I have been working on my Hensley family this past weekend. I was reading through some of the information on Marty Grant's website and wanted to put a few pieces of information into the blog post so that I don't loose them. The page on Marty Grant's website that this information comes from is:
http://www.martygrant.com/genealogy/hensley/hensley-phebe-henry-va.htm
Here is what is said on the site:
I was reading more on Marty Grant's site several months later after I wrote this post. I misinterpreted the information about Phebe. It seems that when Marty Grant said she was a single mother he meant that she was a widow who had lost her husband while her children were young. So while you read the rest of this, be aware of my misinformation. OH WAIT! I remember that Phebe's son Lewis died during the war of 1812 and leaves an inheritance to his siblings in which he states they are illegitimate and that his mother is dead.
Phebe Hensley was a single mother with several Hensley children when she married her 2nd husband Kinney McKinney in 1797. In his will dated 1802 (Henry Co, VA) he named 4 of her children: Jean, Lewis, John, and Patsy. Of these, Jean, John and Patsy all married in the 1805-1813 timeframe. Lewis Hensley died in the War of 1812, and his siblings were listed as his heirs, those same documents refer to them as being illegitimate children, with their mother dead. Since she named one of her children Lewis, that may indicate that she is related to the older Lewis Hensley (c1740/50) of Henry Co, VA. He could be her father, or older brother. I'd guess he was her father, but no proof so far.
Lewis Hensley (son of Phebe) died in the War of 1812. John Hensley remained in Henry Co, VA until the 1830's when he moved to Barren Co, KY. He was listed in 1840 and 1850 Barren Co, KY census. In 1860 he was listed in Metcalfe Co, KY which was formed that same year from part of Barren County.
John Hensley son of Phebe, married Nancy Salmon in 1812 in Henry Co, VA. They were listed on the 1820 and 1830 Henry Co, VA census. By 1840 they had moved to Barren Co, KY. They were listed there in 1840 and 1850 census. They apparently lived in the eastern part of Barren County, that became Metcalf Co, KY in 1860. They were listed in Metcalf Co, KY census in 1860. I don't have absolute proof that John and Nancy of Henry Co, VA are the same people as John and Nancy of Barren / Metcalf Co, KY but they are a perfect fit, and I'm confident they are the same. By the time of the 1850 census, several of John's sons were married already or living in other households. Edmund (c1817) and John W. (c1820) were already married, and Burwell (c1828) was single, but with another family. I'm sure all three are sons of John and Nancy, since they were all born in VA and lived nearby. I have no absolute proof though that they are his sons.
End of copied information. Following are my comments as I read this today.
Phebe is likely to have been of the same generation as my John Hensley who was living in Pittsylvania County with wife Milly. John and Milly's son, Solomon, was born c. 1776. But it is interesting to note that Solomon married in the same time period as Phebe's other children..
