Cato Mead

About Cato Mead

Birth Date: 1762

Birth Location: Connecticut

Death Date: 25 April 1846

Death Location: Near Montrose, Iowa Territory

Service Information

Enlisted around the age of 14 or 15 in Norwich, New London County, Connecticut on March 1, 1778 as a private soldier for a term of one year in the company commanded by Captain John McGregor in the Regiment of the Connecticut Line of Colonel John Durkey/Durkee. Discharged in the State of New York and returned to Norwich where he again enlisted for a term of three years in Captain McGregor's Company. The following fall he was transferred to the company commanded by Captain Warner where he served until discharged at Peekskill, New York. 

Source: Abigail Adams Chapter Iowa Society Daughters of the American Revolution. (1978). Revolutionary War Soldiers and Patriots Buried in Iowa. Walsworth Publishing Company.

Source: Iowa Society. Sons of the American Revolution. (2016, November 2). Revolutionary War Soldiers Buried in Iowa. Iowa Society, Sons of the American Revolution. https://iassar.org/2016/11/02/patriot-gravestone-project/ 

Burial Information

Cemetery Name: Montrose Cemetery

Cemetery Location: Mississippi River Road, Montrose, Lee County, Iowa (Coordinates: 40.53440, -91.42170)

Additional Information: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13981666/cato-mead 

Note: Exact location of burial is unknown, but a memorial marker is in the Montrose Cemetery. 

Source: Stefanie Wager personal photos, Taken August 31, 2025

Additional Information

• Article: Black Revolutionary War Soldier Remembered (Daily Gate City, 2008)

Video: Cato Mead: Valley Forge Soldier to Iowa Pioneer