MILITARY TRACT TOWNSHIP #3 - CATO NY- (THE LAWS CITED BELOW SHOW HOW BOUNTY LAND IN THE MILITARY TRACT TOWNSHIP OF CATO BECAME THE TOWNS OF VICTORY, IRA, AND A PORTION OF CATO & CONQUEST NY) 1776, Sept. 16 At the time of the American Revolution, NY State was given a quota of 4 battalions to muster. Congress agreed to offer bounty land of 100 acres to regular soldiers, together with larger bounty land allocations to officers by rank. (Amended for higher officers on 12 Aug. 1780) 1781 March 20 NY-State was behind on their quota. So the NY legislature offered an additional 500-acres of bounty land as an incentive for soldiers to enlist and larger allocations to officers by rank. 1782, July 25 To satisfy the promise of bounty land, the 'Military Tract' boundaries are established. Each township of about 60,000-acres would contain 100 individually surveyed lots. Each bounty land lot would contain about 600-acres. On 1788 Sep 12, the Onondaga Nation of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy releases their claim to military tract lands and reservation boundaries are defined. On 1789 Feb. 25, the Cayuga Nation of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy releases their claim to military tract lands and their reservation boundaries are defined. 1790 July 3rd Surveys of the first 25 townships are completed and the first 25 Townships are named. 1794 March 5 When Onondaga County NY is created, the former Military Tract Townships of Cato, Brutus, Aurelius and that portion of the East Cayuga Reservation located north of the southwest corner of the Military Tract Township of Aurelius are combined to become just known by the name AURELIUS 1799 March 8 Cayuga County NY is formed from part of Onondaga County. 1802 March 30 The (enlarged) Town of Aurelius in Cayuga County was erected into new towns named Cato, Owasco, Jefferson (Later re-named Mentz), Brutus and Aurelius 1821 March 16 The Towns of Conquest , Ira & Victory were created from the Town Of Cato Click On Township Lot Number Within The Chart Below To View Land Patent Documents Conveying Title From '' The People Of New-York" To The Revolutionary War Soldier (Or Their Heirs / Assignees) TOWNSHIP / LOT CURRENT TOWN SURNAME FIRST NAME VOLUME PAGE ACRES Cato Lot 1 Victory Babbet/Bennet Reuben 6 80 500 Cato Lot 2 Victory Gee Moses 7 297 600 Cato Lot 2 Victory Gee Moses 7 300 600 Cato Lot 3 Victory Crabb Abijah 7 174 600 Cato Lot 4 Victory Wilkelow / Wicklow John 7 199 600 Cato Lot 5 Victory RESERVED FOR GOSPEL, SCHOOLS, ETC Cato Lot 6 Victory Adams Emanuel 8 44 500 Cato Lot 7 Ira Owens Maberry 7 362 500 Cato Lot 8 Ira Shephard John (Captain) ? ? ? Cato Lot 9 Ira Van Wort Henry (Lieutenant) 5 102 600 Cato Lot 10 Ira Philps/Phelps Israel 8 61 500 Cato Lot 11 Ira Robinson David 5 352 600 Cato Lot 12 Ira Van Cortlandt Philip (Colonel) 4 23 600 Cato Lot 13 Victory Shaw John (Lieutenant) 5 303 600 Cato Lot 14 Victory Joseph Reuben 6 425 500 Cato Lot 15 Victory Curvin Samuel 5 365 600 Cato Lot 16 Victory Kirk George 4 435 600 Cato Lot 17 Victory Hill Thomas 7 349 500 Cato Lot 18 Victory Neely Abraham (Captain) 8 147 600 Cato Lot 19 Ira RESERVED FOR GOSPEL, SCHOOLS, ETC Cato Lot 20 Ira Cole John 4 123 600 Cato Lot 21 Ira Cornwall William 8 216 500 Cato Lot 22 Ira Bundge Michael 7 396 600 Cato Lot 23 Ira Cain Abel 6 427 500 Cato Lot 24 Ira Cauldfield/Caulfield James 4 140 600 Cato Lot 25 Victory RESERVED FOR GOSPEL, SCHOOLS, ETC Cato Lot 26 Victory Variel/Verieul Joseph 5 369 500 Cato Lot 27 Victory Erwin/Irwin James 4 161 500 Cato Lot 28 Victory Thompson John 8 55 500 Cato Lot 29 Victory Bouy William 4 197 600 Cato Lot 30 Victory Norton Henry 8 262 500 Cato Lot 31 Ira Ward John 4 416 600 Cato Lot 32 Ira Patterson William 8 34 500 Cato Lot 33 Ira Atkinson Philip 5 413 500 Cato Lot 34 Ira Hunt Thomas (Lieutenant) 7 121 600 Cato Lot 35 Ira Simonds Robert 5 333 500 Cato Lot 36 Ira Wimyre Frederick 8 23 600 Cato Lot 37 Ira RESERVED FOR GOSPEL, SCHOOLS, ETC Cato Lot 38 Victory Shultz Christopher 8 118 600 Cato Lot 39 Victory Nestell/Nestle Peter (Lieutenant) 5 111 600 Cato Lot 40 Victory Thompson Stanley 7 248 600 Cato Lot 41 Victory Cunningham Henry (Lieutenant) 4 233 600 Cato Lot 42 Victory Kelly David 6 158 600 Cato Lot 43 Victory Loucks Andrew 5 297 500 Cato Lot 44 Ira Schryver Christian 7 29 600 Cato Lot 45 Ira Wise William 7 178 600 Cato Lot 46 Ira How Baxter (Lieutenant) 7 327 500 Cato Lot 47 Ira Hardy Benjamin 6 380 600 Cato Lot 48 Ira Lowman Peter 6 131 600 Cato Lot 49 Ira Thompson John 6 108 500 Cato Lot 50 Victory Dyckman Richard 5 273 500 Cato Lot 51 Victory Ellis John 7 216 500 Cato Lot 52 Victory Garnett/Garret John 6 296 600 Cato Lot 53 Victory Scofield Nathaniel 6 272 600 Cato Lot 54 Victory Furman Gabriel 8 45 500 Cato Lot 55 Victory Connor John 5 429 600 Cato Lot 56 Ira Hallett/Hallott Jonathan (Captain) 7 136 600 Cato Lot 57 Ira Wendell Jacob H. (Lieutenant) 8 141 600 Cato Lot 58 Ira Samson/Sumpson Ezekiel (Lieutenant) 8 154 500 Cato Lot 59 Ira Smith Christopher 6 376 500 Cato Lot 60 Ira Anthony Francis 6 428 500 Cato Lot 61 Ira Reiley Lewis 7 374 500 Cato Lot 62 Victory How Baxter (Lieutenant) 7 327 500 Cato Lot 63 Victory Ruger John 6 313 600 Cato Lot 64 Victory Williams Charles ? ? ? Cato Lot 65 Victory Erwin John 5 5 600 Cato Lot 66 Victory Williams Isaac 8 254 500 Cato Lot 67 Victory Snyder Jacob 4 300 600 Cato Lot 68 Ira; P/O Vil. Of Cato Dunham Israel 7 384 500 Cato Lot 69 Ira; P/O Vil. Of Cato Christie John 6 155 600 Cato Lot 70 Ira Woodruff Hunlock (Surgeon) 4 389 400 Cato Lot 71 Ira Rose Albert 7 269 600 Cato Lot 72 Ira Sickels Abraham 5 68 600 Cato Lot 73 Cato Farlie James (Lieutenant) 6 35 600 Cato Lot 74 Conquest King John 4 218 600 Cato Lot 75 Conquest Lawyer Christopher 4 151 500 Cato Lot 76 Conquest Clinton Alexander (Lieutenant) 6 253 600 Cato Lot 77 Conquest Smith Isaac (Lieutenant) 6 413 600 Cato Lot 78 Conquest Vredenburgh Peter 4 210 600 Cato Lot 79 Conquest Tuman Peter 8 19 600 Cato Lot 80 Cato; P/O Vil. Of Cato Warner Thomas 5 374 500 Cato Lot 81 Cato; P/O Vil. Of Cato Morris William W. (Lieutenant) 5 304 600 Cato Lot 82 Cato; P/O Vil. Of Meridian Williams Richard 5 155 600 Cato Lot 83 Cato; P/O Vil. Of Meridian Frank Jacob 7 372 500 Cato Lot 84 Cato Helmer John 4 301 600 Cato Lot 85 Cato Whitehead William 4 334 600 Cato Lot 86 Cato Black David 8 56 500 Cato Lot 87 Conquest Moore Abraham 6 426 500 Cato Lot 88 Conquest Mulholland James 8 77 500 Cato Lot 89 Conquest RESERVED FOR GOSPEL, SCHOOLS, ETC Cato Lot 90 Conquest Richardson Alexander 7 382 500 Cato Lot 91 Conquest Burnett/Burnet Robert (Lieutenant) 8 144 600 Cato Lot 92 Conquest Adams Peleg 7 64 500 Cato Lot 93 Conquest Dunlap Andrew (Sergeant) 8 206 600 Cato Lot 94 Conquest Minick Henry 5 17 600 Cato Lot 95 Cato Ruff Jonathan 6 314 600 Cato Lot 96 Cato Finck/Fink Andrew (Captain) 5 238 600 Cato Lot 97 Cato Swartwout Cornelius 5 325 600 Cato Lot 98 Cato Montieth/Monteith James 6 421 500 Cato Lot 99 Cato Skiffington John (Sergeant) 8 258 500 Cato Lot 100 Cato RESERVED FOR GOSPEL, SCHOOLS, ETC

Page 117 of 'The Balloting Book' lists names of Revolutionary War Soldiers who were balloted to receive each bounty land lot within Military Tract (circa 1790s) TOWNSHIP #3 - CATO NY. View the 1790-91 'Surveyor Field Notes' for lots within the military tract 'Township #3 - CATO ; 37MB PDF|| View the circa 1790 map showing bounty land lots within Township #3 - CATO || View a similar website for the military tract townships of Aurelius; Brutus, Milton, Ovid; Scipio, Sempronius; Ulysses Visit the Cayuga County NYGenWeb Project Website ||

NOTE: The spelling of names contained in 'The Balloting Book' does not always match the spelling of names cited on the military land patents. Also, the military rank can sometimes vary when comparing the land patent with the same lot within The Balloting Book. Consequently, I tried to show all cited spelling & rank listings for a specific person on the roster chart shown on this website. The information on this website is provided as a courtesy and although it is my intention that the research and record transcriptions be accurate and correct, I do not guarantee the contents of research materials provided. If the information shown above is important to your research, please review & re-check against original sources. The original land patent documents now reside at the NY-State Archives. The above research was compiled in circa 2026 by Bernie Corcoran This website is a work-in-progress and is still "Under-Construction"