You might want to look at the family of MO slaveholder Cyrethia Hudspeth (see below), and there are are two Hudspeths in Simpson county KY.

Also there was a John Hudspeth District 25, Dade, Missouri who who owned an 18 Male Black

Database: 1850 Slave Schedules

Age Gender Race Name of Slave Owner Home in 1850
(City,County,State)

50 Male Black Cyretha Hudspeth Fort Osage, Jackson, Missouri
27 Male Black Cyretha Hudspeth Fort Osage, Jackson, Missouri
25 Female Black Cyretha Hudspeth Fort Osage, Jackson, Missouri
16 Male Black Cyretha Hudspeth Fort Osage, Jackson, Missouri
15 Female Black Cyretha Hudspeth Fort Osage, Jackson, Missouri
10 Male Mulatto Cyretha Hudspeth Fort Osage, Jackson, Missouri
8 Male Black Cyretha Hudspeth Fort Osage, Jackson, Missouri
4 Male Black Cyretha Hudspeth Fort Osage, Jackson, Missouri

Denise