Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 41,866, for Cato Meeds, Connecticut

SERVICE
Meds, bato
NUMBER
8.41.866.
born.
CONTENTS

9156 Ohio
Cato Needs, — of Cuyahoga Co. in the state of Ohio, who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Durkee, of the Connecticut line, for the term of the war.
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio, at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 18. of September, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5. of March, 1819, and sent to hon: Peter Hitchcock, then at the city of Washington.
Arrears to 4th of March, 1819. $: 44. 50.
Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4. Sept. 1819. 48 —
5 mo. \frac{13}{30} & \frac{4}{31}
$: 92. 50.
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Sept. 19
Paid at the Treasury under the act of the 6 April 1837 from 4 th March 1838 to 4 th Sept 1838. Agt Notified 17 June 1839
Paid at above from 4 th March to 4 th Sep 1840. Agt notified 8 June 1841.
Duplicate certificate issued 24 th Oct 1845. and sent to Emma Kilbourne. Hart Madison, Lee County Iowa
Pay Master's Office, New York

Quito Head. pension to Cato Mejias 7156
ip? 5 March 1819
Con

District of Ohio } Court of Common Pleas on this 16 th day of October Portage County ss } A.D. 1820 personally appeared in open Court being a Court of Record for said County of Portage in said District of Ohio Calo Mead aged fifty nine years resident in the Township of Coventry in said County and District (formerly of Rockport in the County of Cuyahoga) who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows (to wit) that he enlisted in March A.D. 1776 for three years in the Reg t commanded by Colonel Duerger in the company commanded by Capt. M c Gregor afterwards transferred to Capt. Warner's company but in the same Regt. in the Connecticut line and was discharged at the expiration of the time and that he made his declaration as he believes on the 18 th day of September A.D. 1818 for the purpose of obtain- ing the benefits of the Law of Congress passed the 18 th day of the year A.D. 1818 and that he received a Certificate for a Pension dated the 5 th day of March A.D. 1819 innumbered on the back thereof 7156 and that the same is signed J. C. Calhoun Secretary of War and I do solemnly swear that I was a Resident Citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March A.D. 1818 and that I have not since that time by Gift Sale or in any man- ner disposed of any property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress Entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed on the 18 th day of March A.D. 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property any property or Securities Contracts or Debts due to me nor  has I any income less than what is contained in the Schedule herunto annexed and by me subscribed (to wit)
  1 Cow - Bought with Pension money. $ 18,00 Asst. brot. up   3 Hogs 0,00 2 Bowls ,25   2 Spinning wheels 7,00 2 Teacups and Saucers ,18   1 Duke Oven Spider and Stew kettle 3,25 except one bed and my common   2 Chains 1,00 wearing apparel   3 Knives and forks ,50 $ 24,18 
He declares his occupation to that of a farmer, that he unable to perform much labor on account of a sore on one of his legs caused by the small- pox settling in that leg while he was encamped with the army at Valley forge which has been for the most part of the time a running sore ever since and is now constantly so
That he has no family except his wife aged forty seven years - That she is sickly and unable to do much work
Sworn to and subscribed and declared on 16 th day of October A.D. 1820 before the Hon ble the President and Judges of the aforesaid Court of Common Pleas
Cato Mead
Subscribed
Sworn to in Open Court October 17. 1820
attest
S Day Clerk.

The State of Ohio
Portage County ss. Be it Remembered that at a Term of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Portage begun and held at the Court House in the Town of Ravenna within and for said County, before the Honorable George T. Pundert of the third circuit of the Courts of common pleas in the State of Ohio and Elias Marrison Alva Day and Augustus Baldwin Esquires Associate Judges of said County, on the sixteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, afterwards on the second day of the term that is to say, on the twentieth day of October in the year aforesaid and before the said Judges at the place aforesaid Capt Alva Day a Revolutionary Pensioner came into and being first duly sworn according to law exhibits here in court a schedule of his whole estate and income (masonry clothing and bedding excepted) and the Court having inspected the same and upon satisfactory evidence arrived are of opinion that the value of the property contained in the said schedule amounts to thirty four dollars and eighteen cents, and it is ordered that the oath of the applicant and the said schedule be filed in the Clerks Office.
I Alva Day Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Portage and State of Ohio do hereby certify that the within and foregoing oath and schedule thereto annexed together with the opinion of the said court thereon are truly copied from the Records of said court now remaining in my office.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Ravenna this fourth day of November Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
Alva Day Clerk.

Cato Lucas Application &c -
"deserted 30 April '79 - rejoined April 5 th 181" —————
no further remarks made on the rolls. supposed to have served during the war.
Hon: Peter Hitchcock.

The State of Ohio } On this 18 th day of September Cuyahoga County } 1818 before me the subscriber one of the associate Justices in and for said County the Chief Justice of the State of Ohio
Personally appeared Cato Meeus aged fifty seven years resident in Brooklyn in the County aforesaid who being by me first duly sworn as the law directs doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the act of Congress entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval services of the United States in the Revolutionary war." That he the said Cato Meeus enlisted as a private soldier at Norwich in the County of Warwick  New London and State of Connecticut on the 1 st day of March in the year seven hundred seventy eight and joined the Company commanded by Capt. John M c Gregor and Col. John Durkay. Regiment of the Connecticut line having enlisted for one year & that he served in the service of the United States in said M c Gregor's Company until the expiration of the year when he was honorably discharged in the State of New York when he returned to Norwich where he again enlisted in the same Company commanded by the said Capt. John M c Gregor and joined the Regiment under the command of the said Col. John Durkel for the term of three years and that he continued to serve in said company until some time in the next fall when he was transferred to the Company commanded by Capt. Warner and that he continued to serve in said company in the service of the United States until he was discharged at Pichskill in the State of New York at the expiration of the time for which he enlisted, and that his discharge was burned with his house at Clinton in the County of Oneida and State of New York: And that he is in receipt

reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of the Country for support: and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services. And now relinquishes all claim to any pension hitherto granted him under the laws of the United States
Sworn to and declared before me this day a year ago since
I Elias Lee associate judge as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said batt. Meeas did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy and from the testimony introduced before me I am well satisfied that the said batt. Meeas is in reduced circumstances & stands in need of the aid of the Country for support. And I now transmit the proceeding and testimony taken before me to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the direction of the before mentioned act of Congress. Elias Lee Judge
State of Ohio - - - Cuyahoga County ss
I Horace Perry Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for said County Do hereby certify that the above named Elias Lee is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas within & for said County and that said Court is a Court of
Record - & that the above is his signature
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court - this 18 th Day of September
1818
Horace Perry Clerk

41866
INVALID.
Rev
File No. 41.866
Cato Needs
Rev Rev Rev
Act: 15 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 8 , Page 381
[ Arrangement of 1870. ]

Cato Mead must send Dick proof to this office as the enclosed printed sheet directs in order to obtain a duplicate pension certificate
Pension Office Sept 17 1845.

APPLICATION FOR A NEW CERTIFICATE.
County of Lee  Territory of Iowa ss.
On this Eighth day of October 18 45 , before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace for the said county of Lee personally appeared Cato Needs who, on his oath, declares that he is the same person who formerly belonged to the company commanded by Captain Mcgregor in the regiment commanded by Colonel Dunlap in the service of the United States; that his name was placed on the pension roll of the State of Ohio that he received a certificate of that fact under the signature and seal of the Secretary of War; which certificate, on or about the Fourth day of March 18 45 at or near some place between the Town of Fort Madison and his residence , he lost from his pocket - Cato Needs
Sworn and subscribed to, before me, the day and year aforesaid.
M c Vancourdale J P L 5
NOTES.—The last four blanks are left for the applicant to set forth the time, place, and manner of the loss or destruction of the original certificate.
The oath to be taken before a duly qualified magistrate, whose official character and signature must be properly authenticated.
□ If the pensioner has never received a formal certificate, but has drawn his pension on a mere notification, as was the case in a few instances many years ago, he should leave out the above words in italics , and insert, in lieu thereof, " but has never received a formal certificate, and now wishes to obtain one. "
The pensioner's oath must be supported by the evidence of another person as to identity. The person must swear that he well knows him to be the same person described in the above affidavit. The magistrate must certify that the deponent is a person of veracity. This oath must also be authenticated by the certificate of the proper officer, under his seal of office, setting forth that the officer before whom the affidavit may be made is a Justice of the Peace, Judge, or Notary Public, as the case may be.
When a person acting as an Agent or Attorney for a Pensioner, loses the certificate, the affidavit of that person is also required, which must be authenticated as above.
□ In every case where the Clerk of the Court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should be sent with the papers.
□ Mode of authenticating papers.—In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or small ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
□ No attention will be given to applications from persons who act as agents, unless they are known at the War Department or are vouched for as respectable persons by some one who is known to the Department.

Territory of Iowa
Lee County } ss
On this 8 th day of October A.D. 1845 personally appeared before me a person of the Peace in and for said County, Cyrus Peck to me well known as a person of veracity who being duly sworn according to law deposes and says that he is well acquainted with Cato Mears the signer and sealer of the foregoing Affidavit and knows him to be the identical person named in said Affidavit. Sworn and subscribed before me this day and year above written John Vanarsdall J.P. Cyrus Peck
Iowa Territory } ss Lee County } ss
I Joel L. Belcher, Clerk of the District Court for said County of Lee, do hereby certify, that Wm Vanarsdall Esq., is now and was and was at the time of taking the annexed affidavits, an acting Justice of the peace within and for said County duly elected and qualified and I do further certify that the signature of the said Wm Vanarsdall is genuine - and full faith and credit are due to all his acts in that capacity - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said District Court at office, in Fort Madison this 8 th day of October 1845 Joel L. Belcher Clerk

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
June 10 th 1839.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Cato Meeds, _____ a Pensioner on the Roll of the Pittsburg, Pa., Agency, at the rate of eight Dollars and _____ Cents per month  annum , under the law of the 18 th March 1818, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March 1838, to the 4 th Sept. 1838.
Respectfully, yours,
Wilson K. Purdie Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
June 2 d , 1841.
Sir :
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," Cato Needs, _____ a Pensioner on the Roll of the Pittsburgh, Pa. Agency, at the rate of Eight Dollars and _____ Cents per month  quarter , under the law of the 18 th March 1818, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March, to the 4 th Sept. 1840.
Respectfully yours,
William B. Lewis
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

Oct 24 1845
Mr Evans.
Memory Office
Mr. W. H. Burleigh Esq.
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Please forward the Duplicate Pension Certificate for Cath Mead to the undersigned at Fort Madison, Lee County Iowa
Edward Kilbourne
Oct 10 45