Hensley Family Pages - Table of Contents - West Virginia

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My interest in this family name is limited to Hensleys living prior to 1880. If you are interested in this surname more recent than this then I probably have no data to share at present.

Hensley Census Records 1820-1880 West Virginia New as of 15 Jan 2009
by Marvin A. Grant, Jr. 2009
102 pages, 8.5 x 11 in. Coil Bound, Full Name Index
Download (PDF) available also.

 

I have not determined the exact nature of my own relationship to the Hensleys of West Virginia. It is almost certain that they are related to mine, but the linkage hasn't been discovered.
West Virginia was part of Virginia until 1863. Be sure to visit Hensleys of Virginia also.

Hensley Census Records 1810-1880 Virginia New as of 3 Jun 2009
by Marvin A. Grant, Jr. 2009
211 pages, 8.5 x 11 in. Coil Bound, Full Name Index
Download (PDF) available also.

 

 

Barbour County, WV [1843 from Harrison, Lewis and Randolph]

Boone County, WV [1847 from Kanawha, Cabell and Logan]

Cabell County, WV [1809 from Kanawha]

Calhoun County, WV [1856 from Gilmer]

Fayette County, WV [1831 from Kanawha, Greenbrier, Logan]

Greenbrier County, WV [1777 from Montgomery]

  • John G. Hensley (c1837) listed here in 1860 with large household of carpenters (trade, not surname). This is probably the same John G. of Bedford and Rockbridge Co., VA son of John L. Hensley.
  • William Hensley (c1858 Kanawha) and Sarah Catherine Perry, married here in 1880, and on 1880 census. *
Hampshire County, WV [1753 from Frederick]
  • F. Hensley (c1865 WV) (male) here in 1880 at Institution for Deaf & Dumb & Blind. *

Kanawha County, WV [1788 from Greenbrier, Montgomery]

Lewis County, WV [1816 from Harrison]

Logan County, WV [1824 from Cabell, Giles and Kanawha]

Mason County, WV [1804 from Kanawha]
Monongalia County, WV [1776 from Augusta]
  • James L. Hensley and Sophie E. Hensley here in 1854 when son William H. Hensley born. No other record of them at present.

Ohio County, WV [1776 from Augusta]

  • William Hemsley (c1818) in this county as well as Licking Co., OH and later in Mason Co., WV. Easily confused for Hensley, but not the same.

Pendleton County, WV [1787 from Augusta, Hardy, Rockingham]

Putnam County, WV [1848 from Kanawha, Mason, Cabell]

Raleigh County, WV [1850 from Fayette]

Randolph County, WV [1786 from Harrison]

Roane County, WV [1856 from Gilmer, Jackson, Kanawha, Wirt]
Upshur County, WV [1851 from Barbour, Lewis]

Wayne County, WV [1842 from Cabell]

Wood County, WV [1798 from Harrison]

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