Theodorick Bland of Cawsons

For other people with this name, see Theodorick Bland (disambiguation).
Theodorick Bland
Member of the Virginia Senate
from Isle of Wight, Surry and Prince George Counties
In office
October 7, 1776 – May 2, 1779
Preceded byn/a
Succeeded byNathaniel Harrison
Personal details
Born(1708-12-02)December 2, 1708
Prince George County, Colony of Virginia, U.S.
DiedJune 1, 1784(1784-06-01) (aged 75)
Spouse(s)Frances Bolling
Elizabeth Randolph
Children6 including Theodoric Bland, Frances Bland Randolph Tucker
ProfessionPlanter politician

Theodorick Bland (December 2, 1708 – 1784),[1] also known as Theodorick Bland, Sr. or Theodorick Bland of Cawsons, was Virginia planter who served as a member of the first Virginia Senate, as well as a militia officer and clerk of Prince George County, Virginia.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ Hamilton, Phillip (2003). The Making and Unmaking of a Revolutionary Family: The Tuckers of Virginia 1752-1830. Charlottesville, Virginia: University of Virginia Press. p. 1. ISBN 9780813921648.
  2. ^ Tyler, Lyon Gardiner, ed. (1915). "Burgesses and Other Prominent Persons". Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography. Vol. II. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company. pp. 188, 366.
  3. ^ Campbell, Charles (1860). "XCI". History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia. J.B. Lippincott and Co. p. 672. ISBN 9780722209240.
  4. ^ Bland, Theodorick (1840). "Memoir of Theodorick Bland, Jr.". In Campbell, Charles (ed.). The Bland papers: Being a Selection from the Manuscripts of Colonel Theodorick Bland Jr. of Prince George County Virginia. Vol. I. Petersburg, Virginia: Edmund & Julian C. Ruffin. pp. xiii–xv.