Andrew Hynes

Male, Deceased Person

1749 – 1800

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Who was Andrew Hynes?

Andrew Hynes was the founder of Elizabethtown, Kentucky, which town was named for his wife, Elizabeth Warford Hynes. The son of William and Hannah Hynes, Andrew was born in Hagerstown, Maryland, and died September 1800 in Bardstown, Kentucky.

Colonel Hynes served as one of the delegates that formed the first Constitution of Kentucky in 1792. Andrew & Elizabeth's son, also Colonel Andrew Hynes, was a veteran of the War of 1812, serving as the Adjutant General for the State Militia of Tennessee. Their daughter, Nancy, married the Honorable William Pope Duval, first territorial governor of Florida.

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Born
Feb 28, 1749
Died
1800

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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