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{{short description|American politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Theodorus W. Brevard
|office=[[Florida Comptroller]]
|term_start=April 3, 1851
|term_end=November 27, 1854
|predecessor=[[John Beard (politician)|John Beard]]
|successor=[[James T. Archer]]
|term_start2=January 24, 1855
|term_end2=December 14, 1860
|predecessor2=[[James T. Archer]]
|successor2=[[Robert C. Williams]]
|birth_date=September 24, 1804<ref>"United States Census, 1850," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MFHD-16F {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304103156/https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MFHD-16F |date=2016-03-04 }} : accessed 10 Feb 2014), Theodore Brevard, Leon county, Leon, Florida, United States; citing dwelling, family 425, NARA microfilm publication, roll</ref>
|birth_place=[[North Carolina]], US
|death_date=1877
|death_place=[[Lincolnton, North Carolina]], US
|occupation=lawyer, judge<ref name="hob">{{cite web|url=http://www.johneriksen.net/feb/BooksByEbook-Browser/BrevardCountyHistoryTo1955.pdf|title=Excerpts from: Brevard County: A History to 1955|last=Eriksen|first=John M.|access-date=2014-02-10|archive-date=2023-10-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231020012813/http://www.johneriksen.net/feb/BooksByEbook-Browser/BrevardCountyHistoryTo1955.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
|spouse=Caroline Elizabeth Mays
|children=[[Theodore W. Brevard, Jr.]], Ephraim, Sam, Robert
}}
'''Theodorus Washington Brevard''' (September 24, 1804 – 1877) was a Florida settler who served as [[Florida Comptroller]] 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 [[Brevard County, Florida]].  He was born in [[North Carolina]] in 1804.<ref name="hob"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WZQ-AAAAYAAJ&q=theodorus+washington+brevard+1804+North+carolina&pg=RA2-PA30|title=Publications of the Florida Historical Society|date=16 September 2017|publisher=Florida Historical Society.|via=Google Books|access-date=5 May 2021|archive-date=20 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231020001544/https://books.google.com/books?id=WZQ-AAAAYAAJ&q=theodorus+washington+brevard+1804+North+carolina&pg=RA2-PA30#v=snippet&q=theodorus%20washington%20brevard%201804%20North%20carolina&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref>
He was the son of Alexander Brevard (b. 1755), an officer in the [[Continental Army]], and Rebecca Davidson. He married Caroline Elizabeth Mays and was the father of [[Theodore W. Brevard, Jr.]]<ref name="hob"/>
He settled in [[Tallahassee, Florida]] in 1847.<ref name="hob"/>
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