"North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP9J-J21T : 9 March 2021), Barnett Hensley and Lucinda Metcalf, 25 Dec 1873; citing Wake, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm .
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCX4-FCC : 19 February 2021), Barnett Hensley, Upper Laurel, Madison, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district ED 131, sheet 130C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,971.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSB9-PDV : accessed 23 August 2021), Hensley, Upper Laurel Township, Madison, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 84, sheet 8B, family 148, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,205.
"North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KLYF-43J : 8 March 2021), Barnett Hensley, 1901; citing Madison, North Carolina, United States, State Archives, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 2,259,794.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
Franco Hensley :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 37 markers, haplogroup I-M253, Ancestry member bfabbn, FTDNA kit #213697