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Drury Hudson (Green County, Kentucky, police judge, merchant, and soldier)

b. 1823-03-05 d. 1888-02-08

Green County, Kentucky, police judge, merchant, and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth L. Hudson. Father of Helen Hudson and Fielding L. Hudson. Merchant in Green County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned seven enslaved persons in Green County in 1850. Merchant in Green County in 1860. Employed John Wooldridge as a laborer in Green County in 1860. Police judge in Green County in 1861. Served as a private in the 3rd Kentucky Cavalry Regiment (C.S.A). Surrendered at Atlanta, Georgia, on May 10, 1865. Signed a loyalty oath to the U.S. government on May 28, 1865.

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Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Green County, District 2, p. 133A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Green County, District 2, p. 215-16.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Green County, Greensburg, p. 625.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Green County, Precinct 3, p. 484A.

Kentucky, Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989, Kentucky County, District, and Probate Courts, Green County Administrators Bonds, 1852-1892, p. 159.

Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers who Served in Organizations from the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 109, Microfilm Series M319, Roll 0022.

"A Son's Premonition," Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.), Feb. 9, 1888, p. 5.

Find A Grave, "Drury Hudson (1823-1888)," Memorial #9595567, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9595567 (accessed July 1, 2021).

Citation

Hudson, Drury. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32203477 (November 12, 2026).

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