Charles Hensley

1796 - Abt 1858  (62 years)   Has 11 ancestors and 83 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Charles Hensley
  Birth	1795/1796	Buncombe Co, NC
  Gender	Male
  _UID	1293898DD2DAD4118AC4444553540000CA60
  Death	Abt 1858	Madison Co, NC
  Person ID	I43559	Marty and Karla Grant
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	John Hensley,   b. 1765/1772, Pittsylvania Co, VA (now Henry Co, VA) d. 1810/1815, Buncombe Co, NC (Age 43 years)
  Mother	?
  Marriage	Bef 1790	Burke Co, NC
  _UID	F0CB02D9CDA0364DBC7CBAB329943DBEE30A
  Family ID	F14692	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rhoda Stanton,   b. 1797/1798, Buncombe Co, NC d. Aft 1880, Madison Co, NC (Age > 83 years)
  Marriage	1820/1822	Buncombe Co, NC (now Madison Co, NC)
  _UID	FF24DC41BA741146950C176BD6FF0926EC5F
  Children	1. Lucinda Hensley,   b. 8 Jul 1822, Buncombe Co, NC (now Madison Co, NC) d. 31 May 1914, Madison Co, NC (Age 91 years)   2. Beverly Hensley,   b. 1824/1825, Buncombe Co, NC (now Madison Co, NC) d. Abt 1864, Civil War (Age 39 years)   3. John Hensley,   b. 17 Sep 1826, Buncombe Co, NC (now Madison Co, NC) d. 8 May 1900, Madison Co, NC (Age 73 years)   4. George Hensley,   b. 1826/1827, Buncombe Co, NC (now Madison Co, NC) d. Bef 1880, Madison Co, NC (Age < 52 years)   5. Wesley Hensley,   b. 1830/1831, Buncombe Co, NC (now Madison Co, NC) d. Aft 1880, Madison Co, NC (Age > 50 years)   6. William Hensley,   b. Jul 1832/1833, Yancey Co, NC (now Madison Co, NC) d. Aft 1920, Greene Co, TN (Age > 88 years)   7. Margaret Hensley,   b. 1840/1841, Yancey Co, NC (now Madison Co, NC)   8. Ephraim M Hensley,   b. 1844/1845, Yancey Co, NC (now Madison Co, NC) d. 5 Jul 1916, Madison Co, NC (Age 71 years)   9. Lena Hensley,   b. 1850, Yancey Co, NC (now Madison Co, NC)
  Family ID	F16248	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Aug 2026

  
  

• Notes

  !NOTE:Many early histories show him as "Charles B. Hensley", but I've seen no source documents with the middle initial included; !CENSUS:1800 Buncombe Co, NC pg 172 w/John HENSLEY age 0-9 (1790/1800); !CENSUS:1810 Buncombe Co, NC pg 254 w/John HENSLEY age 10-15 (1794/1800); !DEED:23 Sep 1815. Buncombe Co., NC Deed Book 19 page 17. "We have received of the widow Martha Hensley our stepmother full satisfaction paid in full for all our parts of the land that our father John Hensley died seized, we relinquish all rights..." Signed: William Rogers, Charles Hensley, Miss Polly Hensley, Miss Peggy Hensley. Proven by Abner James Jan 1833. !CENSUS:1820 x * He could be the Charles Hensley in Edwards Co., IL in 1820 near William H. Sams, also from Buncombe Co., NC; !CENSUS:1830 Buncombe Co, NC pg 293 Charles HENSLEY age 30-39 (1790/1800) "210001-010001"; !CENSUS:1840 Yancey Co, NC pg 259 Charles HENSLEY age 40-49 (1790/1800) "0211001-0011001"; !CENSUS:1850 Yancey Co., NC # 900/940 Charles Hensley 54 Farmer $- NC John 24 Laborer $300 George 23 do Wesley 19 do William 17 do Ephraim 5 Rhoda 52 NC Margaret 9;