Mary "Polly" Hays was born in 1785, in South Carolina, United States. She married John Willis Dunn on 21 November 1808, in Essex, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Breckinridge, Kentucky, United States for about 10 years.
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Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
On May 23, 1788, South Carolina ratifies the Constitution of the United States making it the 8th State of the Union.
The western part of Kentucky purchased by Andrew Jackson from the Chickasaw Indians in 1818. It became known as the Jackson Purchase. This included land that wasn't originally part of Kentucky when it became a state.
English: variant of Hayes .
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