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Hensley Census Records - 1788 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
1788 Thos Staples |
Tithes |
Blacks 12+ |
Horses |
|
|
May 9, William Henley |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
Clearly written Henley. |
Jul 10, William Hensley |
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
Jul 10, Saml Hensley |
1 |
|
2 |
|
|
1788 Thos Garth |
Whites 16+ |
Blacks 16+, Blacks 12-16 |
Horses |
|
|
May 8, Lewis Hensley |
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
May 8, William Hensley |
1 |
|
2 |
|
William Hensley (c1743/46-c1810) and Mary of VA (Orange, Albemarle, Madison) |
Amherst Co., VA - No Hensley
Augusta Co., VA - No Hensley
Bedford Co., VA
1788 List B - Thos Logwood |
White Males 21+ / 16-21 |
Blacks 16+ / 12-16 |
Horses |
|
|
Apr 10, Samuel Hensley |
2-1 |
|
8 |
|
Botetourt Co., VA - No Hensley
Buckingham Co., VA
1788 Josias Jones' District |
Free Tithes |
Horses |
|
|
|
William Hensley, Jun 27 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
William Hensley (c1730s) later of Washington Co., VA |
Campbell Co., VA - No Hensley
Culpeper Co., VA - No Hensley
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
1788 Edward Tatum (List B) |
Free Tithes 16+ |
Blacks 16+ / 12-16 |
Horses |
|
|
Apr 10, John Henslee |
1 |
0-0 |
2 |
|
|
Apr 10, William Henslee |
0 |
0-0 |
1 |
|
Louisa Co., VA - No Hensley
Montgomery Co., VA
1788 List A - Bird Smith |
White Males 16-21 |
Blacks 12+ |
Horses |
|
|
Jun 25, Benjamin Hensley |
|
|
1 |
|
|
1788 List C - David McGavock |
White Males 16-21 |
Blacks 12+ |
Horses |
|
|
May 4, Geo. Hansley |
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
Orange Co., VA - No Hensley
Pittsylvania Co., VA
1788 |
White Males 16-21 |
Blacks 16+ / 12-16 |
Horses |
|
|
Apr 5, John Hensley exempt of levy |
|
|
1 |
|
Rockbridge Co., VA - No Hensley
Rockingham Co., VA - No Hensley
Russell Co., VA
1788 List B Samuel Ritchie’s Names of Males 21+ |
White Males 16+ |
Blacks 16+ / 12-16 |
Horses |
|
|
Mar 13, Charles Hensley |
1 |
|
1 |
|
Shenandoah Co., VA - No Hensley
Spotsylvania Co., VA - No Hensley
Stafford Co., VA - No Hensley
Washington Co., VA
1788 John Lathim's District |
Tithes 16and up |
Slaves |
Horses |
|
|
Joseph Hensley 26 May 1788 |
0 |
1 |
10 |
|
|
Robert Hensley 26 May 1788 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
|
Samuel Heansley 7 Jun 1788 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
|
|
Nicholas Heansley 7 Jun 1788 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
|
Fielding Hensley 7 Jun 1788 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
|
Larkin Hensley 7 Jun 1788 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
|
William Hensley 27 Jun 1788 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Revised: November 21, 2021
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