Audley Haggard Family History of Kentucky, five volumes, edited by Judge Charles Kerr, American
Historical Society, New York & Chicago, 1922, Vol. V, p. 330,Clark County
In Clark County members of the Haggard family have been prominent in
agriculture and other affairs for several generations. The home of Audley
Haggard seven miles south of Winchester stands on the highest elevation in the
county, with a wide range of view, the lights of the City of Richmond, county
seat of Madison County, being within vision at night. This farm was once
owned by David Haggard, grandfather of Frank Haggard, the attorney.
Henry Rider Haggard, the distinguished English novelist (who claims "kin" with the
Haggards of Clark County) is authority for the statement that the Haggard
family are descended from Andrew Ogard of Denmark, who settled in County
Norfolk, England, in the year 1433, was naturalized there, and was knighted by
King Henry VII. Though they have made no effort to trace the connection, the
Haggards of Clark County are certainly descended from this Sir Andrew Ogard,
whose name was anglicized into Haggard.
So far as is known the first Haggard to
come to America was James Haggard, who had been educated for the Episcopal
ministry in England, and came to Norfolk, Virginia, in 1698, being then not
yet twenty-one years old. He taught school in Norfolk for years and
eventually married one of his pupils, whose name has not descended. They had
four sons, Nathaniel, Edmund, Zachary and Gray. It is only with Nathaniel
that this sketch has to do.
Nathaniel Haggard was born November 21, 1723, and
married Elizabeth Gentry. They settled in Albemarle County, Virginia, and in
1788 they went to Kentucky, settling three miles south of where Winchester
now stands and where George W. Haggard now lives, in the same house, which is
undoubtedly the oldest building of any kind in the county.
Nathaniel Haggard died August 21, 1820, at the ripe age of ninety-seven years. He raised a family of seven sons and three daughters. All of his children were born in
Virginia, and some of them never settled in Clark County. Those of them who
did were : (1) John Haggard, born in 1754, married Mary Shepherd. They
settled about eight miles south of Winchester, and raised four sons and four
daughters - Pleasant, who married a Miss Watts; Martin, who married Sallie
Hampton; John, who married Rhoda Quisenberry, daughter of Rev. James
Quisenberry; David T., who married Patsey Adams; Polly who married Minor Winn;
Elizabeth, who married Joel Quisenberry, son of Rev. James Quisenberry; Sallie
who married Jessie Hampton; and Nancy, who married David Reed. David T.
Haggard was the father of Judge Augustine I. Haggard and grandfather of Judge
Rodney Haggard.
(2) Rev. James Haggard (Baptist minister) born 1759,
married Betsey Gentry, in 1790 settled in Clark County, but in 1816 removed
to Christian County, Kentucky.
(3) Bartlett Haggard, born in 1763
married Martha Dawson, and in 1788 they settled in Clark County, Kentucky.
They had two sons, Martin who married Elizabeth Dane, and Allen Dawson,
who married Frances Haggard, daughter of Pleasant Haggard.
(4) 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.
Charles P. Haggard, father of Audley Haggard, married for his first wife, Edith Elkin, daughter of Enoch and Ann Polly (Quisenberry) Elkin.
Her mother was a daughter of Roger Quisenberry, who was born November 23,
1792, and died March 29, 1877, while his wife, Polly, was born October 10,
1795, and died January 30, 1866. The old home of Enoch Elkin is now owned by
Joe Carroll of the Boonesboro Pike. A brother of Edith Elkin was Doctor
Elkin, who died at Louisville. None of the Elkins remain in Clark County.
Enoch Elkin, born January 30, 1803, died at the age of sixty-one, on July 12,
1864. His first wife Ann P.Quisenberry, was born April 24, 1814, and died
January 8, 1878. They were married February 17, 1831. The Elkins were one of
the very wealthy families of the county, and Enoch Elkin was a prominent
dealer in mules for many years. Edith Elkin died four years after her
marriage, leaving two sons, Audley and Morris. The latter is a farmer and
merchant at Somerset, Kentucky. Both these sons were reared by their
stepmother, who was one of the very best of women and a real mother to them.
Charles P. Haggard soon after his marriage moved to Monroe County, Missouri,
where his wife died. He then returned and became a partner of Sam P. Hodgkin.
About 1902 he bought the farm now owned by his son Audley. This farm had
been given by another David Haggard to his daughter Frankie, who married
Nathan Lipscomb. Mrs. Lipscomb's daughter, Nannie May Lispscomb, became
the second wife of Charles P. Haggard. At the death of Mrs. Lipscomb the farm
was sold to Charles P. Haggard, his wife having an interest in it. After
three years of residence on the farm Charles P. Haggard moved to Winchester,
where his wife died the same year. At that time Charles bought out the
grocery business of his son Morris at Winchester, and is still one of the
active merchants of that city.
Audley Haggard's chief farm comprises a
splendid property in the Blue Grass section, and he also owns a half interest
in the adjoining farm. On November 14, 1906, Audley Haggard married Sudie
Ecton, a daughter of Woody and Mollie (Allan) Ecton. The children of
Audley Haggard and wife are Morris Allan, Marion Elkin and Audley, Jr.
Mr. Haggard is an active member and a deacon of the Mount Olive Baptist Church.
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