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I (Marty Grant) am not related to Nancy Hensley as far as I know.
Nancy Hensley was born ca 1834/35 in Yancey Co, NC. Nancy is most likely a child of Blanchey Hensley, but that isn't totally proven.
By the time of the 1850 census, she was residing with the James and Elizabeth Riddle family. She was 15 then, and could have just been a hired domestic for them, or she could have been related to them. Elizabeth Riddle was only 18, so possibly an older sister (don't know Elizabeth's maiden name, so can't say if it was Hensley or something else).
Nancy was probably home with her parents for the 1840 census. Unfortunately, there were too many Hensley's in 1840 Yancey Co, NC census to choose from, and many had daughters about Nancy's age, so that route is not helpful in narrowing down possible parents. I suspect that Nancy might be a child of Blanchey Hensley, and probably born out of wedlock. Blanchey was just a few houses away, and by 1860, she (Blanchey) was also residing with the James and Elizabeth Riddle family, but Nancy was gone by then, so that might be evidence that Elizabeth Riddle was a child of Blanchey, and therefore a sister to Nancy.
Wherever Nancy Hensley was residing in 1840, she was in Yancey Co, NC for the 1850 census, and living with the aforementioned Riddle family.
1850 YANCEY CO, NC Page 386 House/Family # 63/ 63 RIDDLE JAMES 29 M W FARMER 550 NC 1820/1821 RIDDLE ELIZABETH 18 F W NC 1831/1832 HENSLEY NANCY 15 F W NC 1834/1835
I don't have any additional data on Nancy Hensley after the 1850 census. She did not appear on the 1860 census, at least not under the name "Hensley". I didn't find any Hensley marriages in the 1850's for a "Nancy Hensley", at least not in Yancey County.
At present, I don't know if Nancy Hensley ever married and had children.
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