HYNES FAMILY PAPERS,

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1 State of Tennessee Department of State Tennessee State Library and Archives 403 Seventh Avenue North Nashville, Tennessee HYNES FAMILY PAPERS, Processed by JHT Archives and Manuscripts Section Date Completed: February 23, 1982 Accession Number: THS 398, 466 Location: THS II-A-5 Microfilm Accession Number: 1244

2 INTRODUCTION The Hynes Family Papers, , is centered around Andrew Hynes ( ), a merchant, planter, soldier, and land speculator of Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee. The papers were given to the Tennessee Historical Society by Dr. and Mrs. Barry J. Brown, Nashville, Tennessee. The 1982 addition was loaned for copying by John Heflin. The collection consists of.84 of linear feet of shelf space and has approximately 137 items. There are no restrictions on this collection.

3 SCOPE AND CONTENT The Hynes Family Papers, containing 89 items and spanning the years, , are concentrated in the period 1816 to 1846 and consists of accounts, contracts, correspondences, court records, land records (deeds, entries, plats, surveys) leases, and a power of attorney which documents the career of Colonel Andrew Hynes ( ), merchant, land speculator, and planter of Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee. Correspondence for the years, , consists of 45 letters addressed primarily to Andrew Hynes at Bardstown, Kentucky, Nashville, Tennessee, or Plaquemine, Louisiana. Most prominent among the correspondents is Edward James Gay ( ), merchant and businessman from St. Louis, Missouri, who in 1840 married Lavina Hynes, daughter of Colonel Andrew Hynes. 20 letters by Gay from St. Louis for the years, concern primarily the sugar and molasses business and family affairs. After moving to Iberville Parish, Louisiana, Gay served as U.S. Representative in Congress from 1885 to Other family correspondences includes nine letters by William Rose Hynes ( ), older brother of Colonel Andrew Hynes, whose letters from Bardstown, Kentucky are dated, ; single letters by Mary Jane Hynes (1826-?), who married St. Louis merchant P.R. McCreery in 1846, and Lavinia Hynes Gay (1820-?); and two letters by Colonel Hynes son, William Rose Hynes ( ). Land records including deeds, entries, plats, and surveys are primarily for tracts of land purchased or sold by Colonel Andrew Hynes in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, and Dickson and Robertson Counties, Tennessee, and Nelson County, Kentucky, for the years, The 1982 addition to this collection includes correspondence addressed to Andrew Hynes, , including 27 letters from Edward J. Gay of St. Louis, Missouri, A deed for Lot 23, Nashville, Tennessee, August 23, 1814, is also included.

4 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH Andrew Hynes was born on December 2, 1785 near Bardstown, Nelson County, Kentucky to Thomas Hynes ( ) and Abigail Rose Hynes ( ) of Maryland. In 1804, Hynes was appointed deputy postmaster in Bardstown, Kentucky. In 1809, he moved to Nashville, Tennessee, and became involved in the mercantile business. In 1812, he enlisted as first lieutenant with the Tennessee Volunteers and served as an aide to General Andrew Jackson in the Natchez Expedition. On November 12, 1814, was captain and aide-de-camp under General William Carroll and was active in the New Orleans Campaign. From 1814 to 1816, Hynes served as Adjutant General to the State of Tennessee. On March 2, 1817, Hynes married Nancy Erwin, daughter of Captain Joseph Erwin, of Nashville, Tennessee. In 1824, he served as justice of the peace in Davidson County, Tennessee and operated copper still and tin manufactory on the Public Square in Nashville, Tennessee. On January 21, 1849, Hynes died at his residence near Nashville, Tennessee.

5 CONTAINER LIST Box 1 1. Accounts---Hynes, Andrew with Logan Circuit Court, Logan County, Kentucky, Contract---Deed Covenant---Knox, Hugh to Elai Mecalf, Lot 23, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, August 3, Contract---Wright, Abrahm for Joseph Erwin and Richards and Pubh for purchase of 563/4 acres, Davidson County, Tennessee, March 5, Correspondence---Bullock, Winfield-Ewing, Andrew Hynes 5. Correspondence---Gay, Edward J., Correspondence---Gay, Lavinia (Hynes), Correspondence---Hynes, Leaven L.-Hynes, Thomas 8. Correspondence---Hynes, William R., Correspondence---Hynes, William R., n.d., Correspondence---Jennings, Daniel-Renick, Felix 11. Court Records---Bill---Foster, Ephraim H. vs. Andrew Hynes et al, Davidson County Chancery Court, Davidson County, Tennessee, October 19, Court Records---Bill of Indictment [Blank]---Grand Jury---Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Williamson County, Tennessee, October, Court Records---Certification---Bill of Sale---Issac, Benjamin to Daniel Cameron, Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Davidson County, Tennessee, October 2, Court Records---Decree---Case of A.V. Brown---Tennessee Supreme Court, ca Deeds---Ament, George to Andrew Hynes, Lot 35, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, October 28, Deeds---Bibb, Richard Bibb and Lucy Bib to Andrew Hynes, Nelson County, Kentucky, June 7, Deeds---Crockett, R.B. to Lawrence P. Jefferson (personal property included), n.d. 18. Deeds---Erwin, John P. to Andrew Hynes, part of Lot 23, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, October 16, Deeds---Ewing, Andrew and Margaret Ewing to Andrew Hynes, 18 ¾ acres, Erwin Plantation, Davidson county, Tennessee, April 20, Deeds---Ewing, Nathan to Thomas Hickman, Lot 151, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, January 23, Deeds---Gay, Edward J. and Lavinia Gay to Andrw Hynes, 18 acres, Erwin Plantation, Davidson County, Tennessee, July 30, Deeds---Green, Joseph to Andrew, Lot, Nashville, Charlotte Road, Davidson County, Tennessee, October 23, Deeds---Hill, John M. and Oliver B. Hays to Andrew Hynes, town lot, Water Street, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, October 19, Deeds---Hynes, Andrew to George W. Gibbs, part of Lot 37, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, May 11, Hynes, Andrew and William Keen to John Harper and Robert Nichol, 80 30/100 acres, Madison County, Alabama, July 21, 1828

6 26. Deeds---Kinne, Orrin A. to Andrew Hynes, Lot 119, Gay and Vine Streets, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee September 10, Deeds---Lenox, James and John Hundley, administrators of William Lenox to Andrew Hynes and James T. Laurason, 240 acres, Davidson and Robertson Counties, Tennessee, October 1, Deeds---Link, Joseph to Joseph Green, Lot 4, Nashville, Charlotte Road, Davidson County, Tennessee, May 9, Deeds---Long, Betsey to Joseph Erwin, 17 acres, Davidson County, Tennessee, August 1, Deeds---Norvell, Moses to Andrew Haynes, Lot 5, Market Street, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, February 14, Deeds---Pageot, May Ann Lewis Alphonso Pageot to Andrew Hynes, Lot 31, College Street, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, October 1, Deeds---Porterfield, John and Edwin R. Glascock to Paul Frederick Tavel, Lot 34, Clay and Porterfield Streets, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, November 16, Deeds---Richards, William M. and Sally Richards to Joseph Erwin and John Nichols, 24 acres, Davidson County, Tennessee, December 1, Deeds---Slaughter, Robert C. and Nancy Slaughter, Valentine Thompson and Mary Thompson, William R. Hynes and Barbara Hynes to Andrew Hynes, 125 acres, Nelson County, Kentucky, February 18, Deeds---Tait, William and Thomas Crutcher, Executors of Ann Hay to Andrew Hynes, Lot 6, Market Street, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, October, Deeds---Talbot, Eli, Clerk and Master, Davidson Court of Equity, to Andrew Hynes, Lots 20, 21, 31, 33, 35, 44, 45, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, October 28, Deeds---Taylor, Luther to Andrew Hynes, Lot 33, College Street, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, January 2, Deeds---Watson, Edward C. to Andrew Hynes, 14 tracts, 8315 acres, Dickerson County, Tennessee, October 8, Deeds---Watson, Samuel and Silas A. Shephard to Edwin H. Ewing, 238 ¼ acres, Davidson and Robertson Counties, Tennessee, August 18, Deeds---Watson, Samuel and Silas A. Shephard to Edwin H. Ewing, 238 ¾ acres, Davidson and Robertson Counties, Tennessee, August 18, Deeds---Young, M.C. and Sophia T. Young to Thomas J. Waggoner, Davidson County, Tennessee, Davidson County, Tennessee, December 20, Entry---Knox, James, 600 acres, Davidson County, Tennessee, January 2, Plats---Duval, Samuel H., 600 acres, Davidson County, Tennessee, June 12, Plats---Duval, Samuel H., 600 acres, Davidson County, Tennessee, November 10, Plats---Watson, Edward C., 600 acres, Dickson County, Tennessee, August 22, Surveys---Bedford, Benjamin W., 479 acres and 56 poles, Davidson County, Tennessee, May 4, Surveys---Gray, James, 483 ½ acres, Davidson County, Tennessee, June 3, Surveys---Johnson, J.T., 600 acres, Davidson County, Tennessee, June 15, Surveys---Porter, James A., 300 acres, Davidson County, Tennessee, May 31, 1826

7 50. Lease---Ewing, E.H. to Robert H. McEwen, Part of Lot 6, Market Street, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, June 30, Lease---Hemplemann, C.T. to P.F. Tavel, No. 58 Public Square, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, June 30, Power of Attorney---Vaucher, George to William Howell, Stewart County, Tennessee, November 1848 Box 2 1. Correspondence---Author unknown-erwin, John 2. Correspondence---Gay, Edward.J., Correspondence---Gay, Edward J., Correspondence---Gay, Edward J., Correspondence---Gay, Lavina (Hynes), Correspondence---Grayson, Beverly R-Hynes, William R. 7. Correspondence---Jennings, Daniel-Taylor, Harrison 8. Land record---deed---butler, William E., Stockley D. and Lydia Hayes to Andrew Hynes, Lot 23, Nashville, Tennessee, August 23, Military record---hynes, Major Andrew,

8 NAME INDEX This is a name index for the correspondence in the Hynes Papers, included are the dates of the letters, information regarding their contents, and names of recipients. The numbers in parentheses immediately following the name denote the number of letters, if more than one. The last numbers refer to boxes and folders in which the material can be found. Author unknown to daughter, n.d., re: hard times; family news; religion, 2-1 Bare, J.E. to Andrew Hynes, 1817, re: (in French0, 2-1 Barnes, A.E. to M.B. Dewitt, 1853, re: preaching at Columbia, Tennessee; publication for articles in The Pearl by Bro. Langoon; taking embroidery and music lessons, 2-1 Bullock, Winfield to Andrew Hynes, 1805, re: payment of note on Joseph Gordons, 1-4 Colthar, G.H. to Friend, 1856, re: family news from Mt. Harmony, McMinn Co., Tennessee; Hiwassee School closes; M.C. Brown of Madisonville Male Academy; marriage of Harriet M. Lowry, 1-4 Dinsmore and Kyle to L. Washington, 1848, re: sale of cargos of wheat received at Baltimore on vessel s Entelligence and Columbia, 2-1 Edwards, Presley to Andrew R. Hynes, 1805, re: requests book entitled British Spy, 1-4 Erwin, John to Col. Andrew Hynes, 1818, re: encloses bill of exchange on Price and Morgan of Philadelphia; requests payment of note to Billy Wilson and balance to brother, Joseph Erwin, 2-1 Ewing, Andrew Hynes to William R. Hynes, 1841, re: Tyree Springs Resort, Sumner County, Tennessee, 1-4 Gay, Edward J. (20) to Col. Andrew Hynes, , re: family news and the sugar and molasses business in St. Louis, Missouri, 1-5 Gay, Edward J. to Col. Andrew Hynes, 1840, re: return trip to St. Louis, business, still still slow, sugar prices 7 ½ cents to 8 cents; expect to have 8 cents as established price in the fall, 2-2 Gay, Edward J. to Col. Andrew Hynes, 1841, re: announces the birth of a son to his wife, Lavinia in St. Louis, 2-2 Gay, Edward J. to Col. Andrew Hynes, 1841, re: Mr. Williams arrival in St. Louis, Williams assists Mr. Fisk, broker of New Orleans; sugar market at St. Louis offering 10% above Louisville; river low and boats unable to haul full freights, 2-2 Gay, Edward J. to Col. Andrew Hynes, 1841, re: unable to speak to Mr. Enders at Paducah on taxes; slow summer business; Joel Leftwich stops by with bride on way to New York; termination of Alexander Wilson s marriage; robbery of the Jacksonsville Branch of the State Bank of Illinois, 2-2 Gay, Edward J. to Andrew Hynes, 1842, re: Mr. Richardson s offices; discrediting of the notes of State Bank of Illinois; suggest sales in New Orleans more profitable than elsewhere, 2-2 Gay, Edward J. to col. Andrew Hynes, 1842, re: receipt of Col. Hynes letter on board Red River ; foreign bank notes dominates currency in St. Louis account with Seay and Sheppard; little Andrew grows finely, 2-2

9 Gay, Edward J. to Col., Andrew Hynes, 1842, re: encloses deed for Lavinia Gay s Interest in plantation; failure of Illinois banks; specie becomes circulating Medium; rents are down by over half; rising generation is ignorant of economy And have few industrious traits of forefathers; Lavinia wishes to visit, 2-2 Gay, Edward J. to Col. Andrew Hynes, 1842, re: receipt of letter and deed sale of Col. Hynes farm; schooling for Mary Jane; dispose of sugar refinery; Mr. Belcher Seeks low-priced sugar; Mr. Craighead could get good price, 2-2 Gay, Edward J. to Col. Andrew Hynes, 1842, re: Lavinia s arrival at Smithland; Whigs should abandon distribution scheme due to the curtailment of imports Into the country; suggests planters market sugar early; Mr. Craighead should ship ] molasses early, 2-2 Gay, Edward J. to Andrew Hynes, 1842, re: flour shipment to Messrs. Seay and Sheppard; syrup order for Mr. Belchar; Craighead s sugar house not to be ready As soon as anticipated; religious excitement at Plaquemine---30 whites join Church including Mrs. Lavinia Legendre; Edward Livingston returns as covert Of August College, 2-2 Gay, Edward J. to Col. Andrew Hynes, 1842, re: arrival of 80 barrels of sugar from Erwin Plantation on Steamboat Shepherd; 5 ½ cents best asking price; sale of 59 barrels of sugar for Craighead at 5 cents; Mr. Craighead expects less sugar from plantation and wants Col. Haynes to stay in the upper country to superintend shipment of sugar, control prices, ect., 2-2 Gay, Edward J. to Col. Andrew Hynes, 1843, re: sale of 80 hhs. Sugar from plantation At $62.01; contradictory reports on crop from Louisiana; looks for Col. Hynes At St. Louis on way south, 2-2 Gay, Edward J. to Col. Andrew Hynes, 1844, re: return of delegates from Democratic Convention who spirited meeting; Whigs able to compete with them on 21 st in Numbers and interest; turnip seed sent by Mr. Morton; death of Mrs. Edwin Ewing, 2-3 Gay, Edward J. to Col. Andrew Hynes, 1844, re: receipt of Col. Hynes letter from Mrs. Edwards; illness in family; demand for sugar and molasses will bring Good prices for first shipments of new crop, 2-3 Gay, Edward J. to Col. Andrew Hynes, 1844, re: request that Col. Hynes bring Mary Jane And Willie to St. Louis for visit; large sugar crop expected; early sales fro both Sugar and molasses recommended, 2-3 Gay, Edward J. to Col. Andrew Hynes, 1844, re: Col. Hynes arrival at plantation; sugar Received on Independence sold at 6 cent; no more favorable prices expected until Spring trade opens; receipt of sugar shipments from Mrs. Robertson, Mr. Edwards, and Dr. Stone, 2-3 Gay, Edward J. to Col. Andrew Hynes, 1844, re: ice in river forces travel by land to Louisville; sends proceeds of account with Small and McGill by Independence; To be in Louisiana by February, 2-3 Gay, Edward J. to W. and J. Montgomery, 1845, re: receipt of invoices for 419 hogsheads Of sugar shipped by Maria; sends payment; requests Mr. Beebee of the White to Get approval of draft while boat is at Lafayette, 2-3

10 Gay, Edward J. to Messrs, Hynes and Craighead, 1845, re: letter received with shipment of sugar and molasses by Eclipse; low price for sugar continues; small and McGill transfer credit to account of Hynes and Craighead, 2-3 Gay, Edward J. to Col. Andrew Hynes, 1845, re: payment of account to J.B. Knowles, purchases lot in St. Louis from Mr. Bonis of Point Connpe, Louisiana for $6,000, 2-3 Gay, Edward J. to col. Andrew Hynes, 1845, re: receives news from Col. Hynes in Louisiana by the Scott; sugar selling slowly at 6 cents; illness of Willie; shipment of pork to Mr. Roth ; Henry Desobry says no demand for jowls, 2-3 Gay, Edward J. to Col. Andrew Hynes, 1846, re: receipt of 110 barrels of molasses on Montgomery from Conrad s; nearly half sold at 29 cents; sale of balance of Mrs. Robertson s sugar at 5 1/8 cent; only 5 hogshead of sugar on hand; John requested to bring sugar out of Bayou Plaquemine, 2-4 Gay, Edward J. to Col. Andrew Hynes, 1846, re: shipment of 40 barrels of flour to A. black and Company of Plaquemine, Louisiana; good demand for sugar; port selling at $8.50-$9.00 in small lots; Conrad s barrels of molasses are about 3 gallons short, 2-4 Gay, Edward J. to Col. Andrew Hynes, 1846, re: receipt of letter with shipment of sugar and, molasses on Maria; molasses selling at 30 cents on New Orleans market; sugar Going for 6 cents at St. Louis market, 2-4 Gay, Edward J. to Col. Andrew Hynes, 1846, re: family news from St. Louis; illness of sister, Susan; memorandum on money to be paid Col. Hynes on Starling, 2-4 Gay, Edward J. to Col. Andrew Hynes, 1846, re: orders two dozen split bottom chairs made at Bardstown, Kentucky, purchase of 4 acres of land on Chouteau Avenue in St. Louis about a mile from the courthouse, 2-4 Gay, Edward J. to Col. Andrew Hynes, 1846, re: plans for trip to Nashville with Lavinia; John s illness since return from New Orleans; receipt of letters from Mr. Rutherford, 2-4 Gay, Edward J. to Col. Andrew Hynes, 1848, re: enrollment of Willie as day student at Catholic College in St. Louis; suggests Mr. Dennis be requested to direct Willie s education; news from Bissell at Plaquestock of sugar all sold, 2-4 Gay, Edward J. to Col. Andrew Hynes, 1848, re: deep solicitude fro Col. Hynes health; urges Col. Hynes to make a spiritual commitment; Mr. William H. King in New Orleans on business and can be reached at Price and Frost; Willie very studious, 2-4 Gay, Lavinia to Col. Andrew Hynes, 1841, re: arrival in St. Louis; Mr. Ewing defends Mr. Budd who is charged with robbery of Union Bank of Nashville; President Harrison s death, 1-6 Gay, Lavinia to Col. Andrew Hynes, 1841, re: family new from St. Louis; plans for building a house in the country; great many deaths and illness in St. Louis, 2-5 Gay, Lavinia to Col. Andrew Hynes, 1844, re: frozen river blocks river traffic from St. Louis; burning of boat Capitol and loss of several lives, 2-6 Gay, Lavinia to Col. Andrew Hynes, 1845, re: family news from St. Louis; James Glasgow arrived home from Mexico; visits from friends; John and Miss Ferguson visit with relatives and stop at Mammoth Cave in Kentucky; May Jane s trip, 2-5

11 Grayson, Beverly R. to Andrew Hynes, 1804, re: requests that subscription to Bardstown paper be sent to Greenville, Mississippi Territory until further notice, 2-6 Helm, Benjamin to Andrew Hynes, 1804, re: orders one bushel of timothy seeds, 2-6 Hubbard, Austin to Andrew Hynes, 1805, re: settlement of account with Bradford, 2-6 Hunter, William to Andrew Hynes, 1803, re: payment of accounts to The Palladium at Bardstown, Kentucky; 2-6 Hynes, Leaven L. to Andrew Hynes, 1817, re: marriage of Andrew Hynes; family news from Bardstown, Kentucky; Ogden and other merchants on trip to East, 1-7 Hynes, Thomas to Andrew Hynes, 1804, re: requests money be sent by Dr. Breashear to Lexington, Kentucky, 1-7 Hynes, Thomas W. to Col. Andrew Hynes, 1837, re: death of Col. Hynes brother, William R. Hynes, at Bardstown, Kentucky; requested to become surety for will by executing power of attorney; death of daughter, Laura, 2-6 Hynes, William R. (9) to Andrew Hynes, , re: family news from Bardstown, Kentucky; congratulations on marriage to Andrew Hynes; payment of notes; deed for land on Lick Creek, Kentucky, 1-8 Hynes, William R. to Col. Andrew Hynes, 1817, re: notification of non-acceptance of bill on Patton and Manley for $4,000 endorsed by Hynes, 2-6 Hynes, William R. to Col. Andrew Hynes, n.d., re: reports to father on school work at Nashville under Mr. Wyman, 1-9 Hynes, William R. (2) to Uncles (Andrew Hynes), 1845, re: illness of Uncle Leavins Lawrence at Louisville; Mr. Hurst expects Foster to win (gubernatorial) election; to meet uncle at Paraquet Springs, 1-9 Jennings, Daniel to Andrew Hynes, 1805, re: collection of note by Young, 1-10 Jennings, Daniel to Andrew Hynes, 1805, re: payment on order not yet received, 2-7 McCreery, Mary Jane (Hynes) (2) to Andrew Hynes, , re: requests permission to travel north with Mr. Ewing; Smith s Hospital at Tyree Springs, Tennessee, storm damages building and corn crop, 1-10 McMinn, Joseph to Andrew Hynes, 1816, re: [letter sent by Daniel Henry missing, 1-10 McMinn, Joseph to Andrew Hynes, 1816,r e: receipt of Hynes letter and resignation as preparations underway to attend a treaty in Cherokee Nation; McMinn s marriage to Nancy (Glasgow) Williams, daughter of Col. Glasgow, at Kingston (Southwest Point); sends copy of commission, 2-7 Mitchell, Mary Ann to William R. Hynes, 1842, re: family news from St. Louis, Missouri, 1-10 Ogden?, James to Andrew Hynes, 1813, re: engagements in campaigns under General Hopkins, judge advocate to Ramsey s Brigade and as adjutant to Barbour s regiment; plans to be in Nashville; hopes to see old friend at Clarksville, Thomas Jones, 2-7 Renick, Felix to Andrew Hynes, 18005, re: draft on brother in favor of Peter Casey; to drive cattle to market and pay draft at Baltimore, 1-10 Sneed, John to Andrew Hynes, 1803, re: won t need feathers ordered earlier; can provide wagons for hauling if needed; part of house in Shepherdsville, rented out to County Court, 2-7 Taylor, Harrison to William R. Hynes, 1805, re: payment to Mr. Duvall, 2-7