Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 23894, Isaiah Cushman, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass,
Cushman, Isaiah Sarah
No 23894
CONTENTS

1200 Maine
Isaiah Washman of Sumner in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Bradford of the Regt commanded by Col Cotton in the Massachusetts line for 8. Months; in Capt. Harlow's Company 9 Months; in Nelson's Company 3. Months; in Captain Turner's Company 9 Months
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of $ 80 — Dollars — Cents per year to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 th day of October 1832 and issued Pensioner Sumner Me
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832. $ 120 Semi-annual allowance ending 4th Mar 1833. 40
$ 160
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by E. D. Bullock Clerk, Book I Vol. 1 st Page 56

Maine. H. 459.
Sarah Cushman, dec d . widow of Isaiah Cushman who died on the 28 th Jan y . 18211, of Oxford Co. in the State of Maine who was a Private in the Co. commanded by Captain Bradford of the Reg. commanded by Col. Cotton in the Mass. line for 2 years.
To Sarah Ford, Hannah Fille, Lydia Sampson, Jane DeLano, Dorcas Sewall, Isaiah, Asenath and Levi Cushman, only children.
Rep d
Inscribed on the Roll of Portland, Me. at the rate of 80 Dollars      Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1821. 28 th Jan y 18211 and 20 March 18211, when she died.
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 th day of March 18211 and sent to Freeman Bradford, Esq. Portland, Maine
Arrears to the 4 th of Semi-annual allowance ending
Payable to children, See back?
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 d }
Recorded by D. H. Wood Clerk, Book C. Vol. 1. Page 3

Payment to be made at Portland by N Woodbury Agent for paying Pen- sioners, in the Agency of Maine
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book 6, Vol. 1. Page by _____
N. A. Wood Clerk.
Duplicate.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I certify that, in conformity with the 3d section of the law of the United States, of the 4th of July, 1836, Sarah Cushman, dec d . late of Maine, widow of Isaiah Cushman who was a Private in the Mass. Line and died on the 28 th January 1870, was entitled to receive Eighty dollars and cents per annum during the time she may remain unmarried, commencing on the 28 th January 1871 and payable semi-annually on the 4th of March and 4th of September, ending 28 th March 1871, when she died; payable to Sarah Ford, Hannah Butler, Lydia Sampson, Jane Delano, Dorcas Duran, Isaiah, Asenath & Levi Cushman, only children. Given at the War Office of the United States, this Sixth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and forty Seven.
Examined and } Countersigned. }
Secretary of War.
Commissioner of Pensions.
Duplicate.

State of Maine
Oxford County Ys. Be it known that at a Probate Court held at Paris for and within the County of Oxford aforesaid on the twentieth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty six personally appeared in open Court before the Hon Job Prince, Judge; Levi Cushman a resident of Sumner within said County aged Sixty seven years on the 9th day of November 1845, and who being first sworn doth upon oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the pension due to his mother Sarah Cushman under the act passed July 14th 1836.
And this declarant states that his father Isaiah Cushman was a resident of Plympton in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the time of the Revolutionary War. He believes and has no doubt that his father was a soldier in the Revolution and that he served nearly three years therein. He believes and has heard his father say that he entered the service and served eight months in the year 1775 in a company commanded by Capt John Bradford in Col Cottrell's Regt. and that this service was performed in Roxbury in the Army under Gen Washington. In the year 1776

he believes that his father first enlisted into a company under the command of Capt Harlow raised for Sea Coast defense and that he was stationed at a place called the Gurnet. He further states that he has heard his father say that in the latter part of the year 1776, there being a call for soldiers to go to the Northward he enlisted out of the company stationed at the Gurnet into a company raised to reinforce the Northern Army and that he served in the campaign at the Northward in Capt Nicholas Nelson's company in the Regiment commanded by Col Carlton and that he was discharged at Lake George, he being at that time sick & in the Hospital.
In the year 1778 his father again enlisted and served on Continental establishment nine months in Capt Turner's company in Col Bradford's Regt. and during this campaign he was in New York and discharged at West Point.
In the year 1779 or 1780 his father again entered the service in a company of Rangers and was stationed the most of the time in New York. The officers under whom he served are unknown to this declarant. And this declarant further states that he has heard his father say that Joseph Perkins who was a resident of Plympton in the time of the Revolutionary war served the most of the time with him.
And this declarant further states that his father Isaiah Cushman was a pensioner under the acts of 1818 and

1832 and under the last named act he drew a pension of eighty dollars per annum and that his father died on the 8 th day of January 1841 and left a widow Sarah Cushman who received the arrears of Pension due his father from Sept 4 th 1840 to the time of his father's death. He further states that his mother Sarah Cushman died on the 22 d March 1844 and was a widow at the time of her death. That sometime subsequent to the death of his father she made a declaration for the benefit of some of the pension Acts but a pension has never been granted to her. He further states that his mother intermarried with his father sometime in 1778 and prior to the last period of his father's service. This declarant further states that the children and only surviving children of Isaac & Sarah Cushman are; Levi Cushman your declarant, Sarah Ford, Hannah Butler, Lydia Sampson, Jane Delano, Dorcas Sewall, Sarah Cushman, & Asenath Cushman, in whose behalf this declaration is made. And for proof of his mother's marriage he refers to her declaration & for proof of his father's services he also refers to his declaration under the act of 7 th June 1832 and also to such proof as may be given from the Secretary's Office in Massachusetts.
Levi Cushman
State of Maine } Oxford County } ss. Probate Court Octob. 24, 1836 Sworn to and subscribed by the said Levi Cushman in open court. Before Me John Prince Judge

State of Maine, Oxford, ss. I the subscriber, Register of the court of Probate within, and for said county, it being a court of Record, hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings held in a Probate court, held at Paris with in and for said county of Oxford on this twen- tieth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty, six. And that Jas Price whose genuine signature sig- nature is affixed to the declaration of Levi Cushman is Judge of said court, and that full faith and credit are due to his acts as such-
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court, this twentieth day of October in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and forty-six.
Geo. H. Shaw.

Declaration of Isaiah Bushman
Isaiah Bushman's
Declaration

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT SS.
At a Special District Court of the United States begun and holden at Portland , within and for said District, on the fourteenth day of August . A. D. eighteen hundred and thirty- two before the Honorable ASHUR WARE, Judge of said Court.
ON this 14th day of August — aforesaid, personally appeared in open Court before said District Judge Isaiah Cushman — a resident of Sumner in the county of Oxford — in said Maine District, aged seventy six 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 provision made by the act of Congress passed June 7th, 1832. That he
entered the service of the United
States at Plympton Mass. sometime in the spring of 1775 and served eight months in the company commanded by Capt. John Bradford of Plympton Mass. in the regiment commanded by Col. Cotton and was stationed at Roxbury during said eight months.
That he entered the service again sometime in January 1776 and served nine months in the company commanded by Capt. Warlowe of Plymouth and served most of said time in Plymouth and was then at the time the Greenet Fort was built
That he the said Cushman again enlisted sometime in the fall of 1776 and served three months in the company commanded by Nicholas Nelson in the regiment commanded by Col. Cullen and was in the Northern Army for most of said three months and was discharged in the last of December of 1776 at a Hospital on Lake George.
That he the said Cushman enlisted in the summer of 1778 in the company commanded by Capt. Turner in the regiment commanded by Col. Bradford and was stationed the most of the time at West Point in New York. That he served said term of nine months and was discharged at West Point aforesaid sometime in the winter or spring of 1779
That he again enlisted sometime in the year of 1778 or 1779 he thinks and served six months as rangers
That he was formerly on the pension roll of 1818 and was struck from the same on account of property, that he served as a private , that his present place of residence is Sumner aforesaid. When he first made application under the act of Mar. 18. A.D. 1818.
he hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on any pension roll of any agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the agency in the State of Maine
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid. Before,
Ashur Ware
Isaiah Cushman
} U. S. Judge for the District of Maine.
This should have been 6 months

And the said Cushman on oath further says that he resided in Plympton when he first entered the service at which place he was born A.D. 1766 That he has resided in the Town of Sumner aforesaid for thirty seven years last past and that he has a record of his age in a family Bible
Isaiah Cushman
Signed & sworn to before
John Wren
Aug. 14. 1832
Judge of the Dist. Court
Pro: T. H. Webb
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatives prescribed by the War Department) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states
I, John Nufsey Clerk of the District Court of the United States for Maine District, do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Isaiah Cushman for a pension.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this eighteenth day of August A. D. one thousand eight hundred and thirty- two
John Nufsey
{ Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.
Isaiah Cushman

I forsook Portland & Oxford in the late State of Maine aged 77 years on a cold Tuesday - say that that I was a soldier in Col. Bowdoin's Company at Bangor near Boston in 1775 & served there eight months. I joined Portland once a soldier in the town. Cambridge, served at whole time. I was also a soldier in Col. Bowdoin's Company in 1776 & served at Plymouth ten months. I joined Cambridge once a soldier in served the whole time in the town. Cambridge. We got enlisted in Col. Nelson's Company & marched to Falmouth, served there several when we were discharged. In 1778 I enlisted again at Portland in Col. Bowdoin's Company & marched to Fishkill, joined Col. Bowdoin's regiment & served nine months. I joined Cambridge once a soldier in & served the whole time. We were discharged at West Point.
Joseph Perkins
Signed & sworn to before
Aug. 14. 1832 Samuel D. Dorr
Judge of the United States for the Dist. of Maine
I, Meshick Keen resident in Sumner in the County of Oxford State of Maine, aged 74 years hereby say that I was a soldier of the Revolution in the American Army (Revolutionary period), among which was one of nine months, respectively, in the Company commanded by Capt. Thomas Sumner of Col. Bowdoin's Regiment, Pattucket Brigade - Massachusetts Troops. I enlisted at Pownal. March and marched to New York and served said nine months through, chiefly in New York & was at Sick Kill & West Point.
And I further say that Isaiah Cookman, who now lives a neighbor to me in said Sumner, was a soldier with me in the same Company, having enlisted at, at near the same time & served the same time as myself & was discharged a few days after me.
Witness Samuel D. Dorr
Meshick Keen March
State of Maine
Oxford County ss. October 11. 1832
Then the above named Meshick Keen to me known as a man of truth personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed before me
Samuel Dorr Judge of the Peace

Declaration
in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th July 1830 entitled an Act granting half pay & pension to certain widows and acts supplementary thereto
State of Maine - County of Oxford
On this eleventh day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & forty three personally appeared before me the subscriber Lyman Rawson, Judge of the Court of Probate within & for said County of Oxford, Sarah Cushman aged eighty six years, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 7. 1830 entitled an Act granting half pay & pension to certain widows and acts supplementary thereto - That she is now the widow of Sarah Cushman who was Private soldier in the American Army in the Revolutionary War - that he served as she verily believes, eight months at Roxbury in Captain John Bradford & Company & Col. Cotton Regiment and afterwards enlisted for the year more under Captain Thorne of Turner & went to the North & served it through - after which he enlisted for & served eight months more. For these services said Cushman received a pension under the Act of Congress of June 7. 1830.
She further declares that she was married to said Cushman on the fourteenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & seventy eight at Plympton in the County of Plymouth Commonwealth of Massachusetts. That her husband the aforesaid Sarah Cushman died at Turner in said County of Oxford on the eighth day of January 1841 - that she was not married to him from the time of leaving the Army since, but marriage took place previous to the first of January, seventeen hundred & ninety four - viz at the time above stated
Attest Levi Cushman Sarah Cushman mark
Subscribed & sworn to the day and year above written before G. Mear Rawson Judge The reason of taking this Declaration out of Court was that the Declarant from age & infirmity was not able to attend Court
G. Mear Rawson

Declaration 9924 Sarah Bushman 2
MS 1238 Oct 7 1838
Manuscript 1778
State of Maine
Oxford County ss: I the Subscriber, Register of the Court of Probate, within & for said County hereby certify that Simon Plummer, before whom the within Declaration was taken, is a Judge of the Court aforesaid, and the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of Sarah Bushman's application for a Pension -
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said Court this twentyth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three.
Geo. F. Emery Register

The following marriages consummated by Rev. Ezra Sampson.
Isaiah Cushman jun. to Sarah Ripley Sep r ye fourteenth one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight. I hereby certify, that the above is a true copy from the Records of the Town of Plympton in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Book 2 d , Page 640, with the exception of the date, which is expressed on the Record in fair legible figures as follows, Sep r ye 14. 1778. Plympton, July 25. 1843. Lewis Bradford { Town Clerk of the said Town of Plympton.
I, Lewis Bradford above named, depose and say, that I hold the Office of Town Clerk in the Town, County and Commonwealth aforesaid, and that the Records of said Town are in my Custody, and that the above is a true extract from the Records of said Town with the exception above named, as certified by me. Plympton, July 25. 1843. Lewis Bradford { Town Clerk of the said Town of Plympton.
State of Massachusetts Plymouth County ss. Plympton July 25 th . 1843 be it known that on the day above written before the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said County Personally appeared Lewis Bradford Town Clerk in Plympton and made oath that the above statement by him subscribed is true & further certify said deponent is personally known by me and is a man of truth in testimony whereof I have set my hand the day and year above written
Jonathan Parker Justice of the Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Plymouth ss. I Jacob St. Lourd Register of Probate for said County do hereby certify that Jonathan Parker Esq. is a Justice of the Peace in & for said County duly Commissioned & qualified & that the above is his true & genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of the Court of Pro- bate for said County this twenty ninth day of July 1843.
Jacob St. Lourd

February 5, 1935
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Annie F.P. Corson Derry Village New Hampshire
Isaac Cushman-S.19271 Isaiah Cushman-W.23894
Dear Madam:
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.19271, based upon the military service of Isaac Cushman in that war.
Isaac Cushman was born March 22, 1744, in Kingston, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. The names of his parents are not shown.
While residing in Plympton, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, in 1775, Isaac Cushman belonged to a company of minute men, commanded by Captain John Bradford; in the fall of that year, he was selected from that company, served six weeks in Captain Fish's Company, Colonel Cotton's Massachusetts Regiment and was stationed at Roxbury; he enlisted in July, 1776, and served five months as a private in Captain James Harlow's Company, Colonel Caresy's Massachusetts Regiment.
He was allowed pension on his application executed September 21, 1832, while a resident of Turner, Oxford County, Maine. He was referred to as Deacon Isaac Cushman.
There are no data as to his family.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of the Revolutionary War pensioner, Isaac Cushman(S.19271), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
Isaac Cushman, Certificate No, 11515, issued May 14, 1833, rate $21.53 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, Maine Agency.
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Isaiah Cushman W.23894
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, N.23894, based upon the military service of Isaiah Cushman in that war.
Isaiah Cushman, the son of Isaiah and Sarah, his wife, was born in 1756, in Plympton, Massachusetts.
While residing in said Plympton, Isaiah Cushman enlisted and served as a private with the Massachusetts Troops, as follows: from April, 1775, eight months in Captain Bradford's Company, Colonel Cotton's Regiment; from January, 1776 to July, 1776, in Captain Jesse Harlow's Company; from July, 1776, three months in Captain Nicholas Nelson's Company , Colonel Carlton's Regiment; from June 20, 1778, nine months in Captain Thomas Turner's Company, Colonel Gershom Bradford's Regiment. In 1779 or 1780, he served six months as ranger in the state of New York, officers' names not given.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 21, 1818, while a resident of Sumner, Oxford County, Massachusetts (Maine). He was referred to as Deacon Cushman.
He died January 8, 1841, in Sumner, Maine.
The soldier married September 14, 1778, in Plympton, Massachusetts, Sarah Ripley. Their marriage was recorded on the town records of said Plympton.
Pension was allowed Sarah, widow of Isaiah Cushman; said application was executed October 11, 1843, at which time she was aged eighty-six years and resided in Oxford County, Maine.
She died March 22, 1844, place not stated.
In 1846, the following children of Isaiah and Sarah Cushman were living:
Levi Cushman - born November 9, 1778, living in Sumner, Maine, in 1846.
Sarah Ford Dorcas Sewall Hannah Cutler Isaiah Cushman Lydia Sampson Asenath Cushman Jane Delano
No dates of birth were given for any of the above named children except Levi.
State report gives Capt Nelson Col. Villard but as I found Col. as Col. I thought perhaps he was St Col under Villard was used Col's statement

In 1846, William Cushman, stated that he was a cousin of the soldier, Isaiah Cushman. William resided in Hartford, Oxford County, Maine, was then aged eighty-three years and was born in Plympton, Massachusetts.
In 1847, Grace Bicee, a sister of the widow, Sarah Cushman, was aged ninety-three years and lived in Kingston, Massachusetts.
In 1846, the Reverend Samuel Sewall, lived in Sumner, Maine, and was then aged seventy-four years: no relationship to Dorcas Sewall, daughter of Isaiah and Sarah Cushman, was shown.
There are no further data as to family.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.

Rev WIDOW, &c.
1935. Feb 5 - Dist To Annie F. P. Corson. Letter in case of Sarah Cushman Q. 19271 - EEL
File No. 23894
Sarah Cushman Wid of Isaiah Cushman Rev Rev War
Act July 4 th 1836
Index: Vol U , Page 162
[Arrangement of 1870.]

10 Sarah Bushman 2
Mr
Col. to Freeman Bradford Nov 30th '46.
same, Jan'y 6, '47 Town clerk Plympton 16 July 47
act 4 July 1836
9924
Sarah Bushman
Mr
— Suspended Act to S. H. Brown July 29 '44
Act July 7 th 38

5607
Maine
Isaiah Cashman Private
✓ A.J.
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of Dist. of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 21 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 22 of Jany 1819 and sent to Judge Parris - Paris Maine
Arrears to 4th of Sep r 1818. Am t  \frac{44}{30} 85.73 Semi-ann. all ce ending 1 st March 1819 8. -
83.73
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
See letter 15 September 1832

STATE OF MAINE.
OXFORD COUNTY, ss.
I, RUFUS KING GOODENOW, Clerk of the Judicial Courts in and for said County of Oxford, hereby certify, that Sam l F. Brown
whose genuine signature is annexed to the foregoing Deposition of H. B. H. Hutchinson is a
Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Oxford.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office, this fifth day of October in the year A. D. 1832
RK Goodenow
{ Clerk of Oxford County Courts,

Isaiah Lushman
Payable semi-annually--the first pay- ment on this certificate will be made on the 4th of March next
at the Fumbulds Bank Portland
Recorded

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY That, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818,
Isaiah Bushman late a Private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the District of Maine Agency, at the rate of Eight dollars per month, to commence on the 21 st day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this twenty second day of January one thousand eight hundred and nineteen
J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War.

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Miami July 7 1838 Sarah ...
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Brookfield Me October 30. 1843
J. C. Edwards Esq
Comm. on Prisoners
Sir
I herewith forward the discharge of Sarah Goodwin for a prisoner - Please to address communi- cations relating to it to
your Servt
Sam l H. Brown

Myrpton Mo March 1
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Mr Wm Crump Pension Office, Washington, D.C.

"The following Marriages consummated by Rev. Ezra Sampson.
Isaiah Cushman to Sarah Ripley, Sep r ye 14, 1778."
A true copy of Record, taken from the Records of the Town of Plympton, Mass. Book 2 d , Page 640.
Attest, Lewis Bradford { Town Clerk of Plympton, Mass.
Plympton, Feb. 25, 1847.
The aforesaid Isaiah Cushman jr. was a son of Isaiah Cushman and Sarah his wife at Plympton, as appears from the Town Records of Plympton. It is said that the aforesaid Isaiah Cushman jr. not long after his marriage, moved from Plympton to the then District of Maine
If what I have written above about the above marriage is not enough, as to manner, or in any respect, I can write more, but I shall not do it, unless I have a compensation for it, or the offer of one.
L. B.

L. Sarah Bushman of Sumner in the County of Oxford State of Maine on oath say, in answer to the notice from the War Department of the United States under the hand of J. L. Edwards, dated Sept. 23. 1832. in relation to my application for a pension, that the cause of the discrepancy of my two statements of service as appear in my several applications for a pension under the act of Congress of March 18. 1818. and of June 7. 1832. and in the evidence in support of the same, is as follows viz. The said Bushman says that he first enlisted into said company commanded by said Captain Harlow, in January 1776, for one year , and that after the troops of the Continental army left Boston, troops being wanted to go to the northward, the soldiers of Captain Harlow's Company & others, were permitted to enlist out of his Company for the purpose of going into the northern army - That he, with Joseph Perkins & Oliver Randall, then members of said Harlow's Company, enlisted into the company named in my last application, commanded by Captain Nicholas Wilson and marched to the northward, for three or four months, but served, he thinks, but about three months. That at the time of his making his last application before the Hon. Judson War of the District Court, there were so many applicants

attending, so much business, doing & so much confusion around him that his mind became distracted and his recollection confused and these two terms being so blended - all these circumstances together led him into the error of not perceiving the mistake in the statement of this particular service. He therefore says that the statement of his service under Captain Harlow ought to have been six months instead of nine months as it appears, and he wishes it may so be considered and allowed —
He further says that the above named business Randal is now dead and that the said Joseph Perkins is the only surviving witness who is here living to the facts herein stated; and that said Perkins is a respectable member of society and a man of truth, as will appear by accompanying evidence —
In relation to the last named service in his late application, of which there is no evidence presented, said Cushman says that he has not been able to procure the testimony of any surviving witness, nor any other evidence in support of it; & therefore supposes, by the terms of the letter above named of Mr Edward, that he cannot have the benefit of the same in the computation of the term of his service —
The said Cushman herewith sends the deposition of John Chandler and of Joseph Perkins in support of his statement here

made, all which he hopes & believes will fully support his claim for a pension as now made Isaiah Cushman
State of Maine County of Oxford ss. September 29. 1832.
Then the above named Isaiah Cushman to me well known as a man of truth & a highly respected member of society personally appeared & made oath to the truth of the foregoing statement
before me Saml F Brown Justice of the Peace
STATE OF MAINE.
OXFORD COUNTY, ss. I, RUFUS KING GOODENOW, Clerk of the Judicial Courts in and for said County of Oxford, hereby certify, that Saml F Brown
whose genuine signature is annexed to the foregoing Deposition of Isaiah Cushman, is a
Justice of the Peace in and for said County of Oxford.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office, this first day of October in the year A. D. 1832
RK Goodenow { Clerk of Oxford County Courts.

I John Chandler of Minot County of Cumberland and State of Maine aged 75 years on oath say that I enlisted for one year in a Company commanded by Capt. Jesse Harlow of Weymouth, in the state service of Mass. - in the year 1876 and the last of January or first Febry I entered the service and served ten months and then the Company was discharged - I was stationed most of the time in Plymouth and was there at the time the Gurnet Light was built - and I also state that one Search Cushman of Sumner in the County of Oxford & State aforesaid was a soldier in the same Company with me, and he had enlisted and entered the service before I did and served with me about six months, and then he enlisted in Capt. Nicholls Nelson's Company and Col. Cushman's Regt. and marched to the Northward and from the statements he made to me afterwards I have no doubt but what he served from three to four months
John Chandler
State of Maine County Cumberland ss. Sept. 24 th 1882
I hereby certify that Mr. John Chandler is a person I have been familiarly acquainted with for a number of years and by his virtues I have no question but what he is a man of the strictest integrity for truth - personally appeared and made oath to the above statement by him subscribed to be the truth
Before me Joshua Parsons justice of the Peace
State of Maine.
Cumberland county ss. I, W m T. Vaughan, Clerk of the Courts of Cumberland county, do certify that Joshua Parsons is a magistrate as above, and that the foregoing signature purporting to be his, is genuine as I believe.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of office this fourth day of October A.D. 1882 -
W m T. Vaughan { Clerk of the Courts of Cumberland County }

I Henry H. Hutchinson resident in the town of Bucksport County of Oxford & State of Maine aged 48 years, Esquire, testify & say that have been for several years (except for a 6 year period) have acquainted with Joseph Perkins, of Oxford, in said County, who I should suppose to be over seventy years of age, and that I have always understood him to be a man of veracity & of good moral character. And I have never heard any thing to the contrary of that at any time - Formerly I was a neighbor to him, but of late years, I have lived about twelve miles from him H. H. Hutchinson
State of Maine
County of Oxford ss. September 29. 1832. Then the abovenamed Henry H. Hutchinson, to me well known as a man of veracity personally appeared and made oath to the truth of the foregoing affidavit by him subscribed before me. Read James L. Brown Justice of the Peace

Isaiah Cushman Private
Bradford Reg t Mass: Line
June '78 — 9 months,
21 April 1813.
borreck
Isaiah Cushman

I Isaiah Cushman of Sumner in the County of Oxford & Commonwealth of Massachusetts on oath declare that in the month of April in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & seventy five I enlisted into the army of the United States of America in the company commanded by Captain Bradford in the regiment commanded by Colonel Cotton in the Massachusetts Line & served in the same on the continental establishment as a private soldier in the war of the revolution for the term of eight months from that time, at the expiration of which without leaving the service I again enlisted into the company commanded by Captain Jesse Harlow being a company stationed at Plymouth in said Commonwealth & independent of any connection with any regiment , & served in the same as aforesaid until the the month of July, as I think A.D. 1776 when I entered the company commanded by Captain Nicholas Nelson in the regiment commanded by Colonel Carlton in the Massachusetts line & served as aforesaid the term of five months from that time when I was regularly excused from duty by a verbal discharge & left the service
That on the twentieth day of June A.D. 1778 I was duly enrolled in the army aforesaid in the company commanded by Captain Thomas Turner in the regiment commanded by Colonel Gamaliel Bradford in Genl. W m Patterson's Brigade in the Massachusetts Line & served as aforesaid the term of nine months at the expiration of which term I received an honorable discharge & left the service - which discharge I have accidentally lost.
I further testify that I am a resident citizen of the United States, am not borne on a Pension list, & by reason of my reduced circumstances in life stand in need of assistance from my country for support Isaiah Josiah Cushman
I Joseph Perkins of Hebron in said County testify that I was in the same company with Isaiah Cushman abovenamed, in the United States' army & that he rendered the services stated in the foregoing Declaration by him subscribed agreeably thereto. Joseph Perkins

I Meshach Lane of Sumner of the County of Oxford aforesaid testify that I was a messmate & fellow soldier with the above named Isaiah Bushman during the nine months service within stated & that he served that term agreeably to the foregoing declaration by him subscribed.
Witness A. L. Parsons
his Meshach Lane mark

We the subscribing, selectmen of the Town of Sumner, in the County of Oxford & Comm- onwealth of Massachusetts, do hereby certify that Mr. Isaiah Cushman of said Town is in reduced  reduced circumstances in life, scarcely able to maintain his family on account of misfortune & infirmity - He is in our opinion justly entitled to some assistance from his Country - -
Sumner 21 April 1810.
James Hensley Jr. Calvin Bisbee

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
BE IT REMEMBERED , That on the twenty first day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally came Isaiah  Cushman 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 affidavits of Joseph Perkins and Abner Green, fellow soldiers with him in the revolutionary war, made and signed in my presence, all which are herunto annexed. Together with the certificate of James Hovey Jr. & Calvin Biske, municipal officers of the corporation to which said applicant belongs, relative to his circumstances in life.
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 Isaiah Bushman 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.
Alcione L. Panarisi
Judge of the United States in and for the District of Maine.

We the undersigned Selectmen of Hartford in the County of Oxford and State of Maine, hereby certify that we have long been acquainted with Mr William Cushman of our Town who is over 80 years of age as we believe Said Cushman is a man of truth and integrity and sustains an unblemished reputation in this community
We further certify that he is in full possession of his mental faculties, and is capable of fully comprehending the nature of an oath; and we believe that any statement made by him under its sanction should be entitled to full credit and belief
Hartford Jan'y 16 th 1847
Oakes Thompson
Wilson Doolittle
Selectmen of Hartford
Town Clerk's Office
Hartford Maine Jan. 16 th 1847
The undersigned Town Clerk of Hartford in the County of Oxford and State of Maine hereby certify that the foregoing are the Selectmen of Hartford duly chosen and qualified agreeable to the laws of this State. I further certify that I have long known Mr William Cushman of this town a man more than 80 years of age as I should judge; Said Cushman sustains an irreproachable character for truth and veracity, and full faith and credit is and ought to be given to his statements under oath
Cyrus Thompson Jr.
Town Clerk of Hartford

I Richard Hutchinson Postmaster at So' Hartford in the State of Maine, hereby certify that Cyrus Thom- pson, Jr. is Clerk of the town of Warrenton and that Oakes Thompson William Child and Wilson Dearborn are Selectmen of said town duly chosen and qualified, and that the fore- going signatures purporting to be theirs are genuine
I further certify that I have long known Mr William Cushman the person named by them and believe him to to be a man of truth and integrity, and full faith and credit should be given to his statements under oath So' Hartford Jany 16-1827
R Hutchinson

State of Maine Probate Court } Oxford County } ss
Be it known that on this twentieth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty six that it has been satisfactorily proved in open Court, being a court of Record that the children and only children of Isaiah & Sarah Cushman late of Sumner, are Sarah Ford, Hannah Cutter Lydia Sampson, Jane Delano, Dorcas Sewall, Isaiah Cushman Asenath Cushman & Levi Cushman.
Job Prince Judge

1838 1836 9924 6868
Sarah Cushman Maine 4 July 1836
Mr. 1788. died 28 Jany 1841.
2 yrs - pr $80
to Commence 28 Jany 1841 and end 20 March 1841 the day she died.
Spent to Sarah Ford, Han- nah Keffer, Lydia Samp- son, Jane Delano, Dorcas Sewall, Sarah Cushman Arenath Cushman, Liv- Cushman -
Freeman Bradford Atto Portland Maine

Portland January 19th 1847
Sir
I herewith transmit the certificate of the Select men, Town clerk and Post Master of Hartford Maine respecting the character of Mr William Cushman whose affidavit was taken and used in the case of Sarah Cushman widow of Isaiah, for a pension under the act of 1836. I also send to you the affidavit of Grace Bisbee, sister of said Sarah Cushman, which corroborates the statements of William Cushman.
I am Very Respectfully,
Your obt: Servt:
H Bradford
J. L. Edwards Esq Comm ee of Pensions Washington D.C.

To be used in the case of Sarah Cushman.
H. Bradford Portland Me

I Grace Biske of Hinton in the County of Plymouth & Commonwealth of Massachusetts on oath before me say that I am ninety three years of age & was a resident of Plymouth in this Commonwealth during the Revolutionary war. I am a Sister of Sarah Cushman late of Sumner in the State of Maine, who was the widow of Isaiah Cushman. My Sister Sarah Ripley was married to Isaiah Cushman during the war of the Revolution & at a time when the said Isaiah was engaged to perform a term of duty in the Continental Army in New York. It was considered so important that the marriage should be solemnized before the expiration of said Cushman's term of service, that his parents sent a young man by the name of Perkins as a substitute for a short time, so that said Isaiah could return home and be married. Said Isaiah obtained a short furlough and returned to Plymouth & was married, in September seventeen hundred & seventy eight, as near as I can recollect, & soon after his marriage returned again to the Army & served out the term of his enlistment. Isaiah Cushman was a soldier of the Revolution & served several campaigns. All I can say is, that it appeared necessary to the parents of said Isaiah & Sarah that they should be married at that particular time & I will recollect the circumstances under which the marriage took place & was present at the wedding.
Grace Biske

Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Plymouth County
ss. January 13 th 1847. Then
personally appeared the within named Grace Bunker who is well known to me as a person of truth & made oath to the truth of the within affidavit by her subscribing,
Before me Joseph S. Beal - Justice of the Peace -

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston January 15 th 1817,
I hereby Certify, That at the date of the annexed attestation Joseph S. Beal was a Justice of the Peace in the County of Plymouth,
in the said Commonwealth, duly commissioned and constituted; and that to his acts and attestations, as such, full faith and credit are and ought to be given, in and out of Court.
In Testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John D. Sleeper;
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

Mr Edward will see he is mistaken in one particular - as to the testimony of Jos. Perkins - He says in his letter to Mr Cashman "In the declaration made 1818. you state that you served from Jan'y 1776 to July, in that company. (Henslow's) - In your previous declaration, you state that you entered that company in Jan'y. & served there nine months. The latter period cannot be admitted unless sustained by other evidence than the affidavit of Jos. Perkins, who appears to have sworn to the truth of both statements. "
Now it does not appear that this is correct, for by looking at the Deposition of Perkins, on the 3 d page of the paper, on which the declaration is made, as sworn before Judge Ware, we find that Perkins states that service to be six months & not nine as the applicant states.

War Department Pension office September 13 th 1832
Sir
The evidence in support of your claim to a pension under the Act of 7 th June 1832 has been received.
On comparison of your present declaration with that formerly made by you under the Act of 18 th March 1818, there appears to be a striking discrepancy between them as to the period of your service in the Company of Capt Harborne. In the declaration made in 1818 you stated that you served from January to July 1776 in that Company. In your present declaration you state that you entered that company in January and served therein nine months. The latter period cannot be admitted, unless supported by other evidence than the affidavit of Dorabji Perkin.

Perkins, who appears to have sworn to the truth of both statements, and who is not certified to be a credible witness.
With regard to the last period of six months service stated in your present declaration as having been performed sometime in 1778 or 1779 "as rangers", no vestige of it can be found in your former declaration.
If you expect to be allowed this term in the computation of your pension it must be proved by two credible witnesses who are required in their affidavits to set forth the time of your entering the service, and the time and manner of your leaving the same, as well as the Regiment, company and line to which you belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the signature and official character of the magistrate must be

be certified by the proper authority, upon his official seal. Your papers are herewith returned
I am respectfully your obedient serv t
J. L. Edwards
W m Isaiah Cushman Sumner Oxford County Maine.

Affidavit of W m Bushman to be filed in the case of Sarah Bushman wife of Isaac Bushman -
H. Bradford Portland Maine

STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND, ss.
I Charles C. Warmon  Pro tem Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in said County, certify that _____
James Werscy B.d is a Justice of the Peace.
as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that _____ he is _____ duly qualified to act as such; that _____
his commission is dated February 10. 1842
and will expire February 10. 1849. _____
and that the _____ following _____ signature purporting to be his is genuine. _____
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of the _____ Supreme Judicial _____ Court for said State, this twenty sixth day of December Anno Domini 1846.
Chas C. Warmon CLERK. Pro tem

I William Cushman of Hartford County of Oxford and State of Maine on oath deposed say that I am eighty three years of age, I was born in the town of Plympton Massachusetts and resided there until the year 1801. Isaiah Cushman was a native of Plympton Massachusetts and resided in that town during the War of the Revolution. He was a pensioner of the U. S. and after his marriage removed to the town of Sumner Maine where he died. He married Sarah Ripley and the marriage took place during the War of the Revolution and at a time when said Isaiah was engaged to perform a tour of duty in the Army as a soldier in the State of New York Previous to the enlistment of Isaiah Cushman into the Continental Army in 1778 said Isaiah was engaged to be married to Sarah Ripley After he had left home it became ap- parent to the parents of said Sarah that she should be married - The necessity of the case required that Isaiah should return forthwith if possible and in order to effect it the father of said Isaiah hired John Perkins of Plympton to go to New York and take the place of said Isaiah if necessary long enough for him to return to Plympton and be married. In pursuance of this arrangement Isaiah Cushman did return home and was married to Sarah Ripley and after his marriage returned again to the Army.

I was a cousin to said Isaiah Cushman and knew him from his boyhood.
William his X Cushman Mark
Oxford County ss. Dec. 22. 1846
Personally appeared William Cushman abovenamed known to me as a man of truth and veracity and made solemn oath that that the foregoing deposition by him subscribed is true
Before me
James H. Hovey 3 d Justice of the Peace

To the Secretary of State Massa chussets.
The undersigned Levi Cushman one of the Children of Isaac and Sarah Cushman late of Sumner in the County of Oxford requests the Secretary of the Common wealth of Massachusetts to furnish from the rolls and Documents relating to Military service in the war of the Revo- lution the evidence of the service of his father Isaac Cushman
And this applicant states that his said father Isaac was a resident of Plympton Massachusetts in the time of the Revolution- ary war, and he has heard his father say that he served 8 months in the year 1775 in Capt John Bradford's company in Col Gotton's Regt. In the year 1776 he believes his father served in Capt Harlow's company and was sta- tioned at the Gurnet and also in Capt Nicholas Nelson's company and went to the Northward under Col Carlton

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In 1778 he believes that his father served 9 months on Continental establishment in Capt Turner's Company Col Bradford's Regt. For this service he believes that his father was allowed a pension under the act of 1818. In the year 1779 or 80 he believes that his father served six months in a Company of Rangers in New York the names of his officers unknown to this applicant. In relation to the time of my father's service I do not pretend to be accurate I therefore request all the services of Isaiah Cushman that can be exhibited with the person for whom this claim is made.
Levi Cushman
Cumberland S.S. Sept 22 d 1846. Then appeared Levi Cushman and signed the above in my presence. Before me Freeman Bradford J.P.

No 6868.
Sarah Cushman 2
One
Act 4 July 1836
Sarah Cushman
Entered 10 June 1778
Charged 18 March 1779
Refer to the original declaration of Sarah Cushman & the evidence therein filed
Heeman Bradford
Portland
Maine

STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND, ss....
I Charles Cobb Clerk of all the Judicial Courts in said County, certify that
James Hoensay 3 d Esq. is a Magistrate
as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is duly qualified to act as such; that His Commission bears date Feby. 10. A.D. 1842. and will expire Feby. 10. A.D. 1849.
and that the following signatures purporting to be His are genuine.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand, and affixed the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court for said State, this Seventeenth day of November Anno Domini 184 6
Charles Cobb CLERK.

Will Mr Goble give a certificate that James Henry 3d of Scunton 60 Oxford is a p.? & return by the bearer F.B.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston:
Oct. 21. 1846.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Isaac Cushman is borne upon a Muster Roll of Capt John Bradford's Company, in Col Theophilus Cotton's Regt in the Eight Months service, as a private of Plympton, from May 3 to August 1 1775. 3 Months & 26 days, probably travel is included. Upon a Return of Said Company, in Said Regt, as a private of Plympton - no service named - Said return is dated Oct. 7. 1775. - Upon an order of Said Company for Military Coats dated November 9, 1775. Upon Several Pay Rolls of Capt Jesse Marlow's Company, stationed in Plymouth on the Sea Coast, as a private from January 29 to November 18 1776 inclusive, 9 Months & 21 days. Upon an Abstract of the travel due to Capt Nelson's company, in Col Aaron Willard's regt, from
8-6
9-21

their places of abode to Sheepsborough, as a private of Plymouth - No. Service named - number of Miles traveled 2442. Said Abstract is dated Boston, January 15, 1877.
Upon a Pay Roll of the 6 Months Men raised in Plymouth, as a private from June 29 to December 18 1880, including allowance of 2440 Miles traveled 6 Months & 2 days.
No roll of Capt. Turner, Col. Bradford for 9 Months' Service. The preceding is all the evidence of Service of any one of the names, shown
And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence by the Military of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Records of Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search this Office was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said appli- cation, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
John G. Parsons,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

I Abel Fletcher Town Clerk of Sumner on oath depose and say that I have in my keeping the books of records belonging to said town in one of the books purporting to contain a record of the deaths in said town I find the fol- -lowing to wit
Isaiah Cushman Died January eighth One thousand eight hundred and forty one Sarah Cushman Died March twenty second One thousand eight hundred and forty four
The above is a true transcript from the records with the exception of the dates which are written in fair legible figures, thus January 8 th 1841 and March 22 nd 1844
A true Copy Attest Abel Fletcher } Town Clerk Dated at Sumner Nov 14 th 1846 } of Sumner Oxford J. November 14. 1846
Personally appeared Abel Fletcher abovenamed known to me as a man of truth truth and veracity and made solemn oath that the above certificate by him subscribed is true Before me
James Hersey 3 d Justice of the Peace

Brookfield Me Nov 15
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of Freeman Bradford Esq. Portland Maine

I Samuel Sewall Clergyman residing in the town of Sumner, aged seventy four years; On oath say that I have officiated as an ordained Minister of the Gospel in the town of Sumner for the term of more thirty three years; and was intimately acquainted with the late Isaiah Cushman and also with his widow Sarah Cushman. I Officiated at the funeral of both, and the following is the memorandum made in my records.
1841 Jan'y 9. — Attended the funeral of Deacon Isaiah Cushman, aged eighty four, near by; and preached from Isa. 57:1, 2. — A pleasant day after a great rain.
1845 March 24. Attended the funeral of Sarah Cushman, at the Meeting house, aged 86 years & six months. — Preached to a very large assembly from Luke 2: 29, 30.
I further state the above is a true transcript from my records.
Sumner Nov 14, 1846
S Sewall, Pastor
Oxford J. Nov. 14. 1846
Personally appeared Samuel Sewall the above deponent well known by me as a consistent Clergyman in good standing and made solemn oath that the above written deposition by him subscribed is true Before me James Hersey 3 d Justice of the Peace

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Annie F.P. Corson Derry Village New Hampshire
W. 2389†
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Isaac, Isaiah and Jabez Cushman, all of Maine, soldiers of the Revolutionary War.
A careful search of the Revolutionary War records has been made in your behalf and no record found of a claim for pension or bounty land having been made to the United States based upon the military service in that war of a Jabez Cushman. Such claims are the source of the data furnished by this office.
It is suggested that as a possible means of obtaining information in regard to the military service of that soldier, you apply to The Adjutant General, War Department, this city, who is custodian of military records.
The records of Isaac and Isaiah Cushman have been found and are furnished herewith as found in the respective claims for pension based upon their services in the Revolutionary War.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator.