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Hensley Census Records - 1791 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
1791 Nathl Garland |
Whites 16+ |
Blacks16+, Black -16 |
Horses |
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Apr 14, Samuel Hensley |
1 |
|
2 |
|
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Jun 2, William Hensley |
1 |
|
2 |
|
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1791 Thos Garth |
Whites 16+ |
Blacks16+, Black -16 |
Horses |
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No Hensleys |
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Amherst Co., VA
1791 - Livingston Parish (List B) |
White Tithes |
Blacks16+ |
Black 12-16 |
Horses |
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24 May, Benjamin Hensley |
1 |
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|
1 |
Who is this? |
Augusta Co., VA - No Hensley
Bath Co., VA - No Hensley
Bedford Co., VA
1791 List B - Thos Logwood |
White Tithes |
Blacks Tithes / 12-16 |
Horses |
|
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Apr 29, James Hensley |
3 |
|
18 |
|
Botetourt Co., VA - No Hensley
Buckingham Co., VA
1791 Josias Jones' District |
Free Tithes |
Horses |
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|
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William Hensely, Aug 8 |
1 |
1 |
|
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William Hensley (c1730s) later of Washington Co., VA |
Campbell Co., VA - No Hensley
Culpeper Co., VA
1791 List C - Aaron Lane’s |
Whites Tithes |
Blacks 16+ / 12-16 |
Horses |
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Apr 6, Enoch Henslee |
2 |
|
2 |
|
|
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
1791 |
White Tithes |
Blacks 16+ / 12-16 |
Horses |
|
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Apr 25, Lewis Hensley |
1 |
0-0 |
1 |
|
Louisa Co., VA - No Hensley
Montgomery Co., VA - No Hensley
Orange Co., VA
1791 Francis Cowherd (List A) |
White Tithes |
Black Tithes |
Blacks 12-16 |
Horses |
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Apr 25, John Hensly |
1 |
1 |
|
2 |
Patrick Co., VA
1791 |
White Tithes 16+ |
Blacks 16+ |
Blacks 12-16 |
Horses |
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Apr 7, John Henslee |
1 |
|
|
2 |
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Apr 7, William Henslee (Constable) |
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|
3 |
Pittsylvania Co., VA - No Hensley
Rockbridge Co., VA - No Hensley
Rockingham Co., VA - No Hensley
Russell Co., VA - No Hensley
Shenandoah Co., VA - No Hensley
Spotsylvania Co., VA
1791 List B |
White Tithables |
Blacks 16+ / 12-16 |
Horses |
|
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Apr 24, Sarah Hensley |
0 |
1-0 |
1 |
|
Stafford Co., VA - No Hensley
Washington Co., VA
1791 Walter Preston's District |
Tithes 16and up |
Slaves |
Horses |
|
Library of Virginia Microfilm Reel # 332 |
Joseph Hancley 20 Sep 1791 |
1 |
1 |
16 |
|
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Nicholas Hancley 17 Oct 1791 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
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William Hancley 13 Oct 1791 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
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Samuel Hancley 13 Oct 1791 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
|
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Fielding Hancley 13 Oct 1791 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
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Larkins Hancley 14 Oct 1791 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
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Wythe Co., VA - 1791 Tax List Missing
Revised: October 16, 2021
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