EV. DAVID HAGGARD joined the Methodists in 1787, and served on the Banks, Anson, and Halifax circuits. He traveled two years in Kentucky, after which he returned to North Carolina, and labored on the Salisbury circuit. The Methodist minutes do not record his name later than 1798, at which time he is said to have located.

      After O'Kelly's withdrawal from the Methodists, Rev. David Haggard joined him, and labored with him in establishing and building up the Christian Church. After spending some time in Virginia and North Carolina, he returned to Kentucky, where he labored for a number of years. It appears that he is reported as having joined the "new lights," but this term was applied to various religious communities. So, it was applied to the Christians there probably. It is very probable also that David Haggard, who as we are impressed was the older, induced his brother Rice Haggard to locate in Kentucky, which he did not later than about 1812, [37] settling in Cumberland county. David Haggard appears to have previously settled in the same part of the State, where he died at an advanced age.

[LCM 37-38]