North Carolina Hudsons

Anson formed 1750 out of Blanden; Rowan, Mecklenberg, Richmond and Montgomery formed from it.
      1790 Fayette - Joseph, William 193 // Joakin Hutson 199
      1800 Fayette - Joshua (2) 216, 219 / Joakim Hutson 218 / William Hutson 219

Beaufort in 1705 Pamtecough precinct was formed from Bath county; it was renamed Beaufore in 1712 and became a county in 1739.
      1790 Newbern - John 447

Bertie formed 1722 from Chowan and Bath; Tyrrell, Edgecombe, Northampton and Hertford formed from it.
      1790 Edenton - Sarah, Sarah 357
      1800 No Twp - Mary 48 / Sarah 50

Brunswick formed 1764 from New Hanover and Blanden; Columbus formed from it.
      1810 J (2) T (2) 44, 45

Buncombe formed 1791 out of Burke and Rutherford
Wooley, James E. Buncombe County, North Carolina, index to deeds, 1783-1850. Easley, S.C. : Southern Historical Press, c1983.
     Thomas Hudson
        1794 Sep 10 ? on McDowell Creek from John Sharp
        1794 Sep 10 ? on McDowell Creek from John Sharp
        1800 July 15 1 a on Jacks Creek to Julius Robertson
      John Hutson
        1801 Nov 16 25 a on French Broad River to William Bayley
U.S, Federal Census
      1800 Morgan - John 171

Carbarrus formed 1792 from Mecklenberg
      1800 Concord - Jacob (2) 718, 809 Salisbury Jacob Hutson 687

Caswell formed 1777 from Orange; Person formed from it.
      1790 Richmond- Joshua 4
      1810 Jeremiah 67 / John 68

Chatham formed 1771 from Orange; Lee formed from it.
      1790 Hillsborough - Allen, Wm 230 / Ricd 236
      1810 Charnol 367

Chowan in 1671 Shaftesbury precinct was formed out of Albemarle county; in 1681 it was renamed Chowan; in 1739 it became a county. Bertie, Tyrrell, Hertford and Gates were later formed from it.
      1800 Joseph 119

Craven in 1705 Bath county was divided into precincts, one of which was Archdale; in 1712 Archedale was renamed Craven, which became a county in 1739. Carteret, New Hanover, Johnston, Jones and Pamlico were formed from it.
      1790 Newbern - James 428 / Sarah 436

Franklin formed 1778 from Bute; Vance formed from it.
      1800 John 463
      1810 John 180

Granville formed 1746 from Edgecombe; Orange, Bute and Vance formed from it.
      1790 Beaver Dam - Drury 10

Guilford formed 1770 from Rowan and Orange
      1800 John 639
      1810 Thos

Halifax formed 1754 from Edgecombe; Martin formed from it.
      1800 Thomas 312
      1810 Edward, Thomas128

Hyde in 1705 Bath county was divided into precincts, one of which was Wickham; in 1712, Wickham was renamed Hyde; it became a county in 1739.  Dare was formed from Hyde.
      1790 Newbern - Abel 443
      1800 Abel, Anthony, Archibald, Elijah, William Hutson 370

Iredell formed 1788 from Rowan; Alexander formed from it.
      1810 Willie 450 / Jeremiah 470 / Isaac504
              NC Iredell Isaac 504 - 2 - - - 1 2 2 1 1 - - 1 or 6
                               Willie 450 - - - 1 - - 2 - 2 - -
                               William J 453 2 - - 1 - 3 - - 1 - -1

Lincoln formed 1778 from Tryon; Catawba, Gaston, Cleveland fromed from it.
      1790 Morgan - Thos, Thos jr 118 // Danl Hutson 111
      1800 Morgan -John 903
      1810 Jonathan 685 / Alex, David, John 707

Madison formed 1851 from Buncombe and Yancy.      
      1810 Nelson T131    I can't explain this - maybe I misread the index?

Martin formed 1774 from Halifax and Tyrrell.
      1800 Thomas H Hutson 396

Mecklenberg formed 1762 from Anson and Mecklenbert; Tryon, Carbarrus, Union formed from it.
      1790 Salisbury Dist - Richard 358

Montgomery formed 1778 from Anson; Stanly formed from it.
      1800 Roland 468

Northampton formed 1741 from Bertie; Hertford formed from it.
      1790 Halifax - Thomas 565 / Edward 566
      1800 No Twp - Edward 449 / Thomas 451

Orange formed 1752 from Blander, Granville, Johnston; Chatham, Caswell, Alamance, Guilford, Wake, Durham formed from it.
      1790 Chatham - Chamberlain, John 24 // St Marks - David 29 / Wm Hutson jr 29

Perquimans in 1671 Berkeley was formed from the Albemarle District; Berkeley was renamed Perquimans in 1681; it became a county in 1739.
      1790 Edenton - Joseph, Uriah 224
      1800 No Twp - Uriah 647 / Thomas 660
      1810 Uriah 409

Randolph formed 1778 from Guilford.
      1790 Hillsborough Dist - Joseph 197 / John 279 / John, Randolph 283 / Obediah 296 / Lemuel 313
      1800 No Twp - John, Nathan, Richard 318 / Obadiah 319 / Joseph 320

Rockingham formed 1785 from Guilford.
      1800 No Twp - Joel 455
      1810 Abel 14 / Joel, Joel sr 19

Rowan formed 1753 from Anson; Guildford, Surry, Iredell, Burke, Davie and Davidson formed from it.
Linn, Jo White. Rowan County, North Carolina tax lists, 1757-1800 : annotated transcriptions. (Salisbury, NC : J.W. Linn, c1995)
    1778 - Capt. Read’s District
                      John Hutson 145.10
                Capt John Cowan’s District
                      Thos. Hudson 272.8.0
   ~1779 tax list - Capt. Crawford’s
                Thomas Hudson 200 a entered - land valued a 400 pounds
      1782-3 Capt F Smith’s Copny
               Abm Hudson 100
      1787 Rowan County Tax List of Aeneas Campbell        wm 21-60, wm under 21, over 60, wf
                      Absalom Hudson 0-1-1
      1787 May 5 Capt Thomas Cowan’s list
              Thomas Hutson white males aged 38, 14, 12, 10, 8, 7 black males 26, 5, 3
                               white females aged 39, 5 black females 29
      1787 - Captain Pearson white males under 21, over 50; white males 21-50; white females
              Peter Hutson 3-2-0
      1789 - Capt. Pearson’s list (area of Rowan that became Davie Co)
              Thomas Hudson 100 a. 1 wp
      1790 Capt Harvey 3rd Creek & Bear Creek area NW Rowan bordering Davie
               Hutson, Thomas 300 a 2 WP
      1793-4 - Petition for a separate election for Rowan County (difficulty getting to polls)
            Absolom hudson senr, Absulom hundson junr, Daniel Hudson, Isaac Hudson, John Hudson, Abram Hudson, William Hudson
      1795 Delinquent’s list - Capt. Hudson’s list
      1798 Capt Jacob Fisher tax list
              Hutson, Charles 3 WP
      1798 Capt. Neelie (Davie Co area)
             Hudson, Absolem 150 a. 1 WP
                        Daniel 150 a. 1 WP
List of taxable property in the county of Rowan?, North Carolina, anno 1778 : transcribed from several lists returned by the August term anno 1778 : (also see page 30 for tax lists of 1784) by Ad. Osborne, indexed by Annie Walker Burns.(Washington : [Burns, 1953?])
       Hutson, John - 145 pounds - Capt Reed’s Dist
                    Peter - - Capt Wilson
      Hudson, Thomas
U. S. Federal Censuses
     1790 - Males 16+, males 16-, females, other free, slaves
         1790 Salisbury Dist - Thomas Hutson 304
                  299 Hudson, Absalom 2 - 1 - - 2males b. bef 1774
                                       Daniel 1 1 1 - -
                                       Isaac 1 1 1 - -
                                       John 1 2 4 1 -
                  306 Hudson, Peter 2 - 3 - -
      1800 No Dist - Absalom 447 -00010 // 60010 - 02 - Abs. 1755-1774 //
                               Daniel- 447 - 30010 // 20010
                     296 - James - 010011//00001
                              John - 010100//001
                              Joseph - 002110//1101
                              Seth - 000100//001
             Hutsons - James, Thomas 321 / Thomas 425 / Adlai, John 452
      1810 Hudson, Abiah 20010 00010
                            James 21010 00010
                            Richd 01001 10210
                            Thomas 22110 11020 1 slave
                            Thomas 00011 21201
                            William 10110 00100
       Transcription from: Kluttz, James W. 1810 Federal census of Rowan County, North Carolina. (Landis, NC : J.W. Kluttz, c1999)
             from Index: William 60 / Abiah 66 / Thomas 67 / Thomas 74 / James 76
Linn, Jo White. 1815 Rowan County, North Carolina, tax list. (Salisbury, N.C. : J.W. Linn, 1987)
     Capt. Tabb’s list
           Hudson, Thomas 150 acres adjoining H. Carson
                         William 1-1 100 acres adjoining Col. Pearson
                          Laurance 1-0 100 acres adjoining H. Carson
      Thos. Matthew’s list
           Hutson, Tho. Sr 306 acres
                   Jas 1-1
                   Jas 356 ½ acres
                      ditto as guard 70
                      ditto as mill tract 40
      Captain Esteb’s
            Hutson, William 1-0 300 acres
      also - not sure whose list: Pearson, Joseph 1-20 300 acres ½ town lot - 440, 220, 188, 48 acres
Holcomb, Brent. Marriages of Rowan County, North Carolina, 1753-1868. Baltimore : Genealogical Pub. Co., 1981.
      1802 Sept 17 - James Hudson - Elizabeth Clamp - bond Thos Cook; wit Js McEwin
      1805 Aug 10 - Charles Hudson - Rebecca Miller - bond. Peter Walton; wit. AL Osborn DC
      1812 Nov 3 - William Hudson - Supiah Temples - bond Vinson Wood; wit J Willson JP, Jno Hyatt
      1813 June 15 - William Hudson - Susanna Morgan - bond Robs. Nanny; wit Jno Giles CC
      1823 Jan 23 - John Hudson - Dianah E Hughes - bond Uriah C Parker; wit LR Rose, JP
      1825 Aug 12 - Laurence Hudson - Margaret Hendron - bond Wm N Morgan; wit MA Giles
      1825 Oct 25 - Nathaniel Hudson - Jane V Erwin - bond Joseph Cowan; with Hy. Giles
      1830 Apr 12 - Wm G Hudson - Sussanah B Smith - bond William R Hughes; wit Jno H Hardie
      1847 Jan 16 - Charles A Hudson - Mary Ann Sossoman - bond William A Lyerly; wit John H Hardie jr
      1853 Feb 24 - Davidson Hudson - Susan J Smith - bond GH Peeler; wit JS Myers
      1853 Nov 26 - Davidson Hudson - Mary S Wilhelm - bond William C Brandon
      1853 Dec 10 - John W Hudson - Mary L Moyer - bond Josiah Griffin; wit JS Myers
                     married 22 Dec 1853 by A Baker, Pastor of the Presbyterian Church, Salisbury
      1863 July 27 - WH Hudson - Sarah C Keistler - bond WL Stansill; wit Obadiah Woodson
      1866 Jan 22 - James A Hudson - Emily Craige - bond William J Mills' wit Obadiah Woodson
Knotts, Robert Homer, sr. Marriages of Rowan County, North Carolina. ( Salisbury, N.C. : R.H. Knotts, [1988?])
      Hudson, Agnes - James McWilliams 23 Aug 1769
      Hutzon, Honer - Solomon Evans 5 Feb 1828
      Merit, William - Margaret Fraser 9 July 1788
Kluttz, James W. Abstracts of deed books 11-14 of Rowan County, North Carolina, 1786-1797.(Landis, NC : J.W. Kluttz, c1996)
      Absalom Hudson witness 6 Aug 1787 [1463]
      1780 Sep 1 - Ebenezer Dickey to Isaac Hudson for 50 pounds 100 a. on Bear Creek [631]
      1790 Oct 26 - Christian Shick to Peter Hudson sr. 100 a Reedy Twn [3250]
      1791 Dec 20 - state grant #2137 @ 5 shillings/100 a - Thomas Hutson 310 a.[2326]
Linn, Jo White. Rowan County, North Carolina will abstracts. (Salisbury, N.C., Mrs. S. Linn, Jr. [1970- )
      1795 July 25 - Seth Hudson witness to will of John Moore
      1802 Oct 2 - Isaac Hudson witness to will of John Howard (? my bad) -(probated 16 Nov 1806)
      1811 Jan 10 - will of Mary Johnston - mentions George, Sumervill, Polly Elizabeth, Richard Hudson. wit=   Berryman. probate 1812
      1811 Oct 29 - will of Joseph Williams - mentions Joseph Hutson s/o Thomas (= exec., wit)
      1818 June 19 - will of William Patrick - dau. Elender Hudson
      1818 June 25 - will of John Kern - grandson Willie Hudson - probate 1823

Rutherford formed 1779 from Burke and Tryon; Buncombe, Cleveland, McDowell, Polk formed from it.
      1790 Morgan - Moses Hutson 130
      1800 No Twp - Moses, Richard Hutson 119

Sampson formed 1784 from Duplin and New Hanover
      1790 Fayette - Job, Lewis 130 / Rachael131 / Joseph 138 // Miles Hutson 127
      1800 No Twp - Joel Hutson 498 / James Hutson 506 / Joseph Hutson 519 / Thomas Hutson 520
      1810 Joel 290

Surry formed 1770 from Rowan; Wilkes, Stokes, Yadkin formed from it.
      1790 Salisbury - Sterling, William 510
      1800 No Twp - Francis 449 / William 663 / Richard, Sterling 664

Wake formed 1770 from Cumberland, Johnston, Orange; Durham formed from it.
      1790 Hillsborough - Drewry 265 / John 266 / Isaac 272 / Peter 275 / Thos 287
      1800 No Twp - William 735 / Peter 738

Warren formed 1779 from Bute (precinct); Vance formed from it.
      1790 Halifax - Charles 68 / John 69 / Henry 70
      1800 No Twp - Richard 808 / Henry 810

Wayne formed 1779 from Dobbs; Wilson formed from it.
      1790 Newbern - Ann 467

Wilkes formed 1777 from Surry; Ashe, Caldwell, Alexander and Watauga formed from it.
      1790 Morgan - Jno Hutson 166

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