Exeter
Jan 23, 1782 - These certify that Lt. Andrew McGaffey, late of the 3rd New Hampshire
Regiment of Continental Troops, was a Sergeant in my Company in the year 1775
and received a wound in his left side in the action at Benker Hill, which fractured
his ribs and was for several days thought mortal, but his wound was afterwards
healed and he was appointed Lieutenant in the 3rd New Hampshire Regiment and served
two campaigns, in which time he was a considerable time unfit for duty by reason
of the wound above mentioned having broke out anew, he has since left the service
in the manner set forth in his petition, and he is now considered as discharged
from the service, although he has not a regular discharge from the commander in
chief - H. Dearborn, Lt. Col.
This may certify that Lieut Andrew McGaffey,
now of Sandwich, being a Sergeant in Capt. Henry Dearborn's Company, Col. Stark's
Regiment in the year 1775, was wounded in the action of the 17th day of June with
a shot from a musket which passed the trunk of his body through the coster and
discharged by the vertebrae of the back, was under my immediate care for a number
of months. - O. Williams, Regt. Surgeon. Dated at Epsom July 18th, 1782
Extract
of a vote of the General Court Sept. 14, 1782 - That Lt. Andrew McGaffee be allowed
one third part of his monthly pay to commence at the time his pay as an officer
in actual service ceased and to continue during the pleasure of the General Court
and that he be enrolled as an Invalid Pensioner accordingly.
Appears in the
record of Town returns, Andrew McGaffey (or the other Andrew McGaffey)
This
may certify that the above mentioned soldier (Andrew McGaffey) was in actual service
in the Continental Army for the town of Epsom, aforesaid, December 26, 1780, as
witness my hand - Neal McGaffey, Ensign, 2nd New Hampshire Regiment - Epsom, March
29, 1781, John Casey, Benjamin Goodwin, Thomas Babb, Selectmen for Epsom.
A
list of pensioners for the State of New Hampshire 1785 - Lieut. Andrew McGaffey,
one third of monthly pay, paid up to Nov. 1, 1784