Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 3955, Christopher Cusick, Md.
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SERVICE
Md;

Cusick, Christopher
Mary

NUMBER
W3955

CONTENTS
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7150
Maryland
Mary Cusick
widow of Christopher Cusick
who was a private (Md)
in the Maryland line

Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 
80 Dollars
Cents per annum, to commence on
the 4th day of March, 1843.

Certificate of Pension issued the 
18 day of July 1845
and sent to Moses Appleton
Balto, Md:

[Act of March 3, 1843 & 17 June, 1844.]

Recorded in Book [?]
Vol. 2 Page 251

let to Moses Appleton [?]
July 29 1845.
No 750-17 June '44
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State of Maryland
City of Baltimore Set.
On this twenty Eight day of March in the year
of our Lord Eighteen hundred and forty
five before the subscriber Justices of the Orphan
Court for Baltimore City and County the 
same being a Court of Record Personally
appeared in open Court Mary Cusick
Aged Seventy four years a resident of the
said City and formerly a resident of 
Harford County in the said State who being
first duly sworn according to Law
doth on her oath make the following
declaration in order to obtain the benefits
of the Act of Congress passed the 7th
July 1838 Entitled an Act granting
half pay and Pension to certain widows
That she the said Mary Cusick whose
maiden name was Mary Cave, is the
widow of Christopher Cusick who enlisted
as a private soldier in Captain Dobson
company of the Sixth Maryland Regiment
for during the War of the Revolution in
the early part of the summer of the year
Seventeen hundred and seventy Eight as
she believes and rendered services to the
United States during the whole of said
Revolutionary war and received his pay
and gratuity up to some time of the latter
part of the year seventeen hundred and
Eighty three from John Hamilton Agent
for the Maryland line.  The deponent
also declares that she was married to
the said Christopher Cusick on the
tenth day of May Seventeen hundred
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and Ninety by the Revd John Davis in
Harford County State of Maryland
and this deponent further declares
that her marriage aforesaid was never
recorded to her knowledge and that 
the only proof were those present at
her marriage ceremony and that her
husband Christopher Cusick died in
December in the year Eighteen hundred
and thirty one that she was not married
to him prior to his leaving the
service, but the marriage took place
previous to the first day of January
Seventeen hundred and Ninety four
namely at the time above stated and
this deponent further states that she and
her husband had issue of three children
two of whom are now living, that is to
say Elizabeth Cusick and Edward Cusick 
some of whom had children And
she also declares that she has remained
a widow ever since the death of her 
husband aforesaid and that she is still
a widow.
her
Mary X Cusick
Mark

In testimony whereof 
This deponent hath
⎬hereunto subscribed ⎬
her name on the day
and year first herein
before written
Subscribed and
Sworn to in open Court
before us. 
Ed Kemp 
Peter Leary
John D. Readel
Justices of the Orphans 
Court for Baltimore County
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Maryland ss
I hereby certify that Edward D Kemp
Peter Leary, and John D Readel whose names are subscribed
above were at the time of so doing Justices of the Orphans Court
for Baltimore County duly commissioned
and qualified according to Law. In Testimony
Whereof I hereunto subscribe my name and
affix the Seal of said Court this 28 day
of March 1845.
Test D. M. Perine Regr

Declaration
of
Mary Cusick
applying for a Pension

Baltimore Apr 10th 1845
This is to certify that Mrs Mary
Cusick is a member of my congregation
that I have know her for some time
that she appears to me to be very
honest worthy woman & that I would
not hesitate to credit her statement.
James Dolan
Pastor of W Patrick's Church
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11779

Mary Cusick
See Moses Appleton
May 20th 1863

Act July 7, 1838
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9491
Maryland
Mary Cusick
widow of Christopher Cusick
who was a pensioner under the Act of
and who died on the ____ of December, 1831
of Baltimore in the State of Maryland,
who was a private in the compy:
commanded by Captain Dobson of the
______ commanded by ------ in 
the Maryland line for 2 yrs.

Inscribed on the Roll of Baltimore
at the rate of 80 - Dollars _____
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day
of March, 1836.

Certificate of Pension issued the 19th. day of
July 1845 and sent to Moses
Appleton, Baltimore, Md

Total amount, $400.00
(Act July 7, 1838.}

Recorded by W M Stewart Clerk,
Book D Vol 1 Page 251
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No 11779
Mary Cusick
Widow of Christopher
M. D.
Act 7 July 1838
Adm 2 years for
$80.00 per ann

Admin  act 3 March 1843
and 17 June 1844
$80th per ann

Moses Appleton
Baltimore
M.D.
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Christopher Cusick M. Line pri Bounty Land?

Warrant W 11.890 for 100 and issued the 6th Oct. 1794 to Jno. Wright assigned of
"Christopher Cusick", a private of the Mary'd Line-
M.G.
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BELAIR MD Stamp - Jun 6

Mr. Moses Appleton
Baltimore MD
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Clerk's Office of Harford County Court
Sir
Your letter of inquiry testifying
the Marriage of Mary Cusick is
before me. In answer I have
to say, that the marriage Record
for the year 1790 & several year
previous cannot be found in this
Office & I am informed is lost
or destroyed - I have examined
the subsequent records but can
find no such Marriage
your &c
H. D. Gough Clk
for A.L. Sinnett
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Revy
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 3955
Mary Cusick Wid.
Christopher Cusick
Pvt. Md. Line
Act: Mch, 3rd/'43, June 17th/'44
Index: - Vol. A., Page 160
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Baltimore June 9th 1843
Respected Sir
your letter came to
hand in reply to Mrs Mary Cusick
application to the War Department for
a Pension for services rendered to the
United States during the Revolutionary war
by her late Husband Christopher
Cusick.

I have forwarded to your department
her book called Wisdom, Dictate
which contains entries of her marriage
and the names of her children. She
offers it as record of her marriage and
the says it is the only evidence of any
kind remaining in her possession at
this time.

I wrote to the Clerk of Harford
County in order to ascertain wither or
not record could be found in the County
office, of her Husbands marriage License
for the year 1790 or previous to that date
or of any later date and it appears by
the clerks letter in answer which I
have herewith enclosed to you shewing
that their is not any record evidence
to be found in the office.
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If you were acquainted with this old
lady and her general standing in
the Church of which she is a worthy
member you would not hesitate to
rely on her word let alone her
oath.
Very Respectfully
Moses Appleton

To J L Edwards Esqr
Comm of Pensions
Washington
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Baltimore, April 25th 1845

Sir

Enclosed you will receive the pension papers of a worthy old lady a neighbor of mine Mrs. Mary Cusick who claims a pension on account of her deceased husband Christopher Cusick who rendered Revolutionary services to the United States during that war. She also says that she was informed some years since of her claim on the Genral Government for services of her late husband but in consequence of her easy circumstances and having good health at that time she declined applying to the government for her claim now her health has become feeble and her circumstances has changed her friends has prevailed on her to apply to the government for this claim which I have no doubt of the justices of therefore as a neighbor I have volunteered by services to prosecute the same to a close. I can say without doubt on my part that her standing is such that she can procure the strongest evidence in support of her claim for the services of her late wounded husband your early mention in this case will greatly oblige a worthy old lady.

Respectfully

Moses Appleton

To the Hon:
J.L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
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July 29 45
J. L. Edwards esq
Washington

5

Wm Cusick
Mary wid
7150-43
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Baltimore July 28. 1845
Sir
This day Mrs Cusick
and myself called on the
Pension agent at his office
for the settlement of her
claim and he remarked
to her that he had not received
instruction from you relative
to her claim your attention
to this matter will greatly
oblige.
Respectfully
Moses Appleton
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State of Maryland
City of Baltimore to wit

On this firth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-five before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace of the State of Maryland in and for the city aforesaid personally appeared Mary Cusick, an aged lady and made oath on the Holy Evangely of Almighty God that her late husband Christopher Cusick rendered revolutionary service as a private soldier in the Maryland Continental Army during the war between the United States and Great Briton and that her said husband C. Cusick made entries of the date of their marriage and likewise wrote down the names of their children in his own handwriting in a book named Wisdoms dictated which said entries deponent says has been written down by said C. Cusick for upwards of thirty-five years as she believes and she has forwarded said book of entries to the United States Pension Office at Washington DC as the only evidence of record of their marriage made by her said husband C. Cusick during his lifetime which is now remaining in her possession. Deponent further declares that she had some other evidence of their marriage in her said husband's handwriting some years since but in consequence of moving so frequently from place to place and believing them to be of no use to her, they have been destroyed by neglect to the best of her knowledge and belief.

James L Armstrong
Justice of the Peace

State of Maryland
Baltimore County

I hereby certify that James L Armstrong Esquire before whom the above affidavit was made and who has thereto signed his name was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace of the State of Maryland in and for the city of Baltimore duly commissioned and sworn.

In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name and affix the seal of Baltimore County Court on this 5th day of June 1845.

Augustus W. Bradford
Clerk
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State of Maryland
City of Baltimore to Which
Be it remembered that on this twenty ninth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty five, before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace of the State of Maryland in and for the City aforesaid, personally appeared Rebeca Towson aged in or about seventy eight years now a resident of the City aforesaid, but formerly a resident of Baltimore County and of Harford County in the aforesaid State and made oath on the Holy [unkown] of Almighty God that she is acquainted with Mary Cusick whose maiden name was Mary Cane, and who was the wife and at this time the window of Christopher Cusick who did render service as a private soldier to the United States, during the War of the Revolution, as she the said Rebecca Towson knows the said Christopher Cuisick was recognized by all who knew him the said C. Cusick, in his neighborhood to have served as soldier as before [unknown] as she said R. Towson believes and further this [unknown] death declare and say that said Christopher and Mary Cusick was married in the summer of the year seventeen hundred and ninety as she believes and after said marriage they lived together as Man and Wife up to the time of said Christopher Cusick the husband, decease which occurred sometime within the year Eighteen Hundred and Thirty One as she believes and she then said Rebecca Townson knows the said Mary Cusick who is now living in the City aforesaid and applying for a pension to the United States of America on account of the services rendered by the said Christopher Cusick her husband during the Revolutionary War and that this said Mary Cusick is the [unknown] window of said Christopher Cusick as she said R. Townsend believes, further the [unknown] 
James L. Armstrong, Justice of the Peace
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Mrs. Rebecca Towson who has made the statement on the opposite page is of good standing and respectability in the city of Baltimore and may be relied upon.

James L Armstrong

State of maryland
Baltimore County

I hereby certify that James L Armstrong Gentleman before whom the aforegoing deposition was made and who has thereto signed his name was at the time of so doing one of the Justices of the peace of the State of Maryland in and for the city of Baltimore duly commissioned and sworn.

In testimony whereof I hereto subscribe my name and affix the seal of Baltimore County Court on this 29th day of March 1843.

A W Bradford - Clerk
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State of Maryland
Baltimore County to wit

Be it remembered that on this twenty-eighth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-five before the subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace of the state of Maryland in and for the said county personally appeared James Bailey aged about eighty-four years a resident of the county aforesaid and now a pensioner of the United states for Revolutionary services to the United States who made oath on the holy Evangely of the Almighty God that he knew and was well acquainted with Christopher Cusick who rendered service to the United States during the war of the Revolution as a private soldier in Captain Dobson's company attached to Sixth Maryland Regiment and also his wife now his widow Mary Cusick before and when they were married living together as man and wife in Harford County in the said state and that the said Mary & Christopher Cusick's marriage was commuted early in the summer of the year seventeen hundred and ninety (1790) as he Bailey believes, and this deponent further saith that he knows Mary Cusick who is now living in the city of Baltimore in said state and applying for a pension to the United States on account of services rendered by the said soldier Christopher Cusick to be his identical widow, further he saith not.

James Bailey
His X Mark

Sworn and subscribe before me John Ash
Justice of the Peace
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and this is to certify that after preparing the within certificate of statement on the opposite side given by deponent James Bailey he subscribed his name and more they and all facts that he is an old gentleman of great respectability and that he is entitled to all credit.

John Ash

State of Maryland, Baltimore County Sete

I hereby certify that John Ash Gentleman before whom the aforegoing deposition was made and who has thereto signed his name was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace of the sate aforesaid in and for Baltimore County duly commissioned and sworn.

In testimony whereof I hereto set my name and affix the seal of Baltimore County Court this 7th day of April 1845.

A W Bradford - Clerk
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17779
Mary Cusick
Md
Act 7 Jly '38

Married 1790
Book containing the 
record of Marriage filed
in Commissary room.
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Land office, Annapolis, 23rd April, 1845.
I hereby certify, that it appears by the Muster Rolls of the Revolution remaining in this office, that Christopher Cusick, enlisted as a private in the 6th Maryland Regiment, for during the war, on the 30th day of May, 1779, and was present on the 1st day of November, 1780, and I further certify that by a Pay Roll kept by John Hamilton, Agent for the Maryland line, also remaining in this office that Christopher Cusick, received $80.00 its arrears of pay from the 1st of August, 1780, to 1st of January, 1782,.Also, $80.00 cts pay from 1st of January, 1782 to 1st of January, 1783, also $43.30 cts pay from 1st January, 1783, to 15th November, 1783, gratuity $80.00 cts, total $283.30 cts
George G Brown
Reg. of Land Office M.

11779
Mary Cusick
Act 7 July 3 8-
Married 1790
Book [unknown] The Record of Marriage filed in Commissary Room
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The National Archives
Form VAM-51
12-5-41

Bounty Land Warrant Record Card*

Division of Veterans' Administration Archives

Name: Cusick, John
Grade: Private
Line: Pennsylvania
Warrant Number: 9138
Acreage: 100
Issued: July 27, 1789
to Richard Platt Assignee

*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this for is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776 and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.
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THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES      
Form VAM-51
12-5-41
Division of Veteran's Administration Archives

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*

NAME   Cusick, John      GRADE   Private
LINE     Pennsylvania 

WARRANT NUMBER  9138        ACREAGE    100
ISSUED   July 27,1789 to Richard Platt, assignee

*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.