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Hensley Census Records - 1783 Virginia “Census” of Hensleys
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The loss of the 1790, 1800 and much of the 1810 census for Virginia is a tragic loss to researchers. However, beginning in 1782 the counties of Virginia began sending copies of their tax lists into the state each year. The personal property tax lists are a veritable year by year census.
Until recently these records were only available on microfilm, not counting the few that had been abstracted and published here and there. Now, many of these are available free of charge online via FamilySearch.org and for a small fee on BinnsGenealogy.com. Between these two wonderful sources I’ve been able to begin work on a year by year “census” of Hensleys in select Virginia counties.
There is no statewide index, nor are any of the counties indexed, so it required a lot of reading on my part to locate the Hensley entries. I’ve not read every county that existed each year, only those where I was sure there were Hensleys, or suspected there might be.
Although present day West Virginia was still part of Virginia during this period, I am not including those counties here. They will be listed separately on their own pages. Ditto for Kentucky which was still part of Virginia until 1792.
If I searched a county and found no Hensleys listed that year I’ll state that below. If a county isn’t listed, that means I didn’t read it, most likely because I didn’t know or suspect it would contain any Hensleys.
In the table below I'll include the tax list data using the original spellings. The last column will be comments or a link to the web page for that family or person. Please report any errors or omissions. If a county isn’t listed where you think Hensleys were present let me know and I’ll check it out if I can.
Albemarle Co., VA
1783 (no districts) |
Free Males above 21 |
Slaves 16 + Slaves -16 |
Cattle |
Horses |
|
William Hensley |
1 |
|
4 |
3 |
William Hensley (c1743/46-c1810) and Mary of VA (Orange, Albemarle, Madison) |
Benjamin Hensley |
1 |
|
3 |
1 |
|
Samuel Hensley |
1 |
|
4 |
2 |
|
William Hensley |
1 |
1-0 |
|
4 |
Amherst Co., VA - No Hensley
Augusta Co., VA - No Hensley
Bedford Co., VA
1783 |
Whites 21+ |
Blacks 16+ / -16 / Total Blacks |
Horses |
Cattle |
|
Samuel Hensley, 2 tithes |
1 |
|
6 |
1 |
Botetourt Co., VA - No Hensley
Buckingham Co., VA
1783 John Moseley's District |
Tithes 21+ |
Slaves |
Horses |
Cattle |
|
William Hencely |
1 |
|
3 |
9 |
William Hensley (c1730s) later of Washington Co., VA |
Campbell Co., VA - No Hensley
Culpeper Co., VA
1783 Henry Hill’s |
Tithes 21+ / -21 |
Slaves 16+ / -16 |
Horses |
Cattle |
|
William Hensley |
1-0 |
1-2 |
1 |
5 |
|
1783 Benjamin Lillard’s |
|
|
|
|
|
Elizabeth Hensley |
|
|
|
5 |
|
Robert Hensley |
1-0 |
0-0 |
1 |
9 |
Fauquier Co., VA - No Hensley
Fluvanna Co., VA - No Hensley
Frederick Co., VA - No Hensley
Halifax Co., VA - No Hensley
Henry Co., VA
1783 |
White Tithes |
Whites 21+ |
Slaves 16+ / 12-16 |
Horses / Cattle |
|
Salmon’s District |
|
|
|
|
|
Robert Hensley |
1 |
1 |
0-0 |
3-6 |
|
Lyon’s District |
|
|
|
|
|
John Hensely |
1 |
1 |
0-0 |
2-5 |
|
William Hensely |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
Henry Hensley |
1 |
1 |
|
2-0 |
|
Benjamin Hensley |
1 |
1 |
0-0 |
4-4 |
|
Woods District |
|
|
|
|
|
John Hensely |
1 |
1 |
0-0 |
1-0 |
|
Louisa Co., VA - No Hensley
Montgomery Co., VA - 1783 Tax List Missing
Orange Co., VA - No Hensley
Pittsylvania Co., VA
1783 |
White Tithes |
Slaves |
Horses |
Cattle |
|
Benjamin Hensley |
1 |
|
2 |
1 |
|
John Hensley |
|
|
1 |
2 |
Rockbridge Co., VA - No Hensley
Rockingham Co., VA - No Hensley
Shenandoah Co., VA - No Hensley
Spotsylvania Co., VA
1783 |
Males 21+ |
Slaves |
Horses |
Cattle |
|
Richardson Hensley |
1 |
2 |
2 |
12 |
|
James Hensley |
1 |
|
2 |
6 |
|
Martha Hensley |
|
4 |
1 |
|
|
George Hensley |
1 |
2 |
2 |
8 |
|
Sarah Hensley |
1 |
1 |
4 |
7 |
Stafford Co., VA
1783 |
Whites 21+ |
Whites 16+ |
Blacks 31+ / Tithes / Not Tithes |
Cattle / Horses |
|
Enoch Hensley |
1 |
1 |
0-0-0 |
3-3 |
|
Washington Co., VA
1783 Capt. James Fulkerson's |
Tithes |
Slaves |
Horses |
Cattle |
|
Joseph Hensley |
1 |
1 |
2 |
6 |
|
Samuel Hensly |
1 |
- |
6 |
9 |
|
Benjamin Hensley |
1 |
- |
1 |
1 |
Revised: November 28, 2021
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