Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 23,146, Thomas Cathcart, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Cathcart, Thomas.
S. 23.146
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5635-AB 5634
New York
Thomas Catheart
of Pembroke in the State of New York who was a Pirate in the Company commanded by Captain Allen of the Regt. commanded by Col. Norton in the Massachusetts line for 2 Years
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 14 day of Febru- ary 1833 and sent to Hon. T. P. Grace No. Repre!
Arrears to 14th of Sept 1832 — $120.00 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Mar 33 40.00
$160.00
{ Revolutionary El Act June 7, 1.
Recorded by Ino Bromwell Book D Vol. 5 Page 1

Thomas Cathcart- Declanun.
18343.
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Please make returns to Horace M. Soper Batavia Genesee N.Y.
Examined
adm d 2 years pre- 80 ¢

Declaration of Thomas Bathcart, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7-1832
State of New York
Genesee County } ss. On this fifteenth day of October in the year eighteen hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas now sitting in Batavia in said County of Genesee and State of New York, being a Court of Record and having a seal, Thomas Bathcart, a resident of the town of Pembroke, in the County of Genesee and State of New York, aged Seventy three years, who being first duly sworn according to law, with an oath, make the following declarations in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7-1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated.
That in the month of May 1775 he volunteered in the State militia of Massachusetts, while he resided in Tisbury, Martha's Vineyard for eighteen months under Capt. Joseph Allen that they were formed into an independent Company of Minute Men - that Parker Butler was first Captain and there were five companies which formed the Regiment commanded by Col. Beriah Storrow - that in 1776 Seventeen of this Regiment perished in a snow storm - and there were 15 of his company that he continued in this independent company and on guard on Martha's Vineyard all the time until the month of June 1777 when he was discharged and went home to Conway, Hampshire County, Massa- chusetts and remained there until the month August - that his parents had removed there while he was in the service
That in August 1777 he went out as a volunteer at the time of the alarm at Bennington Vt. that he marched for Bennington but did not arrive there as the battle had taken place before he could get there - that he was not one week
That in 1779 he served in the Regular Army He served nine months and was enlisted by  under Capt. Alexander Oliver, James

Libby, Lieut in 1 st Regiment of Massachusetts line under Col. Joseph Vose - Adjutant Ralph Bolas - Major Thomas Cogswell - Brigade General was Blosse - went to West Point - enlisted in August - was mustered at West Point by Capt Miller, Continental Muster Master - then marched and joined his Regiment - at Bedford N.Y. and went into Capt. John Mills Company - Served nine months and was discharged on 24 May 1780 - received written discharge which he supposes is in the War office at Boston - that his declaration and proof of this service are in the War Department at Washington which was made in 1819 as he thinks - that he received a Pension Certificate which he sent to the War Department last winter - that his pension was stopped on account of property qualifications - that proof of all his services is in the War Department - except in the State militia -
That he has no documentary evidence of his services and knows of no person living by whom he can prove his services that he was born at Tisbury, in Martha's Vineyard on the 7 th day 1759 - that he has a Record of his age in the which he copied from the ancient family Record -
That since the war he has lived in Leominster and Williams burgh, Hampshire Co. Mass, till 1801 - in Onondaga, Onondaga Co. N.Y. 10 years - then in Pembroke where he now resides 21 years - That about the Rev. Hugh Wallis and Phinehas L. Tracy here in his neighborhood are well acquainted with him and can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief in his services as a soldier of the Revolution -
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity except the present and declares that his name is not in the Pension Roll of the agency of any State except the State of New York -
Isaacus Catheart
Subscribed & sworn to the day & year aforesaid in open court
Timothy Fitch Clerk

We, Hugh Wallis, a Cleggman residing in the town of Pembroke in the County of Genesee and State of New- York, and Phinehas L. Tracy, residing in Batavia in same County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with David Eastcast who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration and that we believe him to be twenty three years of age; that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that on an oath in that opinion subscribed & sworn to the day + year aforesaid in open court Timothy Fitch Clerk Hugh Wallis Phinehas L. Tracy
And the said Court, do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrog- atories presented by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Hugh Wallis who has signed the preceding certificate is a Cleggman residing in the town of Pembroke in the County of Genesee and State of New York and that Phinehas L. Tracy who has also signed the same is a resident in the Town of Batavia in the County aforesaid and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Isaac Newton Robert Carrill William Mitchell
I, Timothy Fitch, Clerk of the said court, hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Thomas Eastcast for a pension In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 16 October 1832.
Timothy Fitch Clerk

our case
Thos Cathcart of New York
Was a Prisoner under - an the act of 1878 kept off on account of his property
Lee
Wm L Tracy

BRIEF in the case of Thomas Cathcart of Pembroke  by of Inverness in the State of New York (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 73  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. As a Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     May 1775 to June 1777 Gen. Allen, Col. Butler, Col. Norton,   1777 7   1779 9 Capt. Allen, Col. Wood, Gen. Glover, Capt. Miller, Col. Williams.  
5. In what battles was he engaged? On the Pension Roll of 1818 & struck for property & refers to it
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Massachusetts Martha Vineyard -
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Correct
X  Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. Johnson Reexamining Clerk.  July 19 1833

August 15, 1936.
Mrs. W. E. Schulenberg Park and Winner Road Independence, Missouri.
BA-3/8883/ILL Thomas Cathcart S. 23146
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letters in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Thomas Cathcart, who was born in 1758 in Tisbury, Massachusetts, and the War of 1812 records of David and Samuel B. Todd, residents of Boone County, Missouri, in 1857.
Because of the great demand for Revolutionary War and War of 1812 data and the limited trained clerical force available for furnishing such information, it is not possible to comply in full with each request pertaining to soldiers of those wars. The record of Thomas Cathcart is given herein as found in his claim for pension, S. 23146, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
Thomas Cathcart was born May 7, 1759 in Tisbury, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts; the names of his parents were not given. However, they were living in Tisbury in May 1775, and moved from there before June 1777, to Conway, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.
While a resident of Tisbury, Massachusetts, Thomas Cathcart volunteered in May 1775, as a minute-man under Captain Joseph Allen; they were formed into an independent company and he served in Captain Parker Butler's company, Colonel Beriah Norton's Massachusetts regiment on guard on Martha's Vineyard until discharged in June 1777 and then went home to Conway, Massachusetts; he volunteered there in August 1777, marched on the Bennington Alarm, but was out only one week, the battle being over before he arrived. He enlisted August 24, 1779, served as private in Captain John Mills' company, Colonel Joseph Vose's Massachusetts regiment and was discharged May 24, 1780, at "Nelsons Highlands", opposite West Point. He served on other tours in the Massachusetts troops, his entire service amounting to three years.
After the Revolutionary War, the soldier resided in Conway, and in Williamsburg, both in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, until 1801, then moved to Onondaga, Onondaga County, New York, and remained ten

years, then moved to Pembroke, Genesee County, New York.
Thomas Cathcart was allowed pension on his application executed August 18, 1819, at which time he resided in Pembroke, New York. He was living there in 1833, and was a deacon in the Presbyterian Church.
Reference was made to the soldier's wife in 1819, but her name was not given, nor the date and place of their marriage shown. No reference was made to children.
Very truly yours,
A. D. HILLER, Executive Assistant to the Administrator.
The certificate # 5635 - on A.B. - Act of 1832 - is correct - The C.Y. # 5634 - is Daniel Church one file, J.L.R.

est attract this IS
Revolution
23 146 INVALID.
1893 June 5 A to Wallace Knight Cleveland
File No. 23 146
1936 - Aug. 15 - Hint to Mrs. H. E. Schulenburg - JLD
Thomas Rathbone
Rev Rev War
Act: June 7 th 82 nd
Index: Vol. 2 , Page 61
[Arrangement of 1870.]

16,825 R New York
Thomas Catchcart of Genesee Co. in the state of N. York who was a private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Vose of the Massachusetts line, for the term of 9 mos.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 10 th of August 1819
Certificate of Pension issued the 25 th of Sept. 1819 and sent to Sam l Lake, Esq. Batavia, N. York
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1819 - \frac{14}{31.30} 4. 67 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Mar. 1820 - 40. 00
$52. 67
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Genesee Co.

Thomas David Cathcart for Capt. Mills Comp. 1 st Mass a . Regt. Cav. by Col. Vose —
Q M o . Commencing
24 Augt. 1799 Roll
10 th Augt. 1799
Please make returns to me at Batavia N. York
Daniel Lake
rec d Sept. 10. 1819.
Submitted

Thomas David Cathcart for Capt. Mills Comp. 1 st Mass a . Regt. Cont. by Col. Vose —
Q M o . Commencing
24 Augt. 1799
Roll
10 th Augt. 1799
Please make returns to me at Batavia N. York
Daniel Lake
rec d Sept r 10. 1819.
Admitted

State of New York Genesee County ss. On this Eighteenth day of August in the Year of our Lord One Thousand eight hundred and Nineteen personally appeared before me the subscriber One of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County. Thomas Cathcart who being by me duly sworn, says that he makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 18 th of March 1818 granting pensions to the Officers and Soldiers of the Revolu- tionary war - viz. That he is a citizen of the County and State aforesaid is sixty years of age is not a freeholder, and is in indigent circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his Country for support
That he enlisted in the Continental Service for Nine months at Conway in Massachusetts on the 24 th day of August 1779 in Capt John Mills Company in the 1 st Massachusetts Regiment Commanded by Col. Joseph Vose and Lieut. Col. Elijah Vose - That he served the full period of his enlistment and was Discharged by his Lieut. Col. as Commandant at Nelsons Highlands opposite West point. on the 24 th day May 1780 - That he was in the service of his Country previous and since the service above particularly stated in the Revolu- tionary war in short campaigns and in Militia service, in the whole rising of three years actual service, but was never in any General Battles, and that he never received any pension from the United States

And further the Deponent says not — Sworn and subscribed this 18 th day of August 1819 Before me } Thomas Catheart Richard Smith, Judge of Gen. Com. Pleas.
I also certify that I have reason to believe the said Thomas Catheart did serve in the Revolutionary war as stated in the foregoing declaration, also that from the proof exhibited before me. I am satisfied that the said Thomas is in indigent circumstances and is in need of the assistance of his Country for support. and I hereby transmit the proceedings had and taken before me to the Secretary of war for his consideration.
Richard Smith Judge Gen. Com. Pleas.

State of New York Genesee County ss. Nathaniel Jones being by me duly sworn doth depose and say that he is a neighbor to the above named Thomas Cathcart. That he is not a freeholder to the knowledge of this Deponent, and that the said Thomas is an aged infirm man and has an aged wife to support, and that he this Deponent should not consider the person- al property of the said Thomas sufficient for his main- tenance, and does consider him as standing in need of the assistance of his Country. Sworn and subscribed this 5 th day of 18 th 1819 Before me - { Nathaniel Jones
Richards with Judge
Gen. Com. Pleas.

Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C., _____, 189__
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Has Catheart , a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will please find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     May 1775 18 mo priv Parker Baxter Norton Mass   Aug 1777 1 mo " not stated not stated "   Aug 79 9 mo " John Mills Vose "  
Battles engaged in, none
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Dishley Conway Mass
Date of application for pension, Aug 18 1819
Residence at date of application, Providence R.I.
Age at date of application, Born 21st March Mass May 7-52
Remarks: Marched to Bennington & but did not arrive until after the battle was over. with their Christian It would be impracticable for the Bureau to furnish the history of other persons bearing the sur name Catheart. Commissioner.

The Huguenot Society of the Founders of Manakin in the Colony of Virginia MISSOURI SOCIETY STATE PRESIDENT MRS. LOUIS E. NEWMAN 411 W. 58TH STREET TERRACE, KANSAS CITY, MO.
Mrs. H. E. Schulenberg Park + Winner rd Independence Mo
Mrs. Parsons wrote her own letter the other letter signed Mary P. Mitchell in order to obtain more records Dept of Pensions Veterans' Bureau Washington D.C.

414 N Pleasant Independence Mo June 24 1936
Dept of Pensions Veteran's Bureau Washington D.C.
Rev. (send one)
Sir: Thos Cathcart (1758-1842) served as a private in Capt John Mills Co, Continent- al Regiment, born in Tisbury Mass, and died in Corfu N.Y. Can you locate his Pension application or other family data from this meager information? I need it for gen- ealogical purposes.
Yours truly
Mary P. Mitchell
Her other letter requesting David Jodd (Mrs R B) Samuel B. Jodd Mar of 1812- filed in Miss. cove.

Park & W inner Rds Independence Mo June 23 rd 1936
Dept of Pensions Wash D C
Dear Sirs: In 1857 Applications for pensions for service in war of 1812 were made by David and Samuel B Todd , then living in Boone Co Mo. Will you please send me service and family data contained therein? I need it for genealogical purposes.
Sincerely yours Anna S Schulenberg (Mrs H E)
Use address on envelope & keep attached in Thomas Cashent Rev. 23146 Mrs. Finch
She wrote the letter attached from Mrs. R. B. Mitchell also