Obediah Hudson

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Obediah Hudson I was born 1735, in Virginia and died 1785, probably in Henry County. He married Rhoda, whose last name may be Hall, because of close relationships with the Halls, about 1752 in Amelia County, Virginia. They lived in Amelia County about 20 years; also in Pittsylvania and Henry Counties.

Not many records of Obediah I exist, but his name appears various times in Amelia County tax lists. Some of those records involve land deals:

1) A Deed of Gift dated January 26, 1770 for 190 acres of land, by his father, Hall, "for natural love and affection" toward his son, Obediah, is recorded in Deed Book 11, Page 97 of Amelia County. Apparently eager for a profit Obediah on February 26, 1773 sold the same gift of 190 acres for the sum of £138.

2) In 1773 he bought 175 acres from William Robert Hinton located in the part of Pittsylvania County that became, in 1776, Henry County. He sold it back to him on August 17, 1778, about five years later.

Obediah served in the Revolutionary War as a Corporal in Captain Jonathan Hanby's Company of Virginia Militia in Pittsylvania County .

After his death, on August 18, 1802, court records show Rhoda relinquished her rights of administration in Obediah's estate as well as her interest in Obe's property. James Hudson became administrator