Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 16,743, Joshua Cushman, Mass.

SERVICE
Mass
Cushman, Joshua
NUMBER
8. 16. 743.
CONTENTS
Carded

Maine
Joshua Bushman
of Kennebec Co. in the State of Maine, who was a private in the Company commanded by Captain Dorrlett of the regt. commanded by Col. Nason in the Massachusetts line for two years from 1777.
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 80 — Dollars — Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21. day of Septem- ber, 1832 — and sent to Pensioner Winslow, Maine.
  Arrears to 4th of September 1832  $ 120. —    Pension allowance ending 4 March 1833  40. —     $160. —  
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Wm Allison Clerk, Book O , Vol. 1 , Page 52,

Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the seventh of June. 1832
State of Maine } ss. Kennebec County }
On this sixth day of August A.D. 1832. personally appeared before me Henry W. Fuller Judge of Probate for the County of Kennebec, a State of Maine, Hon. Joshua Cushman a resident of Winslow in said County aged seventy one 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 7. 1832. viz:
I, Joshua Cushman, inhabitant of Winslow, in the county of Kennebec, and State of Maine, aged 71, do testify and affirm, that on, or near the first day of April, in the year 1777, then living in the town of Bridgewater, in the county of Plymouth, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, enlisted a private soldier in the army of the United States, by Caleb King, a recruiting Sergeant, and served in the ninth regiment of the Massachusetts line the field officers at the organization of the regiment were Col. Wesson, Lieut. Col.

• Mellen, and Major Badlam. and those of the company Capt. Bartlett, lieut. Allen, and ensign Noble. —
Upon the reduction of the regiments, the Capt. having resigned, and the Subalterns being deranged, the com- pany officers were lieut. Edes and ensign King. The Col. under the new arrangement, remained the same;
What alteration, or whether any change, at that period, was made respecting the other field officers, I am not able, at this distance of time, to determine. My first rendezvous was at Cambridge near Boston - thence marched in a detachment under the command of Capt. Dix, to Albany - thence proceed- ed with the regiment up the Mohawk to the German-Flats; and when General Arnold was detached from Gates army, to relieve Fort. Stawix, moved with the detachment under his command

to raise the siege. After the dispersion of the enemy, joined the Northern army near Still-water on the Hudson, which soon formed a line for assault or defence on Bemis' heights. Was in the decisive battle which led to the surrender of Burgoyne and the forces under his command on the plains of Saratoga. After this event descended the Hudson with Gates' army to Albany - thence across the country to White Marsh in the State of Pennsylvania - and went into Winter-quarters at Valley Forge. When the enemy had evacuated Philadelphia, proceeded with the main army to Monmouth, and was with the troops under the immediate command of Washington during the day on which the memorable battle was fought. Thence marched with the army through the Jerseys, to the White-plains in

The State of New-York - thence, in a di- vision, commanded by General Gates, moved first to Danbury, and then to Hartford in the State of Connecticut - thence to Fishkill - where, and in the vicin- ity, and at West-Point, I was stationed with the regiment, or a detachment, till I quit the service. On the latter part of March in the year seventeen hundred and eighty, I obtained my discharge, through the courtesy of the Col. a few days previous to my having completed the three years, the term for which I enlisted. "I hereby relinquish every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and declare that my name is not on the pension-rolls of any agency in any State."
Joshua Cushman.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day & year aforesaid in open Court.
Before me Henry M c Fuller Judge
of Pownalboro' County of Franklin
And the said Court, as hereby declare their opinion that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. HENRY M c Fuller Judge

16.743
INVALID.
File No. 16.743
Gochna Bushman
2nd Rev War
Act: June 7 th 32
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 86
[Arrangement of 1870,]

Hon. Lewis Cass, Secretary of War
Washington
$80 per annum recd. 7 June 1832
recd. Aug. 16. for Winthrop, Maine

Winston, August 9, 1832.
Sir. I do myself the honor to transmit to you my application for a pension under the late Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the revolution, and my certificate under oath, in conformity, as I conceive, to the requisitions of the War Department. I trust it will be satisfactory. If so, or otherwise, I should consider it as a particular favor to receive the earliest information, that my mind may be at ease on the subject. Should there be any deficiency as to form or substance, you will have the goodness to point it out to me and to give such instructions as may be necessary for my direction. Doubtless, Sir, you

and other enlightened Statesmen feel a patriotic pride and plea- sure when reflecting on the several acts extending the bounty of the nation to those who, under God, achieved its Independence: - Not merely because the war-worn soldier will be in circumstances to spend the remainder of his days with increased comforts - but prin- cipally because, whatever has been the case with others, it will crime to an admiring world that our Republic is not ungrateful . and because it is always wise and politic in government to en- courage patriotism and valor by rewarding those who ad-

venturously encounter perils and ex- pose their blood for the liberty, safety, and glory of their country. —
Though I have not the pleasure of a personal acquaintance, I believe I had the honor of being introduced to you at Washington. You are well known to me by fame, and I tender to you the homage of my high consideration. —
Joshua Cushman
Hon Lewis Cass Secretary of War.

Hon. Lewis Cags. Secretary of War. Washington.

I Edmund T. Bridge, Register of the Court of Probate in and for the County of Kennebec and State of Maine, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of the Hon. Joshua Cushman for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this sixth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two. —
Edmund T. Bridge Register
To the Hon. Secy of War.
Permit me to state to you, that I have for near thirty years last past, been personally acquainted with the Hon. Joshua Cushman, who makes the foregoing application. He is one of our most valuable Citizens, one of those Patriots of the Revolution, who has long enjoyed the respect, esteem & confidence of his Fellow Citizens. He has repeatedly served them as their Representative in the Congress of the United States & also as Senator & Representative in the Legislatures of Maine & Massachusetts. I am happy in giving this testimony of the high esteem in which Mr. Cushman is held by his Fellow Citizens, —
Henry W. Fuller Judge of the Probate Court County of Kennebec