Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 36,040, for Mitchell Lecatt, Delaware
Page 1

(3-1776)
SERVICE
Del.
Lecatt, Mitchell
NUMBER
S. 36,040
CONTENTS
Page 2

12.616
Delaware R
Mitchell Lecatt
of ------- in the state of Delaware who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Hall of the Delaware line, for the term of 2 years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Delaware at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 24th of June 1818 -
Certificate of Pension issued the 21st of July 1819 - and sent to Wm. B. Cooper, Esqr. Georgetown, Delaware.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1819 - 8 7/20 4/31 66.89
Semi-anl. all'ce ending 4th Sept. 1819 48.00
$114.89
{Revolutionary claim, Act 18th March, 1818.}
Delaware state
Page 3

Mitchell Lecatt
Private
Delaware Regiment
1776 - 7 years
24th June 1818.
[several lines of crossed out text]

Admitted

Mr. C. 

[written on right hand side] Mitchell Lecatt
Page 4

The State of Delaware
Sussex County to wit}
I do hereby certify that William B Cooper Esqr. is one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the State of Delaware aforesaid and that full faith and credit is and ought to be given all his Acts and Deeds as such In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas at George Town in the County of Sussex aforesaid the twenty second day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred eighteen.
[signed] Francis Brown Prothy
Page 5

Sussex County
State of Delaware} SS
On this twenty fourt day of June 1818 before one the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, for the State aforesaid, personally appeared Mitchell Lecatt aged sixty one years resident in the said State of Delaware, who being by me first duly sworn according to Law, doth, on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress intitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United State in the revolutionary war" that he the said Mitchell Lecatt enlisted in the year 1776 in the State of Delaware in a company commanded by Captn. John Patton of the Delaware Regiment that he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States untill the close of the Revolutionary war when he was discharged from service in the Town and County of New Castle State of Delaware that he was in the Battles of Monmouth Cambden at Little York and at Gunby River in Georgia and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for his support and that he has other evidence now in his power of his said services besides the certificate hereunto annexed. Sworn to and declared before me the day and year aforesaid.
Mitchell Lecatt his X mark
Page 6

Sussex County
State of Delaware} SS
June 24th 1818 Personally appeared before me the Subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the State aforesaid John Stevens & Major Hitchens who being by me severally sworn according to Law upon their Oaths declare as follows that during their service in the continental army they were & now are personally acquainted with Mitchell Lecatt the within named deponent and that to their knowledge he served nine months and upwards in the revolutionary war as a common soldier or non commissioned officer. Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid.
[signed] Wm B. Cooper
John Stevens his X mark
Major Hitchens his X mark

Sussex County
State of Delaware} I William B. Cooper Judge as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the within named Mitchell Lecatt did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceeding declaration against the common Enemy for the term of nine months on the continental establishment & that he is in reduced and [illegible] circumstances and I now transmit the proceedings and Testimony taken & had before me to the secretary for the department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress Witness my hand this 24th June 1818
[signed[ Wm. B. Cooper
Page 7

The Hon. 
J.C. Colhoun
Secretary of War
Washington.
Page 8

District of Delaware Ss
On this sixteenth day of November eighteen hundred and twenty personally appeared in open Court of the Court of Common Pleas of the State of Delaware in and for Sussex County being a court of record having the power of fine & imprisonment Mitchell Lecatt aged sixty three years resident in Northwest Fork Hundred in the said County who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath declare, that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows in the Delaware Regiment in the Company of Captain John Larmouth in the Delaware Line.
The first declaration made by this deponent was on the twenty fourth day of June eighteen hundred and eighteen, and the pension he has received, has been on the Pension Certificate No. 12.616. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United State on the eighteenth day of March eighteen hundred and eighteen. that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby to diminish it so as to bring myself within the
Page 9

provisions of an act of Congress entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land & Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed on the eighteenth day of March eighteen hundred & eighteen, & that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me, nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed & by me subscribed.
Inventory of the goods and chattles of Mitchell Lecatt. 
1" Cow ---------$12"00
2" Shoats supposed to way 200 lb " 8"00
2" Chests -------2"00
4" Old chairs ---1"00
2" Small cracked kettles ---"1.00
1" old small cupboard----"1.00
$25"00
And this deponent further saith that his occupation is that of Labourer that he is not in very good health, has a wife aged fifty five who is very infirm named Lovey, has two sons who do not reside with him.
Signed, Mitchell Lecatt his X mark
Sworn & declared by the said Mitchell Lecatt on the sixteenth day of November eighteen hundred & twenty in open court. And I do further certify that it is the opinion of the Court that the above appraisement is Correct.-
[signed] Francis Brown Prothy
Page 10

The State of Delaware
Sussex County to wit} 
In Testimony that the foregoing is a true Copy of the Record thereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Court of Common Pleas at George Town the first day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty
[signed] Francis Brown Prothy
Page 11

36040
INVALID.
Revy
File No. 36,040
Mitchell Lecatt
Pri Rev War
Act: 18th March 18
Index: - Vol. 2, Page 403
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Page 12

In the case of Mitchell Lecatt, of Sussex county in the State of Delaware, a petitioner for pension under the act of Congress of the 18 March 1818 entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war": -

Office of the Secretary of the State of Delaware
Dover - 24th June 1819
There are in this office pay rolls of Captain John Patten's company of foot, which was attached to and formed part of the Delaware Regiment commanded by Colonel David Hall, in the service of the United States, on the continental establishment, during the revolutionary war, from the month of May 1777 to the month of March 1780 inclusive; all of which I have carefully examined: and the name of "Mitchell Lacat", as a private soldier in the said company, appears in the said pay rolls for April May June July and August 1778 and in some others: it further appears from the said pay roll for April 1778 that the pay of the said "Mitchell Lacat" can now and on the 12th March 1778: but it does not appear from any other said pay rolls what became of the said Mitchell Lacat and in what manner he left the said company.
It also appears from a "muster roll of the non commissioned officers drummers and fifers and rank and file of the late Delaware Regiment then the first company of the second Battalion in Col. Williams' Regiment serving in the Southern army of the United States" dated "Hillsborough N. Carolina Sep. 1780", and which muster roll is now in this office, that a man of the name of "Mitchell Lecatt" there belonged to the said last mentioned company as a private soldier therein and that he was missing in action on the 16th August 1780.-
Certified for the United States War Department
[signed] H.M. Ridgely