Theodorus Washington Brevard (September 24, 1804 – 1877) was a Florida settler who served as

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for nearly ten years from April 3, 1851, to November 27, 1854, and from January 24, 1855, to December 14, 1860. He is the namesake of

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. He was born in

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in 1804. He was the son of Alexander Brevard (b. 1755), an officer in the

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, and Rebecca Davidson. He married Caroline Elizabeth Mays and was the father of Theodore W. Brevard, Jr. He settled in

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in 1847.

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