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Hensley Census Records - 1796 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
1796 James Lewis |
Whites 16+ |
Blacks16+, Black 12-16 |
Horses |
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Wm Hensley |
1 |
|
2 |
|
|
Saml Hensley |
1 |
0-1 |
1 |
|
Amherst Co., VA - No Hensley
Augusta Co., VA - No Hensley
Bath Co., VA - No Hensley
Bedford Co., VA
1796 List B - John Leftwich |
Tithes |
Blacks 12+ / Total |
Horses |
|
|
James Hensley |
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
Saml Hensley |
1 |
|
1 |
|
Samuel Hensley (c1766/70) s/o Samuel |
William Hensley |
1 |
|
1 |
|
William Hensley (c1775) s/o Samuel |
Lilean Hensley |
|
|
2 |
|
Widow of Samuel Hensley (c1740s) |
Botetourt Co., VA - No Hensley
Buckingham Co., VA
1796 Josias Jones' District |
Free Tithes |
Horses |
|
|
|
William Hensly |
1 |
3 |
|
|
William Hensley (c1730s) later of Washington Co., VA |
Campbell Co., VA - No Hensley
Culpeper Co., VA
1796 List B - Aaron Lane’s |
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|
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|
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Apr 6, Enoch Henslee |
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
Fauquier Co., VA
1796 List B Edward Humston’s |
White Tithes |
Blacks 16+ / 12-16 |
Horses |
|
|
Apr 7, Samuel Hensley |
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
Apr 7, William 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 - No Hensley
Henry Co., VA
1796 |
White Tithes |
Blacks 16+ / 12-16 |
Horses |
|
|
Mar 25, Lewis Hensley |
1 |
|
|
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Lee Co., VA - No Hensley
Louisa Co., VA - No Hensley
Madison Co., VA - No Hensley
Montgomery Co., VA - No Hensley
Orange Co., VA
1796 Francis Cowherd (List A) |
White Tithes |
Black Tithes |
Blacks 12-16 |
Horses |
|
Mar 28, John Hensley |
2 |
1 |
|
3 |
Patrick Co., VA
1796 |
White Tithes 16+ |
Blacks 16+ |
Blacks 12-16 |
Horses |
|
May 19, William Hensley |
1 |
|
|
5 |
|
Jun 23, John Hensley |
1 |
|
|
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 - No Hensley
Stafford Co., VA - No Hensley
Washington Co., VA
1796 Matthew Willoughby's |
Tithes 16and up |
Blacks |
Horses |
|
Library of Virginia Microfilm Reel # 333 |
Samuel Hensly |
1 |
0 |
6 |
|
|
Nicolas Hensly |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
|
Fielding Hensly |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
|
Larkin Hensly |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
|
William Hensly |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
Wythe Co., VA
1796 List A Hezekiah Harmon’s |
White Males 16+ |
Blacks 12+ / 16+ |
Horses |
|
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Apr 18, Wm Hansley |
1 |
|
1 |
|
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Apr 18, James Hansley |
1 |
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Revised: October 20, 2021
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