington, Illinois. Their daughter, Martha Haggard, was born in Clark County in 1795, and married John Routt, of the same county, and they went to Illinois. Their son, John L. Routt, was several times governor of Colorado. Bartlett and David Haggard were twins and married sisters (5) Nathan Haggard great-grandfather of Audley Haggard born in 1765, married Elizabeth Hayes, and they settled in Clark County in 1788. They had four sons and three daughters, as follows: Martin, William, John, David, Polly (who married Spencer Holloway), Nancy (who married James Hanson) and Eliza (who married Dennis Doyle.) This family were all Baptists and most of them were members of Providence Church at "the old stone meeting house." At one time there were three David Haggards in Clark County, all first cousins. One of them was David, the grandfather of Audley Haggard. He was born July 28, 1812, and died December 14, 1880. His home was three miles southwest of Winchester, at the present Jeff Tevis farm, and he spent his last days there and was buried at Smithfield. His wife was Temperance Hodgkin, born December 28, 1811, and died April 28, 1883. Of David and Temperance Haggard the children were: James P.,who [is] in Shelby County; Samuel of Arkansas; Charles P. of Winchester; Mildred, a twin sister of Charles P., who married Doctor Morris and lived at Sulphur, Kentucky; Betty, who died in Henry County, the wife of Paschal Maddox; and Barbara, who married John Austin and is deceased.
Events
| Birth | February 4, 1764 | Albemarle County, Virginia | | | |
| Marriage | November 6, 1790 | Albemarle County, Virginia - Nancy Dawson | | | |
| Death | Abt, 1844 | McLean County, Illinois | | | |
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