Lee, I went to the Hensley land in 1998. It's VERY BEAUTIFUL and I can understand why many of them stayed so long. Here are some directions: Take Rt. 19 north from Asheville. After you pass Mars Hill, 19 will go off to the right. Just before Burnsville (county seat of Yancey), take 19W to the left. This, I believe is the road that Henry "Harry" Hensley and his brothers built back in 1792. (You can read the court minutes of 1792 commissioning them to build the road at the Old Buncombe County Genealogical Society site). This road winds along parallel to the Cane River (Caney River in some of our records). About 10 miles down the road, you will come to a general store (I'm sorry -- I can't remember the name). It will be on the left. On the right, 19W crosses the Cane River and eventually goes into Tennessee. Just past the store is Bald Mountain Road to the left. All of this land was/is Hensley land. Go on Bald Mountain Road about a mile or so and there will be Bee Log Elementary School on the left. Turn onto this gravel road, pass the school and you will go over a hill and into the Hensley "valley". There are at least 6 cemeteries there. Off to the right is a little pink building, and I believe that is where the original house stood. There is a natural spring there, too. Water is great!! Verlon Edwards lives in the yellow brick house on the left past the spring. She is a descendant of Henry "Harry". Almost every mailbox you see in this entire area says "Hensley". The principal of the elementary school is a descendant, also. I met several Hensleys in Burnsville and at the general store. Henry Harry had many different tracts given to him, but this, from what everyone told me, is the original site. I only had about 4 hours, so I didn't get to go up to the cemeteries. I hope to go back. Bev Hildreth Sumter, SC Lee Zagorski wrote: > some misc stuff from old papers I found. > > Va.Marriage. 1700-1799 > Marshall, James and Millie Hensley 02-July 1795 Albemarle Co. > Marriage Bond. > > Buncombe Co N.C. Deed index 1783-1850 > Date of recording--Book--Page--Description. > > Hodges,Fleming etal--Hensley, Abisha et al. > 4-10-32 book 16 pg 452 > 640 acres, Green River > > 5-14-1831 Hodges Flemon book 16 page 341 Henslee, abisha. > 4-3-1841 80 acres Gabrels creek Deaver H.B. to Hensley B.H. > > 4-5-1848 24-32 Bill of Sal Deaver ,Thos. S to Hensley, B.H. > > 7-22-1794 100 acres, Jacks Creek Hoodenpyle, Philip to Hensley, > Hickman. > > 4-19-1828 Radford, Jesse 150acres, Roaring Fork to John Hensley. > > 1-13-1830 Radford,Jesse 50acres Cavey River to John Hensley. > > 7-19-1800 Ray, Thomas Jr 100acres, Caney River, Hickman Hensley. > > 4-15-1800Angle, James 136 acres Caney river to Larkin Hensley. > 9-15-1806 angel,James to Larken Hensley 100 acres, (doesn,t say where, > but probably caney river.) > > 2-5-1842 Keith Braxton Mortgage--Berry H Hensley. > > 9-13-1836 85 acres Gabriels Creek Keith,Henry to Hensley, Berry H. > 2-10-1836 Keith Williams Chattel mortgage Hensley, Berry H. > > thats it maybe someone needs something there. > Where is all the Hensley acres in N.C.? > cuz Lee > > ============================== > Search the Social Security Death Index online for FREE! > http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ > The most powerful SSDI search engine on the Internet!