Harlan County Kentucky Circuit Court Records Kentucky State Archives - Box 200 D. H. Smith - Petition in Equity agst Enos Hensley Heirs filed April 2 - 1885

D. H. Smith, Plff         agst Gilbert Hensley Asher Hensley, W A Hensley Lewis Hensley, Levi Hensley, Emeline Hensley, Margaret Hensley, Mary Hensley, Martha Hensley, Levi Hensley Jr., Tilda Hensley, Crilly Hensley, Cordelia Dean & John Dean

The Plff D H Smith states that on the 5 day of June 1876 one Enos Hensley Father of defendants executed & delivered to Noble Smith his promissory note whereby he undertook & promised to pay said Noble Smith one day thereafter the sum of $17.85 said note is filed herewith as part hereof accompanied by the affidavit required by law. That shortly after the execution of said note said Enos Hensley died intestate and no admin has ever qualified as his estate and he left no personalty to be administered. He left the defts Gilbert Hensley, Asher Hensley, W A Hensley, Lewis Hensley, Levi Hensley, Emeline Hensley, Fielding Hensley, Tilda Hensley a daughter of Nikolas Hensley decd who was a son of said Enos, Critty Hensley a daughter of Harry Hensley decd who was a son of said Enos, Cordelia Dean & her husband Jno Dean who was a child of Louisa Hensley a daughter of said Enos, as his only heirs - That since the death of the old man, Fielding Hensley has died leaving Margaret Hensley, Mary Hensley, Martha Hensley and Levi Hensley, his only heirs.

The petition goes on with some detail about the note and the land and then states:         That deft Margaret, Mary, Martha, Levi Jr, Tilda & Critty Hensley are infants above 14 years & have no statutory guardian.

from the above we have: Enos Hensley died "shortly" after 5 June 1876 and before 2 April 1885 that he had children: Gilbert Asher W A Lewis Levi Emeline Fielding (died after Enos but before 2 April 1885) leaving children Margaret, Mary, Martha and Levi Nicholas (predeceased father?) left daughter Tilda Harry (predeceased father?) left daughter Critty Louisa (predeceased father?) left daughter Cordelia who married John Dean Adding information from the 1860, 1870, and 1880 census: Enos Hensley born ca 1816 NC died before 1880 census married Caroline born ca 1823 NC living in 1880 census with children: *Emeline born ca 1840 NC *Louisa born ca 1842 (married Samuel Hensley Jr) with son Burton age 2 and daughter Cordelia age 5, living with her parents in 1870 *Lewis born ca 1843 NC (with wife Emily in 1870) Nancy born ca 1846 NC (not found in 1870, perhaps deceased) *Henry born ca 1849 NC (Harry) (daughter Critty with mother Mary in 1880) *Fielding born ca 1851 NC (widow Jane with children in 1880) *William born ca 1853 NC (W A) *Nicholas born ca 1854 NC (with wife Manerva in 1880) *Gilbert born ca 1856 NC Mary born ca 1859 KY (not found in 1870, perhaps deceased) *Asher born ca 1860 (after census) Levi born ca 1863