Descendants of James Hensley

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87. Amos Madison Hensley

(Research):
I have some information regarding Amos Madison
Hensley. He's buried in Green Mountain Cemetery, in
the Pisgah National Forest near Marion, McDowell County, North Carolina. Both he and his wife's stones
are broken in half and have been cemented back
together. He died Dec 17, 1861, as there is a
document dated Jan 16, 1862, in which his adult
children forego their inheritance until their mother
dies.

His tombstone reads:

Amos M Henslee
Who died Dec 17,
___1 age 48 y 6 M 26D
_____me dear
_______'re off
Your tear must
Ly hear til Chr__
Appear when he
Appears then I shall
Rise to see him with
Immortal eyes

His wife, Lourany Biggerstaff Henslee's tombstone
reads:

Our Dear Mother
Lourany Henslee
Born
Dec 18, 1821
Died
Aug 27, 1897
Age 76 Y 8 M 9 D
At Rest

I have some more information regarding some of the
children and other information if you are interested.

Thank you,

Jeanne Hicks

68. William Allison "Black Bill" Hensley

Dear Distant "Hensley" Relative:

My name is Beth Bradford-Pytel and I am a direct descendant of WilliamAllison "Black Bill" Hensley, born September 18, 1798 in Buncombe County,North Carolina. I too have been working on my genealogy and came acrossyour family trees on the Internet www.worldconnect.rootsweb.com . Thereare 7 different trees posted on Worldconnect.com.

Click on to this URL: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?surname=Hensley&given=William+Allison+Black+Bill and you cancompare and preview all the different trees which include William Allison(Black Bill) Hensley and his direct descendants.

For your enjoyment and records, I have attached a scanned photograph of"Black Bill's" tombstone that I took personally in 2001 during my visiton Spivey Mountain where many Hensley relative still live. Text islocated on the photo itself to explain the picture and the location ofthe graveyard if you would like to see it personally. There are roughly50 other historical graves at this graveyard which are Hensley familymembers.

As part of my research, I am very interested in collaborating familyinformation with you. To help substantiate how I am related to BlackBill and his forefathers which apparently lead back to "Hensley" Norfolk,England (information obtained from other family trees off the Internetin collaboration with my relative's testimonies) here is my the bloodline in a nut shell:

Beth Bradford-Pytel - b. July 31, 1965 (Landover, Maryland)
Douglas Bradford - (father) September 26, 1941 (Erwin, Unicoi, Tennessee)
Andy Roscoe Bradford - (grandfather) b. March 12, 1907. Burnsville,Yancey NC, d. December 20, 1974, Unicoi, TN
marries Pearl Lee Hensley (grandmother) who is the only child, b.July 12, 1913, Unicoi, TN d. June 11, 1994 Unicoi, TN

Howell Hensley (father of Pearl and great grandfather) b. (2), d. 1962?, Unicoi, TN (will provide gravestone photo/currently obtaininginformation)
Silas Hensley (great great grandfather) b. November 2, 1845, Yancey, NCd. November 4, 1935, Unicoi, TN
William Allison (Black Bill) Hensley (ggg grandfather) b. Sept. 18, 1798Buncombe Co., NC, d. Nov 5, 1889, Unicoi, TN
Henry Harry Hensley (gggg grandfather) b. 1755, Virginia, d. 1819,Buncombe Co., NC
Benjamin Hensley (JR) (ggggg grandfather) b. 1738 Albemarle Co., VA, d.Feb. 28, 1803, Albemarle Co., VA
Benjamin "Henrico" Hensley (gggggg grandfather) b. 1694, Henrico Co., VA,d. 1788, Albemarle Co., VA
James Hensley (ggggggg grandfather) b. 1642 Northhampton Co, VA, d. 1705Fluvanna Co., VA
James Hensley, Sr. (gggggggg grandfather) b. 1605 "Hensley" Norfolk,England, d. 1665 VA
William Hensley (ggggggggg grandfather) b. 1583 "Hensley" Norfolk,England, d. 1654, Northhampton Co., VA

I am very interested in having dialog with you on how you were able toobtain information with regard to William Hensley's travels from Englandin 1622-23 with his son James Hensley Sr. and wife Mary which I have noinformation on? Also, does anyone really know how Black Bill WilliamAllison Hensley received his dubious title?

I look forward to hearing from you soon and many thanks for posting yourhard work and research on the Internet so others, like myself can exploreand enjoy the wonders of our dead ancestors.

Regards-- Beth Bradford-Pytel

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