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Hensley Census Records - 1794 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.


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


1794 James Lewis

Whites 16+

Blacks16+,

Black 12-16

Horses

 

 

Jun 19, Samuel Hensley

1

 

3

 

Samuel Hensley (1750s-1831)

Jun 19, William Hensley

1

 

2

 

William Hensley (c1761) and Elizabeth Appleberry

1794 Thos Garth

Whites 16+

Blacks16+,

Black 12-16

Horses

 

 

No Hensleys

 

 

 

 

 


Amherst Co., VA - No Hensley


Augusta Co., VA - No Hensley


Bath Co., VA - No Hensley


Bedford Co., VA


1794 List B - John Leftwich

Tithes

Blacks 12+

Horses

 

 

James Hinsley

1

 

1

 

Who is this?

John Hensley

1

 

3

 

John Hensley (c1771) s/o Samuel

Benjamin Hensley

1

 

1

 

Benjamin Hensley (1765/69) s/o Samuel

Lilian Hensley

0

 

3

 

Widow of Samuel Hensley (c1740s)

James Hensley

1

 

1

 

James Hensley (c1763) s/o Samuel

Samuel Hensley

1

 

2

 

Samuel Hensley (c1766/70) s/o Samuel


Botetourt Co., VA - No Hensley


Buckingham Co., VA


1794 Josias Jones' District

Free Tithes

Horses


 


 


 

William Hensley

1

2


 


 

William Hensley (c1730s) later of Washington Co., VA


Campbell Co., VA - No Hensley


Culpeper Co., VA


1794 List A - Daniel Brown’s

Whites 16+

Blacks 16+ / 12-16

Horses

 

 

Apr 17, Enoch Hensley

1

 

1

 

 

1794 List B - Aaron Lane’s

 

 

 

 

 

Jun 25, Enoch Henslee

1

 

2

 

 

Jun 25, William Henslee

1

 

 

 

 


Fauquier Co., VA


1794 List B Edward Humston’s

White Tithes

Blacks 16+ / 12-16

Horses

 

 

May 3, Samuel Hensley

1

 

1

 

 



Fluvanna Co., VA - No Hensley


Franklin Co., VA - No Hensley


Frederick Co., VA - No Hensley


Grayson Co., VA - No Hensley


Halifax Co., VA


1794 List A

White Tithables

Black Tithes / 12-16

Horses

 

 

Nathan Hensley

1

 

1

 

Nathaniel Hensley (1770s-1840s)


Henry Co., VA - No Hensley


Lee Co., VA - No Hensley


Louisa Co., VA - No Hensley


Madison Co., VA - No Hensley


Montgomery Co., VA - No Hensley


Orange Co., VA


1794 Francis Cowherd (List A)

White Tithes

Black Tithes

Blacks 12-16

Horses

 

Jun 23, John Hensley

1

1

 

3

John Hensley (c1730s)


Patrick Co., VA


1794

White Tithes 16+

Blacks 16+

Blacks 12-16

Horses

 

Apr 5, William Hensley

2

 

 

3

William Hensley (c1736-aft 1802)

Jul 12, John Hensley

1

 

 

2

John Hensley (bef 1761-aft 1819)


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 - No Hensley


Stafford Co., VA - No Hensley


Washington Co., VA


1794 Walter Preston's District

Tithes 16and up

Slaves

Horses

 

Library of Virginia Microfilm Reel # 332

Samuel Hencly (no dates given)

0

0

10

 

Samuel Hensley (1754-1841)

Larkin Hencly

0

0

3

 

Larkin Hensley (c1765-c1805)

William Hencly

0

0

0

 

William Hensley (c1765-aft 1810)

Capt. Joseph Hencley

1

0

11

 

Joseph Hensley (1750/60)

William Hencley Jun

0

0

2

 

Son of Joseph (1750/60)

Fielding Hencley

0

0

1

 

Fielding Hensley (c1761-1833)

Nicolas Hencley

0

0

0

 

Nicholas Hensley (c1765)


Wythe Co., VA - No Hensley




Revised: October 20, 2021


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