Pennsylvania Revolutionary War Oath of Allegiance, Town of Paxtang, 1777-79
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NAMES OF PERSONS WHO TOOK THE OATH OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA IN PAXTANG TOWNSHIP, 1777-79.
"We, the subscribers, do swear (or affirm), that we renounce and refuse all allegiance to George the Third, King of Great Britain, his heirs and successors, and that we will be faithful and bear true allegiance to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as a free and independent State, and that we will not, at any time, do or cause to be done, any matter or thing that will be prejudicial or injurious to the freedom and independence thereof, as declared by Congress, and, also, that we will discover, and make known to some justice of the peace of the said State, all treasons and traitorous conspiacies which we now know, or hereafter shall know, to be formed against this or any of the United States of America."
- Joseph Gray
- Thomas Mayes
- Ensign Robert Gray
- Alexander Porter
- John Hill
- David Stonebreker
- Adam Werts, Jr.
- Richard Peters
- Jacob Weaver
- Leonard Stuber
- Christian Snoak
- Michael Deibler
- Nicholas Hoffman
- Jacob Shott
- John Matter
- Philip Rauscolp
- Stephen Bend
- Joseph Steeber
- George Feight
- John Paul
- Lieutenant Thomas McArthur
- Thomas Forster
- Moses Wallace
- Robert Mordach
- John Harris
- Barefoot Brunson
- Colonel Robert Elder
- Lieutenant Henry McKinney
- Patrick McAboy
- William Hagerty
- James Fairman
- John Gillchrist
- Colonel James Cowden
- Major Stephen Forster
- Lieutenant Jonathan McClure
- Lieut. William Montgomery
- James Spence
- Captain James Collier
- Lieutenant Fred. Hubley
- Lieutenant George Cochran
- James Monteith
- John McGaw
- Alexander Duncan
- Benjamin Jones
- William Hadden
- William Morrow
- William Lochery
- Alexander Trimble
- Robert Smith
- Captain John Gillchrist
- William Kirkpatrick
- Robert Montgomery
- Captain John Rutherford
- William Boyd
- Samuel Cochran
- William Kerr
- James Harris
- John McKinney
- James Stevenson
- James McKinney
- Jacob Kreamer
- Dr. Robert Kennedy
- Captain James Murray
- Patrick Scott
- Frederick Herman
- Henry McCann
- Abraham Gross
- John Snider
- Joseph Hutchinson
- John Elder, V. D. M.
- Samuel Shaw
- Samuel Hutchinson
- Simon Leet
- Captain James Crouch
- Dr. William Simonton
- Samuel Wiley
- John Elder, Jr.
- Edward King
- Alexander McClure
- Daniel Conn
- Timothy Green, Esq.
- Charles Gillespie
- James Finney
- Robert McCord
- John Taylor
- Henry Petner
- William Cochran
- John Bell
- John Simpson
- Jeremiah Sturgeon
- Andrew Mayer
- Samuel Nesbet
- Hugh Willson
- George Dixon
- Robert Murdock
- Samuel Simpson
- Peregrine Jones
- Archibald Curry
- Joseph Eastburn
- Conrad Switzer
- Joseph Delavon
- Frederick Wharton
- John Gillmore
- James Black
- Thomas Orram
- John McElhenny
- James McCall
- Joseph Shaw
- William McClure
- James Duncan
- Thomas Owens
- Richard Castor
- Thomas Caldoe
- George Caldoe
- Conrad Manusmith
- William Williams
- Casper Freer
- John Duffield
- Roan McClure
- Samuel Smith
- Joseph Smith
- John Smith
- John Chesney
- John Cochran
- Patrick McIlhear
- John Hagen
- William Bell
- James Peacock
- Conrad Bobb
- John Rineker
- William Faries
- Peter Grant
- John Weaver
- Isaac Jones
- Matthew Food
- Owen Evans
- Hugh Mooney
- Nicholas Jones
- Peter Shields
- Andrew McClure
- Astan Clap
- William Willis
- Richard Willis
- Jacob Bener
- James Rutherford
- William Smith
- Thomas Thakaray
- William Scarlet
- David Toot
- Adonijah Mathers
- Maxwell Chambers
- James Mahon
- David Mathias
- Thomas Miller
- William Wright
- Patrick Sufferan
- William Mackey
- Robert Watson
- Captain James Clark
- William Duncan
- William White
- William Walker
- Lieutenant John Dickey
- Joel Harner
- James Byers
- Robert Clark
- Nathaniel Simpson
- Robert Elder, Jr.
- John Postlethwait
- William McClure
- James Maxwell
- James Mulherron
- Christian Fox
- John Flakinger
- John Knoop
- William Smith
- Jacob Eppley
- Andrew Stewart
- John Keys
- Michael Herron
- John Mahan
- Isaac Jones
- John Chambers
- William Kennedy
- George Taylor
- Thomas Black
- George Holmes
- James Buchanan
- Samuel Taylor
- William Johnston
- Robert Walker
- Archibald Morrow
- Malachi Powel
- James Galbraith
- Joseph Brown
"The within is a list of Person's Names who took the Oath of Allegiance before Joshua Elder, one of the Justices for Lancaster County, from the 28th of January, 1778, to the 7th of January, 1779."
- Jacob Springer
- John Sprouls
- Felix McCuskey
- John Spilenburg
- Christian Myer
- Valentine Hummel
- Frederick Hummel, Jr.
- Abel Morgan
- Robert Brodie
- Robert Chambers
- John Graham
- Samuel McFadden
- James Curry
- George Louer
- John Eversol
- James Barber
- Peter Pancake
Before the 26th of March, 1778.
- Abner Wickersham
- Thomas Thompson
- John Donley
- William Ashcraft
- John Hinds
- Joseph McElrath
- Michael Shaver
- Jacob Noss
- Conrad Yontz
- Rowland Chambers
- John Millegan
- George Williams
- Jacob Derigh
- Hugh Crockett
- John Darby
- John Thompson
- Jeremiah Sullivan
- Frederick Hummel
- Michael Spade
- David Ritchey
- James Kyle
- Joseph Smith
- Robert Crawford
- William Glover
- John Brown
- Peter Duffey
- Alexander Reynolds
- John Garber
- Hugh Cunningham
- Colonel Matthew Smith
- Marcus Huling
- Hugh Stuart
- Hugh Jones
- James Burd, Esq.
- Edward Burd, attorney
- John Fox
- William Sawyers
- Adam Shelly
- Henry Foght
- Frederick Gundrum
- Matthias Strein
- Archibald McAllister, captain
- John Mitchel
- James Finney
- Ludwick Hemperly
- George Philip Shocken
- William Wall
- John Steel
- Simon Raredon
- Richard McClure
- James McCord
- Samuel Smith
- William Steel
- Thomas Crabb
- Peter Shuster
- John Steel
- John Brown
- John Boland
- John Larkey
- Mungo Lindsey
- William McClenaghan
- James Means
- Jacob Youngman
- Barney Shoop
- Howard Moore
- John Means
- Thomas King
- Thomas Johnston
- John Adam Wertz
- John Wertz
- Daniel Steever
- Adam Deem
- James Work, Esq.
- Philip Ettele
- John Ryan, Jr.
- Christian Gross
- George Minsker
- Nicholas Cassel
- Larry Smith
- Conrad Toot
- John Seibert
- Joseph Flora, Jr.
- John Lanning, Sr.
- David Toot, Jr.
- George Carson
- Michael Lewis
- Peter Flora
- William Lindsey
- Gottlieb David Ettelien
- Anthony Plesson
- John Moore
- Robert McGill
- Henry Davis
- Abram Holmes
- Daniel Dowdle
- Conrad Derr
- Michael Wolf
- George Wood
- John King
- Adam Kitchmiller
- William Palm
- Thomas Murray (Colonel), a prisoner of war
- Joseph Fearer
- David McCausland
- Thomas Beard
- John Maxwell
- Jacob King
- James Robertson
- John Cline
- Francis Conway
- George Fouts
- Francis Burleigh
- Robert Neel
- Samuel Barnett
- Philip Conser
- John Richmond
- John Wilson
- James Johnston
- John Forster
- James Walker
- William Dickey
- James Bell
- John Cochran
- James Watt
- Robert Armstrong
- Samuel Pollock
- George Nagle
- Robert Wilson
- Alexander Wilson
- John Wilson
- John Parker
- John Kisner
- Aquila Richard
- James Burney
- David Shaw
- Patrick Heany
- John Brown
- Thomas McArthur
- Casper Byerly
- James Boggs
- Patrick Lafferty
- Adam Means
- James Wilson
- Arthur Brisbin
- Thomas Moore
- Joseph Wilson, Jr.
- Frederick Forster
- George Fridley
- Jacob Fridley
- Jacob Poorman
- Joseph Wilson
- David Rose
- Henry Noramire
- John Renick
- John Elder
- George Gray
- James Veech
- Edward McAtee
- John Thomas
- Ludwig Bretz
- Thomas Wiley
- Jacob Kerr
- John Wonderleigh
- John Burrowe
- Hugh Montgomery
- John Dyce
- Philip Tinturf
- Abraham Mooney
- John Peter Vee
- John Cavet
- William Forster
- Joseph Colligan
- James Leonard
- William Ayers
- Robert Armstrong
- Moses Lockhart
- Daniel McKoy
- John Melone
- John McFaddin
- Robert Smith
- Jacob Tinturf
- Anthony Hoan
- William Bell
- Robert Gowdy
- John Bell
- Stophel Lark
- Jacob Sheesly
- Michael Yonrell
- George Adam Gardner
- Peter Corbett
- Thomas Gallagher
- Andrew Bell
- John Bell
- William Fulton
- Joseph Fulton
- Arthur Chambers
- Michael Smith
- James DeFrance
- John Bowman
- John Barnett
- Thomas Nichols
- Thomas Murray
- Elisha Chambers
- George Simmons
- Paul Randolph
- George Weatherhold
- John Litle
- Abraham Brunson
- Maurice Sullivan
- Benjamin Brown
- Joseph Litle
- Laurence Hatton
- Edward Wilcox
- Charles McCoy
- Robert Boyd
- Jacob Miller
- Abraham Edgar
- Michael Cassel
- Frederick Cassel
- Jacob Cryder
- Martin Hemperley
- John Wonderleigh, Jr.
- John Saddler
- George Pancake
- John O'Neal
- Andrew Smith
- George Wreddle
- Peter Patterson
- John Whitehill
- John Cochran
- Michael Ault
- Elijah Stuart
- Alexander McCompsey
- Samuel Cochran
- Richard Carson
- John Murray
- William Willson
- John Bell
- John Miller
- John Raredon
N. B. - One hundred and forty-three of the last-mentioned names on this list, beginning at George Wood under the black line, were sworn and subscribed since the 1st day of June, 1778.
A true copy from the original.
Given under my hand and seal,
Joshua Elder. (L. S.)
Source: "Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, Vol. XIII", JOhn B. Linn and Wm. H. Egle., M.D., Editor, Manchester, E. K. Meyers, State Printer, 1890.
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