Marty and Karla Grant
[Home] [What’s New?] [Books for Sale] [Christian] [Genealogy] [Search] [Support] [About] [Contact]
Hensley Census Records - 1798 Virginia “Census” of Hensleys
[Hensley Home] - [Census Records]
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
1798 James Lewis |
Whites 16+ |
Blacks16+, Black 12-16 |
Horses |
|
|
Saml Hensley |
1 |
1-1 |
4 |
|
|
Wm Hensley & Son |
2 |
|
2 |
|
|
1798 Thos Garth |
Whites 16+ |
Blacks16+, Black 12-16 |
Horses |
|
|
Clifton Hensley |
1 |
|
|
|
Amherst Co., VA - No Hensley
Augusta Co., VA - No Hensley
Bath Co., VA - No Hensley
Bedford Co., VA
1798 List B - The Northern District John Leftwich |
White Tithes |
Black Tithes / 12+ |
Horses |
|
|
James Hensley |
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
Lelean Hensley |
|
|
2 |
|
Widow of Samuel Hensley (c1740s) |
John Hensley |
1 |
|
2 |
|
John Hensley (c1771) s/o Samuel |
Samuel Hensley |
1 |
|
1 |
|
Samuel Hensley (c1766/70) s/o Samuel |
Botetourt Co., VA - No Hensley
Buckingham Co., VA - No Hensley
Campbell Co., VA - No Hensley
Culpeper Co., VA
1798 List A - Daniel Brown’s |
Whites 16+ |
Blacks 16+ / 12-16 |
Horses |
|
|
Apr 7, Enoch Hensley |
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
Mar 5, Enoch Hensley |
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
Fauquier Co., VA
1798 List B Joseph Withers |
White Tithes |
Blacks 16+ / 12-16 |
Horses |
|
|
Apr 12, Wm Hensley |
1 |
3-0 |
5 |
|
|
Fluvanna Co., VA - No Hensley
Franklin Co., VA - No Hensley
Frederick Co., VA - No Hensley
Grayson Co., VA - No Hensley
Halifax Co., VA
1798 List B |
White Tithables |
Black Tithes / 12-16 |
Horses |
|
|
Apr 20, Nathaniel Hensley |
1 |
|
2 |
|
Henry Co., VA - No Hensley
Lee Co., VA - No Hensley
Louisa Co., VA - No Hensley
Madison Co., VA
1798 |
White Tithes |
Black Tithes / 12-16 |
Horses |
|
|
May 5, William Hensley |
3 |
|
1 |
|
William Hensley (c1743/46-c1810) and Mary of VA (Orange, Albemarle, Madison) |
Montgomery Co., VA - No Hensley
Orange Co., VA
1798 Belfield Cave (List A) |
White Tithes |
Black Tithes |
Blacks 12-16 |
Horses |
|
Apr 7, Hannah Hensley |
1 |
1 |
|
3 |
Patrick Co., VA
1798 |
Free Tithes |
Blacks 16+ |
Blacks 12-16 |
Horses |
|
May 19, William Hensley |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
May 19, John Henslee |
1 |
|
|
4 |
Pittsylvania Co., VA
1798 Jeremiah White |
White Males 16+ |
Blacks 12-16 / 16+ |
Horses |
|
|
Apr 16, Solomon Hensley |
1 |
|
|
|
|
May 12, Toliver Hensley |
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
1798 Matthew Willoughby. Lower District |
Tithes 16and up |
Blacks |
|
|
Library of Virginia Microfilm Reel # 333 |
Samuel Hensley |
1 |
2 |
|
|
|
Fielding Hensley |
1 |
0 |
|
|
|
Nicolas Hensley |
1 |
0 |
|
|
|
William Hensley Jr |
1 |
0 |
|
|
|
Larkins Hensley |
1 |
0 |
|
|
|
William Hensley Sr |
1 |
0 |
|
|
|
Icabod Hensley |
1 |
0 |
|
|
Wythe Co., VA - No Hensley
Revised: November 21, 2021
Copyright © 1996-2021 Marvin A. Grant, Jr. All Rights Reserved.
[Home] [What’s New?] [Books for Sale] [Christian] [Genealogy] [Search] [Support] [About] [Contact]