Woodbury was the earliest known Morgan Horse in Alabama and one of the three major stallion sons sired by Justin Morgan, the foundation sire of the breed. Foaled in 1816 in Vermont, he remained there until 1836, when he was sold to Norman Bugbee of Gainesville, Alabama, a Vermont native who had opened a store a few months earlier in that thriving port city, home of the North Sumter Race Course. In late 1836, Woodbury was shipped by sailing vessel from Boston, but he became ill en route and was injured during unloading. He never fully recovered and died in 1838. The U.S. Post Office at Gainesville stands on the site of Bugbee’s store.