Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17,913, Daniel Cushing, N.H.
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(3-1776)
SERVICE|[blank]|NUMBER
N.H.|Cushing, Daniel|S.17.913
carded
CONTENTS
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10384
New Hampshire
Daniel Cushing of Strafford in the State of NH who was a Private in the company commanded by Captain -- of the regt commanded by Col. Poor in the N.H. line for 12 mos 15 days
Inscribed on the Roll of NH at the rate of 41 Dollars 66 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831. 
Certificate of Pension issued the 6th day of Sept 1833 and Sent to A. Pierce (Peirce) Dover NH
Arrears to the 4th of Mch 1833 $43.32
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep " 20.83
Died July 20, 1840  $64.15
{Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832}
Recorded by J. H McBlair Clerk
Book E Vol. 1st Page 76
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12,168
Dan'l Cushing
Privat
12 Mos & 15 days
Adm'd
W.C.E.
5.11.12 & 15 ds
Jany 10 1833
$41.66 Page 200.
A. Peirce Esq
Dover NH
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12168
BRIEF in the case of  Daniel Cushing Dover County of Stafford in the State of New Hampshire
(Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity? [blank]
3. How old is he? 80
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
[column headings: Period.|Duration of Service.(Years,|Months,|Days.)|Rank. As a|Names of Generals and Field Officers under whom he served.Gen|]
June In 1775|( - |5| - )|private|Cap Titcomb. Col. Poor|
Feby '76|( - |1|12)| " |Cap Drew. Col. Waldron|
 - " - |( - 2| - )| " |Cap Libbey Col. Tash's|
 - '77|( - *3|8)| " |Cap Libbey Col Evans|
'78|( - |Փ['1' crossed out]|25/15)| " |Cap Eaton Col. Wingate|
[end of columns]
5. In what battles was he engaged? Capture of Burgoyne
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Dover Nh
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? [blank] 
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
all right [margin note: 45-30=15]
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned. 
/s/Wm. C. Easton
Examining Clerk. 
* on Roll of Service
Փ "  "  "  "  25 days service only
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Daniel Cushing 
12.168 
Dover N.H.
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DECLARATION IN ORDER TO OBTAIN THE BENEFIT OF TH ACT OF CONGRESS PASSED JULY 7, 1832. 
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
COUNTY OF STRAFFORD SS. - COURT OF Probate
September TERM, 1832
ON this 17th day of September 1832, personally appeared before the Justices of the Judge of the Court of Probate now in session in Dover within and for said County of Strafford, Daniel Cushing a resident of Dover in said County of Strafford and State of New-Hampshire, aged Eighty years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832. That he enlisted in the army of the United States, in the year 1775 and served as follows: - He enlisted in Dover N.H. in a company commanded by Capt. Benjamin Titcomb in Col'o Poor's Reg't in June 1775 and marched to Winter hill near Boston, and continued to serve in said Comp'y in the neighborhood of Boston about five or six months when he was discharged & returned home. [margin note: 5 or 6]
In February 1776 he again enlisted in a company commanded by [margin note: 1's or 2] Capt. Drew, in Col'o Waldron's Reg't at said Dover & marched to Cambridge Ma where he continued about Six weeks or two months & was discharged & returned home. 
In the fall of the same year 1776 he again enlisted at said Dover in a company commanded by Capt. Libbey Col. Tash's Reg't and marched to Peek's Kill North River in New York [margin note: 2] and continued in the service at that place about two months when he was discharged & returned home. - Some time in the year 1777 he again enlisted at said Dover in a Company commanded by Capt. Libbey, Col'o Evans Reg't and marched to Bennington Vt. and served in said Comp'y three months [margin note: 3] & was discharged & returned home - was at the Capture of Burgoine (Burgoyne) during this enlistment. In 1778 he enlisted at Dover in a Comp'y commanded by Capt Eaton in Col'o Wingate's Reg't and marched to Rhode Island & served in said Comp[y about Six weeks [margin note: 1 1/2] when he was discharged & returned home - He can not be certain as to dates, but positive he performed the several services above stated, and believes some of the terms were for longer time than he has stated. the service was all in the New Hampshire Militia as he believes. 
He was born in Dover N.H. which has continued to be his home - 
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a Pension or an Annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any agency in any state. 
/s/Daniel Cushing
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid, in open Court. 
And the said Court do hereby declare ['their' crossed out] its opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. 
/s/Daniel Atkinson Judge of Probate.
['ATTEST [blank] CLERK.' crossed out]
I, James Bartlett Reg'r ['Clerk' crossed out] of the [blank] Court of Probate for said County, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of Daniel Cushing for a pension. 
[court seal] In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of said Court, this 18th day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two. 
ATTEST - /s/James Bartlett Reg'r ['CLERK.' crossed out]
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[typewritten letter]
[initials: M.E.E.]
Rev. & 1812
Wars Section [initials: own]

September 19, 1928

Mrs. Robert M. Fessenden
1363 Edgecliff Drive
Los Angeles, California

Madam:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 17913, it appears that Daniel Cushing was born in Dover, New Hampshire, date not given. 
While a resident of said Dover, he enlisted and served as a private in the New Hampshire Troops as follows: - 
From June 1775, five or six months in Captain Benjamin Titcomb's Company, Colonel Poor's Regiment. 
From February, 1776, six weeks or two months in Captain Drew's Company, Colonel Waldron's Regiment. 
From the fall of 1776, two months in Captain Libbey's Company Colonel Tash's Regiment.
In 1777, three months in Captain Libbey's Company, Colonel Evans' Regiment, and was at the capture of Burgoyne.
In 1778, six weeks in Captain Eaton's Company, Colonel Wingate's Regiment. 
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 17,
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[typewritten letter continued]
1832, while a resident of Dover, Strafford County, New Hampshire, aged eighty years.
He died July 20, 1840. [margin note: from A.B.]
There are no data on file relative to his family. 
Respectfully, 
E. W. MORGAN
Acting Commissioner.
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[verso]
17913
P INVALID.
File No. 17,913
Daniel Cushing
Pri Rev War
Act: June 7 "32
Index: - Vol. 1, Page 87
[Arrangement of 1870.]

[recto]
1928-Sept. 19 - Hist to Mrs. Robt. M. Fessenden, M.E.E.
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[handwritten letter]
Dover 23 Feb. 1833

I herewith forward the papers of Daniel Cushing, a Soldier of the Revolution with such additional testimony as he has obtained - 
The certificate of a Clergyman has not been obtained, as those now residing in this place have been very recently settled here, and have no acquaintance with him - he has however procured the Certificate of some more respectable citizens & Magistrates which are herewith forwarded - An answer may be directed to me - 
Respectfully Yours &c
/s/A. Peirce
Hon. Secy at War
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12,168
Dan'l Cushing
A. Peirce Esq
Dover NH
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Daniel Cushing which require further proof or explanation. 
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes 
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? [blank] 
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes 
V. *Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? No ['Yes' crossed out]
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes 
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the other under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes 
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes 
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes 
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? No
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? No
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? No
XIV. +If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility? [blank]
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office? [blank]
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? [blank] 
XVI. ↕Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Yes 
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? Yes
EXPLANATORY NOTES. 
*QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For ______year______months, and______days______, I served as a______; and for such service I claim a pension.”
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. 
+QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of  his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
↕QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
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I Winthrop Watson depose and say that in the year 1775 I enlisted as a private Soldier at Dover N.H. in a Company of New Hampshire Militia commanded by Capt. Benj'n Titcomb, in Col. Poor's Regiment - and marched to Winter Hill, we left Dover 19 June 1775 - I continued in the service three or four months - when my place was supplied by my Brother as my substitute - Daniel Cushing of Dover enlisted with me, marched to Winter hill with me and said Cushing was in the same Mess with me and he continued there all the time I was in the service and when I left he remained with the troops - 
/s/Winthrop Watson
Strafford ss. September 17th 1832 Then appeared the above named Winthrop Watson and made solemn oath that the above affidavit by him subscribed is true - before me 
/s/A. Peirce Jus. Peace
I Certify that I am acquainted with the above named Winthrop Watson, and he reputed to be a man of truth & veracity.
/s/A. Peirce Jus. Peace
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State of New Hampshire
Strafford ss. I Andrew Peirce Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature for s'd County, do hereby certify that Andrew Peirce Esqr. before whom the annexed affidavits were taken, is a Justice of the Peace for said County of Strafford, and his signatures thereto affixed are genuine - 
[court seal] In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court, this 23d day of February 1833. 
/s/A. Peirce, Clerk.
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Personally appeared before me the  undersigned a Justice of the Peace in for the County of Strafford & State of New Hampshire Daniel Cushing, who being duly sworn deposeth and saith, that by reason of old age and the consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively to the precise length of service but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below and in the following grades - in 1775, under Captain Titcomb - Five  months as a private - 
In 1776, under Capt. Drew - one & a half months as a private - in same year under Capt. Libbey two months as a private - in 1777 under Capt Libbey - three months as a private; - in 1778 under Capt Eaton one & a half months as a private being in all thirteen months as a private Soldier and for such service I claim a pension - I have not been able to obtain the testimony of any one that was with me with the exception of the affidavit of Winthrop Watson - and do not know that I can obtain any - The reason of my not obtaining the Certificate of some Clergyman is that those now residing in this place have been very recently settled here & with whom I am not acquainted - but the elderly part of the community are all acquainted with me and any of them will testify to my good character & reputation, the affidavits of some of them will be annexed to this declaration - 
/s/Daniel Cushing
Strafford ss. 
Feby 21, 1833. Subscribed and Sworn to before me - /s/A. Peirce, Jus Peace
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We the undersigned residing in Dover N.H. hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Daniel Cushing who has subscribed and sworn to the written declaration, that we believe him to be Eighty years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion - and we  verily believe the statement he has made to be correct d- 
/s/John Wheeler
/s/Philemon Chandler
Subscribed and Sworn to this 21st day of Feb'y 1833. before me /s/A. Peirce Jus. Peace
The undersigned Selectmen of the Town of Dover unite in the above statement - 
/s/Ezekiel Hind
/s/James B. Varney
/s/Eben'r Hanson
Strafford ss. 
Feb'y 23d 1833. Then the above named Ezekiel Hind & James B. Varney Esquires made oath & Ebenezer Hanson made affirmation to the above certificate by them subscribed
Before me /s/A. Peirce Jus. Peace 
I Certify that the above named Wm Wheeler & Philemon Chandler are Gentlemen of undoubted truth, and that Ezekiel Hind, James B. Varney & Ebenezer Hanson are the Selectmen of said Town of Dover, and Gentlemen of undoubted truth and veracity. 
/s/A. Peirce Jus. Peace
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[typewritten letter]
MRS. ROBERT M. FESSENDEN
1383 EDGECLIFFE DRIVE
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

Nov. 7/27
War Dept. 
Revolutionary Records
Pension Bureau
Washington D.C. 

Will you please send me the Rev. War record of Daniel Cushing, born 1752 or the record of his receiving a pension. 
My ref. is "Census of Rev. Pensions" which says "In 1840 Daniel Cushing was receiving a pension and was 88 years old."
Also "1st. Census 1790 Pg. 52" which says Daniel Cushing Putney, Windham Co. Vermont.
Daniel's wife was Patience. 
Daniel was living at Dover, Stratford (Strafford) Co. N.H. in 1840
Sally dau. of Daniel & Patience was born in 1772 at Putney, Vermont. 
Thanking you
Mrs. R. M. Fessenden
/s/Mrs. R. M. Fessenden