Lt. Col. Drury Stith [23666]

  General Notes:

September 10, 1722, Robert Bolling of Prince George County and Anne his wife convey to "Frury STITH, Jr.," of said County, 892 acres of land on the north side of Sappony Creek the consideration being 5 shillings and "the natural affection he bare unto the said STITH" (Prince George Co., Book 1, p. 557.) This expression implies close relationship and is therefore a valuable bit of evidence. DRURY STITH appears to have acquired a very considerable amount of land. Nov. 21, 1724, "Mr. Drury STITH, Jr.", has surveyed for him, 1,200 acres on Sappony Creek. And again, 11th. Feb., 1725-6 "Capt. Drury STITH" has surveyed, for him including his old land 3,496 acres (Prince George County, Book 1, p. 816, 1025.) A patent soon followed. 13th, Oct., 1727, there is a patent for 3,596 acres on Sappony Creek, Prince George County, to Drury STITH, Jr., of the same county (Va. Land Patents, Book 13, p. 192.) In this year his wife Elizabeth (Buckner) joins him in a deed. 5th June, 1727, Drury STITH, Jr., of Prince George County, and Elizabeth his wife give to Henry Harrison of the county of Surry, Gent., a mortgage of 600 acres on Sappony Creek, part of a tract on which said Drury lives, and which was conveyed to him by Robert Bolling of Prince George County, Gent. (Prince George County, Book 1, p. 1027.)

In 1726, Drury STITH was a Justice of the County (Ibid., 1, 940) and also in 1720 (Va. Mag., XX, 90.) In 1727, he was still captain (Chamberlain's Bristol Parish, p. 35;) but he was colonel (or rather lieutenant-colonel) before 1735 (Ibid., p. 83.) The records of Brunswick County show that he produced his commission as Clerk of the county and qualified for the position at a court held 11th of May, 1732, and, the same year he was the county surveyor, holding both positions until his death (Va. Mag., XIII, 281.) He was also interested in copper mining and Col. William Byrd, in his "History of the Dividing Line" (11; 3) give a humorous account of Col. Drury STITH and his mine.
The Brunswick records show that at a court held 6th June, 1740, an attachment obtained by Drury STITH, Gent., and Clement Read "abates by the death of the said Drury", and at this term Sterling Clack qualifies as clerk. At a Court held 3rd July, 1740, letters of administration on the estate of Drury STITH, Gent., were granted to Drury STITH, Gent., who entered bond and qualified.

Drury married Elizabeth Buckner [23669] [MRIN: 8026], daughter of Maj. William Buckner [23670] and Unknown. (Elizabeth Buckner [23669] was born in Yorktown, Virginia.)