William Hensley & Elizabeth Appleberry

!NOTE:A History of the Pioneer Families of Missouri, William S. Bryan, 1876, p. 267: William [Hensley], son of Samuel, Jr., by his first wife, married Elizabeth Appleberry, of Virginia, and they had --- James, Benjamin, William, Jr., Thomas, Fleming, Judith and Elizabeth.
Online at <http://digital.library.umsystem.edu/cgi-bin/Ebind2h3?umkc3>

!TAXLIST:1782 x
x Not listed in Albemarle. There is a William Hensley, but I think it's the other one;

!TAXLIST:1783 Albemarle Co., VA
Free Males over 21, Slaves 16+, Slaves -16, Cattle, Horses
No Districts
William Hensley 1-0-0-4-3
Benjamin Hensley 1-0-0-3-1
Samuel Hensley 1-0-0-4-2
William Hensley 1-1-0-0-4;

!TAXLIST:1784 Albemarle Co., VA
Free Males over 21, Slaves 16+, Slaves -16, Cattle, Horses
No Districts
William Hensley 1-0-0-4-1
Samuel Hensley 1-1-0-0-2
William Hensley 1-1-0-0-2;

!TAXLIST:1785 Albemarle Co., VA
Free Males over 21, Slaves 16+, Slaves -16, Cattle, Horses
No Districts
William Hensley 1-0-0-7-2
Samuel Hensley 2-1-0-5-3
William Hensley 1-1-0-3-1
Benjamin Hensley 1-0-0-4-2;

!TAXLIST:1786 Albemarle Co., VA Personal Property Tax List
Free Males over 21, Slaves 16+, Slaves -16, Cattle, Horses
William Hensley 1-0-0-0
William Hensley 1-1-0-2-4;

!TAXLIST:1787 Albemarle Co., VA
Names of White Males 21+, # 16-21, Blacks 16+, Blacks -16, Horses, Cattle
Thos Staples District
Apr 12, William Hensley 0-0-0-1-4
Apr 12, Samuel Hensley 0-0-0-2-5
Jun 3, Benjamin Hensley 0-1-0-1-2
Thos Garth's District
Mar 22, Wm Hensley 0-0-0-3-4
Mar 22, Lewis Hensley 0-0-1-1-0;

!TAXLIST:1788 Albemarle Co., VA
Thos Staples District
Tithes, Blacks 12+, Horses
Jul 10, William Hensley 1-0-1
Jul 10, Saml Hensley 1-0-2
Thos Garth's District
White Tithes 16+, Blacks 16+, Blacks 12-16, Horses
May 8, Lewis Hensley 1-0-0-1
May 8, William Hensley 1-0-0-2;

!TAXLIST:1789 Albemarle Co., VA
Nath. Garland's district
White Tithes 16+, Blacks 16+, Blacks 12-16, Horses
Mar 26, Samuel Hensley 1-0-0-0
Apr 9, William Hensley 1-0-0-3
Thos Garth's district
May 26, William Hensley 1-0-0-2
May 27, Lewis Hensley 1-0-0-1;

!CENSUS:1790 x
* Lost for Virginia;

!TAXLIST:1790 Albemarle Co., VA
John Nicholas' district
White Tithes 16+, Blacks 16+, Blacks 12-16, Horses
Apr 27, Samuel Hensley 1-0-0-1
May 19, William Hensley 1-0-0-3
Thos Garth's district
- No Hensleys;

!TAXLIST:1791 Albemarle Co., VA
Nath. Garland's district
White Tithes 16+, Blacks 16+, Blacks 12-16, Horses
Apr 14, Samuel Hensley 1-0-0-2
Jun 2, William Hensley 1-0-0-2
Thos Garth's district
- No Hensleys;

!TAXLIST:1792 Albemarle Co., VA
James Kerr's district
White Tithes 16+, Blacks 16+, Blacks 12-16, Horses
May 10, William Hensley 1-0-0-2
May 25, Samuel Hensley 1-0-0-2
Thos Garth's district
- No Hensleys;

!TAXLIST:1793 Albemarle Co., VA
James Kerr's district
White Tithes 16+, Blacks 16+, Blacks 12-16, Horses
Mar 23, Samuel Hensley 1-0-0-2
May 9, William Hensley & appr? 2-0-0-2
May 21, William Hensley & appr 2-0-0-2 * Duplicate of other entry?
Thos Garth's district
- No Hensleys;

!TAXLIST:1794 Albemarle Co., VA
James Lewis's district
White Tithes 16+, Blacks 16+, Blacks 12-16, Horses
Jun 19, Samuel Hensley 1-0-0-3
Jun 19, William Hensley 1-0-0-2
Thos Garth's district
- No Hensleys;

!TAXLIST:1795 Albemarle Co., VA
James Lewis's district
White Tithes 16+, Blacks 16+, Blacks 12-16, Horses
Saml Hensley 1-0-0-2
William Hensley 1-0-0-1
Thos Garth's district
- No Hensleys;

!TAXLIST:1796 Albemarle Co., VA
James Lewis's district
White Tithes 16+, Blacks 16+, Blacks 12-16, Horses
Wm Hensley 1-0-0-2
Saml Hensley 1-0-1-1
Thos Garth's district
- No Hensleys;

!TAXLIST:1797 Albemarle Co., VA
James Lewis's district
White Tithes 16+, Blacks 16+, Blacks 12-16, Horses
Wm Hensley 1-0-0-2
Samuel Hensley 1-1-1-3
Thos Garth's district
- No Hensleys;

!TAXLIST:1798 Albemarle Co., VA
James Lewis's district
White Tithes 16+, Blacks 16+, Blacks 12-16, Horses
Saml Hensley 1-1-1-4
Wm Hensley & Son 2-0-0-2
Thos Garth's district
Clifton Hensley 1-0-0-0;

!TAXLIST:1799 Albemarle Co., VA
James Lewis's district
White Tithes 16+, Blacks 16+, Blacks 12-16, Horses
Samuel Hensley 1-2-1-4
William Hensley & Son 2-0-0-3
Thos Garth's district
Clifton Hensley 1-0-0-1;

!CENSUS:1800 x
* Lost for Virginia;

!TAXLIST:1800 Albemarle Co., VA Personal Property Tax List
James Lewis's district
White Tithes 16+, Blacks 16+, Blacks 12-16, Horses
Wm Hensley & son Benjn 2-0-0-3
Thos Garth's District
Clifton Hensley 1-0-0-1;

!TAXLIST:1801 Albemarle Co., VA
James Lewis's district
White Tithes 16+, Blacks 16+, Blacks 12-16, Horses
Samuel Hensley 1-2-1-4
Wm Hensley & Son Benjamin 2-0-2-3
Thos Garth's district
Robert Hensley 1-0-0-0;

!TAXLIST:1802 Albemarle Co., VA
James Lewis's district
White Tithes 16+, Blacks 16+, Blacks 12-16, Horses
Saml Hensley & son Joseph 2-4-0-5
Wm Hensley & son James 2-1-0-2
Susanna Hensley & son John 1-0-0-2
Thos Garth's district
- No Hensleys;

!TAXLIST:1803 x
* I didn't find him in Albemarle, Amherst or Buckingham;

!TAXLIST:1804 x
* I didn't find him in Albemarle, Amherst or Buckingham;

!TAXLIST:1805 x
* I didn't find him in Albemarle, Amherst or Buckingham;

!TAXLIST:1806 x
* I didn't find him in Albemarle, Amherst or Buckingham;

!TAXLIST:1806 Buckingham Co., VA Personal Property
White Tithes, Slaves, Horses
Henry Hensley 1-0-1
William Hensley & sons (not named) 3-4-5;

!TAXLIST:1807 Buckingham Co., VA Personal Property
White Tithes, Slaves, Horses
Henry Hensley 1-0-1
William Hensley 1-3-3
Benjamin Hensley 1-0-1
James Hensley 1-0-2
William Hensley Junr 1-0-1;

!TAXLIST:1808 x
No taxes this year;

!TAXLIST:1809 Buckingham Co., VA Personal Property
White Tithes, Slaves, Horses
Henry Hensley 1-0-0
William Hensley 1-3-1
Benjamin Hensley 1-1-1
James Hensley 1-1-1;

!TAXLIST:1810 Buckingham Co., VA Personal Property
White Tithes, Slaves, Horses
Henry Hensley 1-0-0
Benjamin Hensley 1-1-1
James Hensley 1-0-2
William Hensley, 1-3-2;

!CENSUS:1810 Buckingham Co., VA pg 799
William Hensley Sr* age 45+ (bef 1765)
"02211-00001-0-5"
* Although he is listed as "Sr" no "Jr" was listed in Buckingham in 1810, so probably in same household with Sr;

!TAXLIST:1811 Kanawha Co., VA (WV)
Whites 16+, Blacks 12-16, Blacks 16+, Horses
James Hensley 1-0-0-1
James Hensley 1-0-0-1
William Hensley Jun 1-0-0-0
William Hensley 2-1-2-2;

!TAXLIST:1812 Kanawha Co., VA (WV)
Whites 16+, Blacks 12-16, Blacks 16+, Horses
William Hensley 2-1-1-2
William Hensley 1-0-0-1
James Hensley 1-0-0-1;

!TAXLIST:1813 Kanawha Co., VA (WV)
Matthew McCown's District
Whites 16+, Blacks 12-16, Blacks 16+, Horses
James Hensley 1-0-0-0
William Hensley Senr 1-0-2-2
William Hensley Junr 1-0-0-0
Thomas Hensley 1-0-0-4
William C. Wilson's. Upper District
No Hensleys;

!TAXLIST:1814 Kanawha Co., VA (WV)
William C. Wilson's
No Hensleys
Matthew McCown's District
Whites 16+, Blacks 12-16, Blacks 16+, Horses
William Hensley Junr 1-0-0-1
William Hensley Senr 1-1-1-2
Thomas Hensley 1-0-0-1
James Hensley 1-0-0-3;

!TAXLIST:1815 Kanawha Co., VA (WV)
Matthew McCown's District
Whites 16+, Slaves 9-12, Slaves 12+, Horses
May 6, William Hensley 2-0-3-1
Mar 21, James Hensley 1-0-0-2
Apr 1, William Hensley 1-0-0-1
William C. Wilson's
No Hensleys;

!TAXLIST:1816 Kanawha Co., VA (WV)
Matthew McCown's District
Whites 16+, Slaves 12+, Horses
Apr 22, James Hensley 1-0-2
Apr 22, William Hensley 2-3-2
Apr 22, William Hensley Junr 1-0-1
William C. Wilson's
No Hensleys;

!TAXLIST:1817 Kanawha Co., VA (WV)
Matthew McCown's District
No Hensleys
William C. Wilson's
Whites 16+, Slaves 12+, Horses
Apr 8, William Hensley Senr 1-3-1
Apr 8, William Hensley 1-0-1
Apr 8, Thomas Hensley 1-0-1
Apr 8, James Hensley 1-0-2
Apr 8, Fleming Hensley 1-0-1;

!TAXLIST:1818 Kanawha Co., VA (WV)
Matthew McCown's District
No Hensleys
William C. Wilson's
Whites 16+, Slaves 12+, Horses
Apr 8, Wm Hensley Senr 1-3-2
Apr 8, Wm Hensley 1-0-1
Apr 8, Thomas Hensley 1-0-1
Apr 8, James Hensley 1-0-2
Apr 8, Fleming Hensley 1-0-0;

!TAXLIST:1819 Kanawha Co., VA (WV)
Matthew McCown's District
No Hensleys
William C. Wilson's
Whites 16+, Slaves 12+, Horses
May 16, William Hensley Senr 1-3-1
May 16, William Hensley 1-0-1
May 16, Thomas Hensley 1-1-1
Apr 7, James Hensley 1-0-4
Apr 7, Fleming Hensley 1-0-0;

!TAXLIST:1820 Kanawha Co., VA (WV)
William C. Wilson's
Whites 16+, Slaves 12+, Blacks 16+, Horses
Apr 8, James Hensley 1-0-0-3
May 4, William Hensley Senr 1-0-3-1
May 4, William Hensley 1-0-0-1
May 4, Thomas Hensley 1-0-1-1
May 4, Fleming Hensley 1-0-0-1
May 4, Benjm Hensley 1-0-1-2
Lyle Millan's District
May 13, Samuel Hensley 1-0-0-0;

!CENSUS:1820 Kanwaha Co., VA p. 5
William Hensley Sen age 45+ (bef 1775)
100101-00101, Slaves=1100-3030;

!CENSUS:1830 apparently deceased;

!NOTE:http://www.rootsweb.com/~momontgo/families/familiesh.html
A History of the Pioneer Families of Missouri
with numerous sketches, anecdotes, adventures, etc.,
relating to Early Days in Missouri. Also the lives of
Daniel Boone and the celebrated Indian chief Black Hawk,
with numerous Biographies and Histories of Primitive institutions
By William S. Bryan and Robert Rose
Bryan, Brand & Co., St. Louis, Mo., 1876
Transcribed by Joanne Scobee Morgan

HENSLEY, Samuel and Benjamin Hensley were sons of an English family that settled on the Potomac river in Va. at an early date. Samuel married a MISS LANDERS, and they had Samuel, Jr., and William. His first wife died and he was married again to SUSAN TAPLETT, by whom he had several children. William, son of Samuel, Jr., by his first wife, married ELIZABETH APPLEBERRY, of Va., and they had James, Benjamin, William Jr., Thomas, Fleming, Judith and Elizabeth. James, William Jr., Thomas & Fleming came to Montgomery co. in 1826, and all except Thomas afterward married and settled in Jefferson co., Mo. Thomas Hensley was born in Albemarle co., Va. in 1796, and when 18 years of age, he enlisted as a soldier in the war of 1812. He afterward married HARRIET RUST, who was a daughter of SAMUEL RUST AND MARY LEE BAILEY, who was the daughter of JAMES BAILEY AND NANCY SMITH. Mr. Hensley with his wife and 4 children, embarked in a keel boat of his own make, on the Pocotalico river, and floated down to the Big Kenhawa, and thence to the Ohio, on their way to Missouri. They reached Louisville in safety, but just below that place their boat sank, and it was with the greatest difficulty that they succeeded in reaching the shore in safety. Here they built a cabin and remained one year, in order to recruit and built another boat. At the end of that time, their boat being complete, they re-embarked and proceeded on their journey. When they reached the Mississippi they found the current so strong that they could not stem it, so Mr. Hensley gave his boat away, embarked his goods and furniture on a French barge, and conveyed his family by land to Jefferson co., Mo., where they remained one year, and then settled in St. Louis co., seven miles from the city of St. Louis. Here he entered 80 acres of land which he still owns, and which has become very valuable. Mr. Hensley and his wife had 9 children and they now reside in Montgomery City, Mo. He has been a Baptist minister for many years, having made a solemn promise while on a bed of sickness, which he expected would be his last, that if allowed to recover, he would go to preaching and devote the remainder of his life to the service of the Lord. He recovered, and has faithfully kept his promise. His courtship and marriage were somewhat romantic, and happened in this wise, as related by Mrs. Hensley herself: The first time she ever saw him, he stopped at her father's house to inquire the way to a place he was trying to find, and during the conversation, she stepped to the door, dressed in a home-made striped lindsey dress, with a frying pan in her hand, from which she was sopping the gravy with a piece of bread. The next day, Mr. Hensley returned, "lost again", and made some additional inquiries. A week from that time, he came back again, but not to see her father. This time he wanted to know if she was engaged to anybody else, and if not, how she liked his looks. His inquiries were satisfactorily answered and it was only a few weeks until the minister's benediction was given to help them on their way through life.

Marty and Karla Grant

www.martygrant.com