He was elected Choctaw Principal Chief in 1860 and initially supported the idea of Choctaw neutrality in the Civil War. The 1860 slave census of Indian Territory shows that Hudson had three slaves in that year. Hudson was a slave owner and was also part owner of a manganese mine near present day Smithville. George Hudson died late in 1865 and was buried near the Moutain Fork River in current McCurtain County, Oklahoma. George Hudson, Principal Chief of the Choctaw Nation from 1860-1862, was born in 1808 in Mississippi, the son of an unknown white man and a full blood Choctaw woman known as 'the widow Hudson' who died on the trail from Mississippi to the Indian Territory in 1831. The first principle chief of Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma was Chief George Hudson. They are known for their rapid post-colonial adoption of a written language, transitioning to yeoman farming methods, and having European-American and African-Americans lifestyles enforced in their society. The History of the Choctaws, or Chahtas, are a Native American people originally from the Southeast of what is currently known as the United States.
