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Hensley Census Records - 1797 Kentucky “Census” of Hensleys
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The loss of the 1790 and 1800 census for Kentucky is a tragic loss to researchers. However, yearly personal property tax lists for this era exist and can be used as 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. Using this resource I’ve been able to create a year by year “census” of Hensleys in Kentucky counties from the mid 1780s through 1800.
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 read every county that existed each year through 1800. As expected, many had no Hensleys at all. However, some did have Hensleys.
If I searched a county and found no Hensleys listed that year I’ll state that below.
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.
Bourbon Co., KY - No Hensleys
Bracken Co., KY - No Hensleys
Bullitt Co., KY - No Hensleys
Campbell Co., KY - No Hensleys
Christian Co., KY - No Hensleys
Clark Co., KY - No Hensleys
Fayette Co., KY
1797 List A |
White Males 21+ / 16-20 |
Blacks 16+ / Total Blacks |
Horses |
|
|
Benjamin Handsley, no land |
1-0 |
0-0 |
1 |
0 |
Franklin Co., KY - No Hensleys
Garrard Co., KY - No Hensleys
Green Co., KY - No Hensleys
Hardin Co., KY - No Hensleys
Harrison Co., KY - No Hensleys
Jefferson Co., KY - No Hensleys
Lincoln Co., KY - 1797 Missing
Logan Co., KY - No Hensleys
Madison Co., KY - No Hensleys
Mason Co., KY - No Hensleys
Mercer Co., KY
1797 |
Land (Acres, Watercourse, County, Original Entry) |
Whites 21+ / 16-20 |
Blacks 16+ / Total |
Horses |
|
Jun 15, William Hensley |
157 |
1-0 |
0-0 |
3 |
Montgomery Co., KY
1797 Book 1 |
White Males 21+ / 16-20 |
Blacks 16+ / Total Blacks |
Horses |
|
|
Jun 10, Davis Hensley |
1-1 |
0-0 |
5 |
|
|
1797 Book 2 |
White Males 21+ / 16-20 |
Blacks 16+ / Total Blacks |
Horses |
|
|
Joseph Hensley |
1-1 |
0-0 |
11 |
|
Nelson Co., KY - No Hensleys
Scott Co., KY - No Hensleys
Shelby Co., KY
1797 List 1 (Personal Property columns not included) |
Land (Acres, Watercourse, County, Original Entry) |
|
|
|
|
Apr 25, George Hensley |
50, Mullberry, Shelby, Poof |
|
|
|
|
1797 List 2 |
Land (Acres, Watercourse, County, Original Entry) |
Whites 21+ / 16-20 |
Blacks 16+ / Total |
Horses |
|
Apr 27, James Hansley |
- |
1-1 |
0-0 |
1 |
James Hensley (bef 1768) s/o George? |
Apr 27, John Hansley |
- |
0-1 |
0-0 |
0 |
John Hensley (c1777/81) s/o George? |
May 9, Bariman Hansley |
- |
1-0 |
0-0 |
1 |
|
May 10, Richardson Hansley |
- |
1-2 |
1-4 |
2 |
|
May 10, Johnathan Hansley |
- |
1-0 |
0-0 |
2 |
|
1797 List 3 (Personal Property Only) |
Whites 21+ / 16-20 |
Blacks 16+ / Total |
Horses |
|
|
Apr 25, George Hensley |
1-1 |
1-1 |
1 |
|
Warren Co., KY - No Hensley
Washington Co., KY - No Hensleys
Woodford Co., KY - No Hensleys
Revised: November 28, 2021
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