JAGGERS
My maternal Grandmother was a Jaggers Effie Leroy Jaggers of Hart County, KY.. She was the daughter of Nimrod P. Jaggers and wife of my Grandfather, Harold Francis Cottrell. Hence, my interest in Jaggers Genealogy.
By the time Effie Jaggers was born in 1883, her Jaggers family had been in Hart Co.(and it's parent Hardin Co.) for over seventy five years and were numerous. Her GreatGreat Grandfather, Daniel Jaggers, moved to Hardin Co. KY from Chester Co. South Carolina in 1807 with his wife, Hester, and a rather large family.
Daniel is the first of our direct line of Jaggers ancestors that I know of as of this writing. I have some records of earlier Jaggers and have seen speculation as to Daniel's parents, but no proof. He was born sometime before 1755 and died in 1808. His wife, Hester,was a Granddaughter of John Hitchcock of Camden District, SC. Daniel's will was proven in 1808 and is on record in the KY state archives and in Hardin Co., KY.
Daniel had at least six brothers and sisters as follows:
Jeremiah (1746 1832) Spouse Nancy Cebery
Nathan (1759 1839) Spouse Margaret_______
John ( 1804) Spouse Elizabeth (Estes?)
Jean ( 1796) Spouse John Sealy
Hannah ( 1803) Spouse Thomas Garrett
Martha Spouse ______ Strange
There are wills, deeds and other public records of these Jaggers in the court house in Chester, SC.
John, Jean and Hannah died in SC. Jeremiah and Nathan left SC by the early 1800's after having served in the Revolutionary War. Jeremiah died in Madison Co. Alabama in 1832 and Nathan died inWhite Co., Illinois about 1840 according to the war pension records.
Daniel and Hester had a large family most of whom came to KY with them. Daniel's will mentions the following: wife Hester, sons William, John and Nathan, daughters Martha Estes, Hannah Dorsey, Hester Sealy and Mary. It also mentions Simeon, Jeremiah (as executor), Levi and Naomi who are assumed from the context to be sons and daughters also. William, John, Simeon, Hester and perhaps others moved on to Maury Co., TN in the early 1800's. Jeremiah, Nathan and Levi stayed in Hart Co. KY and reared large families there. I have a deed that records that a Daniel Jaggers Jr. bought land in Chester Co. from Daniel Sr. at about the time Daniel Sr.was moving to KY. I have seen no documentory evidence to show that this Daniel Jr. was a son of Daniel Sr. I understand that Nathan Jaggers and Jeremiah Jaggers, brothers of Daniel Sr., each had a son named Daniel and that the terms Jr. and Sr. did not necessarily denote father and son in those days. However, it appears to me that the sons of Nathan and Jeremiah were too young to be the Daniel Jr. buying land. I think it is reasonable to proceed on the basis that this Daniel Jr. was a son of Daniel Sr. Daniel Jr. went to MS (Wilkinson, Amite and Madison Counties)
My Grandmother, Effie, was a Jaggers on both sides of her family due to a cousin marriage. Her father, Nimrod (1855 1894), was a Great Grandson of Daniel by way of Jeremiah (1779 1854) and Jeremiah Jr.(1818 1900). Her mother, Sarah Waddle, was a Great Granddaughter of Daniel by way of Nathan Jaggers (17871867) and his daughter, Luraney (1824 1862c). Luraney married Nathaniel Waddle. Cousin marriages were not uncommon in rural areas. After all, one could only court those within walking or horseback riding distance.
From Jeremiah, Nathan and Levi came hundreds of Hart Co. Jaggers.
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