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Cato Pompey

first name
Cato
last name
Pompey
gender
male
birth, death year
1765 , --
first, last year in records
1775, 1781
confidence level
indeterminate
freed status (year freed)
unknown
enslaver(s)
location(s)
Deerfield, MA  
place of origin

Bio

According to George Sheldon, author of The History of Deerfield, Massachusetts, Cato Pompey enlisted in Continental Army in 1781 for 3 years. He was then 16 years old. In the later years of the Revolutionary War it became increasingly hard to find men willing to fight, so bounties were offered as incentive. Cato was paid "60 pounds silver."

Primary Source Entries for Cato Pompey

Entry Source Vol Name Date entry id
• Receipt dated Deerfield, May [year not given], for bounty paid said Pompe by Capt. Oliver Shattuck, a member of a class of thetown of Deerfield, to serve in the Continental Army for the term of 3 years. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution Single 1775 1522
• Descriptive list of men raised in Hampshire Co. to serve in the Constitutional Army, as returned by Noah Goodman, Superintendent;age, 16 yrs.; stature, 5 ft. 2 in.; complexion, black; hair, black; occupation, farmer; engaged for town of Deerfield; engage Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution Single 1781 1529
• * Pomp, Cato Deerfield Minority Military Service - Massachusetts 1775-1783 1775-1783 1775 1545

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