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Hensley Census Records - 1797 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
1797 James Lewis |
Whites 16+ |
Blacks16+, Black 12-16 |
Horses |
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Wm Hensley |
1 |
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2 |
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Samuel Hensley |
1 |
1-1 |
3 |
|
Amherst Co., VA - No Hensley
Augusta Co., VA - No Hensley
Bath Co., VA - No Hensley
Bedford Co., VA
1797 List B - John Leftwich |
Tithes |
Blacks 12+ / Total |
Horses |
|
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Samuel Hensley |
1 |
|
3 |
|
Samuel Hensley (c1766/70) s/o Samuel |
James Hensley |
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
John Hensley |
1 |
|
1 |
|
John Hensley (c1771) s/o Samuel |
William Hensley |
1 |
|
1 |
|
William Hensley (c1775) s/o Samuel |
Botetourt Co., VA - No Hensley
Buckingham Co., VA
1797 Josias Jones' District |
Free Tithes |
Horses |
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|
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William Hensley |
1 |
3 |
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William Hensley (c1730s) later of Washington Co., VA |
Campbell Co., VA - No Hensley
Culpeper Co., VA
1797 List B - Aaron Lane’s |
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Mar 15, Enoch Hensley |
1 |
|
1 |
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Fauquier Co., VA
1797 List B Joseph Withers |
White Tithes |
Blacks 16+ / 12-16 |
Horses |
|
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Jul 25, William Hensley |
1 |
1-0 |
2 |
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Aug 7, Saml Hensley |
1 |
|
2 |
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Fluvanna Co., VA - No Hensley
Franklin Co., VA - No Hensley
Frederick Co., VA - No Hensley
Grayson Co., VA - No Hensley
Halifax Co., VA
1797 List A |
White Tithables |
Black Tithes / 12-16 |
Horses |
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Apr 1, Samuel Hensley |
1 |
|
1 |
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1797 List B |
White Tithables |
Black Tithes / 12-16 |
Horses |
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Apr 1, Nathan Hensley |
1 |
|
2 |
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Henry Co., VA
1797 |
White Tithes |
Blacks 16+ / 12-16 |
Horses |
|
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Mar 20, Lewis Hensley |
1 |
|
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Lee Co., VA - No Hensley
Louisa Co., VA - No Hensley
Madison Co., VA
1797 |
White Tithes |
Black Tithes / 12-16 |
Horses |
|
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Mar 14, William Hensley & sons |
4 |
|
2 |
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William Hensley (c1743/46-c1810) and Mary of VA (Orange, Albemarle, Madison) |
Montgomery Co., VA - No Hensley
Orange Co., VA
1797 Francis Cowherd (List A) |
White Tithes |
Black Tithes |
Blacks 12-16 |
Horses |
|
Apr 24, Hannah Hensly |
1 |
1 |
|
3 |
Patrick Co., VA
1797 |
White Tithes 16+ |
Blacks 16+ |
Blacks 12-16 |
Horses |
|
William Hensley |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
John Hensley |
1 |
|
|
4 |
Pittsylvania Co., VA
1797 Robert Devin |
White Males 16+ |
Blacks 12-16 / 16+ |
Horses |
|
|
Mar 15, Taliaffero Hensley |
1 |
|
1 |
|
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
1797 Matthew Willoughby's |
Tithes 16and up |
Blacks |
Horses |
|
Library of Virginia Microfilm Reel # 333 |
Samuel Hensly |
1 |
0 |
7 |
|
|
Fielding Hensly |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
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Larkins Hensly |
1 |
0 |
3 |
|
|
Nicolas Hensly |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
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William Hensly |
1 |
0 |
1 |
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Wythe Co., VA
1797 List A John Davis, North of Walker’s Mountain |
White Males 16+ |
Blacks 16+ / 12+ |
Horses |
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Mar 27, William Hancly |
1 |
|
2 |
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May 11, George Hancley |
1 |
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Revised: November 21, 2021
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