Teodoro Plata

Teodoro Plata was a Filipino patriot who was among the founders of the Katipunan.

He worked as an escribano del juzgado in Mindoro and an oficial de mesa del juzgado in Binondo. He was a Freemason under the Taliba Lodge. As a member of Liga Filipina, he took the name “Balany”. He was present at the Cry of Pugad Lawin in August 1896 and served as the Minister of War of the Katipunan.

Reference:

• "Supreme Council (Kataastaasang Sangunian". Katipunan activists in Manila, 1892-96. http://bit.ly/Y8zCPI. Date accessed: 13 Feb 2013
• "Teodoro Plata".  Wikipedia.org.  http://bit.ly/xskPFt.  Date published: 1 Feb 2013.  Date accessed: 14  Feb 2013.
• "Teodoro Plata". Wikipilipinas.org. http://bit.ly/Y8Bhol. Date published: 14 Mar 2010. Date accessed: 13 Feb 2013. This source poses an alternative death date of 31 Dec 1896.