Theodorick Bland of Cawsons

[1] On November 15, 1758, Francis Fauquier, the Lieutenant Governor of Virginia Colony, appointed Bland colonel of the militia for Prince George County.

[1] After the Gunpowder Incident at the beginning of the war, Bland, along with his son, Theodorick Bland Jr, and his son-in-law, John Randolph, offered 40 slaves for sale to raise funds to replace the gunpowder seized by Lord Dunmore from the magazine in Williamsburg, Virginia.

[1][8] Around January 1781, St. George Tucker assisted Bland, his father-in-law, in escaping the advancing British Army commanded by Benedict Arnold.

[1] A few months later, the British Major-General William Phillips ordered that his troops in Prince George County not harm Bland's property.

[10] Following the American Revolutionary War, Bland moved westward into Amelia County, Virginia, where he developed another plantation using enslaved labor.