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Hensley Census Records - 1795 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
1795 James Lewis |
Whites 16+ |
Blacks16+, Black 12-16 |
Horses |
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Saml Hensley |
1 |
|
2 |
|
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William Hensley |
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
1795 Thomas Garth |
Whites 16+ |
Blacks16+, Black 12-16 |
Horses |
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No Hensley |
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Amherst Co., VA - No Hensley
Augusta Co., VA - No Hensley
Bath Co., VA - No Hensley
Bedford Co., VA
1795 List A - The Northern District |
White Tithes |
Black Tithes / 12+ |
Horses |
|
|
James Hensley |
1 |
|
4 |
|
|
William Hensley |
1 |
|
|
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William Hensley (c1775) s/o Samuel |
Botetourt Co., VA - No Hensley
Buckingham Co., VA
1795 Josias Jones' District |
Free Tithes |
Horses |
|
|
|
William Hensley |
1 |
3 |
|
|
William Hensley (c1730s) later of Washington Co., VA |
Campbell Co., VA - No Hensley
Culpeper Co., VA
1795 List B - Aaron Lane’s |
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Mar 16, William Henslee |
1 |
|
1 |
|
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Mar 16, Enoch Henslee |
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
Fauquier Co., VA
1795 List B Edward Humston’s |
White Tithes |
Blacks 16+ / 12-16 |
Horses |
|
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May 13, 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 - No Hensley
Henry Co., VA
1795 |
White Tithes |
Blacks 16+ / 12-16 |
Horses |
|
|
Mar 30, Lewis Hensley |
1 |
|
1 |
|
Lee Co., VA - No Hensley
Louisa Co., VA - No Hensley
Madison Co., VA - No Hensley
Montgomery Co., VA - No Hensley
Orange Co., VA
1795 Francis Cowherd (List A) |
White Tithes |
Black Tithes |
Blacks 12-16 |
Horses |
|
Jun 3, John Hensley |
1 |
1 |
|
3 |
Patrick Co., VA
1795 |
Free Tithes |
Blacks 16+ |
Blacks 12-16 |
Horses |
|
May 13, William Henslee |
2 |
|
|
3 |
|
Jul 28, John Henslee |
1 |
|
|
2 |
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
1795 Matthew Willoughby's |
Tithes 16and up |
Blacks |
Horses |
|
Library of Virginia Microfilm Reel # 333 |
Capt. Joseph Hensley 22 Apr 1795 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
|
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Samuel Hensley 16 May 1795 |
1 |
0 |
9 |
|
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Nicolas Hensley 18 May 1795 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
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Larkins Hensley 18 May 1795 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
|
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William Hensley 18 May 1795 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
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Fielding Hensley 20 May 1795 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
Wythe Co., VA - No Hensley
Revised: October 16, 2021
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