My major mix of family lines from Harlan KY and other places:Information about Henry Halen Hensley
Henry Halen Hensley (b. 1781, d. Bet. 1850 - 1860)
Notes for Henry Halen Hensley:
Henry Hensley was born ca 1781 in Burke Co, NC, in the section that became Buncombe Co, NC in 1791, and later Yancey Co, NC in 1833.
In 1790, there were five Hensley households in Burke County.
In 1800, there were six Hensley households in Buncombe County, and two in Burke. Benjamin lived in that section of Burke that later became McDowell County.
Henry Hensley (1781) married Mary W. Howard between 1800 and ca 1804. They may have married in Buncombe Co, NC (all marriage records from this timeframe for Buncombe were lost), or perhaps they married in Knox Co, KY where the Howard family moved around that time. Mary was born ca 1788 in VA, and was a daughter of Samuel Howard and Chloe Osborne. Mary's sister Nancy Howard, married Henry Hensley's brother Lewis Hensley in 1803 in Knox Co, KY (marriage bond dated 1 Sep 1803), then moved back to Buncombe Co, NC. Since Lewis and Nancy did this in the same timeframe, it seems reasonable that Henry and Mary may have done exactly the same.
There is direct evidence that Mary's maiden name was Howard, and that she was a child of Samuel and Chloe. A deed dated 27 Dec 1820 was made by Samuel Howard Sr (Samuel "Hord") in Harlan Co, KY, selling (for $1) land to his children, including "Mary Hensley wife of Henry Hensley and Nancy Hensley wife of Lewis Hensley of Buncombe Co, NC". This proves that connection very nicely.
They were back in NC (or "still" in NC) for the 1810 census. They were listed next to Benjamin Hensley (Henry's brother) and Edward James. They were just a few houses away from James Hensley (Henry's Uncle) and Berry Hensley (Henry's 1st cousin).
1810 census analysis (based on available evidence): (Explanation of this census)
1810 Buncombe Co, NC pg 79/256 Henry Hensly 20100-10100
Analysis:
1 Male(s) 16-25(1784-1794) Henry HENSLEY (1780/81) s/o Henry & Barbara
2 Male(s) 0-9(1800-1810) Son? (1800/1810)
Son? (1800/1810)
1 Female(s) 16-25(1784-1794) Mary HOWARD Hensley (1787/88) wife
1 Female(s) 0-9(1800-1810) Daughter? (1800/1810)
For some reason, I have not been able to locate Henry Hensley on the 1820 census. The aforementioned deed from his father-in-law Samuel Howard, was dated December 1820, and listed Henry's residence as Buncombe Co, NC, so he should be there (though the census was taken earlier in the year, and Henry could have been in KY at that point, and returned to NC later, but before December). I have checked the 1820 census for Buncombe County, NC several times through, and still did not locate Henry Hensley. His father was listed in 1820 as "Henry Hensley Sr", so the fact that he had the "Sr" included, must mean that "Jr" was still in the county, or why use the "Sr" at all?
Henry Hensley was listed in Buncombe Co, NC for the 1830 census. His next door neighbors were John Chandler and W. Enzor. Henry was listed only by his first initial "H. Hensely", but there is no doubt who it is. Jesse Hensley was just six households away.
1830 census analysis (based on available evidence): (Explanation of this census)
1830 Buncombe County, NC pg 297 H. Hensely 0122201000000-0210101000000
Analysis:
1 Male(s) 40-49(1780-1790) Henry HENSLEY (1780/81) s/o Henry & Barbara
2 Male(s) 20-29(1800-1810) Son? (1800/10) --> gone by 1840
Son? (1800/10) -–> gone by 1840
2 Male(s) 15-19(1810-1815) Son? (1810/15) --> gone by 1840
Son? (1810/15) --> gone by 1840
2 Male(s) 10-14(1815-1820) Son? (1815/20) Andrew Jackson HENSLEY (1817/18) son
Son? (1815/20) Wallace S. HENSLEY (1817/18) son
1 Male(s) 5-9(1820-1825) Henry HENSLEY Jr (1825/26) son
1 Female(s) 40-49(1780-1790) Mary HOWARD Hensley (1787/88) wife
1 Female(s) 20-29(1800-1810) Daughter? (1800/1810) --> gone by 1840
1 Female(s) 10-14(1815-1820) Nancy HENSLEY (1814/15) daughter m by 1834
2 Female(s) 5-9(1820-1825) Daughter? (1820/25) --> gone by 1840
Daughter? (1820/25) --> gone by 1840
In 1833, Yancey County was formed from part of Buncombe, including where the Hensley's resided.
On 4 Oct 1836, Henry Hensley (spelled "Hensly") (and Wililam McKiney) witnessed a Yancey County deed between Thomas H. Blount and William A. Blount, Executors of John G. Blount, deceased, (all of Beaufort County) to James Renfrow of Yancey County, for land on Caney Branch of Toe River. (Yancey Co, NC Deed Book 1 page 120 from "Index and Abstract of Deeds of Yancey Co., NC Deed Book 1" by Sally Williams, 1985).
On 26 Dec 1838, "Henry Hensly" received a State Land Grant for 50 acres in Yancey County, adjoining his own land. This was entered 16 Jan 1835. (Yancey Co, NC Deed Book 1 page 277 from "Index and Abstract of Deeds of Yancey Co., NC Deed Book 1" by Sally Williams, 1985).
On 3 Jan 1839, "Washington Hensly" (probably George W. Hensley, Henry's son), received a 100 acre land grant in Yancey County, adjoining the land of Henry Hensley. (Yancey Co, NC Deed Book 1 page 375 from "Index and Abstract of Deeds of Yancey Co., NC Deed Book 1" by Sally Williams, 1985).
Henry Hensley was listed on the 1840 census in Yancey Co, NC. His next door neighbors were John Rector and John Edwards. No other Hensleys were very close by. The nearest was near the top of the previous page, being Samuel Hensley.
1840 census analysis (based on available evidence): (Explanation of this census)
1840 Yancey County, NC pg 287 Henry Hensley 0001200100000-0000000100000
Analysis:
1 Male(s) 50-59(1780-1790) Henry HENSLEY (1780/81) s/o Henry & Barbara
2 Male(s) 20-29(1810-1820) Son? (1815/20) Wallace S. HENSLEY (1817/18) son
Son? (1815/20) Andrew Jackson HENSLEY (1817/18) son
1 Male(s) 15-19(1820-1825) Henry HENSLEY (1825/26) son
1 Female(s) 50-59(1780-1790) Mary W. HOWARD Hensley (1787/88) wife
Henry Hensley was listed on the 1850 census in Yancey Co, NC with his next door neighbors being Enos Hensley (his son, our ancestor) and Henry Hensley Jr (his son). Other Hensley's were nearby as well, including Silas A. Hensley (7 houses away), and Fielding Hensley (8 houses away) and others. Henry Hensley was listed with no real property, so if he had land, he sold it all before 1850.
1850 census abstract: (Explanation of this census)
(Note: The dates at the end of each line are not part of the original census, but are approximate birth years based on age)
1850 YANCEY CO, NC Page 444BHouse/Family #857/ 896
HENSLEY HENRY Sr69 M W FARMERNC1780/1781
HENSLEY MARY W62 F WVA1787/1788
Henry Hensley died between 1850 and 1860, for he was not found on the 1860 census, but his wife Mary was residing with their son Henry Hensley then, in Yancey Co, NC.
1860 census abstract: (Explanation of this census)
(Note: The dates at the end of each line are not part of the original census, but are approximate birth years based on age)
1860 YANCEY CO, NC Page 855House/Family #790/ 790 --TwpEGYPT P.O.
HENSLEY HENRY36 M W FARMERNC1823/1824
HENSLEY JANE27 F WTN1832/1833
HENSLEY LOUIZA11 F WNC1848/1849
HENSLEY VICEY9 F WNC1850/1851
HENSLEY MARY6 F WNC1853/1854
HENSLEY ESAU3 M WNC1856/1857
HENSLEY WILLIAM A1 M WNC1858/1859
HENSLEY MARY74 F W100197 VA1785/1786
Mary was listed in 1870 in Yancey County with son Henry Hensley.
Mary W. Howard Hensley died sometime after 1870, presumably in Yancey Co, NC.
Children
Henry and Mary Howard Hensley had quite a number of children, based on the 1810 through 1840 census records.
Samuel was listed on the 1840 census in Yancey Co, NC, one page away from Henry (the closest Hensley to him in 1840, in fact), so they weren't too far apart. He moved to Harlan Co, KY in the 1840's.
His son George W. Hensley (1809) married in the 1830's, and he did name a son "Henry" and a daughter "Mary". He also went to Harlan Co, KY where Samuel (see above) went.Also, Samuel named one of his sons "George W. Hensley. George was listed on the 1840 census in Yancey Co, NC, and moved to Harlan Co, KY in the 1840's.
Enos Hensley, our ancestor, was in Yancey Co, NC in 1840 and 1850 and Harlan Co, KY in 1860.
Wallace and Andrew Jackson Hensley in 1860 lived next to their widowed mother Mary Howard Hensley.
Nancy Verlin Hensley married David Shelton between ca 1830 and 1834.David Shelton was listed on the 1840 census in Yancey Co, NC next door to Fielding Hensley, and just three houses from Enos Hensley.In 1850, David Shelton and Nancy and family were listed two houses from her parents in Yancey County. They were next door to Henry Hensley Jr, and George Pate.
Henry Sr and Jr were next door to each other in 1850, and that in 1860, widow Mary was residing with Henry Jr in Yancey Co, NC.
Found this on genology website ...... is this my grandfather?
HENRY HENSLEY, OF THE OLD INDIAN CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH
ERWIN and UNICOI COUNTY, long before the town or the County had been established, was the home of the HENSLEY FAMILY, HENRY HENSLEY was a member of the Baptist Church established about 1822 by JONATHAN MULKEY, REES BAYLESS and others, and two old tombstone records testify to the presence of other HENSLEYS in UNICOI Co. Territory at an early day. RACHEL HENSLEY was born in 1832, and SALLIE HENSLEY in 1841. Like the BAILEY FAMILY, these HENSLEYS moved over across the mountains into what is now YANCEY COUNTY, when Burnaville was established on lands of THOMAS ??AY & JAMES BAILEY about 1833, THOMAS BAY, of Burnsville, N. C. having married IVEY HENSLEY.
More About Henry Halen Hensley and Mary W Howard:
Marriage 1: Bet. 1800 - 1804116
Marriage 2: WFT Est. 1801-1831117
Children of Henry Halen Hensley and Mary W Howard are:
- Son Hensley, b. 1801118, d. Bet. 1828 - 1892118.
- +George Washington Hensley, Sr., b. 1809, NC118, d. Bet. 1842 - 1900118.
- +Andrew Jackson Hensley, b. August 1819, NC119, d. Aft. 1900, Yancey Co., NC119.
- Wallace Hensley, b. 1818, NC120, d. WFT Est. 1846-1909120.
- +Henry Halen Hensley, Jr., b. 1826, Yancey Co., NC121, d. Aft. 1891, Yancey Co., NC121.
- +Enos Hensley, b. 1816, Buncombe Co., NC121, d. January 07, 1880, Harlan KY.
- +George Washington Hensley, b. October 22, 1809, NC121, d. 1873, Harlan Co., KY121.
- +Fielden "Tilden" Hensley, b. 1813, NC121, d. Aft. 1880, Yancey Co. NC121.
- Nancy Verlin Hensley, b. Bet. 1814 - 1815, d. date unknown.
- Samuel Hensley, b. Bet. 1804 - 1805, d. date unknown, Harlan,KY.