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Hensley Census Records - 1796 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
1796 List 3, David Purviance’s District |
Land |
White Tithes 21+ / 16-20 |
Black Males 16+ / Females 16+ / Total Blacks |
Horses / Cattle |
Comments |
Joseph Hensely |
- |
1-1 |
0-0-0 |
12-0 |
|
William Hensely |
- |
1-0 |
0-0-0 |
4-0 |
Campbell Co., KY - No Hensleys
Clark Co., KY
1796 Micajah Harrison’s District |
Land |
White Tithes 21+ / 16-20 |
Blacks 16+ / Total Blacks |
Horses / Cattle |
Comments |
Mar 25, David Hinsley |
- |
1-1 |
0-0 |
5-6 |
Fayette Co., KY
1796 List A |
White Males 21+ / 16-20 |
Blacks 16+ / Total Blacks |
Horses |
Cattle |
|
Benjamin Handsley, no land |
1-0 |
0-0 |
1 |
0 |
|
1796 List B |
White Tithes |
Black Tithes |
Horses |
Cattle |
|
May 30, Benjamin Hensley, no land |
1 |
|
1 |
|
Probably a duplicate entry, but the other names near him weren’t duplicated. |
Franklin 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 - No Hensleys
Logan Co., KY - No Hensleys
Madison Co., KY - No Hensleys
Mason Co., KY - No Hensleys
Mercer Co., KY
1796 Gabriel Slaughter’s District |
Land (Acres, Watercourse, County, Original Entry) |
Whites 21+ / 16-20 |
Blacks 16+ / Total |
Horses / Cattle |
|
Jun 31, William Hensley |
157 |
1-0 |
0-0 |
2-17 |
|
ditto |
1100, Hogan, Green Co, Michl Snider |
|
|
|
Nelson Co., KY - No Hensleys
Scott Co., KY - No Hensleys
Shelby Co., KY
1796 List 1 |
Land (Acres, Watercourse, County, Original Entry) |
Whites 21+ / 16-20 |
Blacks 16+ / Total |
Horses / Cattle |
|
Mar 18, Jonathan Hansly |
- |
1-0 |
0-0 |
1-2 |
|
Mar 18, Gabriel Hansly |
- |
1-0 |
0-0 |
0-2 |
|
Mar 18, Richardson Hansly |
125, Gipsey, Shelby, Squire Boon |
2-2 |
1-1 |
2-11 |
|
1796 List 2 |
Land (Acres, Watercourse, County, Original Entry) |
Whites 21+ / 16-20 |
Blacks 16+ / Total |
Horses / Cattle |
|
Mar 24, Samuel Hensley |
- |
1-0 |
0-0 |
0-5 |
Samuel Hensley (bef 1770-aft 1800), s/o George (1751)? |
Mar 24, James Hensley |
- |
0-1 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
James Hensley (c1776/80) s/o Richardson? |
Apr 28, George Hensley |
50, Mullberry, Shelby, blank |
1-0 |
1-3 |
2-7 |
|
Jun 5, James Hensley Senr |
- |
1-1 |
0-0 |
0-2 |
James Hensley (bef 1768) s/o George? |
Washington Co., KY - No Hensleys
Woodford Co., KY - No Hensleys
Revised: November 28, 2021
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