Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 35216, Loring Cushing, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Cushing, Loring.
S 35216
CONTENTS

13,724
District of Maine
Loring Cushing
of Portland in the state of Maine District of Maine who was a Private in the regiment commanded Colonel Brewen of the Massachussetts line, for the term of Three Years
Inscribed on the roll of District of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence the 28 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 4 of August and sent to Judge Melick H. San Paris District of Maine
Arrears to 4th of Mar. 1819. 81. 88 Semi-ann. all'ce ending Sep. 1819. 48. 00 10 Mo \frac{3}{31} \frac{4}{31} $129.83
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }

Loring Cushing Map line 12 th Col Brewers Rmt 1777- 3 yrs
Carroll Lake
Admitted

I Loring Cushing of Portland in the District of Maine aged sixty six years do testify and say that in the Summer of the year 1775 I enlisted in Col. David Bradish's Company Col. Phinney's Regt and Marched to Cambridge and served there until the end of that year; and then I enlisted again into Captain William's Company in Col. Phinney's Regiment and Marched to Ticonderoga and served the Winter of the year 1776. and was discharged - I enlisted again into Captain Daniel's Company in Col. Brewer's Regiment and served three years, was at the taking of Burgoyne's Army, and at the end of the three years service was discharged, and then I enlisted again in Captain Vose's Company Col. Cram's Regiment and served three years until the end of the war and was then discharged I was in the Battles of Monmouth, Bemis's Heights, at Kings Bridge, and in one Skirmish: and now, being old, infirm and unable to labour for my support, I am in need of assistance from my country under the provisions of the Law of Congress passed March 1818. my certificate of discharge has been lost - all the above service was in the Massachusetts line -
Loring Cushing
April 20. The above named Loring Cushing, an unfortunate but honest man , made oath to the truth of the above statements, April 20, 1818.
Alcion H. Parrie U.S. Dist. Judge
support
Alcion H. Parrie U.S. Dist. Judge

Portland Jan. 27. 1883 This may certify that Loring Cushing was a soldier in the late war with Great Britain, and being acquainted with him, I believe supported the character of a good soldier, I have no doubt but he was honorably discharged.
Ebenezer Stone Lieut. Col. Master of the 2nd Inf. Regt

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
To Daniel Tucker Pattengill
Esquire
in the District of Maine
GREETING.
WHEREAS, at a special District Court of said United States for the Maine District, holden at Portland in said District, on the twenty eighth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen , Ebenezer Gushing a resident of Portland in said District presented an application to the Judge of said Court, setting forth that he served as a private soldier in the war of the revolution, on the continental establishment against the common enemy, and requesting that an enquiry may be instituted into the circumstances of his case, and that such further proceedings may be had touching the premises as are prescribed by An Act of Congress passed March 18, 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," in order that he may be placed on the Pension List of said United States:—And whereas in the course of the examination here had, it appears that the testimony of sundry persons, who served with the applicant in the revolutionary army, at present residing in or near the town of Portland aforesaid, is necessary and material in support of said application:—
THEREFORE, to the end that the testimony aforesaid may be had, and by virtue of the power vested in this Court by the laws of the United States, you or either of you are hereby appointed and authorized, at the proper expense of the applicant, to take the depositions of such persons as he may cause to come before you, touching the application aforesaid, and in particular as to the time when the applicant entered the service, the time and manner of his leaving it, the company, regiment and line to which he belonged, and whether the service was performed on the continental establishment or in the militia of either of the States; and such depositions, when taken, and your certificate of the administration of the usual oath and of the credibility of the deponents, together with this Dedimus Potestatem, you will certify and return to the Judge of said Court without unnecessary delay.
GIVEN under my hand and seal at Portland in said District, the day and year first mentioned.
Albion K. Parris
Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine.
See deposition on the next page

I Solomon Sawyer of North Yarmouth in the District of Maine, aged forty three years do testify and say that I was in the Army of U.S. in the Revolutionary War during the years 1778 and 1779 and served at West Point and Kings Ferry, in the Company of Captain Abraham Tyler, Col: Peers Regiment in the Massachusetts line; and at West Point I frequently saw Loring Cushing with whom I had been formerly acquainted, and I knew him to be a private soldier in the three year Service, on the Continental establishment. But to what Company or Regiment he was attached, or at what time he enlisted or was discharged I have at present no knowledge.
Solomon Sawyer
Cumberland J. June 29 1818 Personally appeared Solomon Sawyer and made solemn oath that the above deposition by him signed is true. Before me Daniel Tucker Justice of the Peace
I certify that I have been many years acquainted with the said Sawyer and do know him to be a man of good character as to truth.
Daniel Tucker

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the twenty eighth day of April in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally came Leoring Cushing the applicant named in the papers hereunto annexed, and after being duly cautioned and examined, made oath that the several statements by him made in the annexed application, signed in my presence, are wholly true.
And the said applicant further offered in evidence the certificate of Ebenezer Storer, esq. a Gentleman of the first respectability, and Pay master of the 2 d Massach. Regiment, and also the deposition of Solomon Sawyer, a soldier in the revolutionary army taken before Daniel Sleeper, esq. by virtue of Dedimus Potestatem by me granted -
And it appearing to me in the examination here had, that the several persons above named are credible witnesses, I do hereby admit the annexed declarations as evidence, and certify the same as being satisfactory proof to me that the said Leoring Cushing the applicant, served as a private soldier in the revolutionary war, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months and upwards in continuation on the continental establishment. And I do further certify, that from the declaration of the applicant made before me, under oath as aforesaid, it does appear that in consequence of his reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support; all which I do hereby certify and transmit to the Secretary of the Department of War, agreeably to the provisions of an Act of Congress, passed March 18, 1818, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war."
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused my Official Seal to be affixed the day and year first mentioned.
Alcion H. Parrie,
Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine.
And I do certify from my own knowledge that the said Leoring Cushing , in consequence of his reduced circumstances in life, is in need of the assistance of his country for support.
Alcion H. Parrie U.S. Dist. Judge -

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Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 94
[Arrangement of 1870.]