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Hensley Census Records - 1787 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
1787 Thos Staples |
WM 21+, 16-21 |
Blacks16+, Black -16 |
Horses |
Cattle |
|
Apr 12, William Hensley |
William Hensley-0 |
|
1 |
4 |
|
Apr 12, Samuel Hensley |
Samuel Hensley-0 |
|
2 |
5 |
|
Jun 3, Benjamin Hensley |
Benjamin Hensley-0 |
1-0 |
1 |
2 |
|
1787 Thos Garth’s |
WM 21+, 16-21 |
Blacks16+, Black -16 |
Horses |
Cattle |
|
Mar 22, Wm Hensley |
William Hensley-0 |
|
3 |
4 |
William Hensley (c1743/46-c1810) and Mary of VA (Orange, Albemarle, Madison) |
Mar 22, Lewis Hensley |
Lewis Hensley-0 |
0-1 |
1 |
|
Amherst Co., VA - No Hensley
Augusta Co., VA - No Hensley
Bedford Co., VA
1787 List B - Thos Logwood White Males over 21 |
Whites 16-21 |
Blacks 16+ / Blacks -16 |
Horses |
Cattle |
|
Apr 6, Samuel Hensley |
2 |
|
7 |
14 |
|
Apr 6, James Hensley |
0 |
|
1 |
|
Botetourt Co., VA - No Hensley
Buckingham Co., VA
1787 Josias Jones' District |
Tithes 21+ |
Tithes 16-21 |
Horses |
Cattle |
|
William Hensley, May 7 |
1 |
|
1 |
9 |
William Hensley (c1730s) later of Washington Co., VA |
Campbell Co., VA - No Hensley
Culpeper Co., VA
1787 List A - Daniel Brown’s Male Taxables 21+ |
Tithes -21 |
Slaves 16+ / -16 |
Horses |
Cattle |
|
May 1, William Hensley |
0 |
1-1 |
2 |
3 |
|
1787 List B - Aaron Lane’s |
|
|
|
|
|
Apr 11, Luicy Green, Enock Hensley |
0 |
4-5 |
3 |
5 |
|
May 8, Enoch Henslee |
1 |
0-0 |
2 |
6 |
|
May 8, Samuel Henslee |
0 |
0-0 |
1 |
0 |
|
Fauquier Co., VA - No Hensley
Fluvanna Co., VA - No Hensley
Franklin Co., VA - No Hensley
Frederick Co., VA - No Hensley
Halifax Co., VA - No Hensley
Henry Co., VA
1787 John Cox (List A) Names Free Male Tithes 21+ |
Free Male Tithes 16-21 |
Blacks 16+ / -16 |
Horses |
Cattle |
|
May 21, Robert Hensley |
1 |
0-0 |
1 |
|
|
Jun 7, John Henslee |
0 |
0-0 |
2 |
12 |
|
Jun 7, William Henslee |
0 |
0-0 |
1 |
3 |
Louisa Co., VA - No Hensley
Montgomery Co., VA - No Hensley
Orange Co., VA - No Hensley
Pittsylvania Co., VA
1787 Names Free Male Tithes 21+ |
Free Male Tithes 16-21 |
Blacks 16+ / -16 |
Horses |
Cattle |
|
May 15, Benjamin Hensley |
|
|
1 |
|
|
Apr 27, John Hensley |
|
|
1 |
|
Rockbridge Co., VA - No Hensley
Rockingham Co., VA - No Hensley
Russell Co., VA
1787 List B Samuel Ritchie’s Names of Males 21+ |
White Males 16-21 |
Blacks 16+ / -16 |
Horses |
Cattle |
|
May 15, Charles Hensley |
|
|
1 |
1 |
Shenandoah Co., VA - No Hensley
Spotsylvania Co., VA
1787 List A Daniel Branham’s White Males Over 21 |
Males 16-21+ |
Blacks 16+ / -16 |
Horses |
Cattle |
|
Apr 17, James Hensley |
|
1-0 |
1 |
|
Stafford Co., VA - No Hensley
Washington Co., VA
1787 John Lathim's District |
Tithes 16-20 |
Slaves |
Horses |
Cattle |
|
Joseph Hensley 18 May 1787 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
13 |
|
Robert Hensley 12 Jun 1787 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
|
Samuel Hensley 19 May 1787 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
16 |
Revised: November 28, 2021
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