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Pennsylvania Revolutionary War Oath of Allegiance, Town of Lebanon, 1777-79


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NAMES OF PERSONS WHO TOOK THE OATH OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA IN LEBANON TOWNSHIP, 1777-78.


"To John Hubley, Esquire, Recorder of Deeds, &c., in and for the County of Lancaster:

"LANCASTER COUNTY, ss:

"The Subscriber, one of the Justices of the Peace for the said County do hereby certify that the following is a true list, of the Names and Sirnames of all such Persons who have since the 27 day of September last Taken and Subscribed a Majority of them, the Oath, and the others the affirmation of Allegiance and Fidelity before me as directed by an Act of General Assembly of this State, passed the 13th Day of June, 1777.

"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 one justice of the peace of the said State, all treasons and traitorous conspiracies which we now know or hereafter shall know to be formed against this or any of the United States of America."

September 28, 1777


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