Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 22885, Zebedee Cushman, Mass. Navy

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass Navy
bushman, Jebedee Sarah
W. 22885-
CONTENTS

16.248 Q
District of Maine
Lebedee Cushman
of Portland in the state of Maine  on board ship Providence who was a Mariner in the regiment commanded by Colonel Whipple of the U.S. Navy line, for the term of One year
Inscribed on the Roll of District of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 21 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 6 of Sep. 1818 and sent to William Wiegery Esq. Portland D of Maine
  Arrears to 4th of  Sep 1819  131.73    Semi-anl. all'ce ending  Mar 1820  48.00    16 Mo 14      30        $179.73  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Cash paid
Lebedee Cushman - sent May 14th 1821 to - John Nesbitt Esq. Portland, Maine

123.44 23/31 11/51
✓ 4589 Maine
Let to J. S. Krich Aug Let to L. Whitman Sep Sam. Dec
Sarah Cushman widow of Zebadiah Cushman who was a Seaman in the Ship Providence AT
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 48 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the twenty second day of Jan'y 1844 and sent to
J. S. Krich Oxford Me
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. / Page 254

d 284. Lebedee Bushman
copy
14248
March 1870
What County is Westbrook in?
Cumberland County

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. DISTRICT OF MAINE, ss.
At a District Court of the United States begun and holden at Portland within and for the District of Maine, on the first Tuesday, being the fifth . . . day of December and by adjournment from day to day, on the sixth . . . day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable ALBION K. PARRIS, Judge of said Court.
ON this sixth . . . day of December in the year above written, personally appeared in open Court, the same having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said Maine District, Lebedee Cushman . . . aged fifty seven . . . years, resident in Westbrook . . . in said District, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a Mariner in the company  Frigate Providence commanded by Capt. A. Whipple in the Regiment commanded by Colonel  in the service of the United States on the Continental Establishment , as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the twenty first day of April . . . A. D. 1818, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 14.248 . . . was granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818: and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particularly described on the back hereof, also subscribed by me.
Lebedee Cushman
Sworn to and declared, on the sixth } day of December A. D. 1820. }
BEFORE Albion K. Parris } U. S. District Judge for the District of Maine.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz:
Real estate — none
Personal estate — I have one cow, one swine and an old horse and waggon. I have no income and am embarrassed with little debts which I cannot pay — Executions have been issued against me which have been returned unsatisfied because I had no goods or effects to discharge them except a few necessary utensils in the family which out of pity to my poverty my creditors have left me
Lebedee Cushman
Sworn to Before
Albion H. Barris U. S. Dist. Judge
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Lebedee Cushman . . . who, by occupation am a Laborer . . . which I am not able to pursue by reason of infirmity. I have also sometimes assisted others as a Butcher of cattle in the fall of the year.
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     My wife Sarah . 55 able to attend to family affairs   Sally — 21 able to contribute to her support   Almira . . 14 lost her sight and very feeble   Bartlett H. . . 17 always out of health & unable to work  
Lebedee Cushman
Sworn to Before
Albion H. Barris U. S. Dist. Judge

MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
I, JOHN MUSSEY, Junr. Clerk of the District Court of the United States for Maine District, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is thirty three dollars and twenty seven cents and no more
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this sixth day of December  December A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
{ Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.
$33.27

State of Maine
Oxford County So -
On this eleventh day of July in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & fifty one personally appeared Jerusha Fuller, Sally Owens, Bortlett H. Lushman and Myra Fuller, all of the town of Oxford in said county of Oxford, excepting Sally Owens who is of Portland in the County of Cumberland & State of Maine, heirs at law of Zebidee Lushman & children of Sarah Lushman, his widow, make the following declaration in order to obtain the arrearages of Pension due to her by virtue of the act of Congress of July 7 th 1838. That said Zebidee Lushman was a pensioner of the United States, and drew a pension of ninety six dollars yearly during his life time, & that he died on the third day of June 1837. That our mother Sarah Lushman was placed on the Pension Roll of the act of July 7 th 1838 & that her said pension commenced from & after the death of our father. That being advised that our said mother Sarah Lushman was entitled to draw her pension for the full term of five years, commencing on the fourth of March A D 1836 - we therefore her surviving children claim the same, being arrearages to the amount of sixty dollars at the rate she was placed on the

Roll - but if under existing laws she was entitled to draw the same as her husband they claim such sum as may be in arrear at that rate - Since the death of our said mother our sister Christiana Perry has died, leaving six children viz, Chipman C. Perry, Benjamin H. Perry, Charles C. Perry, Christiana C. Perry, Zebidee C. Perry, & Adeline C. Perry all of whom are now living - If the children of our sister Perry are entitled to their mother's share, the certificate can be made accordingly -
Jerusha Fuller Bartlett H. Cushman Myra Fuller Sarah Owen
Osford ss -
Subscribed & sworn to this eleventh day of July eighteen hundred & fifty one before the subscriber a justice of the Peace within & for the county of Oxford & State of Maine, by Jerusha Fuller, Bartlett H. Cushman & Myra Fuller all of said county of Oxford -
Levi Whitman
State of Maine
Count of and ss. On this twenty seventh day of August eighteen hundred fifty one, personally appeared the above named Sarah Owen, who subscribed the foregoing declaration and made oath that the same was true, before me Wenellis J. P.

Zibedee Cushman
Mariner
Ship Providence
Capt. Whipple
1776-17-ear
The magistrate who administers the oath will certify to the credibility of the witness; The official character and signature of the magistrate being attested by the county clerk under his seal of office.
10 th May 1819
Admitted
The clerk certifies in the back of the deposition

To the Honorable WILLIAM WIDGERY , one of the Associate Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
RESPECTFULLY SHOWS....
Zebedee Cushman of Portland in the Maine District, that he served as a marine in the war of the revolution for the term of twelve months & upwards  on the Continental Establishment  naval service of the United States that he yet is a resident citizen of the United States at Portland aforesaid, and that by reason of your applicants reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support. being now fifty four years of age
AND your applicant farther represents, that in the service aforesaid, he belonged in his said capacity of a marine  to the Frigate called  of the Providence Regiment , commanded by Capt Abraham Whipple  of the Massachusetts Line , that he entered said service on or about the tenth day of September one thousand seven hundred and seventy six and that he left said service on or about the tenth day of October one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven the period of his enlistment having expired and he having received an honorable discharge which he has since lost. The Providence during the whole time was blockaded by the British in the river near the town of Providence Rhode Island and never went to sea during the term of his service -
WHEREFORE, inasmuch as your applicant, as he verily believes, comes under the provisions of the Act, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," he prays your honor to institute an enquiry into the circumstances of his case, and that such farther proceedings may be had touching the premises as are prescribed by law, in order that your applicant may be placed on the Pension List of the United States.
Dated at PORTLAND, this twenty first day of April 1818.
Zebedee Cushman
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
BE IT KNOWN, that on the twenty first day of April one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, personally came before me, WILLIAM WIDGERY , one of the Associate Judges of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, resident at Portland, within the County of Cumberland, in said Maine District—the said Court being a Court of record of said State, Zebedee Cushman the above named applicant, and made oath that the several statements by him made in the foregoing application by him signed are true. And the said Zebedee Cushman farther offered in evidence the discharge of service by a former Commander which an honorable discharge
WHEREUPON it does appear to the satisfaction of me the said Judge, that the said Zebedee Cushman - served in the revolutionary war as alledged in his application, against the common enemy.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I the said Judge, have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the said Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the County of Cumberland, to be hereunto affixed, this twenty first day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and of the Independence of the United States the forty-second.
Associate Judge of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the first Eastern Circuit of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
CUMBERLAND, ss. I the subscriber, Clerk of the Courts in said county, certify that Hon. WILLIAM WIDGERY , is an Associate Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, as stated in the annexed Certificate. and that his signature to the same is his own proper signature.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I do hereto subscribe my name, and affix the Seal of said Court, this second day of October A. D. 1818.
Geo Bradbury

(1271) Sarah Tothman and application for a pension
Me
act 7. July 38
married in 1787 died in 1837
admd 12 mo Seaman
484
pen. com: 4 June 37 Died on 3 June 37
A. K. Parris 2 Compts Joseph G. Galt Paris Argus & Co. printing agent

State of Maine
Oxford County ss.
On this twenty eighth day of August A.D. 1838 personally appeared before the board of Probate for said County, Sarah Cushman a resident of Oxford in said County of Oxford aged seventy one years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7. 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows." That she is the widow of Lebedea Cushman who was a mariner in the Continental navy in the war of the revolution and he also served as a private in the Massachusetts troops the company or Regiment she is unable to state, she is confident that he served as much as twenty months, during the war, that her husband was a pensioner and his certificate was dated September 6. 1819 & she refers to the evidence furnished by him on his application for a pension for proof of a part of his service
She further declares that she was married to the said Lebedea Cushman on the first day of March in the year seventeen hundred and eighty seven that her husband the aforesaid Lebedea Cushman died on the third day of June in the year eighteen hundred and thirty seven that she was not married to him from his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January seventeen hundred and ninety four viz at the time above stated.
Attest Thomas Clark
Sarah her X Cushman mark
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written before
Stephen Emery, Judge

State of Maine
Oxford ss. I the subscriber, Register of the Court of Probate in & for the County of Oxford hereby certify that Stephen Emery before whom the foregoing proceedings were had is Judge of the Court of Probate aforesaid. I also certify that that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of said Judge in the matter of the application of Sarah Cushman for a Pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this first day of September A.D. 1888.
Levi Stowells Register

I Jabez Woodman, Town Clerk of New Gloucester, in the county of Cumberland and State of Maine, hereby certify that the Marriage of Zebedee Bushman and Sarah Holmes both of a place called Shepherdsfield, by Isaac Parsons Esq. late of New Gloucester deceased, is Recorded in the Book of Records of Mar- riages in said town of New Gloucester, as follows, viz.
"Married Zebedee Bush- man and Sarah Holmes both of a place called Shepherdsfield, March the first day, Seventeen hundred and eighty seven."
I Jabez Woodman above- named, depose & say, that I hold the office of Town Clerk, in New Gloucester aforesaid, and that the above is a true extract, from the records of said town, with the exception that the date is expressed on the Record, in fair legible figures, as follows viz. March 1 st 1787."
Jabez Woodman, Town Clerk
State of Maine. Cumberland ss August 22 d 1838. Personally appeared Jabez Woodman above named, and made oath to the truth of the above certificate by him sub- scribed, and I certify that he is Town Clerk of New Gloucester, and a credible and respectable witness
Joseph Crop { Justice of the peace

State of Maine Cumberland ss.
I Charles Fox Clerk of the Judicial Court, within & for the County of Cumberland do hereby certify that Joseph Cross whose name appears within is a justice in & for said County of Cumberland duly commissioned and sworn to act as such.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas this thirty first day of August A.D. 1838.
Charles Fox Clerk of the Judicial Court, within & for the County of Cumberland

Maine - 921
- Sarah Bushman - widow of Zebadiah Bushman, dec'd who was a pensioner under the Act of 18. Mar. '18 and who died on the 3. Jan. 1837 of Oxford in the State of Maine who was a Seaman in the Argo commanded by Captain Whipple of the R. Navy commanded by Ship Providence the line for 12 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 48 Dollars - Cents per annum, to commence on the 1st day of March, 1834. 4. Jan. 1837
Certificate of Pension issued the 9. day of Nov. 38, and sent to A. K. Paine Pitts.
Arrears to the 4th of Jan. - $ 60. 00 Semi-annual allowance ending 24. 00
$ 84. 00
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by R. Burdick Clerk Book A Vol. 1 - Page 5

U.S. Navy on board ship Providence WIDOW, &c.
File No. 22884
Sarah Cushman Wid of Zebedee Cushman Seaman New War.
Act March 8 th 43
Index: Vol A , Page 162
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Zebidee Cushman Mt. Oct 1818 when last paid?
G.M.C.
6 Nov — 38
Died 3 rd June 1837 paid to that period DH
Zebidee Cushman Prisoner of Me Law 1818 as a Mariner from Brad Isles
Feb 1853

STATE OF MAINE.
Oxford County, ss :
I the subscriber, Clerk of the Judicial Courts within and for said County of Oxford, hereby certify that Levi Whitman Esquire whose proper signature is affixed to the foregoing certificate of the appointment of Jemima Fuller, Betsy Blackman & Abigail Fuller , is a Justice of the Peace within said County of Oxford, duly appointed and qualified, and that full faith and credit are due to his acts as such. and that he was sworn on the day of the date thereof
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and set the Seal of the Supreme Judicial Court, this Third day of September A. D., 1851
Wm. H. Merrill CLERK.

Wympton July 27 th 1819—
This is to Certify that Jerusha Kizley, whose Deposition was taken by me, on the fifteenth day of September last, to establish the Claim of Lebedee Cushman (to a Pension,) sustains a good moral character. She is a Professor of Religion, and has a fair and Regular Standing as a member of the Church in Wympton.
Certified by me, Elijah Bisbee Justice of the Peace.
Then Plymouth ss July 27 th 1819—
Then personally appeared the above named Jerusha Kizley Whose Deposition was taken by me, on the fifteenth of September last to establish the Claim of Lebedee Cushman to a Pension. And made Solemn Oath that she is not personally interested directly nor indirectly in the event of the Lebedee Cushman obtaining or not obtaining a Pension.
Sworn before me, Elijah Bisbee Justice of the Peace.
Then

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Lincnss July 30th. A.D. 1819 -
I hereby certify that Joseph Maternan of Camden whose deposition was subscribed and sworn to before me on the 29th day of June 1818 (In the case of Zebedee Gushman applicant for a pension) is a credible and disinterested witness
Jonas Wheeler Justice of the Peace

State of Maine
Oxford ss
At a Probate Court holden in Paris in & for said county of Oxford on the twenty seventh day of May in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred & fifty one it is proved that Sarah Cushman, who was a petitioner under the act of Congress of July 7 th 1838 and the widow of Zebidee Cushman, both of whom resided in the town of Oxford in said county of Oxford, died on the twenty seventh day of February eighteen hundred & forty four, leaving five children only surviving her, to wit - Christiana Perry, Jerusha Fuller, Sally Owens, Bartlett H. Cushman and Myra Fuller, and that Jerusha Fuller, Sally Owens, Bartlett H. Cushman & Myra Fuller are now living, & that Christiana Perry has since died leaving six children to wit Chipman C. Perry, Benjamin F. Perry, Charles C. Perry, Christiana C. Perry, Zebidee C. Perry & Adeline C. Perry who are still living -
In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, this twenty seventh day of May in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and fifty one.
Geo. H. Shews, Register of Probate for the County of Oxford aforesaid.

Lebidee Cushman
Piscataqua
Maine
Jan 1818
Sarah Cushman
Jan 1836
Maine
from
Abad Joy
Jan 31-1853

Bartlett H Cushman
Power
Zebidee Cushman
Sarah Cushman
Petitioner of Me
from
Abad Joy
Oxford Co. Me
Hon Moses McDonald
Irving House

Know all men by these Presents. That I Bartlett H. Cushman of Oxford in the County of Oxford State of Maine, do hereby constitute & appoint Israel Joy of Ovid in the State of New York to be my lawful Attorney to prosecute all claims for Pensions now in any way due from the Government of the United States. To Leobard Cushman my deceased Father or Sarah Cushman his widow who is now deceased, and to do all and every thing that is ne- cessary to be done, & to sign all papers necessary for the accomplishment of the above object, hereby ratifying & confirming the acts of him my said Agent - This Power of Attorney being given with the express understanding that the said Joy is to charge nothing for his services unless some amount is by him obtained as aforesaid in which case the said Joy is to receive a reasonable compensation
Given under my hand seal this twenty fourth day of December A.D. 1852. -
Signed sealed & delivered in the presence of John I. Perry
Bartlett H. Cushman
Oxford ss - State of Maine Dec 29 1852 Then per- sonally appeared Bartlett H. Cushman acknowledged the above instrument by him signed to be his free act & deed Before me John I. Perry Justice of the Peace.

3912. 14 Aug 17 43
Madame Mrs. S. P. 1843 Sarah Cunningham
free
Hon. James L. Edwards Commissioner of Pensions Pension Office Washington City D. C.

Preford (ME) August 12. 1843 Hon James L Edwards Com r of Pensions.
Sir
Enclosed is the affidavit of Widow Sarah Cushman of this town, and her former Certificate, forwarded to enable her to procure a new Certifi- cate, which shall entitle her to a pen- sion under the Law of March 3 d 1843.
Will you cause it to be forwarded to her, or me & I believe Yours Very respect d Jairus S Keith

Payment to be made at Portland by A. Mawle Esq, Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of Maine
First payment to be made on the 31st December, 1838, and on the 4th March and 4th Septem- ber in each year there- after.
Recorded in the Pension Office, in Book A Vol. 1 Page 4 by
R Burridge Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
(No. 921.)
Five years Pension.
I certify that in conformity with the act of July 7, 1838, Sarah Bushman widow of Zebedee Bushman , deceased who was a Seaman during the Revolutionary War, and died on the Third - day of June 1837 - is entitled to receive a pension, at the rate of forty eight dollars and  cents per annum, commencing on the fourth - day of June 1837 - ; and in case of the death or marriage of said widow before the 4th of March, 1841, the pension will cease on the day of such marriage or death.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this ninth day of November one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight
J. R. Poinsett
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned. }
J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

FREE
James E. Heath Esq. Commissioner of Pensions
W
on official business -
Washington - City Dis. Col.

Noway Oct. 10 1 st 1851
Dear Sir
I have received from a clerk in your office, John Wilson, a negative answer to the application of the heirs of Sarah Cushman deceased widow of Zebidee Cushman for arrears of pension due said Sarah in her life time, in which the Clerk seems totally to misapprehend the nature of the application — The application you will perceive if you look at it yourself that the application was for such portion of the five year pension as accrued during the life of the husband which she did not draw — you will notice that the resolve of July 1848 1848 is merely referred to but is not the subject matter of the application — Mrs Cushman lived while the decision of the proper authorities was to pay the full pension notwithstanding the husband may have drawn a part of the time — I have made several applications for pensions which have been settled upon this principle — none was it changed until the resolve of July 1848 — I beg of you, sir, to review the decision of this Clerk — I also wish to enquire why it is that

I get no answer to the applications of John Pike & Bartlett Lushman for bounty land - Their applications were forwarded Decr 10 th 1890 with eight others - Your letter acknowledges their receipt - I have had returns in eight of the cases, but none in the cases of John Pike & Bartlett Lushman - I have written to your office several times making enquiry after these applications but can get no answer - I beg of you to write me without delay what has become of these applications -
Very Respectfully Yours &c Levi Whitman

STATE OF MAINE.
CUMBERLAND, SS.
Clerk's Office, Judicial Courts, PORTLAND, August 27th. . A. D. 1854, }
I, Charles C. Harmon, CLERK OF ALL THE JUDICIAL COURTS,
In and for said COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND, certify that
William Willis Osgood
Is an Acting Justice of the Peace, within and for Cumberland the County of Cumberland as appears by the paper hereto annexed; that he is DULY QUALIFIED TO ACT as such; that his COM- MISSION is dated November 20th A. D. 1846, and will expire November 20th A. D. 1853.
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, the day and year first above written.
C. C. Harmon, CLERK.

Joseph Waterman of Camden in the County of Lincoln & State of Massachusetts being now upwards of sixty seven years of age testify & depose that I am personally acquainted with Zebedee Cushman of Portland in the County of Cumberland & State of Maine, I have known him ever since he was very young that he entered with me on board the Frigate Providence Capt Whipple commander in the continental Navy Service in September 1776 as a marine I also served as a marine. We entered for one year. Soon after we entered the Frigate it was blockaded by the enemy & we remained in the ship until the term of our service expired & after which we both of us engaged for one month longer & remained on board of the ship during so months said Cushman worked just of the time in launching the vessel after thirty months service said Cushman was discharged the same day that I was discharged when we were discharged the Frigate lay at Patuxent four miles below Providence When we entered she lay at Newport — Joseph Waterman
Lincoln ss June 29th 1818 Then personally appeared Joseph Waterman of Camden & being duly cautioned agreeable to law made oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is true before me Jonas Wheeler Justice of the Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Lincoln ss
Subscribed Clerk of the
I the subscribed Clerk of the Courts in the County of Lincoln certify that Jonas Wheelock on the day of his administering the oath as aforesaid was a Justice of the Peace in & for said County of Lincoln legally appointed & qualified & that the signature to the fore- going certificate is his signature In testimony whereof I do hereunto set my hand & the seal of said County This 22nd day of July A.D. 1818
Nathl. Coffin

Sarah Kushmans Certificate for arrears Pension Oxford. Oxford by Name

Sarah Cushman
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain arrears of Pension due from March 4, 1836, under the act of July 7, 1838.
On this twenty seventh day of January 1844, personally appeared before the subscriber Justice of the Peace  Sarah Cushman a resident of Oxford in the County of Oxford aged seventy seven years, who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the amount of pension which she claims from the 4th of March, 1836, to the third day of June '37 from which period she has been already paid under the act of the 7th July, 1838. And the declarant further alleges that she is still the widow of Lebedee Cushman who was a seaman & private during the revolutionary war; that her pension was allowed at the rate of forty eight dollars and 00 cents per annum, and was paid to her at the Agency in Portland in the State of Maine And further she saith not.
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day and year above written, before James Root in presence of Mary H. Eastman Justice of the Peace { Sarah Cushman her mark Charles H. Cushman
N. B.—In case the widow should have died since receiving the pension, her children must make application for the arrears, and prove before a Court of record that they are her children. The administrator of the deceased widow may, if the children are willing, receive the money. The papers must be properly authenticated.
A. Certificate under act 3 march will be forwarded

State of Maine
County of Oxford ss. I hereby certify that Sarah Smith whose genuine signature is annexed to the within application of Sarah Washman for a Pension is a Justice of the Peace within and for the County of Oxford duly commissioned and qualified as such. That her commission bears date June 27, 1837, and will expire June 27, 1844.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court and subscribed my name this twenty ninth day of January 1844.
Joseph G. Cook Clerk of the Judicial Court for Oxford County.

100
FREE
Hon James E. Heath Esq
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City Dist. Col.
On Official business -
Sarah Chapman the 38-49

Norway Sept. 3 d 1851
Dear Sir
I herewith enclose the application of Benj e Rowe for bounty bond - and of the heirs of Sarah Cushman for arrears of pension -
I think you will find the arrears claimed to be vested prior to the death of Mrs Cushman & that her heirs are entitled to recover them -
Very Respectfully Yours &c Levi Whitman
Rev. Rev. Alvan Tabor Sept. 9 th 57

I, Jerusha Ripley of Plymouth in the County of Plymouth and Commonwealth of Massachusetts. being now upwards of sixty years of age, testify & depose that I, am personally acquainted with Zebedee Cushman of Portland in the County of Cumberland and State aforesaid
I have known him ever since he was young that he was a servant boy to my first husband Samuel Sherburn & enlisted with him in the said County of Plymouth in the continental service in Halifax under Capt. Ivory Daker to go aboard the Frigate Providence commanded by Capt. Whipple then lying in Newport.
The s d Zebedee Cushman enlisted as marine in the service of his Country in the last of September in the Year 1776 - and was discharged the last of October in the Year 1777 -
The above named Samuel Sherburn deceased February 14 th 1777 aboard s d Ship - & the above named boy continued aboard of the Ship till the term of time was expired above mentioned
Jerusha Ripley
Plymouth 15 th September 1818 Then the above named Jerusha Ripley personally appeared And made oath to the truth of the above Deposition by Rev. Subscribed Before me Elijah D. Dyer Justice of Peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Plymouth ss
I certify that Elijah Paine Esquire is a justice of the peace within & for the County of Plymouth in said Commonwealth duly qualified to administer oaths & take depositions - That the signature to the foregoing certificate is the true signature of the said justice and that the seal hereunto affixed is the seal of the courts in said County of Plymouth
It is Thomas Clerk of the Judicial Courts for the County of Plymouth

Affidavit of Sarah Cushman of Oxford Oxford Co. Maine
#48.
J. S. Keith Oxford Me.
2912

STATE OF MAINE.
Oxford County. ss
On this twenty seventh day of May 1843 Personally appeared before the Subscribers a Justice of the Peace written upon the County of Oxford
Sarah Cushman a resident of Oxford in the County of Oxford aged Seventy Six years—who being first duly
sworn, according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3d of March, 1843, granting Pensions to Widows of persons who served
during the Revolutionary War—That she is the Widow of Lebedee Cushman late of said Oxford who was a Seaman during the Revolutionary War and died on the third day of June 1837 and that she received under the act of July 7th 1838 forty eight dollars a year
she further declares that she is still a widow
Subscribed to in presence of Jairus S Keith
Sarah X Cushman mark
Ben. Webb H. Cushman
Oxford ss
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written. Before
me Jairus S Keith
Justice of the Peace
And I, the said Justice hereby certify that that the afore written Sarah Cushman is personally known to me, And also that she has received a pension as I am credibly in- formed under the act of July 7. 1838
Jairus S Keith
Justice of the Peace
NOTE—After "who was a" insert the rank the husband held in the army, navy or militia, as the case may be, and the regiment, corps or vessel in which he served, and the annual amount of the pension which she received under the act of July 7, 1838.

State of Maine
County of Oxford ss.
I the subscriber Clerk of the Judicial Court within and for said County of Oxford hereby certify that I have J. Keith whose genuine signature is annexed to the within application of Sarah Colburn for a Pension is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County of Oxford duly commissioned and qualified.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of the Supreme Judicial Court and subscribed my name this eleventh day of December 1843.
Joseph G. Colburn as of Oxford