Display Patriot - P-172279

David HAGGARD

SAR Patriot #: P-172279

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State of Service: VA Qualifying Service: Private

DAR #: A049108

Birth: 04 Feb 1764 / Albemarle / VA
Death: 1843 Bloomington / McClean / IL

Qualifying Service Description:

March 1781, enlisted in the company of Captain John Harris, commanded by Colonel Holt Richeson of the Virginia Militia
Drafted into the company of Captain John Martin, commanded by Colonel Richeson and was later attached to Colonel Sampson Matthews
In late 1781, he served in the company of Captain Joshua Fry

Additional References:

Rev War Pension file R4429V
Soldiers of the American Revolution Buried in Illinois, pg 94
DAR Patriot Index, pg 293

Spouse: Nancy Dawson
Children: Dawson; Elizabeth; Mahala; Sally;

Members Who Share This Ancestor

Date Approved	Society	ACN	SAR Member Info	Lineage via Child
1993-03-10	KY	Unassigned	William Thomas Turner (122342)	Louisa
2024-03-22	KS	108177	John William Forbes (130043)	Cynthia
2024-03-22	KS	108178	Bradley William Forbes (157782)	Cynthia

Burial:

Evergreen Memorial (aka Bloomington) Cemetery_(C-0066161)

Location:

Bloomington / McLean / IL / USA

Find A Grave Cemetery #:

105608

Grave Plot #:

Section G, lot 684

Grave GPS Coordinates:

40.469540 / -88.988160

Find A Grave Memorial #:

41807717

Marker Type:

SAR plaque; DAR;

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

11 Jun 2023

Comments:

Image taken and submitted by Compatriot Stephen R Kern (IL) member number 209690.
The Find-a-Grave memorial shows photographic evidence of an original stone, presumed lost, for the Patriot that appears to be contemporary with the death of the Patriot. The cemetery was started as a small family cemetery in 1831, but was made a public cemetery in 1851 (after the death of the Patriot). This raises the question of what cemetery the original stone was in in 1844)
There is currently a granite marker with a bronze plaque placed by the local DAR chapter

Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

Photo: 1 of 1

Author: Stephen Ray Kern

David Haggard was born on 4 February 1764 in Albemarle County, Virginia, the son of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Gentry) Haggard. They had ten known children.

He is most known for being a soldier in the American Revolutionary War. In March of 1781, at the age of 16, he enlisted at Moppen Hills, eighteen miles south of Richmond, and served in the Virginia Militia for about six months during the Revolutionary War. He was a private under Captains Harris, Martin, and Fry and Colonels Richardson and Matthews. During his time in the army, David was present during the Battle of Yorktown on 14 October 1781. He was put on duty as guardian of the British prisoners of war until he was discharged in November 1781.

After the war, he worked as a carpenter. He lived near President Thomas Jefferson, and at times he was employed by the President to work on his home at Monticello.

In 1779 David Haggard married Nancy Dawson, and they had two sons and eight daughters:

Elizabeth was born on 4 December 1791 and married John Lander.
David Dawson was born on 1 June 1793 and married Charity Baldwin.
Martha was born on 16 January 1795 and married John Routt.
John was born on 24 May 1800 and married Nancy Snelling.
Sally was born in 1803 and married Samuel Landers.
Melvina was born in about 1806 and married Ludwell Rucker.
Cynthia was born on 21 December 1807 and married Isham Bobbitt.
Mahala was born in about 1810 and married James McCaughan.
Louesa was born on 13/25 June 1813 and married William Blakeley.
Louisa was born on 13/25 June 1813 and married William G Thompson.

In 1788, David's parents and many of his brothers and sisters moved to Clark County, Kentucky, in the central part of the state, which was at that time a wilderness. There his father built a house made of hewn cherry logs with port holes for defense against the Native American warriors who were troublesome at the time. David and his wife followed his family to Kentucky between the birth of their first child and their second (in 1792). All of their remaining nine children were born after 1792 in Kentucky.

In 1823 the Haggards moved to Trigg County, Kentucky. Then in 1836, they moved to Bloomington, Illinois, where he would spend the rest of his life. Towards the end of his life, David applied for a military pension for his service during the Revolutionary War. However, his request was denied on 4 March 1841 because he failed to supply enough proof of serving at least six months as required by the pension law passed by Congress in 1832.

The Patriot died on 15 April 1844 at the age of 80 and was buried at Evergreen Memorial Cemetery in Bloomington, Illinois. He is the only known soldier of the Revolutionary War to be buried in Bloomington. In 1913 David’s name was included on the Soldiers and Sailors Monument in Miller Park erected by McLean County.

Source:

Dretske, Lisa. "Haggard, David." McLean County Museum of History, 2009, history.org/research/biographies/haggard-david. Accessed 23 June 2023.

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