Marty and Karla Grant
The Genealogy of Marty Grant and wife Karla Mangus Grant.
Colbert Hensley
1765 - 1840 (75 years) Has 9 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.-
Name Colbert Hensley Birth 1760/1765 Halifax Co, VA (now Henry Co, VA) 
Gender Male _UID 096C898DD2DAD4118AC44445535400009A87 Death 1830/1840 Yancey Co, NC (now Madison Co, NC) Person ID I33566 Marty and Karla Grant Last Modified 7 Dec 2021
Father Benjamin Hensley, b. Abt 1731, Spotsylvania Co, VA d. Aft 1774, Surry Co, NC (Age > 44 years)Mother Elizabeth, b. 1730/1740, VA d. Aft 1830, Hawkins Co, TN (Age > 91 years)Marriage Abt 1750 VA _UID 659E379E0A29D84F8FB6CC00D765485B22BC Family ID F13673 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 
Elizabeth Stanton, b. 1774/1784 d. Bef 1830, Buncombe Co, NC (now Madison Co, NC) (Age < 45 years)Marriage 1790/1795 Buncombe Co, NC (now Madison Co, NC) _UID E9E23BDAEEF07E468D7EE3EC52F1A156966F Children 1. James Hensley, b. 1794/1795, TN d. 1860/1870, Greene Co, TN (Age 75 years)2. George W Hensley, b. 1800/1801, Buncombe Co, NC (now Madison Co, NC) d. 20 Sep 1874, Augusta Co, VA (Age 73 years)3. Amos Hensley, b. 1802/1803, Buncombe Co, NC (now Madison Co, NC) d. Aft 1880, Madison Co, NC (Age > 78 years)4. Hickman M Hensley, b. 1803/1804, Buncombe Co, NC (now Madison Co, NC) d. Aft 1860, Madison Co, NC (Age > 57 years)5. Mary Ann Hensley, b. 1808/1809, Buncombe Co, NC (now Madison Co, NC) d. Aft 1860, Yancey Co, NC (Age > 52 years)6. John Hensley, b. Buncombe Co, NC (now Madison Co, NC) Family ID F4934 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 21 Aug 2026
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Notes - !NOTE:See Families of Yancey County Vol XI no 1, Marc 1994 page 32a for more on the proof of Elizabeth and Colbert's family;
!CENSUS:1790;
!COURT:Jul 1793 Buncombe Co, NC Court Minutes. Ord by court that ... William MORRIS ... John STAUNTON, Cobert HENSELY ... John HENSLEY, Harry HENSELY, John BAKER ... be a jury to view mark and lay off a road from Hintons Mill the nearest and best way to Austin CHOATES on Ivy River;
!COURT:Apr 1794 Buncombe Co, NC Court Minutes. Ord by the court that the
following persons Viz. Henry HENSELY, James HENSELY, John HENSELY, Colbert
HENSELY ... John STAUNTON ... be a jury to view mark and lay off a road from
Hintons Mill on Caney River the nearest and best way to Austin CHOATES on
Ivy;
!CENSUS:1800 Buncombe Co, NC pg 172 Colbret HENSLEY age 26-44 (1755/74) "40010-00100";
!CENSUS:1810 Buncombe Co, NC pg 260 Colderd HENSLY age 45+ (bef 1765) "320011-00100";
!CENSUS:1820;
!CENSUS:1830 Buncombe Co, NC pg 303 Colbert HINSLEY age 60-69 (1760/70) "001000001-000001";
- !NOTE:See Families of Yancey County Vol XI no 1, Marc 1994 page 32a for more on the proof of Elizabeth and Colbert's family;