Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 10512, Frederic Cushman, Conn. Vt.
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SERVICE 

Conn. Vt., | Cushman, Frederic

NUMBER S. 10512

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CONTENTS
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Vermont 
18954
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Frederick Cushman of Georgia County in the state of Vermont, who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain     of the Regt. commanded by Colonel Herrick on the Vermont line, for the term of 12 months5 Ds Pr 41.66

Vt and Conn Records completed May 31 / 05

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Inscribed on the Roll of Vermont, at the rate of 41 Dollars 66 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th of March, 1831.

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Certificate of Pension issued the 11th of Nov, 1833 and sent to WM Bridges, St Albans, Vt..

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Arrears to the 4th of Sept, 1833.         $ 104.15
Semi-anl allow ending 4 Mch '34             20.83
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                                                            $ 124.98

d. Oct. 22, 1852

{Revolutionary Claim, }
{Act June 7, 1832  }

Recorded by D. Brown Clerk, 
Book 6 Vol. 3  Page 58
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4155
Fred Cushman

Admitted

12 month 15 days

WM Bridges
St. Albans  Vt.
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WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Pension Office. 183 

April 25, 1833

Sir: The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will show what is necessary to be done. These points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus } ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim. 

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A Statement, showing the service 

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Period when the service was rendered | Duration of the claimant's service | Years | Months | Days | Rank of the claimant | Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. | Names and Rank of General and Field Officers. | Battles in which the applicant was engaged. | Country through which he marched. | Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. | Evidence by which the declaration is supported 

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I am, respectfully, Your obedient Servant, 
J.L. EDWARDS, 
Commissioner of Pensions.

MF Cushman
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REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832 

The following regulations have been adopted: This law has been construed to extend, as well as to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line", "State troops", "militia", and "volunteers" all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &C. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service. For general classes of cases were embraced in this law: 
1. The Regular Troops 
2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers 
3. Persons employed in the Naval service 
4. Indian Spies 

As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record. 
DECLARATION 

In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June 1832. 

State, Territory, or District of } 
County of } s.s. 

On this day of personally appeared (a) before A.B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) , with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following officers: 

[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers,) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.] 

He hereby relinquished every claim (f) 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, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of 

Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. [And then will follow the certificate of the Court] And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension. 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c. 

If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out. 

Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz: 

(k) We, A.B. a Clergyman, residing in the and C.D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 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. 

Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. 

[And then will follow the certificate of the Court] 

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant as a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A.B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C.D., who also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit. 

I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension. 

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c. 

Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the part will so state under oath, and then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction. 

If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence of not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
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will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts state I will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected.  All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.

The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
1. Where and in what year were you born?
2. Have you record of your age, and if so, where is it?
3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?
4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute?  And if a substitute, for whom?
5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.
6. { To a Soldier { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it?
{To an Officer { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom it was signed, and what has become of it?
7.  State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a solider of the Revolution.
The court will see that he answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons - one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion.  If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditionary evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record or by a Justice of the peace, the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court of County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.

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(a) The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
(b)  The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
(c)  The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
(d)  The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
(e)  Every continental officer or soldier must given the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in a language so definite as to enable the Department to determin the amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of 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 tot he best of his recollection, he served not less that the periods mentioned below, and in teh following grades :  For ___ year ___ months, and ___ days, I served as a ____. For __ months and ___ days, I served as a ____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each 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.  Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly show under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement, the particular place or places where teh service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
(f) The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
(g) The opinion of the Court is always required.
(h) The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
(i) The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

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 papers 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 must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.

Proof of Service
(j)  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 claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and the 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.
The notes from (a) to (i) are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by note (j) applies to continental troops only.
(k) This traditionary evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
(l) If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
(m)  The answers to the interrogatories must all be written and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
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Frederick Cushman

affidavit in regard to time
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DECLARATION
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832.

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STATE OF VERMONT }
Franklin County, s.s.  }

ON this 14th day of October 1833, personally appeared in open Court, before the Court of Probate, no sitting, Frederick Cushman a resident of Georgia in the county of Franklin, and State of Vermont, aged 75 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 7th, 1832.

That he entered the service of the United States, under the following named Officers, and served as herein stated.

He was born in Norwich State of Connecticut on the 7th day of July AD 1758.
He has no record of his age. Was a resident of Bennington Vt. when he entered the service where he lived till the close of the war, moved from there to Rutland & from there to Georgia where he has resided thirty eight years.

He declares that the first of his service in the defense of his country, as near as he can recollect, he volunteered under Col. Herrick of Bennington to take a body of Tories who had collected under the command of a person who they called Sir John. he believes his surname was Johnson; he does not recollect the year, nor how long they were gone on this expedition but thinks about two weeks, it is his impression that Gen. Schuyler of N. York commanded the troops Sir John surrendered the Fort & Military sores armed & C upon condition that himself and troops should be permitted to depart.
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without molestation

Some time after the campaign to Johnstown thinks it was the spring following, and believes that it was in the year 1776. he enlisted under Capt Couch from Connecticut who was on his march to the north.  col Starr he thinks commanded the Regt. he does not remember precisely how long he was in service, but believes nearly six months.  After he enlisted as a prt he marched from Bennington to Skenesborough N. York employed in building boats till he was taken sick and was permitted to return home.

In the year 1777, he again enlisted into Capt. John Warners company of Rangers in Col Samuel Herrick's Regt.; was not stationed long at any one place but was almost constantly scouting till the Battle of Bennington, was in that engagement and soon after at lake George landing he was in a skirmish with the British and Indians where he assisted in liberating a number of Americans [illegible] prisoners of war confined in Black House and Barracks near said Black House from then (after an attempt to take Diamon Island situated in Lake George in which they failed) he marched to Castleton and there stationed till his time expired, thinks he engaged for five months but served nearly
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six months according to the best of his recollection. 
[four lines crossed out]

Again in the spring of the year 1778 he enlisted for two months under Capt. Clark, was stationed at Neshowby, now Brandon Vt. as a pace of rendezvous; his duty was scouting on shores of Otter Creek & Lake Champlain to Crown-point watching the enemy who then had the command of the Lake; served in Col Ebenezer Allens Regt; two months & was then dismissed, did not receive any written discharge at the close of either of his campaigns.

The applicant states that the foregoing is all the time which he can fix upon with a degree of certainty. Therefore omits the time after stating his last campaign of two months named in his former declaration accompanying this.

The applicant further states that he has no documentary evidence whatever and knows of no person whose testimony he can procure except the enclosed affidavit of E. Hathaway) who can testify to his service.  Is personally acquainted with the following named gentlemen residing in Georgia & who can testify to his character for veracity & their belief of his service in the army of the Revolution vis
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Decius R. Bogue, Joshue Doane, Ira Hinkley, Thomas Northrop, Walter Colton, Johan Loomis, Dr. Jonathan Taylor, Dr. H. R. Blair, Capt. William Post & Gen. Samuel Fairbanks.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State,

Sworn and subscribed }
the day & year aforesaid }

Frederick Cushman

We Ebenezer H. Dorman (a clergyman) residing in Swanton, Lake of Georgia and Ira Hinkley and Walter Colton residing in Georgia also hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Frederick Cushman, who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing declaration: that we believe him to be seventy five years of age; that he is reputable and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion.

Sworn and subscribed }
the day & year aforesaid }

Eber H. Dorman
Ira Hinkley
Walter Colton
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And the said court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a Revolutionary soldier and served as he stated. And the said court further certifies that it appears to them that the Rev. Eber H. Dorman who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman resident in Swanton (Lake of Georgia) and that Ira Hinkley and Walter Colten who have also signed the same are residents of said Georgia and are credible persons, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

Stephen S. Brown  Judge

I Aaron S. Beeman, Clerk of the court of Probate do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Frederick Cushman for a pension

[Seal of the Probate Court]

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said court at St. Albans, this   day of October AD 1833.

Aaron Beeson, Clerk
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State of Vermont  }
Franklin County, s.s. }

St. Albans August 1833  Then personally appeared before me the undersigned Justice of the Peace, Frederick Cushman 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 then the period mentioned below, and in the following grades:  For fifteen days I served as a private; For five months I served as a private; For five months I served as a private; For two months I serves as a private' and for such service I claim a pension
Frederick Cushman

Sworn to and subscribed this 30th day of August 1833

Before me William Bridges Justice Peace I further certify that the above named Frederick Cushman is a man of truth.
WM Bridges  Justice Peace

State of Vermont }
Franklin County, s.s. }

I, Horace Janes Clerk of Franklin County Court do hereby certify that WM Bridges who has affixed his name to the above, is a Magistrate duly qualified and that
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I know the same to be his genuine signature.

[Court Seal]  In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court at St. Albans this 26th day of October AD 1833.

Horace Janes  Clerk.
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Rev. adm 1812
Wars Section
AWF  eel

February 2, 1929

Mrs. Mamie Marsh
1520-6th Avenue, No.
Fort Dodge, Iowa

Madam:

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 10512, it appears that Frederic Cushman was born, July 7, in Norwich Connecticut.

While residing in Bennington, Vermont, he served as a private as follows:

In 1775, fifteen days in Colonel Herrick's Vermont Regiment; from the spring of 1776, five months in Captain John Warner's Company, Colonel Samuel Herrick's Vermont Regiment and was in the battles of Bennington, Diamond Island, and a skirmish at Lake George Landing; in the spring of 1778, two months in Captain Clark's Company, Colonel Ebenezer Allen's Vermont Regiment.  He also stood as a minute man ready at a moment's warning and repeatedly was called out.

He was allowed pension on his application
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July 24, 1832, at which time he was living in Georgia, Franklin County, Vermont.  He died, October 22, 1852.

There are no data as to his family.

Respectfully,

WINFIELD SCOTT
Commissioner
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Revolution

10512
INVALID,

File No. 10,512
Frederick Cushman
Pri  Rev War

Act : June 7th 32
Index : Vol: A, Page 85
[Arrangement of 1870]

Mch. 18, 1905. Hist to Mrs. M.J. Rice, Chicago, Ill.
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1918 February 1 Hist to Abbi C. Jenne
1919 June 16 Hist to Dr Guilford  S. Dudley
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1919 Aug. 19 History to Mrs. Willard A. Elliot of Portland Oreg. (temporarily at Hotel Powhatau Wash. DC)
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1929 Feb. 2. Hist to Mrs. Mamie Marsh
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Erastus Hathaway
Affidavit in support of Fred Cushman's claim
Pensioner
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I, Erastus Hathaway of Swanton in the County of Franklin & State of Vermont do testify and say that I am seventy years of age that I am well acquainted with Frederick Cushman of Georgia in said County who in the year 1777 enlisted into Capt. John Nomers Company, Col. Samuel Herrick Regt. of rangers. I belonged to the same Company and service with said Cushman and know him to be the same man, that previous to my enlistment I lived in the same town with the said Frederick and a near neighbor to him was knowing to his enlistment, times of service and his returning home.

Erastus Hathaway

State of Vermont  }
Franklin County, s.s. }  St. Albans July 24the AD 1832

Personally appeared before the undersigned authority Erastus Hathaway of Swanton also a credible writings who did subscribe and make oath that the faith set forth in the above affidavit as therein stated are true according to his best knowledge information and belief.  

Before me, Willian Bridges  Judge

State  of Vermont }
District of Georgia  } Probate Registers Office July 24th AD 1832

This may certify that the above deposition was taken in open Probate court.

In testimony whereof, I have here unto set my had and affixed the seal of said court the day and year aforesaid.

John Gates, Judge Registrars
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Declaration and papers of Frederic Cushman for a pension

No 4155
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DECLARATION.
Revolutionary claim, under an Act of Congress, Passed June 7th, AD 1832.

STATE OF VERMONT }
District of Georgia, s.s. }

Frankin County Probate Court, 24th July, AD 1832

Personally appeared in open Court, being the Probate Court for the County of Franklin, and a Court of Record for said Country, and State of Vermont, as will appear by the first section of a Statute Law of said State, entitled "An Act constituting Probate Courts  Courts of Record,"  passed November 15th, AD 1821, [see 1st section of said act,]  

Frederick Cushman aged 74 years, resident in Georgia in said County, 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 7th, AD 1832.

he declares that the first of his service in the defense of his country, as near as he can recollect, he volunteered under Col. Herrick of Bennington to go to Johnstown in the State of New York to take a body of Tories who had collected under the command of a person whom they called Sir John. He believes his surname was Johnson. he does not recollect the years, nor how long I was gone on this expedition but think about two weeks.  it is his impression that General Sawyer of NY commanded the troops. Sir John surrendered the fort, military stores, [illegible] upon condition that himself and troops should be permitted to depart without molestation.  Sometime after this he does not recollect how long he enlisted under Capt. {illegible] from Connecticut who was on his march to the north Col. Starr he thinks commanded his Regiment he does not remember precisely how long he was in service but believed nearly six months after enlisting he marched from Bennington the place of his residence to Skeensborough employed in building boats where he was stationed until he was taken sick, and was permitted to return home.  In the years 1777 he enlisted into Capt. John [illegible] Company of rangers Col. Samuel Herrick commanded the Regiment, was not stationed long at any place, but were all most constantly scouting.  it was while he was attached to this company of rangers, he fought in Bennington Battle. Also at Lake George Landing he had a skirmish with the British and Indians he assisted in liberating a number of Americans who were taken prisoners by them about a mile or a mile and half did take from the landing near a block house.  from thence after an attempt to take Diamond Island in which he failed  he marched to Castleton. he was out on this time of
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he declares that the first of his service in the defense of his country, as near as he can recollect, he volunteered under Col. Herrick of Bennington to go to Johnstown in the State of New York to take a body of Tories who had collected under the command of a person whom they called Sir John. He believes his surname was Johnson. he does not recollect the years, nor how long I was gone on this expedition but think about two weeks. it is his impression that General Sawyer of NY commanded the troops. Sir John surrendered the fort, military stores, [illegible] upon condition that himself and troops should be permitted to depart without molestation. Sometime after this he does not recollect how long he enlisted under Capt. {illegible] from Connecticut who was on his march to the north Col. Starr he thinks commanded his Regiment he does not remember precisely how long he was in service but believed nearly six months after enlisting he marched from Bennington the place of his residence to Skeensborough employed in building boats where he was stationed until he was taken sick, and was permitted to return home. In the years 1777 he enlisted into Capt. John [illegible] Company of rangers Col. Samuel Herrick commanded the Regiment, was not stationed long at any place, but were all most constantly scouting. it was while he was attached to this company of rangers, he fought in Bennington Battle. Also at Lake George Landing he had a skirmish with the British and Indians he assisted in liberating a number of Americans who were taken prisoners by them about a mile or a mile and half did take from the landing near a block house. from thence after an attempt to take Diamond Island in which he failed he marched to Castleton. he was out on this time of

after this he enlisted under Capt. Clark for two months was stationed at Neshobe now Brandon in the State of Vermont after taking of Ticonderoga -- when not serving on enlistments he stood as a minute man ready at a moment's warning to go to the assistance of my country and he did repeatedly go spending much time and money in such expeditions.  he cannot recollect so as to give a definite account, but so verily believe that if he had kept a such account it would amount to more than two full years.

He has no documentary evidence whatever.

He hereby relinquished every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, 

Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.  Frederick Cushman
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We Ira Hinkley and Walter Colton, residents of Georgia in the County of Franklin, hereby certify that we are wll acquainted with Frederic Cushman who has subscribed and sworn to the above Declaration. that we believe him to be 74 years of age, that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier in the Revolution, and we concur in that opinion.

Ira Hinkley
Walter Colton

Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. And the court further certifies that it appears to them that Ira Hinkley is Town Clerk and Justice of the Peace resident of Georgia and that Walter Colton who has also signed the same is a Deacon of the Congregational Church and is a resident in the town of Georgia and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.

William Bridges  Judge

[Court Seal]  I, John Gates, Jr. Register of the Court of Probate for the district aforesaid, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Frederic Cushman for a pension.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my had and seal of this office this 7th day of August AD 1832.

John Gates Justice  Register.
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Mrs. Willard A. Eliot (of Portland Orig)
Rm 808
Hotel Powhatan
City.

personal inquiry
Aug. 19. 1919
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5734 Kimbark Ave
Chicago Ill
Feby. 27, 1905
Comr. of Pensions
Washington D. C.
Dear Sir:
I wish to ascertain for what service (as a soldier) Mr. Frederick Cushman drew a pension.  Said Mr. Cushman was born 1758 Norwich Conn.  Died 1852 in Georgia Vermont.
Thanking you in advance for the information I am Yours Respy
Mrs. M. J. Rice

Rectangular stamp partially illegible:
MAR 10 1905
FILES.
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Rev Sec
125 East 57th St. N. Y. C.
June 4, 1919.
Bureau of Pensions,
Revolutionary Dep't.
Pension Bureau Building,
Washington, D. C.
Gentlemen;
I have been directed to write to you for the following information --
1st.  A full copy ot the papers connected with the application of Frederick Cushman for a pension following the Revolution.  He was pensioned while living at Georgia, Vt. in 1818.  Also in case of his wife Alice Caswell, if she applied for a continuation of his pension, I would like to get a copy of her application papers.
2nd.  A full copy of the papers connected with the application of Jared Dudley for a pension following the Revolution.  He was born at Guilford, Conn. Nov. 17, 1727 and died
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June 14, 1811.  He was a Lieutenant in His Majesty's Service in 1769 and I am anxious to learn what position he held in the War of the Revolution.  Would also like to get a copy of his wife's application for continuation of his pension.  She was Mary Chittenden, whom he married Dec. 25, 1725.[?]  She died Nov. 1821.
Any expense attached to the above requests I shall be glad to meet.
Very Truly Yours,
Dr. Guilford S. Dudley
125 East 57th St. 
New York City.
N. Y.
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FORT DODGE, IOWA
April 9th, 1928.
Bureau of Pensions.
Washington, D. C.
Revolutionary War Section
Gentlemen;-
Will you kindly send me Revolutionary War Record of -
Charles Cushman, born at Plymouth, Mass. Sept. 3rd 1735.
Fredrick Cushman, born at Norwich, Conn. 1758.
Thanking you in advance for this information I am,
Yours very truly,
Mrs. Mamie Marsh
1520 6th. Ave. No.
Fort Dodge, Iowa
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J. N. JENNE, M. D.
272 MAIN STREET
BURLINGTON, VERMONT

January twenty-sixth,
Nineteen Eighteen.

Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
My dear Sir:
I am desirous of establishing my eligibility to membership to the Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution through my ancestor Frederick Cushman.
It is a tradition in the family that he was in the service of the country in the Revolutionary War and subsequent to the War, a pensioner.  He was born in 1758 and removed to Georgia, Vt. in 1793 where he died in 1852 on October 22nd.  Could your office furnish me with the proper certificate of the fact if it is a fact
Thanking you in advance for the courtesy of an early reply, I am
Very respectfully,
Abbie Cushman Jenne
P. S. Born in Norwich, Conn.
Moved to Rutland, Vt. 1784
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR RECORDS SECTION.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D. C. 
S. F. 10512
In reply to your request of ................................., received ........................... for a statement of the military history of Frederic Cushman a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT.
LENGTH OF SERVICE.
* 1775 15 days
Spring 1776 5 mos.
1777 5 mos.
Spring 1778 2 mos.
also stood as a minute man ready at a moments warning and repeatidly [repeatedly] was called out, amounting to more than 2 years.
RANK.
Pvt.
CAPTAIN.
✓
Conick
John Warner
Clark
COLONEL.
Herrick
Short [crossed out]
Samuel Herrick
Ebenezer Allen
STATE.
Vt.
Conn. 
Vt.
Battles engaged in, Bennington, Diamond Island Skirmish at Lake George Landing
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Bennington Vermont
Date of application for pension, Feby 24, 1832.  His cl. was al.
Residence at date of application, Georgia, Franklin Co. Vermont
Age at date of application born July 7, 1758 in Norwich Conn. died Oct. 22, 1852
He lived at Bennington Vt. till the close of the war, then moved to Rutland & then to Georgia Vt.  There is no data on file as to his family.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.
*date when Johnson Hall was attacked.  See Lossing Vol. 1 p. 236.
6—285C