Spalding County GaArchives Military Records.....Blanton, Benjamin Oath Of Allegiance 1867
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Blanton, Benjamin Oath Of Allegiance

State of Georgia					No 

	County Of Spalding Personally appeared before me this 
15th day Of  July  1867 Benjamin Blanton who states that he resides in the        
Election Precinct of  Line Creek  Spalding  County  Georgia, and who 
makes this oath as follows:

	“I  Benjamin Blanton do solemnly swear in the presence of 
Almighty God, that I am a citizen of the State of Georgia; that I have 
resided in said State for 12  months next preceding this day, and now 
reside in the County of  Spalding  In said State, that I am 21 years 
old; that I have not been disfranchised for participation in any 
rebellion or civil war against the United States, nor for felony 
committed against the laws of any State or the United States; that I 
have never been a member of any State Legislature, nor held any 
executive or Judicial office in any State, and afterwards engaged in 
insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or given aid or 
comfort to the enemies thereof; that I have never taken an oath as a 
member of Congress of the United States , or as an officer of the 
United States  or as a member of any State Legislature, or as an 
executive or judicial officer of any State , to support the Constitution 
of the United States , and afterwards engaged in insurrection or 
rebellion against the United States, or give aid and comfort to the 
enemies thereof ; that I will faithfully support the Constitution and 
obey the laws of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, 
encourage others so to do.   So help me God”

	The Said  Benjamin Blanton  further swears that he has not been 
previously registered under the provisions of “An act supplementary to 
‘ an act to provide for the more efficient government of the rebel 
States’-passed March 2, 1867-and to facilitate restoration,” under this 
or any other name, in this or any other Election District; and further, 
that he was born in  Ga. and naturalized by___________ on the 
_______day of ____, 18___ in the _____
							   his	
				Benjamin X  Blanton
							   mark

SWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED before me Date & precinct & Co 
aforesaid

						James R. Willis
						Register of the  26th 
Registration District	

Transcribed By Bob & Linda Ellis Duluth Ga.
Georgia Archives
Drawer 296
Box 53	

Additional Comments:
From: Lynn Cunningham cunningham53@bellsouth.net Friday, August 11, 2006 1:48 PM
BENJAMIN POPE BLANTON was born 19 April 1846 in Georgia and died 04 
September 1904 in Spalding County, Georgia. He is buried in Oak Hill 
Cemetery, Spalding County, Georgia


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