Northampton County, NC - Court Records

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Gerald L. Byrd <gbyrd@sitestar.net>


Oath to be Taken for Qualification of Public Officers

     I do solemnly and sincerely swear that I will be faithful and bear 
true allegiance to the Independent State of North Carolina and to the 
powers of authorities which are or may be established for the Government 
thereof, not inconsistent with the Constitution and I will do my utmost 
endeavor to disclose and make known to the Legislative or Executive powers 
of the said State all treasons and traitorous consfuracies (note: obsolete-
conspiracies) which I shall know to be made or intended against the said 
State, and I do faithfully promise that I will endeavor to support maintain 
and defend the independence of the said State against all persons and powers 
whatsoever and all those things I do plainly swear according to those express 
words by me spoken and according to the plain and common sense and 
signification of the same words heartily, willingly and truly and without 
any equivocation, mental aversion, or secret reservations whatsoever.  So 
help me God!

from Northampton County, North Carolina Minutes: Docket, Court of Pleas, and 
Quarter Sessions, 1792-1796;  (the year 1793; page 270).

Microfilmed by the North Carolina Department of Archives and History, Division 
of Archives and Manuscripts, Raleigh, North Carolina.

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