Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "Cato Mead (ca. 1761–1846; also spelled "Meed") is the only known black Revolutionary War veteran buried west of the Mississippi River. He is buried in or near Montrose, Iowa.According to historian Barbara MacLeish, who is researching a book on Mead, he joined the 4th Connecticut Regiment commanded by Col. John Durkee of Norwich, Connecticut in 1776 or 1777. It is not entirely clear if he was a former slave."@en }
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- Cato_Mead comment "Cato Mead (ca. 1761–1846; also spelled "Meed") is the only known black Revolutionary War veteran buried west of the Mississippi River. He is buried in or near Montrose, Iowa.According to historian Barbara MacLeish, who is researching a book on Mead, he joined the 4th Connecticut Regiment commanded by Col. John Durkee of Norwich, Connecticut in 1776 or 1777. It is not entirely clear if he was a former slave.".