Military: Amnesty Oath of W. J. Foster, Claiborne Parish, LA Submitted for the LAGenWeb Archives by: Pat Foster King bking37 @ earthlink.net Date: Jul. 2000 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** Transcribed from record obtained from Homer, Claiborne Parish, LA, June 2000. Form No. 1 - Oath to be Taken by Those Who Were Never Disfranchised UNITED STATES OF AMERICA STATE OF LOUISIANA - PARISH OF CLAIBORNE Oct. 12, 1868 I W. J. Foster do solemnly swear, or affirm, that I am twenty.one years of age, was born naturalized in the United States, and am subject to the jurisdiction thereof, and have been a resident of the State of Louisiana since the day of 10 years, and a resident of this Parish since the day of 10 years, and that I am not disfranchised for any of the causes stated in the first paragraph of Article ninety-nine of the Constitution of this State. And I do further solemnly swear, or affirm, that I did not hold any office, civil or military, for one year or more, under the organization styled "the Confederate States of America;" that I never registered myself as an enemy of the United States; that I never acted as leader of guerrilla bands during the late rebellion; that I never in the advocacy of treason, wrote or published newspaper articles, or preached sermons, during the late rebellion; that I never voted for and signed an ordinance of secession in any State. W. J. Foster Sworn to and subscribed before me this 12th day of Oct, 1868. R. D, Vaughn Supervisor of Registration # # #