Thomas Lancaster Lansdale Explained

Thomas Lancaster Lansdale
Birth Date:10 November 1748[1]
Placeofburial:Bowie, Maryland
Serviceyears:1776-1783
Rank:Major
Unit:3rd Maryland Continental Infantry.

Major Thomas Lancaster Lansdale (November 10, 1748 – January 19, 1803) was an American soldier who served as an officer in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.

Military service

He served in the Continental Army from 1776 through 1783 as an officer[2] in the 3rd Maryland Continental Infantry.[3]

On January 25, 1783, Lansdale was berated in writing by George Washington for the shabby appearance of the troops under his command while encamped on the banks of the Hudson River.[4] Lansdale redeemed himself two weeks later with Washington who then wrote:

At the conclusion of the war, Lansdale was admitted as an original member of the Society of the Cincinnati of Maryland.[5] [6]

Business

Outside of military service, he was a merchant with the firm of Lansdale and Claggett in the port town of Queen Anne[1] and owned a sizeable tobacco plantation in Prince George's County. He made his home at Hazelwood, overlooking Queen Anne.[7]

Family

His father was Isaac Lansdale who died in 1777.[7] His wife was Cornelia Van Horn Lansdale.[8]

Legacy

His grave in Collington, Maryland (now Bowie) is marked by a municipal park and a boulevard named in his honor.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Dorman, John Frederick. Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5: Families G-P. 2005. Genealogical Publishing Com. 183. 9780806317632.
  2. Web site: Major Thomas Lancaster Lansdale Park. Museums. The City of Bowie. 1 April 2012.
  3. Book: Maryland Historical Magazine, Volumes 41-42. 1946. Maryland Historical Society. 61.
  4. Book: Ford, Worthington Chauncey. The writings of George Washington, Volume 10. 1891. G.P. Putnam' Sons. 143–145. Thomas lansdale..
  5. Book: Register of the Society of the Cincinnati of Maryland. 1897. Order of the Society. Baltimore, Maryland. 78. lancaster Lansdale..
  6. Metcalf, Bryce (1938). Original Members and Other Officers Eligible to the Society of the Cincinnati, 1783-1938: With the Institution, Rules of Admission, and Lists of the Officers of the General and State Societies Strasburg, VA: Shenandoah Publishing House, Inc., p. 191.
  7. Web site: Hazelwood . Lavoie . Catherine C. . March 1991 . Historic American Buildings Survey . Library of Congress . Washington, D.C. . 2–6 . February 25, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121022182052/http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pnp/habshaer/md/md1100/md1178/data/md1178data.pdf . October 22, 2012 .
  8. Book: Larson, Judy L.. American paintings at the High Museum of Art. 1994. Hudson Hills Press. 978-1555950941. 28, 170.