Andrew Hynes
Founder of Elizabethtown, Kentucky
About Andrew Hynes
Lived 1749 – 1800 (aged 51).
Andrew Hynes (February 28, 1750 – September 1800) 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 in Bardstown, Kentucky.
Colonel Hynes served as one of the delegates that formed the first Constitution of Kentucky, in 1792.
One of Andrew and Elizabeth's daughters, Nancy Hynes (1786–1841), married William Pope Duval, long-serving territorial governor of Florida.
Hynes' nephew, another Colonel Andrew Hynes (1786–1849), was a veteran of the War of 1812, serving as the Adjutant General for the state militia of Tennessee.
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Who was Andrew Hynes?
founder of Elizabethtown, Kentucky (1750–1800)
When was Andrew Hynes born?
Andrew Hynes was born on 28 February 1749.
When did Andrew Hynes die?
Andrew Hynes died on 1 September 1800.
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