Drury Wood (d.1841) was a businessman and landowner in Albemarle County.[1] He lived near the north fork of the Rivanna River. Wood was one of the initial subscribers to the Central College (which would later become the University of Virginia), pledging $100 to fund the new institution.[2]  Although no correspondence between Wood and Thomas Jefferson survives, there are a number of references in Jefferson's accounts to purchases of food staples from Wood. 

Primary Source References

1798 August 6. "Pd. Page for Drury Wood for 8 barr. corn 24.D."[3]

1810 August 6. "Pd...Drury Wood for 100. bush. oats 50..."[4]

1815. "Corn bought for 1815...Drury Wood 28. [barrels] 18/84.[D]...Oats. Drury Wood 180 [bushels @] 2/ 60. [D]..."[5]

1815 June 18. "Pd. E.Bacon for Drury Wood for corn 144.D."[6]

1817 May 8. "Drew on Valentine W. Southall in favor of Drury Wood for 515.D. to wit 50.B. corn @ 6. D. 300.D. 258. b. oats 215.D."[7]

1819 July 11. "Gave my note to Drury Wood for 144.D. payble Aug. 15 for corn."[8]

1820 July 14. "Note Th:J.R. paid my note of 144.D. to Drury Wood with interest which place to acct. ante Mar. 23."[9]

1822 August 5. "Gave Drury Wood ord. on Raphael for 6.67 for 20. Bar. corn."[10]

Footnotes

• 1. Woods, Albemarle, 350.
• 2. "List of Subscribers to Central College," April 1, 1818, John Hartwell Cocke Papers, University of Virginia.
• 3. MB, 2:988.
• 4. Ibid, 2:1259.
• 5. Betts, Farm Book , 149.  See manuscript online.
• 6. MB, 2:1311.
• 7. Ibid, 2:1333.
• 8. Ibid, 2:1356.
• 9. Ibid, 2:1366.
• 10. Ibid., 2:1388.