David Shriver

David Shriver (baptized Johann Theobaldt Schreiber; April 28, 1735 – January 30, 1826) was an American politician and judge from Maryland. He served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, representing Frederick County from 1794 to 1796 and from 1799 to 1803. He served as a member of the Maryland Senate, representing the western shore district, from 1804 to 1811.

Early life David Shriver was born on April 28, 1735, near Conewago, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, to Ann Marie (born Anna Marie Keiser) and Andrew Shriver Jr. (born Andreas Schreiber), who were married in 1733. Andrew Shriver Jr. (b. 1712) – at the age of 9 – with his family immigrated in 1721 from Germany to Philadelphia and settled in Goshenhoppen on the Schuylkill River in Pennsylvania.

David Shriver was baptized as Johann Theobaldt Schreiber on May 22, 1735.

Career Shriver was on the committee to execute the "Association" to boycott British trade in 1774. On January 24, 1775, he was on the committee of observation in Frederick County, Maryland. He served on the committee until 1776. He was a member of the Maryland Constitutional Convention and signee of the state constitution in 1776, representing the middle district of Frederick County.

Shriver served as a justice of Frederick County. He was appointed to the role in 1777, 1789, 1796, 1798 and 1799. He was an elector of the Maryland Senate in 1801.

In 1777, Shriver was a lieutenant colonel of the Linganore Battalion. Shriver was a member of St. Benjamin's Church, a German Reformed church in Pipe Creek.

Shriver died on January 30, 1826. He was buried in the family burial ground on Little Pipe Creek.