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Hensley Census Records - 1786 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


1786 (no districts)

Free Males

above 21

Slaves 16 +

Slaves -16

Cattle

Horses

 

William Hensley

1

 

 

 

William Hensley (c1743/46-c1810) and Mary of VA (Orange, Albemarle, Madison)

William Hensley

1

1-0

2

4

William Hensley (c1761) and Elizabeth Appleberry


Amherst Co., VA - No Hensley


Augusta Co., VA - No Hensley


Bedford Co., VA


1786

Whites 21+

Blacks 16+ / -16 / Total Blacks

Horses

Cattle

 

Samuel Hensley (Benja & Saml), 3 tithes

2

 

7

16

Samuel Hensley (c1740s)


Botetourt Co., VA - No Hensley


Buckingham Co., VA


1786 (no districts)

Tithes 21+

Slaves

Horses

Cattle


 

William Hensley

1


 

1

8

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

Larkin Hensley

1


 


 


 

Larkin Hensley (c1765-c1806) son of William


Campbell Co., VA - No Hensley


Culpeper Co., VA


1786 Henry Hill’s

Tithes 21+ / -21

Slaves 16+ / -16

Horses

Cattle

 

William Hensley

1-0

1-1

2

3

William Hensley (c1753-1807)


Fauquier Co., VA - No Hensley


Franklin Co., VA - No Hensley


Fluvanna Co., VA - No Hensley


Frederick Co., VA - No Hensley


Halifax Co., VA - No Hensley


Henry Co., VA


1786

White Tithes

Whites 21+ / Whites 16+

Slaves 16+ / 12-16

Horses / Cattle

 

John Hensley

1

1-0

0-0

1-6

John Hensley (bef 1761-aft 1819)

William Hensley

1

1-0

0-0

1-2

William Hensley (c1736-aft 1802)


Louisa Co., VA - No Hensley


Montgomery Co., VA - 1786 Tax List Missing


Orange Co., VA - No Hensley


Pittsylvania Co., VA


1786

White Tithes

Slaves 16+ / 12-16

Horses

Cattle

 

John Hensley

 

 

1

2

John Hensley (c1734)


Rockbridge Co., VA - No Hensley


Rockingham Co., VA - No Hensley


Shenandoah Co., VA - No Hensley


Spotsylvania Co., VA


1786

Males 21+

Slave Tithes / Young

Horses

Cattle

 

George Hensley

1

2-1

1

5

 

James Hensley

1

2-2

3

11

James Hensley (c1730s)


Stafford Co., VA - No Hensley


Washington Co., VA


1786 James Fulkason, Gent., Capt. Goff's Company

Tithes

B16+ / B-16

Horses

Cattle

 

William Hensley

1

0 / 0

0

0

William Hensley (c1765-aft 1810)

Joseph Hensley

1

1 / 0

7

14

Joseph Hensley (1750/60)

Samuel Hensley

1

0 / 0

7

15

Samuel Hensley (1754-1841)

Robert Hensley

1

0 / 0

1

2

Robert Hensley (c1759)

Fielding Hensley

1

0 / 0

1

0

Fielding Hensley (c1761-1833)


Revised: November 28, 2021


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