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Pennsylvania Revolutionary War Oath of Allegiance


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OATH OF ALLEGIANCE

STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA

1777-79

NAMES OF PERSONS WHO TOOK THE OATH OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, 1777-79.

"The following names are a list of persons who took and subscribed the oath of Allegiance and fidelity as directed by an act of General Assembly of Pennsylvania, passed the 13th Day of June, A. D. 1777, Before me, from the 14th day of July of the same year to this day, as witness my hand and Seal the 28th day of January, 1778.
"JOSHUA ELDER [L. S.]."


Names of persons taking the Oath of Allegiance By Location


Allegheny County


Dauphin County


Lancaster County


Lebanon County


Somerset County


Westmoreland County


York County


Source: "Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, Vol. XIII", JOhn B. Linn and Wm. H. Egle., M.D., Editor, Manchester, E. K. Meyers, State Printer, 1890.