Marty and Karla Grant

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Husband: John Hensley

Born: 1795/1796 in Buncombe Co, NC (now Yancey Co, NC)
Married: 1840/1842 in Yancey Co, NC
Died: after 1860 in Yancey Co, NC
Father:
Mother:
Spouses:

Wife: Margaret McMahon

Born: 1816/1817 in Buncombe Co, NC (now Yancey Co, NC)
Died: after 1860 in Yancey Co, NC
Father:
Mother:
Spouses:

Children

01 (M): Wilson M McMahon Hensley
Born: 1838/1839 in Yancey Co, NC
Died:
Spouses: Harriett M Proffitt

02 (M): Archibald A McMahan
Born: 1838/1839 in Yancey Co, NC
Died: in Civil War
Spouses:

03 (M): Silas E Hensley
Born: 1841/1842 in Yancey Co, NC
Died:
Spouses: Ann Eliza Elkins

04 (F): Jane A Hensley
Born: 1844/1845 in Yancey Co, NC
Died:
Spouses:

05 (M): Goodson McD Hensley
Born: 1845/1846 in Yancey Co, NC
Died:
Spouses:

06 (F): Martha S Hensley
Born: 1846/1847 in Yancey Co, NC
Died:
Spouses:

07 (F): Mary E Hensley
Born: 1848/1849 in Yancey Co, NC
Died:
Spouses:

08 (M): William A Hensley
Born: 1849/1850 in Yancey Co, NC
Died:
Spouses:

09 (M): James P Hensley
Born: 1851/1852 in Yancey Co, NC
Died:
Spouses:

10 (M): Baxter Hensley
Born: 1856/1857 in Yancey Co, NC
Died:
Spouses:

Additional Information

John Hensley:

Notes:

!CENSUS:1800;

!CENSUS:1810;

!CENSUS:1820;

!CENSUS:1830;

!CENSUS:1840 Yancey Co, NC pg 283 John HENSLEY age 40-49 (1790/1800) "0000001-0";

!CENSUS:1850 Yancey Co, NC # ---/1023 John HENSLEY, 54 (1795/96) born NC;

!CENSUS:1860 Yancey Co, NC pg 746 John HENSLEY Sen, 65 (1794/95) born NC;

Margaret McMahon:

Notes:

!NOTE:Maiden name is McMahon per Dave Hensley <dhensley@dallas.net> who says it is listed on Baxter Hensley's death certificate. Another researcher told me it was "McDavid", but McMahon makes more sense to me, so I agree with Dave;

!CENSUS:1850 Yancey Co, NC # ---/1023 Margaret HENSLEY, 33 (1816/17) born NC;

!CENSUS:1860 Yancey Co, NC pg 746 Margaret HENSLEY, 42 (1817/18) born NC;

(02) Archibald A McMahan:

Notes:

!NOTE:Probably born out of wedlock, Bill Hensley states he is a son of Greenberry Silver, and that Archibald died in Civil War;

!CENSUS:1850 Yancey Co, NC # 976 Archibald A. McMAHAN, 11 (1838/39) born NC;

!CENSUS:1860;

(04) Jane A Hensley:

Notes:

!CENSUS:1850 Yancey Co, NC # ---/1023 Jane A. HENSLEY, 5 (1844/45) born NC;

!CENSUS:1860 Yancey Co, NC pg 746 Jane A. HENSLEY, 16 (1843/44) born NC;

!CENSUS:1870;

(05) Goodson McD Hensley:

Notes:

!NOTES:Has son George Clingman Hensley (1866-1952) who went to OK (1900, 1910, 1920) and to TX, died in Palo Pinto Co., TX.;

!CENSUS:1850 Yancey Co, NC # ---/1023 Goodson McD HENSLEY, 4 (1845/46) born NC;

!CENSUS:1860 Yancey Co, NC pg 746 Goodson M. HENSLEY, 15 (1844/45) born NC;

!CENSUS:1870;

(06) Martha S Hensley:

Notes:

!CENSUS:1850 Yancey Co, NC # ---/1023 Martha S. HENSLEY, 3 (1846/47) born NC;

!CENSUS:1860;

(07) Mary E Hensley:

Notes:

!CENSUS:1850 Yancey Co, NC # ---/1023 Mary E. HENSLEY, 1 (1848/49) born NC;

!CENSUS:1860;

(08) William A Hensley:

Notes:

!CENSUS:1850 Yancey Co, NC # ---/1023 William A. HENSLEY, 8 months (1849/50) born NC;

!CENSUS:1860 Yancey Co, NC pg 746 William A. HENSLEY, 11 (1848/49) born NC;

(09) James P Hensley:

Notes:

!CENSUS:1860 Yancey Co, NC pg 746 James P. HENSLEY, 8 (1851/52) born NC;
!CENSUS:1870;

(10) Baxter Hensley:

Notes:

!CENSUS:1860 Yancey Co, NC pg 746 Baxter HENSLEY, 3 (1856/57) born NC;

!CENSUS:1870;

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