1778 - Wilkes Co.,NC - Oath of Allegiance signed by Jacob STANDLEY Sr., Jacob STANDLEY,Jr., Harris STANDLEY and John STANDLEY:
Memorandon of Disaffected People and Delinquints to wit - Return of Delinquints H. Benj. Herndon Esq. Do[which see] for Jos. Herndon & Jno. Walker Esqr:
I, A.B., will bear faithful and true Allegiance to the State of North Carolina, and will truly endeavor to support, maintain, and defend the independent Government thereof, against George the Third, King of Great Britain, and his Successors, and the Attempts of any other Person, Prince, Power, State or Potentate, who by secret Arts, Treasons, Conspiracies, or by open Force, shall attempt to subvert the same, and will in every Respect conduct myself as a peaceful orderly Subject; and that I will disclose And make known to the Governor, some Member of the Council of State, or some Justice of the Superior Courts or of the Peace, all Treasons, Conspiracies, and Attempts, committed or intended against the State, which shall come to my knowledge.
NAMES WHO SIGNED OATH IN ALPHA ORDER:
Pritchett Alexander
Bazell Baker
Abednego Baker
Silvester Baker
Thos. Bange[Benge]
Charles Busey
Matthias Carpenter
William Davies[Davis]
Wm. Davis-marked out
Thomas Evans
Reuben Fletcher
Reuben Fletcher-marked out
James Garreson
William Gray
James Harvell-marked out
James Harvel
David Harvell-marked out
Benj. Johnson
Hanse Larkin
Gooding Larkin-marked out
J. Gooding Larkin
Nathaniel Lewis
Timothy Login
Timothy Login-marked out
James MacBride-marked out
George MacNeil
John Mason
Josuah[Joshua] Mason
Wm. Morgan
Samuel Nicholson
Saml. Nicholson-marked out
James Norman
James Norman-marked out
Jacob Pate
Edward Pinkston
Joseph Pinson
William Robarts[Roberts]
Bennett Robards[Roberts]
Wm. Rysdon
Jos. Sparkes
Matthews Sparkes
HARRIS STANDLEY
JOHN STANDLEY
JACOB STANDLEY, JUNR.
JACOB STANDLEY, SENR.
Mark Whitaker
William Wilcock, Senr.
William Willcocks-marked out
The above returned by Benj. Berndon[Herndon] Esq. by[marked out] Abner Smalley Esq. Returns John Goodman as one that neglected to take the Oath of Allegiance &c.
The oath of Allegiance or Affirmation, as the case may be, and can be
taken by free Male Persons above Sixteen Years of Age. Jacob, Sr. along with
other Wilkes County inhabitants took this oath in front of Benjamin Hendron who
signed this oath. This places the birth of Jacob Sr. in 1762 or before.