Marty and Karla Grant

The Genealogy of Marty Grant and wife Karla Mangus Grant.

Bef 1755 - Aft 1820 (> 67 years) Has 9 ancestors and 46 descendants in this family tree.

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Name	Benjamin Henslee
Prefix	Lt
Birth	Bef 1755	VA
Gender	Male
_UID	DF8DEDE915FB9F40868BF0A3DB62FC0F1D9E
Death	Aft 1820	Buncombe Co, NC (now Henderson Co, NC)
Person ID	I112352	Marty and Karla Grant
Last Modified	19 May 2022

Father	John Hensley, b. Abt 1733, Spotsylvania Co, VA d. 1792, Pittsylvania Co, VA (Age 59 years)
Mother	? d. Abt 1770
_UID	474B94DD5FF98F4DA3BFD6C59E464D81E62B
Family ID	F31004	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Eleanor Hampton, b. 1755/1765 d. Aft 1820, Buncombe Co, NC (now Henderson Co, NC) (Age > 56 years)

Marriage 22 Mar 1786 Pittsylvania Co, VA

_UID 72B3530054D62B40B2DF95A0012612ADB9C5

Children

	1. B Henslee, b. Abt 1784, Pittsylvania Co, VA d. Aft 1810, Greenville Dist, SC (Age > 27 years)
	2. Abishai Henslee, b. 1788/1789, Pittsylvania Co, VA d. Aft 1860, Calloway Co, KY (Age > 72 years)
	3. Joab Henslee, b. 29 Jan 1796, Greenville Dist, SC d. 16 Aug 1878, Calloway Co, KY (Age 82 years)

Family ID F29600 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 21 Aug 2026

Notes

!REFERENCE:See my web page for this family:
http://www.martygrant.com/genealogy/hensley/hensley-benjamin-buncombe-nc.html

!DEED:27 Sep 1775 Pittsylvania Co, VA Deeds 4-293 Militia Officers Lieutenants "... Joseph TERRY ... James GEORGE ... Benjamin HENSLEY ...", Ensigns: "... Charles IRBY, Joseph TERRY (son of Joseph) ...";

!TAXLIST:1782 Pittsylvania Co., VA
John Hensley 1 white male over 21, 0 slaves, 1 horse, 2 cattle

Published tax list for 1782 (what is source for this?)
John Hensley 1 white soul, 0 blacks
Benjamin Hensley 6 white souls, 0 blacks;

!TAXLIST:1783 Pittsylvania Co., VA
p. 1 John Hensley 0 white males over 21, 0 slaves, 1 horse, 2 cattle
p. 1 Benjamin Hensley 1 white male over 21, 0 slaves, 2 horses, 1 cattle;

!TAXLIST:1784 x
Not listed in Pittsylvania Co., VA unless I missed him;

!TAXLIST:1785 Pittsylvania Co., VA
White Tithes, Slaves 16+, Slaves -16, Horses, Cattle
Benjamin Hensley, 1-0-0-2-1;

!TAXLIST:1786 x
Not listed in Pittsylvania Co., VA unless I missed him;

!MARRIAGE:22 Mar 1786 Pittsylvania Co., VA
Benjamin Hensley & Elenor Hampton;

!TAXLIST:1787 Pittsylvania Co., VA Pesonal Property Tax list
Griffith Dickerson's District
Apr 27 John Hensley, no taxable white males over 21 (meaning he was exempt), 1 horse
May 15 Benjamin Hensley, (White males over 21= Benjamin Hensley), 1 horse;

!TAXLIST:1788 x
Not listed in Pittsylvania Co., VA unless I missed him;

!TAXLIST:1789 x
Not listed in Pittsylvania Co., VA unless I missed him;

!CENSUS:1790 Lincoln Co., NC 12th Company p. 127
Ben Hensly age 16+ (bef 1774)
1-3-1-0;

!CENSUS:1800 Greenville Dist., SC p. 252
Benjamin Hensley age 45+ (bef 1755)
22001-11010-0-0;

!CENSUS:1810 Greenville Dist., SC p. 128
Benjamin Hensley age 45+ (bef 1765)
01201-00001-0-0;

!CENSUS:1820 Buncombe Co., NC p. 76
Benjamin Hensley age 45+ (bef 1775)
000001-00001-0-0;

!CENSUS:1830 x
* Not found in Buncombe or nearby;

Marty and Karla Grant

The Genealogy of Marty Grant and wife Karla Mangus Grant.

Lt Benjamin Henslee