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Hensley Census Records - 1799 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
1799 James Lewis |
Whites 16+ |
Blacks16+, Black 12-16 |
Horses |
|
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Samuel Hensley |
1 |
2-1 |
4 |
|
|
William Hensley & Son |
2 |
|
3 |
|
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1799 Thos Garth |
Whites 16+ |
Blacks16+, Black 12-16 |
Horses |
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Clifton Hensley |
1 |
|
1 |
|
Amherst Co., VA - No Hensley
Augusta Co., VA - No Hensley
Bath Co., VA - No Hensley
Bedford Co., VA
1799 List B - The Northern District John Leftwich |
White Tithes |
Black Tithes / 12+ |
Horses |
|
|
James Hensley |
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
Samuel Hensley |
1 |
0-1 |
1 |
|
Samuel Hensley (c1766/70) s/o Samuel |
John Hensley |
1 |
|
2 |
|
John Hensley (c1771) s/o Samuel |
William Hensley |
1 |
|
|
|
William Hensley (c1775) s/o Samuel |
Lelean Hensley |
|
|
2 |
|
Widow of Samuel Hensley (c1740s) |
Botetourt Co., VA - No Hensley
Buckingham Co., VA - No Hensley
Campbell Co., VA - No Hensley
Culpeper Co., VA
1799 List A - Daniel Brown’s |
Whites 16+ |
Blacks 16+ / 12-16 |
Horses |
|
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May 23, Enoch Hensley |
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
Fauquier Co., VA
1799 List B Thornton Buckner |
White Tithes |
Blacks 16+ / 12-16 |
Horses |
|
|
William Hensley |
1 |
|
|
|
|
Enoch Hensley |
1 |
|
|
|
|
Fluvanna Co., VA - No Hensley
Franklin Co., VA
1799 List A - Samuel Hairston |
White Tithes |
Blacks 16+ / 12+ |
Horses |
|
|
Apr 25, Solomon Hensley |
1 |
|
1 |
|
Frederick Co., VA - No Hensley
Grayson Co., VA - No Hensley
Halifax Co., VA
1799 List A |
White Tithables |
Black Tithes / 12-16 |
Horses |
|
|
Apr 10, Nathan Hencely |
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
1799 List B |
White Tithables |
Black Tithes / 12-16 |
Horses |
|
|
Mar 28, Samuel Hensley |
1 |
|
2 |
|
Henry Co., VA
1799 |
White Tithes |
Blacks 16+ / 12-16 |
Horses |
|
|
Mar 18, Lewis Hensley |
1 |
|
1 |
|
Lee Co., VA - No Hensley
Louisa Co., VA - No Hensley
Madison Co., VA
1799 |
White Tithes |
Black Tithes / 12-16 |
Horses |
|
|
Mar 29, William Hensley & sons |
3 |
|
1 |
|
William Hensley (c1743/46-c1810) and Mary of VA (Orange, Albemarle, Madison) |
Montgomery Co., VA - No Hensley
Orange Co., VA
1799 Belfield Cave (List A) |
White Tithes |
Black Tithes |
Blacks 12-16 |
Horses |
|
Apr 6, Hannah Hensley |
2 |
1 |
|
1 |
Patrick Co., VA
1799 |
Free Tithes |
Blacks 16+ |
Blacks 12-16 |
Horses |
|
William Hensley |
1 |
|
|
2 |
|
John Hensley |
1 |
|
|
3 |
Pittsylvania Co., VA
1799 Jeremiah White |
White Males 16+ |
Blacks 12-16 / 16+ |
Horses |
|
|
May 18, 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
1799 Matthew Willoughby. Lower District |
Tithes 16and up |
Blacks |
Horses |
|
Library of Virginia Microfilm Reel # 333 |
Samuel Hensly |
1 |
2 |
7 |
|
|
Fielding Hensly |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
|
Larkins Hensly |
1 |
0 |
3 |
|
|
William Hensly Jr |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
|
Nicolas Hensly |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
|
William Hensly Sr and Son |
2 |
0 |
4 |
|
|
Icabod Hensly |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
|
Nicolas Hensly |
1 |
0 |
2 |
|
Duplicate entry |
Wythe Co., VA
1799 List B Samuel Crockett |
White Males 16+ |
Blacks 16+ / 12+ |
Horses |
|
|
Apr 4, John Hansley* |
1 |
|
4 |
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* Might be Housley. |
Revised: November 21, 2021
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