Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 344-200, Thomas Cushing, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass.
Cushing, Thomas
B.L. Ht. 344-200-Lieut.
Issued Sept. 1, 1796
No papers
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B.L.Wt. 3H4 - 200. Lieut. Issued Sept. 1, 1796. No papers.

101 E. Peru St.
Princeton. Ill. Mar. 22/26.
Pension Commissioner. Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:-
I am endeavouring to trace up my ancestry to one Thomas Cushing who served in the Revolution. He was the son of Hezekiah Cushing who was born in Hingham, Mass. Mar. 14, 1703.
Thomas also was born in Hingham , on March 21, 1747 and married an Elizabeth Turner in 1773.

The Secretary Commonwealth of Mass. finds one Thos. Cushing in Capt. Jotham Loring's Co. of Train (Artillery) ; and another in Capt. Enoch Whiton's company - both for brief service. Later records show service which might belong to either or both in Capt. Peter Cushing , Capt. Pym Cushing . Col. Reavis Artillery Regiment & Col. Vose's Mass. Ling. Reg.
The adj. Genl. Q.M. reports a Thomas Cushing in 12 th Mass. Reg.  Capt. Jos. Wadsworth , Col. Gamaliel Bradford commanding.
My father, Chas. G. Cushing Dr., himself a Civil War Veteran, has his great Grandfather Thomas' gun, but alas! no details as to the service were handed down with it. If you have records of any Thomas Cushing - wouldn't the date of his birth appear somewhere & straighten the matter?
Thanking you in advance for any information you may be able to give me. I am
Respectfully Yours (Miss) Etta P. Cushing.

333 DEVONSHIRE STREET PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA
Nov. 13, 1930.
Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sirs:
I have been directed to write to you in the hope of obtaining information concerning the service during the War of the Revolution of THOMAS CUSHING of Hingham, Mass. He was the son of Hezakiah and Lydia Cushing and was born in Hingham, Mass., March 21, 1747 and died in Fenner (Cazenovia) N. Y. Dec. 15, 1823. He enlisted in Massachusetts.
If you have no record of his service would you kindly direct me to whom I should apply for such information. I shall be glad to assume any charges in connection with the searching for this information, and shall be grateful for your assistance or advice.
Very truly yours, Mary Cushing Titus (Mrs. Paul Titus)

December 1, 1930.
Mrs. Paul Titus 333 Devonshire Street Pittsburgh (13), Pennsylvania.
Rev. & 1812 Wars Sect. MMHF/ILL can
Dear Madam:
You are advised that from the records of this bureau it appears that Warrant No. 344 for two hundred acres of bounty land was issued September 1, 1796 on account of the services of Lieutenant Thomas Cushing of the Massachusetts Line, War of the Revolution.
There are no further data relative to his services because of the destruction of papers in such early claims when the War Office was burned in 1800.
For information relative to the military record of the above named soldier, it is suggested that you apply, The Adjutant General, U.S.A., War Department, this city.
Very truly yours,
E. W. MORGAN, Acting Commissioner.

MS.A.1.6
May 15, 1926
Etta P. Cushing 104 East Peru St., Princeton, Ill.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the Records  papers of this Bureau it appears that Warrant No. 344 for two hundred acres of bounty land was issued September 1, 1796 on account of the services of Lieutenant Thomas Cushing of the Massachusetts Line, War of the Revolution.
There is no further data on file as to his services and no data on file as to his family, owing to the destruction of papers in such claims when the War Office was burned in November 1800.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.